Art House, or Blockbuster?Paramount and Alfran Productions tried to hook twelve other directors onto the project before finally asking Francis Ford Coppola. That's right: twelve. And Coppola, being...

Two maverick bad boys (actually, they were nice, normal people), Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, wrote the screenplay, based off Puzo's smash success of a novel (originally entitled Mafia befo...

Paramount Pictures and Alfran Productions gambled a lot on The Godfather. Paramount wasn't doing too well at the time, and the producers—despite hounding Coppola throughout the process—were act...

The Godfather was shot on 35 mm film—kickin' it old-school (because it really was old school and digital film hadn't been invented yet). Additionally, it was filmed on location in New York City a...

An Excellent Ring ToneWho doesn't want to hear this classic every time their cell rings? The main theme to The Godfather has become legendary, referenced in various parodies and tributes. There's s...

Trekkies of Crime Tons of people love the Mafia (or think that they love the mafia—they love their idea of it, at any rate. In reality, it's a murderous, wholly negative organization). It has to...