Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Jenn Gannon and Jason Coyle, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
So this week, both Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part III and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.
It is 1979. Michael Corleone has solidified control of the Corleone crime family, and hopes to take the family business completely legitimate by striking a deal with the Vatican Bank. Trying desperately to reunited his fractured and divided family, Michael quickly discovers that organised crime isn’t the only place where criminals are lurking, ready to strike.
At time of recording, neither movie was ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 9th March 2022.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Janet Maslin reviews The Godfather: Part III for The New York Times, December 1990.
- Roger Ebert reviews The Godfather: Part III for The Chicago Sun Times, December 1990.
- Jonathan Rosenbaum reviews The Godfather: Part III for The Chicago Reader, December 1990.
- Patrick Willistein reviews The Godfather: Part III at The Morning Call, December 1990.
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- Owen Gleiberman at Variety argues that The Godfather: Part III was “always worthy”, December 2020.
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- The New York Times reports on the pushing back of The Godfather: Part III from Thanksgiving to Christmas, October 1990.
- Nina J. Easton at The Los Angeles Times reports on the troubled production of The Godfather: Part III, December 1990.
- Larry Rohter at The New York Times reports on the movie industry’s anticipation for the release of The Godfather: Part III, October 1990.
- UPI reports on the successful box office returns greeting The Godfather: Part III, December 1990.
- Franc D’Ambrosio talks to The New York Times about being cast in The Godfather: Part III, January 1991.
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- Glenn Collins at The New York Times discusses the use of food in The Godfather: Part III, December 1990.
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- Kimberly Truong at InStyle looks back at the relationship between Diane Keaton and Al Pacino, February 2020.
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- Justin Cascio at Academia discusses the rates of cousin marriage among mafia families in Corleone, June 2017.
- Francis Ford Coppola talks to The Telegraph about the “bullets” aimed at his daughter in The Godfather: Part III, December 2020.
- Melina Gerosa at Entertainment Weekly reports on the controversy around the casting of Sofia Coppola in The Godfather: Part III, January 1991.
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- Andy Garcia talks to Insider about making The Godfather: Part III, December 2020.
- The Guardian discusses the tragic passing of Gio Coppola, and how it informed the work of both Francis Ford and Sofia Coppola, April 2000.
- Eleanor Coppola writes a diary of the production of The Godfather: Part III for Vogue, December 1990.
- Pauline Kael reviews The Godfather: Part III for The New Yorker, December 1990.
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- Brian Grubb at Uproxx reports on the version of The Godfather: Part III that almost starred Sylvester Stallone and John Travolta, September 2015.
- Robert Duvall talks to 60 Minutes about his life and career, January 2004.
- Robert Duvall confesses to Reuters that he has no regrets about not doing The Godfather: Part III, December 2010.
- Don Lattin at The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports on the real-life influences on the Vatican plot in The Godfather: Part III, December 1990.
- Robert Sam Anson at Vanity Fair looks back at the life and career of Charlie Bluhdorn, February 2015.
- James Day at Bright Lights Film Journal looks back on the influence of Charlie Bluhdorn on the narrative of The Godfather: Part III, November 2021.
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- Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline reports on the plans for a feature film version of Francis and the Godfather, September 2020.
- Mike Ryan at Uproxx looks at the changes between The Godfather: Part III and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, December 2020.
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