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The Godfather made many changes in its movie adaptation. While the movie version is mostly faithful to its source material, it's impossible not to make any changes in the process. However, a few changes seem a little out of place and cause more problems in the storylines. Even a tiny omission could change the vibe of the entire scene.

There are a lot of nuances and storylines that the movies failed to include. Johnny Fontane's entire storyline was almost excluded from the book. The central characters like Don Corleone, Michael, and Kay Adams have all received subtle changes to their character arc. Some changes helped the movies to establish themselves as separate works of art from the book, but some changes created plot holes.

Sonny Hardly Matches His Book Description

In the book, Sonny is very intimidating physically. His appearance, being large-built and imposing with a short temper, is...

The Godfather is a masterclass in storytelling, and any discussion about the world’s greatest cinema is incomplete without the mention of this Francis Ford Coppola directorial. The layered plot, iconic performances, and hauntingly beautiful score have forever etched the film in our culture. But in recent years people have been debating whether the mafia drama should be considered a Christmas movie.

Marlon Brando in The Godfather | Paramount Pictures

At first glance, you might think the Corleone family saga which is rife with betrayal, crime, and power struggles has no place in the list of movies that would be associated with the holiday season. But upon a deeper dive, you would understand why the film resonates so deeply with some fans during Christmas time.

Family at the core: The Godfather on shared spirit Al Pacino and Marlon Brando in The Godfather | Paramount Pictures

The one thing that everyone looks forward...

Johnny Fontane (Al Martino) appears in The Godfather as Vito's (Marlon Brando) godson, and his similarities to real-life singer Frank Sinatra did not go unnoticed by the legendary pop star. First-time viewers of The Godfather would be smart to keep a cast guide open while watching Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece film franchise based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. Taking place over decades and with the characters portrayed by different actors and new characters introduced to replace old ones, it can be easy to get confused.

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are arguably two of the greatest movies of all time and have wheedled their way into every corner of culture. Even young viewers who have never seen the movies are now aware of its place in pop culture thanks to a biting and hilariously accurate reference in Barbie. Everyone has heard of The Godfather,...

The Godfather is one of the most iconic films ever made. The movie features a star-studded cast, incredible performances, and a legendary script. While the film is only the first of a trilogy, the original movie stands above its sequels. The franchise's staying power has really come from the first movie. Since premiering in 1972, The Godfather has left an unparalleled impact on pop culture, especially through its iconic lines.

The Godfather is chock-full of incredible scenes. This quotability helped cement the film as a pop-culture icon. The movie has been parodied and referenced countless times, in almost every form and genre imaginable. Pretty much everyone knows a quote from The Godfather, whether they realize it or not. Whether it's profound, funny, or downright ruthless, there's a Godfather quote for every situation.

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Did The Godfather Go Too Far? The Controversial Use of Real Horse Heads in the Iconic Scene! (Photo Credit – Facebook)

The scene made jaws drop and earned The Godfather its gritty rep. Jack Woltz wakes up grisly surprised: his prized horse’s head sharing his pillow. Did Coppola use a real horse’s head for that scene? Yep—and the story behind it? Even wilder.

Released in 1972, The Godfather was Coppola’s adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel. Coppola’s obsession with authenticity pushed every detail, big and small, to the max—right down to cars with WWII-era wooden bumpers. Paramount wasn’t thrilled with Coppola’s intensity, but they let him roll when they saw what he was creating until the horse head scene came up.

The scene plays out like this: Johnny Fontane’s desperate for a role in a big-budget war movie. But the hitch? Producer Jack...

From Al Pacino to Marlon Brando, the cast of The Godfather is full of bona fide screen legends who went on to appear in some of the greatest movies ever made. The Godfather was a massive box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, and it had universal acclaim from critics to match. It didnt just make its director Francis Ford Coppola a household name; it made household names of everyone in its sprawling ensemble.

Some of the actors in The Godfather were already big names. Robert Duvall had already appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird and James Caan had already starred in Brians Song. But most of the films cast members, like Talia Shire and Diane Keaton, got their big break from The Godfather itself. Today, The Godfather is remembered for having one of the most star-studded casts in film history but at the time, a lot of them were unknowns.

Thanks to the movies, superheroes are a cultural force. That glut hasn't exactly come with critical respect for the genre, though. On one hand, it's because these are innately simple stories for children. The other reason, I feel, is because the people who make these movies are embarrassed by that fact. Sometimes that manifests like in the "X-Men" films, where the movies run as far away from the comics as possible to "elevate" the story. Then there's the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which undercuts all its weirdness with "self-aware" humor about how none of its own world makes sense. Some rare filmmakers take superheroes seriously enough without trying to make them into something they're not (e.g. Sam Raimi) but it's rare.

