Here is something Mikey Montana showed me this morning :

http://tampatrib.com/Entertainment/MGBF9RQKX6E.html


Don Cardi

In the future Mikey Montana should do his own posting!

Well, whatever it is, The Godfather Musical can be good if it is made by good people. Otherwise, no.

Link doesn't work.

I guess that he wants to hold the record on the board for the LEAST amounts of posts by a member!
That strunz!

( Mikey, we know that while you may not post, you DO read the boards!)


Don Cardi

GF musical hu??? Might work. I can't help but picture The Corleones and the other families dancing a "rumble" in the streets of NYC, only with maching guns instead of knives.

Or maybe...Michael belting out "When you're a Corleone, you're a Corleone all the way"....or maybe "Senator Geary, I'm misunderstood, deep down inside me there is good."
The possibilities are endless.

I wouldn't mind more info when you get a chance DC. Sounds interesting.

TIS

TIS - How could you forget to add the destined-to-be-a-classic "Officer McCluskey" to be sung by Michael, Sonny, Fredo and Tom.

OMG! You're right SB. Ha ha..that's better than Geary. Consider the lyrics changed.


TIS

SB, TIS, there is one song that I do remember them mentioning in the article. Woltz waking up with the horses head in his bed and breaking into the Guys and Dolls song " I've got the horse right here!" Remember that song from Guys and Dolls sung by Stubby Kaye?

Damn I wish that I had taken the article home with me. Will have to wait until monday.


Don Cardi

His name is Paul Revere...

I would not want the GF portrayed as a musical out of reverance for the GF. However, as just an artistic exercise, I think it's a great idea a la West Side Story. I think it has alot of potential.

*cue dramatic music*

IN MY HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME! WHERE MY WIFE SLEEEEEEEPS! WHERE MY CHILDREN COME TO PLAAAAAAAY WITH THEIR TOOOOOOOYS!

"Apoll on-ya --- I've just met a girl named Appo llon ya....I felt a lengthy jolt...got hit by thunderbolt they say.......

I'm just thinking how great the wedding scene could be if it was formed into a musical.

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, that's not me...
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, that's my fam il y...

This could definately be a show worth going to.

To the tune of "DAY O" The Belafonte song


Fredo! Freeeeedo!
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)

Fredo Freeeeedo!
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)

Worked a deal with Hyman Roth
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)
Noticed the open curtain cloth
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)

Hey Frank Pentangeli
Deal with the Rosatos
(Broke my Heart and you gotta go down)
I run the fam-i-lee
And the numbers racket lotto
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)

Fredo! Freeeedo!
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)

Now I'm gonna be singing that song in my head all day long...

I can't picture a musical of the movie.

Dropped the gun when Pop was shot
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)
No, Fredo, your not smaht
(Broke my heart and you gotta go down)

One fish, two fish, three fish, bang!
Broke my heart and you gotta go down
One fish, two fish, three fish, bang!
Broke my heart and you gotta go down

Ha ha!! Great lyrics you guys! Who said GF can't be a musical? A little touch of every musical every made.


TIS

Cor------leone where the oranges come rolling down the trail

thought i would give it a try

A LIFE IN THE LIFE

(To the Tune of The Beatles "A Day in the Life")

I read the news today, oh boy
Five shots to day and yet he's still alive.
My brother Fredo sat and cried,
Sollozo captured Tom
And now Santino is the Don ---

I'd love to get a gun ---

(Crescendo)

Woke up, fell outta bed
Shot Sollozo in the head
On my way outside I whacked that cop
and looking up I noticed I was late

Took a boat to Sici-lee
Met a grl...Appollo -nee
Got double crossed by my body guard
So when she turned the key she blew up her car

Ahhhhhhh

I made my plans today, oh boy
Pretended Carlo's in and Tom is out.
But then my father died too soon
So I just made my move
And killed them all so smooth
Now we know how many shots that killed them all

The family I now run!

Crescendo.

That's hilarious Don Tomasso! Don Cardi doesn't need to post the article, as we all seem to know all about it.


