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In order to appease his backers, [Francis Ford Coppola] took the first project given to him: The Godfather. It was an offer he couldn't refuse. While [George Lucas] recut THX 1138, Coppola took the call offering him the Godfather job. Coppola signed up and a day later set sail for Europe with l...

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Published inLiverpool echo
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liverpool (UK) MGN Ltd 13.06.2002
Subjects
Brando, Marlon
Coppola, Francis Ford
Lucas, George
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Summary:In order to appease his backers, [Francis Ford Coppola] took the first project given to him: The Godfather. It was an offer he couldn't refuse. While [George Lucas] recut THX 1138, Coppola took the call offering him the Godfather job. Coppola signed up and a day later set sail for Europe with little more than $400 and a load of credit cards belonging to his assistant, Mona Skager. Coppola's vision for casting the movie was simple. "I was not looking for stars," he remarked. "I was looking for people who would be believable to me as real Italian- Americans."