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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335088
07/29/06 10:49 PM
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The third, and final, installment in Mario Puzo's epic chronicle of the Corleone crime family-one of the most enduring lineages in American literature and cinema-achieves a stunning crescendo with a story that imagines the role of the Mafia in the assassination of a young, charismatic president.

It's impossible to overstate the influence of Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which has become an essential part of our cultural lexicon. Puzo's novel about the secret world of organized crime became a megabestseller and an instant classic. The book inspired the Francis Ford Coppola films-unprecedented successes in their own right-and launched a national obsession with the Mafia that continues unabated today.

In The Godfather's Revenge-again authorized by the Puzo Estate-Mark Winegardner moves the Corleone family onto the biggest stage of all: the intersection of organized crime and national politics. A subordinate to Michael Corleone, New Orleans underboss Carlo Tramonti is publicly humiliated when the U.S. Attorney General-President Danny Shea's brother-has him arrested and deported to Colombia. Tramonti eventually returns, hell-bent on settling scores, and triggers a series of events destined to change the course of American history. Corleone, though haunted by the death of his brother Fredo, knows that this is no time for weakness-and so, with fearless consigliere Tom Hagen leading the way, a new path for the future is forged.

As the dramatic twists of The Godfather's Revenge take the reader from Las Vegas to Miami to New Orleans, from the power alleys of Washington, D.C., to the remote jungles of Colombia, the puppet master behind the curtain remains Michael Corleone, the tortured prodigal son who is determined to redefine his family's legacy and make his father-the original Godfather-proud.


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335089
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It sounds really good.I think Wingardener really handles the seires well.

Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335090
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Quote:
Originally posted by The Hollywood Finochio:
[quote] The Return of the Revenge of the Son of the Godfather
That made me LOL

How about a spin off?

The Godfather - Fredo and the cocktail waitress
[/quote]The Godfather - Fredo and the cocktail waitress Part 2 (at a time)...


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335091
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Quote:
Originally posted by Brwne Byte:
It sounds really good.I think Wingardener really handles the seires well.
Winegardner's spin on The Corleone's and The Godfather plain out sucks!

Anyone who read GF Returns, and is a true GF fan immedeatly recognizes the fact that Mr. Winegardner did NOT do his homework when writing his book. Mr. Winegardner had absolutely no clue as to how to properly portray Puzo's characters and as far as I am concerned Mr. Winegardner's GF stories have absolutly no merit whatsoever and do an injustice to the story and the characters that Mario Puzo created. So many things could have been done with the direction of the GF Returns and the characters, but obviously Winegarner had a totally different idea and without doing his homework created personalities of the GF characters that were no where near what the original characters were like.

The synopsis/excerp from this new GF book does not excite me one bit.


There are several members on these boards who, without question, could have done 1000 times better in writing another GF book than this pezzanovante did with GF Returns.

Winegardner's GF Returns should


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335092
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I certainly admire your passion for convaying yours. Of course, Micheal's Charecter in the GDF Returnes book is a bit differnt than in the film,but I believe Wingardener did well in his own right. No one can easily duplicate the charecters like Coppola and Puzo did, because they are NOT Coppola or Puzo.So,as an auther,you do the best you can with your own ideas. So I have to ask: Who do you think should have written GDF Returns?

Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335093
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Quote:
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So I have to ask: Who do you think should have written GDF Returns?
Plawrence.

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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335094
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Exactly!! Finish your book Plaw ok


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335095
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I think FFC should have written The Godfather Returns.


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335096
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Quote:
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[quote]Originally posted by Brwne Byte:
[b] So I have to ask: Who do you think should have written GDF Returns?
Plawrence.

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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335097
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Sicilian countryside. Young village girls pick flowers and sing. Unaware of

Michael, Fabrizzio and Calo watching them. One of the girls, Apollonia, is startled when she sees Michael. After an exchange of looks, Apollonia turns and walks away, saying something in Italian. -day


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335098
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Quote:
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i will
Sicilian countryside. Young village girls pick flowers and sing. Unaware of

Michael, Fabrizzio and Calo watching them. One of the girls, Apollonia, is startled when she

sees Michael. After an exchange of looks, Apollonia turns and walks away, saying

something in Italian. -day


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ask what you can do for your country.[/quote]
Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335099
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I've just finished the book, and I have mixed feelings

It held my attention and I thought some of the writing was excellent, Fredo's character was nailed down pat I thought. and I liked the new character of Geraci.

But everything to do with the Shea's made me z-z-z-z, the Francesca stuff could have been great if her father was talked off more often. Hopefully the new book will see Sonny's sons have a more hands on role. I was glad to see Kay disappear from the book fairly early though and also signs of Tony's estrangment

However, I thought Michael assasinating Tony Molinari was ridiculous, especially after he took Fredo in, Wiengardner backed up his reasons well, but it still didn't sit well.

Also having Geraci the mastermind behind Fredo's death was wrong, and ruins the illusion in GFII that its all Roth's idea.

Tessio's death was also wrong. That should have been left a mystery

No recollection of Al beating up Tommy in the first book

Gardner Shaw inexplicably being replaced by Billy Van Arsdale

Pentangeli getting the merest of vague references when his fued with the rosato's should have been highlighted.

Silly name additions - 'Chip' Corleone. 'Ozzie' Altobello.

Threatening the lineage of the screenplay in the movies by having Strachi and Cuneo live but referring to actual events in GFII after they've been theatrically killed.

Still, I've read a lot worse.


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335100
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Quote:
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Threatening the lineage of the screenplay in the movies by having Strachi and Cuneo live but referring to actual events in GFII after they've been theatrically killed.

Still, I've read a lot worse.
Well in the orignal book Stracci(Is the correct spelling) and Cuneo did live so he stayed true to the orignal book with that except for the fact he included Marry who was not in the orignial book because Mike had two boys.


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335101
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Hi

Yes,I know that, but then he refers to events in PtII that occurred in the world which Stracci and Cuneo were not alive in. Which is confusing. He is either sticking to the literary Puzo novel, or to the films, meshing the both together did not work for me.


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335102
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i hope that will be better than "gf"first book ,becous i didnt liked that puzo's book.i hope it will be in ballkan too or not.can you tell me per favore

Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335103
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rion, you're entitled to your opinion and if you didn't like Puzo's Godfather novel, then I don't think it's fitting for any of us to criticise you for it. One man's manna is another man's mud

If you're a fan of the movies, then GF Returns is probably worth a read. However, you will probably feel the same about this particular adaptation as you did the original novel.

I should imagine there would be a Balkan translation. Have you tried looking on the 'net or in your local bookstore?


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335104
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Quote:
Originally posted by plawrence:

The Son of the Godfather
This already exists. We also know it as The Godfather: Part Two.


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335105
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Personally, I'm waiting for:

Abbott and Costello Meet the Godfather

It's only a matter of time.

Actually, it might work if it were Frank Costello...



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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335106
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who is frank castello.why i dont know him ?

Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335107
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His name was Costello, not Castello. He was a famous Mob boss.

Here are some articles:

Crime Library - Frank Costello

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"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335108
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With all this talk about The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge, I hope they will follow up these sure to be smash hits with the following:

A New Godfather
The Godfather Strikes Back
Return of the Godfather
A Phantom Godfather
Attack of the Godfather
Revenge of the Godfather


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Re: Ok, so The Godfather's Revenge is Coming out... #335109
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very stupid .my friend.what do you think of this:the war of the godfather.cool

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