This famous director was made an offer he could refuse.
The Big Picture In the early stages of one's emergence as a cinephile, you are aware of The Godfather's shining prestigiousness. You are informed that it is one of the finest films ever put to celluloid. Impressively, after all the pomp and circumstance surrounding its legacy, the film lives up to the fanfare. The performances by Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James Caan, and the exquisite direction by Francis Ford Coppola linger with the viewer forever.
More importantly, The Godfather was not conceived by him, thus counteracting his greater mission as a storyteller of original ideas. However, Coppola realized that playing the game of Hollywood was an essential task to getting his passion projects on the big screen. As he describes it as a guest on The Howard Stern Show, his Italian-American heritage was an enticing draw for the studio, in addition to his success as a screenwriter, as he recently won an Oscar for his script for Patton.
For Leone, a chance to direct The Godfather was an offer he could refuse. At the time of Paramount's inquiry, he was finishing up his final Western, Duck, You Sucker! There was a two-pronged rationale that caused Leone to decline. He was not fond of the script's treatment of its subjects, arguing that it glorified the mafia. This is a line of criticism that has been further attached to the lineage of mob-related films in The Godfather's wake.
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