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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This month we celebrate cast members of #TheGodfatherTrilogy: Donal Donnelly (Archbishop Gilday) 7/6/1931 Oreste Baldini (Young Vito Andolini) 7/8/1962 Harry Dean Stanton (F.B.I. Man #1) 7/14/1926 #TheGodfather #TheGodfatherPartII #TheGodfatherPartIII #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The Godfather Trilogy May birthdays: John Martino (Paulie Gatto - #TheGodfather) May 5th Leopoldo Trieste (Signor Roberto - #TheGodfatherPartII) May 13th Sofia Coppola (Mary Corleone - #TheGodfatherPartIII) May 14th Helmut Berger (Frederick Keinszig - #TheGodfatherPartIII) May 29th

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Happy 79th birthday to #TaliaShire (Connie Corleone Rizzi) who was born on April 25, 1946. Talia portrayed Michael Corleone’s sister in every installment of #TheGodfather.

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Happy 85th birthday to #AlPacino (Michael Corleone) who was born on April 25, 1940. Alfredo James "Al" Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

In 1990, Brett Halsey played the role of Douglas Michelson in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather Part III. For those who don’t remember, Douglas Michelson was Kay Corleone’s second husband. #BrettHalsey #TheGodfather #TheGodfatherPartIII #TheGodfatherTrilogy #MarioPuzo #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Sending prayers and love to the people in California. This is devastating to watch. Please be safe and evacuate when / if advised by local officials. 😢🙏🏻❤️ #CAWildfires

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Happy 73rd birthday to Frank Sivero!!! Sivero played the role of Genco Abbandando in #TheGodfatherPartII. As of 2017, he appeared in 3 films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: #TheGodfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), and Goodfellas (1990). #FrankSivero

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STADIUMARCADIA ||-/ ||-// ψ @stadiumarcadia.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I’m watching this chronological cut of #TheGodfather and #TheGodfatherPartII aka as #TheGodfatherSaga. I hope one day @paramountpictures.bsky.social releases this version in 4K.

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The 47th Kennedy Center Honors took place Sunday night on December 8, 2024, in Washington, D.C. This year's awards honored filmmaker #FrancisFordCoppola; rock band the Grateful Dead; singer Bonnie Raitt; jazz musician Arturo Sandoval; and the Apollo theater in New York. #TheGodfather

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#TheGodfatherPartII premiered in New York City on December 12, 1974. It grossed $93 million on a $13 million budget. It won 5 of 9 Oscars it was nominated for. It’s considered to be the greatest sequel in film history. Happy 50th anniversary to the cast crew! #TheGodfather #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Happy 81st birthday to Gianni Russo! #GianniRusso is widely know for his role as Carlo Rizzi in #TheGodfather and The #GodfatherPartII (in a flashback scene). If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to check out his book Hollywood Godfather My Life in the Movies and the Mob.

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Richard Salvatore Castellano was born in The Bronx, New York on September 4, 1933. His parents, Mariantonia Angello and Filippo Castellano, were Italian immigrants from Castrofilippo, Sicily. #TheGodfather #TheGodfatherTrilogy #RichardCastellano #PeterClemenza #caporegime

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Nuno Sarnadas @darkdesign.pt · 01/12/2024

Illustrated piece for a custom "The Godfather" box set. #filmsky #physicalmedia #movies #thegodfather

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert de Niro and Andy Garcia in a collage illustration for the Godfather, among depictions of Michael's restaurant scene, the attempted murder on Vito on the street and Michael petting a puppy on his final days.

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Presented by La-La Land Records, Paramount Pictures & Geffen Records the remastered & expanded LE 2-CD release of Nino Rota’s Oscar-winning score #TheGodfatherPartII is now available. #TheGodfather #Soundtrack #FilmScore #NinoRota #CarmineCoppola #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Actor #JoeMantegna celebrated his 77th birthday on November 13. He portrayed Joey Zasa in #TheGodfatherPartIII. He is also known for portraying David Rossi for 15 seasons on #CriminalMinds. Mr. Mantegna has been acting for nearly 5 decades. #TheGodfatherMovie #JoeMantegna #TheGodfather #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Al Pacino recently appeared on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. He is promoting his memoir Sonny Boy available now in bookstores. During his chat with Conan, Pacino discussed his experience while making #TheGodfather. You can listen to it here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #AlPacino #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Michael Corleone & Apollonia’s wedding in Sicily is one of the film’s pivotal moments. The towns of Savoca and Forza d’Agro outside of Taormina were used. Today you can visit the church where their wedding was filmed, Bar Vitelli. #TheGodfatherBehindTheScenes #FrancisFordCoppola #TheGodfather #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Frank Sivero was born Francesco LoGiudice on January 6, 1952 in Siculiana, Sicily, Italy, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was 21 at the time of filming #TheGodfatherPartII (1974). He can be seen as one of the witnesses to Sonny Corleone's brutal beating of Carlo. #TheGodfather (1972).

