February 19, 2025 2:41 am

'The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola Had to Fight to Save a Crucial Line
'The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola Had to Fight to Save a Crucial Line

‘The Godfather’s Francis Ford Coppola Had to Fight to Save a Crucial Line

Francis Ford Coppola‘s impressive filmography is just as well known as the director’s varied history when it comes to troubled behind-the-scenes productions of those very same cinematic classics. The iconic filmmaker has made such masterpieces as Apocalypse Now, The Conversation,The Outsiders, and is perhaps best recognized for his trilogy of Godfather films that would set a new standard for Mafia and crime films for decades to come. There are plenty of iconic moments in the films that would be referenced or paid homage to in various forms, but, it turns out, the production on the first film was a struggle for Coppola, who fought to keep the creative integrity of his adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel intact.

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