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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesCotton in the cheeks
For the makeup test, Marlon Brando stuffed cotton balls in his cheeks, rubbed shoe polish into his hair to darken it and turned up his collar. That was the birth of Vito Corleone.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe horse's head is real
The scene where Woltz wakes up with his horse's head in the bed used a real horse's head. Where exactly it was shot is still debated.
source ↗ - ReferenceBrando skipped the Oscar
Brando won Best Actor and sent activist Sacheen Littlefeather to turn the award down on stage. His reason was how film portrayed Native Americans.
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- ReferenceFirst sequel to win Best Picture
The film earned 11 Oscar nominations and won six. It was the first sequel ever to win Best Picture.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesHavana is Santo Domingo
The scenes set in Cuba were shot in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.
source ↗ - CameoDe Niro plays young Vito
Robert De Niro plays the young Vito Corleone, Brando's role in the first film. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for it.
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- Behind the scenesWinona Ryder out, Sofia in
Winona Ryder was cast as Mary and left the set after a few weeks, citing another film and nervous exhaustion. The director's daughter Sofia Coppola took over and was heavily criticized.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTom Hagen doesn't return
Robert Duvall refused to return without a salary close to Pacino's. Coppola rewrote the script: Tom Hagen is already dead, and George Hamilton steps in as B. J. Harrison.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe 2020 Coda
In December 2020, for the film's 30th anniversary, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone came out. It's a 158-minute re-edit with a new opening and ending. Coppola says it's closer to what he wanted.
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