Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 22: The Godfather (1972)

Released 21 November

For this episode, we watched The Godfather, written by Francis Ford Coppola and Maria Puzo, from the novel by Puzo; directed by Coppola; music by Nino Rota; cinematography by Gordon Willis. It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duval, John Cazale and Diane Keaton.

Although the film has become legendary, it only won three Oscars – Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Brando.

• Clint Eastwood stands in for Charlton Heston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY6y-NFiSec&t=736s
• Structure is Character in Conflict https://www.writershelper.com/character-in-conflict.html

Next time we will be discussing On the Waterfront. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA).

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