Leave the gun, take the cannoli the epic story of the making of the Godfather
The Godfather: over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie's fiery creation have been told. Seal sifts through the evidence, has extensive new conversations with director Francis Ford Coppola and several heretofore silent sources, and complements them with colorful interviews...
| Main Author: | Seal, Mark, 1953- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: a story as extraordinary as the one told onscreen
- Prologue: to the mattresses!
- "I just go out and kill for them"
- The man in the gutter
- Hurricane Charlie and the kid
- The best selling writer in the world
- The producer: the man who gets things done
- Coppola: a celestial occurrence
- The miracle on Mulholland
- The war over casting the family Corleone
- The Godfather vs. The Godfather
- Tableau: each frame a painting
- Looking for places to kill people
- Bada bing!
- "He looked like he could eat raw meat"
- Dancing on a string
- "I met him, I married him, and I died"
- "A baptism in blood"
- Epilogue: the man who touched magic.