The Godfather: 'Nobody enjoyed one day of it'

The Godfather: ‘Nobody enjoyed one day of it’

Posted on October 11, 2009 in Outtakes | No Comments

Considered the best film ever made, the Godfather’s production is a story of tumultuous studio fighting, casting problems, and bitter battles between director and producer.

…“It was the most miserable film I can think of to make,” declares its producer, Al Ruddy. “Nobody enjoyed one day of it.” Coppola agrees: “It was just non-stop anxiety and wondering when I was going to get fired.” The novel by Mario Puzo could easily not have been written: eight publishers passed on the outline for a would-be best-seller pitched by a middle-ranking, mid-forties writer with a bad gambling habit and big debts. Only bumping into a friend had led to his actually writing The Godfather. Its 67 weeks topping the New York Times best-seller list surprised everyone.

— Telegraph.co.uk | Read The Full Article