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He'd been having trouble securing enough funding to get it together and, attempting to get him over the line, he accepted a deal with American TV studio NBC. That version had to be screened over three nights to accommodate its massive running length - a whopping four hours in total. It became a huge television event and was later released on VHS in the '80s. Until now, that is.

This marks the first time this version of The Godfather will be seen anywhere in public and, for film nerds, it's a big deal. Since joining the Screen Rant fold, Craig has been involved in breaking news stories and mildly controversial ranking lists, but now works predominantly as a features writer.

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Coppola convinced them to keep the story in a post-World War II New York setting to maintain the integrity of the film. Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The studio pushed the director to cast Laurence Olivier as Vito, before eventually agreeing to pursue Brando under three stringent conditions: 1 Brando had to do a screen test; 2 if cast, Brando would have to do the movie for free; and 3 Brando would have to personally put up a bond to make up for potential losses caused by his infamously bad on-set behavior.

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Abe Vigoda Tessio as Tessio. Talia Shire Connie as Connie. Gianni Russo Carlo as Carlo. John Cazale Fredo as Fredo. Rudy Bond Cuneo as Cuneo. Francis Ford Coppola. Mario Puzo screenplay by based on the novel by Francis Ford Coppola screenplay by. More like this.

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