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Morgana King portrayed Mama Corleone in #TheGodfather (1972) and #TheGodfatherPartII (1974). She refused to climb into a casket for the character's funeral scene. #FrancisFordCoppola had his mother Italia Coppola play the part. #TheGodfatherTrilogy #TheGodfatherMovie #TheGodfatherTrivia #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

#DannyAiello's line in #TheGodfatherPartII, "Michael Corleone says hello", was ad-libbed. Director #FrancisFordCoppola loved it and asked him to do it in the retakes. Aiello later stated he was very nervous and he didn't hear himself when he said the line. #TheGodfather #TheGodfatherTrilogy #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

#FrankSinatra reversed his anti-Godfather stance after of the success of the first two Godfather movies, and expressed interest in playing Don Altobello. Sinatra balked at the salary for the role so it went to #EliWallach. #TheGodfatherPartIII #Film #TheGodfatherCoda #TheGodfather

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Italian actor Oreste Baldini was only 12 when he landed the role of young Vito Andolini in #TheGodfather Part II (1974). Andolini later on becomes #VitoCorleone when an immigration officer misnames him at Ellis Island. #TheGodfatherTrilogy #TheGodfatherPartII #FrancisFordCoppola #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

"I had done one in another film. I don't really like to do it, but if the role calls for it, I will not refuse." - Simonetta Stefanelli ( #MichaelCorleone's first wife Apollonia) referring to her topless scene. She was only 16 during filming of #TheGodfather (1972). #FrancisFordCoppola #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A fan mailed this photo to #FrancisFordCoppola along with a handwritten letter. 379 days later he received the photo back signed and dedicated to him. #TheGodfather #TheGodfatherPartIII #TheGodfatherCoda #TheGodfatherTrilogy #Film #autograph #autographcollector 📷: @stadiumarcadia.bsky.social

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Actor John Aprea, who portrayed a young Sal Tessio in #TheGodfather Part II died of natural causes on August 5, 2024. According to his manager Will Levine, he passed in Los Angeles while surrounded by loved ones. Aprea’s Hollywood career spanned nearly 60 years. He was 83. #TheGodfatherPartII #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of the young Vito Corleone in #TheGodfather Part II (1974). #RobertDeNiro #VitoCorleone #DonCorleone #TheGodfatherMovie #TheGodfatherPartII #TheGodfatherTrilogy #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Did you know #GeorgeLucas worked as an assistant on #TheGodfather? He shot the footage of newspaper inserts that show major events during the scenes where the families go to the mattresses as well as the one where Michael reads about the shooting of his father. #FrancisFordCoppola #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Sacheen Littlefeather reads the Oscar’s speech for Marlon Brando she was not allowed to give… 45 years later #TheGodfather #MarlonBrando #FrancisFordCoppola #Film nativeviewpoint.com/sacheen-little…

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

In #TheGodfather Part III the part of Anthony Corleone, Michael and Kay's opera-singing son, went to Franc D'Ambrosio. #FrancisFordCoppola cast D'Ambrosio after a worldwide search of over two hundred actors and tenors. #TheGodfatherTrilogy #TheGodfatherCoda #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

In #TheGodfather Part II, Francis Ford Coppola decided to write out the character of Peter Clemenza. Willi Cicci was planned to be the sole witness against the Corleones before the character of Frankie Pentangeli was created. Willi Cicci was portrayed by actor Joe Spinell. #FrancisFordCoppola #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

In the spring of 1971, Paramount Pictures started filming #TheGodfather with the assistance of Joe Colombo & the Italian-American Civil Rights League. The film originally faced great opposition from Italian-Americans to filming in New York. #Film

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Despite being initially nominated, Nino Rota's score for #TheGodfather was ineligible for the award for Best Original Score. Part of the love theme had already been used in Rota's score for the 1958 film Fortunatella. It was replaced by John Addison's soundtrack for 'Sleuth'. #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

In #TheGodfatherPart2, Kathleen Beller portrayed Carla the vaudeville star Vito and Genco go to see in the play “Senza Mamma”. Her original dress is on display at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. Ms. Beller attended a convention last year and signed the photo. #FrancisFordCoppola #TheGodfather

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The Academy Museum in Los Angeles, California has the mouthpiece on display in their exhibit from The Godfather along with Dick Smith’s make-up kit through January 2025. #TheGodfather #TheGodfatherMovie #VitoCorleone #FrancisFordCoppola

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Joey Zasa @joeyzasalovesu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Behind the scenes of #TheGodfatherMovie A.D. Flowers instructs Al Pacino in what would become an iconic scene with Al Lettieri in #TheGodfather and cinematic history.

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