Leave the screening, take the cannoli.
James Caan says that he walked out of an initial “The Godfather” screening after realizing director Francis Ford Coppola cut a key scene involving Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Caan played Sonny Corleone, the eldest son of mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando).
“When Michael [Al Pacino] tells me he is going to take care of the cop and Sollozzo [Al Lettieri], I say, ‘You’ll get brains all over your nice Ivy League suit.’ There was a scene before in the same room that I had with Bobby [Duvall] that was like 10 pages long — and Francis cut all of it out!” Caan told The Hollywood Reporter in honor of “The Godfather”‘s 50th anniversary. “I was so pissed off, I couldn’t watch the rest of the film.”
Caan added, “But otherwise, [Coppola] gave me a great honor.”
Caan also dismissed the rumor that he...
James Caan says that he walked out of an initial “The Godfather” screening after realizing director Francis Ford Coppola cut a key scene involving Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Caan played Sonny Corleone, the eldest son of mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando).
“When Michael [Al Pacino] tells me he is going to take care of the cop and Sollozzo [Al Lettieri], I say, ‘You’ll get brains all over your nice Ivy League suit.’ There was a scene before in the same room that I had with Bobby [Duvall] that was like 10 pages long — and Francis cut all of it out!” Caan told The Hollywood Reporter in honor of “The Godfather”‘s 50th anniversary. “I was so pissed off, I couldn’t watch the rest of the film.”
Caan added, “But otherwise, [Coppola] gave me a great honor.”
Caan also dismissed the rumor that he...
- 3/21/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
I tell you it’s rough out there on Frisco Bay, especially when you say the word ‘Frisco’ within earshot of a proud San Francisco native. This Alan Ladd racketeering tale could have been written twenty years earlier, but it has Warner Color and the early, extra-wide iteration of the new movie attraction CinemaScope.
Hell on Frisco Bay
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen Academy / 98 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest, Paul Stewart, Perry Lopez, Fay Wray, Nestor Paiva, Willis Bouchey, Anthony Caruso, Tina Carver, Rod(ney) Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Mae Marsh, Tito Vuolo.
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Film Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Stunts: Paul Baxley
Original Music: Max Steiner
Written by Martin Rackin, Sydney Boehm from a book by William P. McGivern
Produced by George C. Berttholon, Alan Ladd
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Alan Ladd had always been...
Hell on Frisco Bay
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen Academy / 98 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest, Paul Stewart, Perry Lopez, Fay Wray, Nestor Paiva, Willis Bouchey, Anthony Caruso, Tina Carver, Rod(ney) Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Mae Marsh, Tito Vuolo.
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Film Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Stunts: Paul Baxley
Original Music: Max Steiner
Written by Martin Rackin, Sydney Boehm from a book by William P. McGivern
Produced by George C. Berttholon, Alan Ladd
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Alan Ladd had always been...
- 10/21/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The cast of cult 1980s TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard" are set for a sad reunion on April 16 as they gather to mourn director/stuntman Paul Baxley. The celebrated stunt coordinator, who doubled for stars like Marlon Brando and James Dean, died earlier this month on March 11.
He directed nine episodes of "The Dukes of Hazzard" and performed hundreds of stunts on the show, and now "Dukes" star John Schneider is calling on fans to join him and his castmates at Baxley's funeral.
In an email to fans, he writes, "We have just received news of a ceremony to be held in his honor in April. It will be attended by many of the cast and crew of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and it will be completely open to family, friends and fans."
The service will take place at Braemar Country Club at noon on April 16.
He directed nine episodes of "The Dukes of Hazzard" and performed hundreds of stunts on the show, and now "Dukes" star John Schneider is calling on fans to join him and his castmates at Baxley's funeral.
In an email to fans, he writes, "We have just received news of a ceremony to be held in his honor in April. It will be attended by many of the cast and crew of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and it will be completely open to family, friends and fans."
The service will take place at Braemar Country Club at noon on April 16.
- 3/31/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The cast of cult 1980s TV show The Dukes Of Hazzard are set for a sad reunion on 16 April as they gather to mourn director/stuntman Paul Baxley.
The celebrated stunt co-ordinator, who doubled for stars like Marlon Brando and James Dean, died earlier this month.
He directed nine episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard and performed hundreds of stunts on the show, and now Dukes star John Schneider is calling on fans to join him and his castmates at Baxley's funeral.
In an email to fans, he writes, "We have just received news of a ceremony to be held in his honour in April. It will be attended by many of the cast and crew of The Dukes of Hazzard and it will be completely open to family, friends and fans."
The service will take place at Braemar Country Club at noon on 16 April.
The celebrated stunt co-ordinator, who doubled for stars like Marlon Brando and James Dean, died earlier this month.
He directed nine episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard and performed hundreds of stunts on the show, and now Dukes star John Schneider is calling on fans to join him and his castmates at Baxley's funeral.
In an email to fans, he writes, "We have just received news of a ceremony to be held in his honour in April. It will be attended by many of the cast and crew of The Dukes of Hazzard and it will be completely open to family, friends and fans."
The service will take place at Braemar Country Club at noon on 16 April.
- 3/31/2011
- WENN
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