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When actor Alex Rocco died in July 2015, I felt a twinge of sadness for the passing of the man who was a key part in my favorite scene from The Godfather (1972). While the movie impacts everyone differently, there was something hilarious yet awesome in Rocco’s portrayal of Moe Green and his righteous indignation when Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) of...

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The Godfather is one of the greatest movies of all time. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it was made on a $6 million budget, completed ahead of schedule and was the first film in history to take in a million bucks a day. It was nominated for 11 Oscars, won three and changed cinema forever. That seismic cinematic shift would never have happened if...

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Did you know that The Godfather did not fall out of the sky as a perfectly formed completed motion picture? Furthermore, did you know that not only did it have to be produced for a major movie studio, but said production was in fact quite contentious and difficult? It’s true! In fact, the woes of The Godfather’s making – young maverick director Fra...

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by Larry Olmsted   Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is still best known for his movies, especially his early successes Patton, Apocalypse Now, and the mega-hits, The Godfather and the Godfather Part II, which have become two of the most lauded and popular films in history. All of these critically acclaimed bombshells were made in the 1970s, an...

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La passione per la buona cucina italiana e i suoi prodotti a volte si trasforma in business. Lo sanno bene i protagonisti del luccicante mondo di Hollywood che si scoprono o si improvvisano imprenditori nel campo della ristorazione o dell'alimentazione.Tra gli esempi più noti la leggenda del rock Sting che nel 2009 ha acquistato un agriturismo in T...

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By Jeff Eydt Winfield Street Italian Deli will be giving Norwalk an offer it can't refuse when they hold a viewing of The Godfather at the Maritime Aquarium's IMAX theater, located at 10 N. Water St., on March 19. Proceeds will be going to the Maritime Aquarium and the Italian-American Police Society of Southern Connecticut.   "The Italian-...

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By Todd VanDerWerff   Francis Ford Coppola, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Patton, announced at the Produced By conference that he is writing "a multi-generational saga about an Italian American family not unlike his own," as per Variety. This would be new subject matter for the director, who is primarily known for his work in the...

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If you have seen the Godfather, the Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, you will remember the scene of the Sicilian wedding of Michael Corleone and the following scene with the car explosion that murdered Apollonia the Italian bride of the young Michael.   The atmosphere in that scene is so intense thanks to the place where the scene was filme...

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With its elegant frescoes, delicate sweeps of cerise and violet bougainvillea and vast beds covered in pristine white linen, Palazzo Margherita is a palace fit for Hollywood royalty. But this is a far cry from your average star-studded holiday spot. Instead, the pretty 19th century palazzo is owned and run by one of modern cinema's greats - direct...

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by Colleen Clark   It could be anytime between noon and four, and my stomach grumbles. I pad barefoot down the cool marble stairs and pop into the kitchen at the Palazzo Margherita, in southern Italy. I raid plates of cheese, smear hunks of bread in jam, ask for sweets and leftover tangerine juice, even though dinner's fresh pastas and sauce...

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