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Coppola's letters to Castellano on Clemenza in GF2
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10/22/09 06:05 AM
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I believe this deserves another thread. These are the letters from Francis Ford Coppola to Richard Castellano after Castellano had set some conditions. Remark: Richards wife, Ardell, had a deal to work with Coppola. Obviously, she wanted more rights. Additionally, she was furious about how Coppola forced Castellano to gain weight up to 325 pounds, which seriously decreased his health conditions. But the way Ardell describes it in her book and the way Coppola answers, you can tell that Ardell and Richard were unable to communicate. And: Money wasn't the real reason. Coppola would have made Castellano a millionaire. And his position behind Pacino and Duvall was justified. Her you find Ardell's book. It's really worth to read, also because she shows how the script changed.
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Re: Coppola's letters to Castellano on Clemenza in GF2
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10/22/09 09:32 AM
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Thanks for posting these, Danito. They're fascinating.
Did anyone else get the impression that FFC hoped to have Brando play the young Vito (references to "the old man" as one of the four major characters in first letter and to DeNiro being hired in the second)? Could that possibly have worked?
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Re: Coppola's letters to Castellano on Clemenza in
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10/22/09 02:07 PM
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Very interesting. Someone should have done some proof reading. On the 2. Screen approval the word "the" appears twice, at the end of the 3rd sentence and beginning of the 4th. And there's 2 c's in economics. In #6 there are two "will" when I think one of them he may have wanted "you".
Last edited by Beth E; 10/22/09 02:11 PM.
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