Originally posted by Turnbull:
I have to believe that at least some of the mistakes and hard-to-believe scenarios that appeared in earlier drafts of the script didn't get into the final cut because FFC recognized them as errors and fallacies, and excised them.
Thats certainly possible. Getting back to the quote that started this, though, I think Coppola was simply giving us a feel for the era (early to mid 60's - the Kennedy era) rather than being totally true to history. "If history has taught us anything...." - thats in the past. Mike would not have been referring to something 60 years in the past, and again its my belief he was referring to Kennedy.
