'the offer' on prime. story of how the godfather got made.

[mopinko]

pretty interesting bit of movie history. 10 parts!
written by the producer, who was a coder at rand corp who decided he wanted to be in movies and just moxied his way in. he came up w the idea for hogan’s heroes, and parlayed that into a shot at paramount. he got it cuz no one else would touch it.

[Auggie]

1. Sorry to dump on your post, but the truth has been twisted to make better TV

The book, Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather" by Mark Seal, is the definitive source for the story of this movie. It's a great read.

[mopinko]

2. interesting.

since i had no idea there was a big story, i’m enjoying it.
there were more than a couple spots that made me wonder, tho.

[hibbing]

3. I really enjoyed it regardless

I thought it was very entertaining and interesting. I took it all with a grain of salt though.

Peace

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4. i had the feeling, based on the weasel words in the credits-

that it was -al ruddy’s experience- i think was the wording, that there were liberties.
i read up a bit, and ya know, the beef is w the mafia bits. everyone else is- oh no, there were no wise guys. i take that w a grain of salt, too. i think the mob had it’s fingers in everything in nyc in those days. sorta vaguely recall some of the stories of ppl being pissed off about it.

it was entertaining, and i was sad when it was over. loved bettye.

[intrepidity]

5. Well now I want to stream The Godfather Part II but

can't find it, even though sites say it is available through Paramount+, which I have.

Can anyone check to see if it is streaming anywhere? Not to rent, I already pay enough for multuple streaming services.

What's weird is I was able to start watching it the other night on Netflix, but after pausing to walk the dog, it wouldn't resume. WTAF?

[mopinko]

6. yeah, prime lies like that.

it comes up as included, then says, um, not 4 u.
i’d like to watch 1 and 2 again. maybe i’ll cough up a few bucks.