Another Godfather “What If”

in Film | July 30th, 2009 1 Comment

What if The Godfather had been shot without Marlon Brando? (It almost happened.) Or without Al Pacino? (It almost happened too .) Or without Francis Ford Coppola? (Yup, even that almost happened as well.) Then, what if Robert De Niro had played the role of Sonny, which eventually went to James Caan? Here’s what it would have looked like (and, by the way, we’ve added this clip to our list of YouTube favorites):

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  1. Adin says . . . | July 31, 2009 / 11:30 am

    I find this post below your standards: boring.

    I have no desire to ever see the Godfather, or frankly anything out of Hollywood.

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