************************************************** THE GODFATHER NEWSLETTER #1 - 12/11/95 ************************************************** Published now and then to inform all padrinophiles about updates and other news concerning The Godfather and The Godfather Trilogy website. Your host: Geoff "Il Padrino" Malta email: jgeoff@TheGodfatherTrilogy.com WWW: THE GODFATHER TRILOGY URL: http://www.TheGodfatherTrilogy.com/ If you do not wish to receive future editions of this newsletter, please let me know. If you have received more than one copy of this newsletter, please let me know. >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > CONTENTS > 1. Introduction > 2. What's New on the site? > 3. Trivia Contest #1 Announcement > 4. What's this about Godfather Part IV? > 5. What's Coming Up on the site? >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >1. INTRODUCTION > >Ciao, fellow padrinophiles! I have gotten lots and lots of great feedback >from over one hundred visitors to The Godfather Trilogy site! And if you've >read the Survey Results, you'd see what everyone wants. > >This new newsletter is NOT a mailing list... I've painstakingly taken all >your email addresses from your emails to me, and have pasted them into the >CC: of this document. Responses to this newsletter will NOT be sent to >everyone, but just to me. But that's okay! If you have any comments about >this, or anything else, please let me know! Enjoy... > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >2. WHAT'S NEW ON THE SITE? > >Those of you who haven't visited The Godfather Trilogy site should come >back! I've been doing lots of housekeeping, and have been adding more and >more almost daily! The latest additions (past two weeks) include: > >-- THE ACTORS: Who Played...? Who Died? > This new section tells who played in which films, who died, and other >actor trivia! > >-- THE GODFATHER SOUVENIR BOOK (TXT) > The text from the official 1972 program book for The Godfather. >Includes actor bios! > >-- GODFATHER TRILOGY > Although I haven't yet purchased this set, a wonderful human being by >the name of Greg Vaughn sent me notes he took comparing his laserdisc >version with The Epic and the originals! It's now up for all to see! > >-- TRIVIA CONTEST #1 [see Section 3 below] > >-- 19 WAV files in The Godfather Part II section, plus more quotes! > >-- More WAV files (including out-takes!) for GF Part I quotes! > >-- 18 GF1 Quotes on The Movie Sounds Page! > >-- iWave is here! It's the best real-time audio player I've heard, featured >in GF3 Quotes! > >-- iWave is also featured on each films' page, for the theme music of that film! > >-- more trivia! more trivia!! more trivia!!! more quotes! more quotes!! >more quotes!!! > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >3. TRIVIA CONTEST #1 IS UP! > [deleted] > > >And in other contest news... >LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST is now on-going!! Check out the info from the Contest page! > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >4. WHAT'S THIS ABOUT GODFATHER PART IV? > >Okay, we've read what Biskind had to say five years ago in The Godfather >Companion... It got our imaginations moving, but didn't sound promising. >(Read in on the site's GF4 page) > >Now, in the past couple of weeks I've heard rumors of IV again... from my >faithful visitors! > >Here's one: >"I read a few months ago somewhere that Tom Cruise and Christian Slater were >both going to be in Part IV." (Scott) > >Here's another: >"while watching the boob-tube last night, they mention something about >beginning production on the Godfather IV." (Eric) > >Has anyone else heard anything about Part IV? > >I had this interesting chat with "Don Matteo" about what Part IV could be about: > >Me: >> Okay, with Andy Garcia as the Don -- intercut with De Niro as the >> mid-age Don! It's stricking how much Vincent looked like De Niro at the end >> of III that it would be perfect to continue Vincent's role, while flashing >> back to those missing Don Vito days between De Niro's first treatment, and >> Brando's! If it doesn't do this, I don't think the film will work. >> Garcia's good, but I don't think he'd be able to carry the film alone. > >Matt: >That would be a great idea. They also could develope Michael as the loner, >Fredo as the dumb witted brother, Santino, the hot head kid on the precipice >of the family business. The Luca Brasi story when he killed like ten guys in >two days when they were having the wars with other families. There is >definately a very interesting chunk of the story missing. Them finding Tom >Hagen. The book in some minor detail developes the story of Vito moving out >of the city also. They could also use the same actors from GF II, figure De >Niro, Bruno Kirby it definately could work. With Andy Garcia running the >family for the modern sequence. Hell there are so many different ways you >can develope the modern part. Have the Corleones trying to retake the New >York crime scene. Or even really tempting would be to have say Connie's son >Victor or Sonny's boy Frank or Santino jr.or one of the children wanting to >take over the family reigns with an internal war in the family. (sort of >like the struggle for power in th Columbo crime family) You could have such >a contrast with the Vito(De niro) keeping the family together while Vincent >trys to do the same but the family tears itself apart. Well I guess we will >have to just wait and hope. They might even be able to sneak Pesci in part >of it. ("Don Matteo") > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >5. WHAT'S COMING UP ON THE SITE? > >Folks, the best is yet to come! > >What I hope to do soon is fix those godaweful Family Trees! I'd like to see >clickable family portraits that'll tell you "who is", have photos of each >person with ages and other info, etc... [Well, at least they're fixed up a little bit:)] >I am also waiting for a PICTURE OF AN ORANGE (color gif of jpg of one >orange), which I have not been able to find anywhere on the net!! Once I >get that, my "Oranges" page will be up. What do oranges have to do with the >Godfather? Send me a photo and find out!! :) [Done!] >There are more future features listed in the Guestbook... Ya'know, that link >that says "Click to leave a comment and look for announcements" that no >one's using! :) I know it's slow sometimes, but I think it could be a good >forum for us -- check it out (bottom of the main page). [Now it says "Guestbook"] >And please let me know what you'd like to see in the future! > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > >Thanks for reading! > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+