But she did allow that her husband made her watch law enforcement spoof “Reno 911!” Who among us. Her TV choice, the satirical comedy “The Great” about the rise of Russian monarch Catherine the Great, was also relatively educational. Laura Gillen, the Democrat and former Town of Hempstead supervisor who is running for New York’s 4th Congressional District, name-checked “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz,” by narrative history wizard Erik Larson.Stay tuned for a full list of books and shows, but here’s a sneak peek at the responses from Tuesday alone, the board’s busiest day of interviews so far. One can almost see the thought cross their minds: Is “Ted Lasso” going to offend someone? Is my beach read too unserious? Sadly, we are not fact-checking the candidates’ actual library checkouts or Hulu histories, but we are trying to get an answer. Sometimes the political hopeful laughs nervously and pauses. “For fans of books about moviemaking, this is a definite must-read” ( Booklist).In the Newsday editorial board’s endorsement interviews this cycle, we’ve been trying to pin down the candidates on a surprisingly treacherous subject: what they are reading or watching these days. During production of the movie, location permits were inexplicably revoked, author Mario Puzo got into a public brawl with an irate Frank Sinatra, producer Al Ruddy’s car was found riddled with bullets, men with “connections” vied to be in the cast, and some were given film roles.Īs Seal notes, this is the tale of a “movie that revolutionized filmmaking, saved Paramount Pictures, minted a new generation of movie stars, made its struggling author Mario Puzo rich and famous, and sparked a war between two of the mightiest powers in America: the sharks of Hollywood and the highest echelons of the Mob.” On top of the usual complications of filmmaking, the creators of The Godfather had to contend with the real-life members of its subject matter: the Mob. Mark Seal sifts through the evidence, has extensive new conversations with director Francis Ford Coppola and several heretofore silent sources, and complements them with colorful interviews with key players including actors Al Pacino, James Caan, Talia Shire, and others to write “the definitive look at the making of an American classic” ( Library Journal, starred review).

Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie’s fiery creation have been told-sometimes conflicting, but always compelling. The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself.

This “wickedly pacey page-turner” ( Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film’s original release.

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