Mentions Across Episodes
“That book is a sprawling gangster novel called The Godfather. And so he goes to Lucas.”
“Described as being as good or better than the movies, which are considered some of the best of all time.”
“The book is discussed as being better than the movies, with insights gained from reading it.”
“Coppola read a portion of the book and hated it, and when Paramount called with its offer, he did what any broke-and-down-on-his-luck director would have done if offered a high-visibility, high-paying project. He turned it down.”
“Mario Puzo, the author of The Godfather, said to me, Bill, I want to write your life story.”
“Coppola was wooed to take the helm of a low budget action film based on one of the biggest books of 1969, a sprawling gangster novel by Mario Puzo called The Godfather.”