The latest example of this is "The Penguin" showrunner Lauren LeFranc downplaying the series' Batman roots. No, this is a serious crime drama, hence why Oz (Colin Farrell) can't...

The Godfather used a real horse's head in the infamous scene, as the fake prop was deemed unrealistic by Coppola. Coppola's attention to detail and patient framing maximize tension in the brutal reveal of the horse head. The transition from Vito to Michael's era in The Godfather trilogy is messy, with many bloody incidents leading up to the iconic ending.

Few viewers could forget the gruesome scene involving a severed horse head in The Godfather, and many audience members were left wondering whether a real animal was used to provide the prop. Adapted from Mario Puzo’s novel of the same name, The Godfather is an epic gangster movie by director Francis Ford Coppola. Often listed among the best movies ever made, The Godfather tells the story of an aging mafia don who looks back on his criminal legacy. As Vito Corleone prepares to pass his empire on to the next generation,...

The Godfather’s famed wedding day scene fabricated a Sicilian tradition for the sake of the film. Having achieved legendary status with his three-part crime-family saga, Francis Ford Coppola’s success with The Godfather can be attributed in some part to its authentic depictions of Sicilian and Italian culture. Although in no way a summation of these cultures, the first Godfather film was released in 1972 and brought with it a taste of a world that so very few people had any knowledge or experience with.

Today the incorporation of any culture in a film needs to be handled with care. For so long, Hollywood productions were liable to pick and choose whatever particular aspects of any given culture they wanted, often resulting in disrespectful, insensitive, and downright fabricated representations. Despite being released in 1972, The Godfather was ahead of its time in this respect. The film was made with the intention...

Frank Sinatra did not get a kick out of The Godfather. This was made abundantly clear in the first episode of Paramount+'s The Offer, which debuted April 28 and takes a dramatized look at the making of the iconic film. We're, of course, referring to the scene where Godfather author Mario Puzo (Patrick Gallo) introduced himself to Ol' Blue Eyes (Frank John Hughes) at celebrity hotspot Chasen's, only to be met with hostility over the similarities between himself and Puzo's mob-adjacent character Johnny Fontane. In a surprising turn of events, Puzo did not back down, as he attempted to stab the Hollywood icon with a fork. What's even wilder? This scene is based on a...

The Godfather, which opened 50 years ago on March 24, 1972, is the premiere gangster film of all time, elevating the genre to high art and taking all of filmmaking with it. Francis Ford Coppola adapted Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel to tell the story of an immigrant family crashing the dance of the American dream. The singer is Johnny Fontane, paying homage to his benefactor, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). The character may also be something less than a tribute to The Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra.

“Frank, I make fun of you, but what could you do to me,” Don Rickles asked Sinatra from the stage at his 80th Birthday Celebration in 1995. Audiences and investigative agencies have been asking the same question for years! Jokes and gossip about Ol Blue Eyes’ ties to organized crime are legendary. But is Frank Sinatra an actual Og?

The Godfather never uses the word...

This article contains The Batman spoilers.

“Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me,” Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) tells the funeral director who seeks revenge on the men who assaulted his daughter in The Godfather. “But until that day, consider this justice a gift on my daughter’s wedding day.”

In a pivotal scene in director Matt Reeves’ The Batman, it appears the godfather of Gotham City has lit up a similar Bat-Signal.

The new film is more noir drama than your typical superhero movie; gangsters run Gotham City, and Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) is the top crime boss. Every fortune begins with a crime, and even the wealthy eccentric Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) accepts (barely) that his murdered father, the surgeon Thomas Wayne (Luke Roberts), knew some colorful characters in his own wild youth, even stitching up a...

I found myself having dinner with Frank Sinatra this week; at least it seemed that way. I was in Palm Springs where a dozen restaurants and clubs claim that Sinatra was once a “regular.” Photos of their idol adorn the walls, all showing Sinatra smiling, even though I never remembered a Sinatra smile during our real-life encounters.

The Sinatra mythology intrigues me because movie stars seem all but invisible these days. They’re absent from their once-favorite Hollywood haunts or even from magazine covers or late-night television. Or from movies, until perhaps next fall when big-budget movies are unveiled.

By contrast, Sinatra’s claim to a certain immortality was reinforced this week with publication of Sinatra and Me, a book augmenting the formidable library of Sinatra books (30 by my count). Its author, Tony Oppedisano, claims to have been a Sinatra intimate, thus joining a list of intimate writers that includes three wives,...