Due to the stress from his pledge to Bluhdorn, Evans scolds Ruddy about Francoise as well as the length of the script, and furiously rejects considering Pacino for the film without even seeing his screen test. Francoise shows interest in helping Ruddy with producing, taking hold of one of the screenplays on his desk and accompanying him to the studio, where she pitches that Sinatra should portray the Fontane character to Evans.
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Bluhdorn finally gets ahold of him and informs him he will not be fired, with Evans pledging that should Love Story and The Godfather flop, he will accept full fault.
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In Los Angeles, Evans locks himself in his office and ignores calls from Bluhdorn to focus on the slate Paramount currently has. Coppola arrives to retrieve the script, and is brought on a location scout where they find the home they will use as the Corleone home. With the promise that the word "mafia" is eliminated from the script, Colombo gives his blessing for the film to be made. He has his secretary Bettye McCartt steal what Puzo and Coppola have and bring it to New York. Ruddy promises him that the film will be respectful and invites Colombo to read the script, despite not having it nor it being finished. Michael Tolkin & Leslie Greif and Russell Rothberg & Mona Mira & Michael TolkinĬolombo directly tells Ruddy that they will not allow the film to be made. Ruddy is approached by Colombo's men, who take him to meet with Colombo. Evans is sent a dead rat in a copy of the novel by Colombo, and he flees back to Los Angeles, where he learns he will be removed from his position at the end of the month. Ruddy meets with Congressman Mario Biaggi to be given permission to film in New York but is informed this will not be allowed. Evans meanwhile goes to New York and instructs Lapidus to never interfere with him again. For the role of Michael Corleone, Coppola insists on Al Pacino, whom Ruddy promises to get despite being told by casting executive Andrea Eastman that Evans will never approve him. All agreeing on Vic Damone for the role of Johnny Fontane, they meet with him after he expresses interest, and agrees to participate, though he later announces he will not do the film after being publicly intimidated during one of his shows. Ruddy juggles multiple issues trying to get the production on track, including Puzo and Coppola taking their time on the script, continued intimidation from Colombo, studio executive Barry Lapidus interfering and insisting on multiple changes to keep the budget low, and dealing with the clashing casting ideals of the studio and Coppola. Teleplay by : Michael Tolkin & Leslie Greif and Michael Tolkin & Nikki Toscano & Kevin J.
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In an attempt to intimidate them to drop the project, Colombo has Ruddy and Francoise's car shot up while they are inside. He tasks Ruddy to produce, who selects Puzo to adapt, and Francis Ford Coppola to direct. call Paramount to try and convince them to sell the film rights, however Evans is able to convince Charles Bluhdorn to retain them. Due to the success of the novel, rival studios such as Warner Bros.
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Joe Colombo, one of the heads of the Five Families, begins a crusade to fight injustice towards Italian-Americans, founding the Italian-American Civil Rights League.
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However it is negatively received by the Italian-American community, in particular Frank Sinatra, as it is believed the Johnny Fontane character is based on him. In New York City, struggling author Mario Puzo's The Godfather becomes a best seller and is optioned for film by Paramount. He convinces Robert Evans, head of production at Paramount Pictures, to take him on as a film producer. Together, the pair successfully pitched the sitcom Hogan's Heroes to CBS, though Ruddy walks away from the show. Ruddy meets and forms a bond with owner Francoise Glazer as well as encounters Sergeant Bilko actor Bernard Fein. In 1969 at the Chateau Marmont, Rand Corporation employee Albert S.