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LOS ANGELES — Released 50 years ago this week, “The Godfather” broke all box office records, won best picture at the Oscars and introduced millions of fans to a world of mafia bosses, murder-for-hire and cannoli.But when director Francis Ford Coppola — then “about 29 years old” — was offered the job of adapting Mario Puzo’s best-selling mob novel, he says he very nearly
Released 50 years ago this week, The Godfather broke all box office records, won best picture at the Oscars and introduced millions of fans to a world of mafia bosses, murder-for-hire and cannoli. But when director Francis Ford Coppola — then “about 29 years old” — was offered the job of adapting Mario Puzo’s best-selling mob novel, he says he very nearly refused. “I was greatly disappointed when I first started to read... it was really a potboiler that Mario Puzo had written to get some money (for) his kids,” Coppola told a 50th anniversary screening event at the Academy Museum ...
Released 50 years ago this week, "The Godfather" broke all box office records, won best picture at the Oscars and introduced millions of fans to a world of mafia bosses, murder-for-hire and cannoli. But when director Francis Ford Coppola -- then "about 29 years old" -- was offered the job of adapting Mario Puzo's best-selling mob novel, he says he very nearly refused.
In a sign of its enduring legacy, Coppola was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame this week in the run-up to Sunday's Oscars.
Released 50 years ago this week, "The Godfather" broke all box office records, won best picture at the Oscars and introduced millions of fans to a world of mafia bosses, murder-for-hire and cannoli.