TIS

Grazie IS. Will do another when I have time.

one idea--

"If I were a healthy man" sung by Hyman Roth

another

Mediterranean Homesick Blues sung by Michael Corleone

Great work DonTom, I can't wait to see more.

I just read them today, while at college. I love them so much, im laughing out loud in the library and i was asked to be quieter.

Tune of Mezza Luna


"Mistah Bruno
What do you know
About Luca and the fishes?"
"Mista Michael I will tell ya
Just be careful what your wish is."

"Mista Hagen
Whatcha makin'?
Why you actin so contrary?"
"Mista Michael
I will tell ya
I can be wartime con-sig-lier-eee."

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da dada boom.

"Misus Rizzi
itsy bitzy,
Mar-i-tal issues."
"Mista Carlo
Cos' e' farlo?
I'll kill all your living tissues!"

"Mista Tom
I am the one
Who was the traitor"
"Mista Tess'
You're in a mess
You 'on the hook'
Wont see ya later!"

da da da etc.

Ok, this link works :

http://tampatrib.com/Entertainment/MGBF9RQKX6E.html


Here is the article :

Godfather!: The Musical' Celebrates Family Life
By Bob Ross Of The Tampa Tribune
Published: Apr 1, 2005

It worked well for ``The Producers,'' ``Hairspray'' and ``Chicago.'' So it seems natural that the newest movie-musical conversion looms as inevitable as it is uncalled for.
Thirty-three years after emerging as one of America's most beloved film classics, the all-time gangster-family favorite ``The Godfather'' is being developed as a Hollywood musical.

Combining the miracle of computer-generated imagery with the latest in pop-music sensibilities, the big-budget, song-and-dance filled ``Godfather! The Musical'' will bring the Corleone clan closer to today's young moviegoers, many of whom think ``gangster'' yarns are confined to hip-hop conflicts and clothing lines.

Producer Albert S. Ruddy and director Francis Ford Coppola have already passed the highest hurdle facing their project: The filmmakers have obtained rights (not cheaply, of course) from the Marlon Brando estate to use the legendary actor's image to reprise his Oscar-winning role as Don Vito Corleone.

Using digital re-creations of Brando's famous face and voice, Coppola will turn the jowly crime boss into a singing inspiration for his wife (``I'll Take Care of Everything''), his daughter (``Keep Carlo at Home'') and his fiery eldest son (``A Real Man Spends Time With His Family'').

To create Brando's vocal parts, sound technicians will sample his songs from ``Guys and Dolls,'' so that ``Luck Be a Lady'' will find new life as, say, ``Luca, Be a Friend.''

In another ``Guys and Dolls'' homage, big-shot producer Jack Woltz will greet Don Corleone's emissary Tom Hagen with an updated version of ``Fugue for Tinhorns,'' best known for its round-robin lyric ``I got the horse right here.''

Because this ``Godfather'' is a musical, you can expect less gore than in the 1972 original. The violence will be stylized a la ``West Side Story,'' with gun battles staged as tasteful showdowns. Even James Caan's notorious demise at a New Jersey toll booth will be reworked more as a ballet than a bloodbath.

``From the opening wedding banquet to the final, tentative understanding between Michael and Kay, this story is rich with lyrical potential,'' says Coppola, who adds that he hopes his director-daughter Sofia will be available to help him bring the venerated ``Godfather'' archetype into a context that younger audiences will appreciate.

Even Al Pacino and Diane Keaton are expected to return as the war hero and schoolteacher whose love is challenged by conflicting family obligations. Their big musical number will be ``You Must Believe, That's My Family, Not Me.''


Reporter Bob Ross can be reached at (813) 259-7916.
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Don Cardi

DC, note the date of the article.

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You can do infinite variations on the Jailhouse Tango (He Had it Coming)song from Chicago:

Starting with Pop. Drip. Squish. Aha. Sicily..

There was this archbishop who chain smoked and cooked the books so bad he asked Mike for a 500 million dollar bribe. Then he's off to Rome to get in bed with the people who stole from him and double crossed Michael. He tried to lay the whole thing off on the death of the pope but sometimes that stairway to heaven gets pretty slppery.