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Bloopers
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07/13/07 08:30 AM
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: lucylu]
#415141
07/14/07 09:53 AM
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johnny ola
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When I point out a mistake, I hear "Can't you just enjoy the movie?" Yes, I AM enjoying the movie, flaws and all. Whatever ends up on the screen is part of the experience. I think those people are in the very small minority. First of all they just "don't get it". Its not about finding fault with a film. In order to find a "goof", one has to pay close attention to the film. It is my contention that most people enjoy seeing these occasional "goofs" and feeling like an insider, witness the popularity of the "Making of such and such" shows, whereby the film studios, sort of give away their "secrets" by taking people behind the scenes.
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: pizzaboy]
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07/14/07 11:10 AM
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johnny ola
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The only flaws that really bug me are anachronisms in period pieces. There's no excuse for those. For instance, in GLADIATOR, one of the Romans was wearing Reeboks.  How about the Tarzan movie where one of the natives was wearing a watch?  I personally don't really look for "goofs", but I do notice the cars and their years in period films, such as the '65 Chevy being used in 1963 in "Goodfellas". Speaking of cars being used in films, Turnbull has made a post in the past detailing most of the cars used in the Godfather films and how accurate they were, even to the point of saying what type of brand would have been used by who.  What I found interesting is that Michael didn't always choose the typical "Black Cadillac" as his car of choice. Other then the scene in hotel room with Kay, where they showed a Black Cadillac parked outside the Hotel Washington,  and his return when he went to meet Kay  It appears that once Mike took over sole proprietorship of the family, he didn't use Cadillacs anymore. Mike was shown, first in the Packard limo,   *Packard can be seen behind the Buick. I believe that Buick's were also favored by mob types on low end of the ladder. then in Tahoe in the Imperial Ghia.   Also I believe Mike arrived in Las Vegas in a Chrysler limo 
I love my Chrysler and tuna fish sandwiches.
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: johnny ola]
#415185
07/14/07 01:03 PM
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Boat House
Carson_Corleone
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The most obvious blooper is in Part II just before Michael ducks to avoid the bullets.
Kay is seen in the mirror on the nightstand and then magically disappears a split second before Michael hits the deck.
-In my HOME!!! In my BEDROOM WHERE MY WIFE SLEEPS!! Where my children come and play with their toys. In my home.
-My father taught me many things here -- he taught me in this room. He taught me -- keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: johnny ola]
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07/14/07 10:46 PM
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A truly SPLENDID post, Johnny!  Thanks for those pics! Although, knowing you and your erudition, I would have expected nothing less!!!  And, what you said is right on. Any old director could have gotten any old Cads for a "gangster" movie of the Fifties. Trust FFC, the fanatic about details, to think it through and come up with that '54 Packard Patrician (prior to Michael Francis Rizzi's baptism); the '54 Imperial limo (when Michael visits Fredo and Moe Green); and that absolute classic '58 Crown Imperial Ghia limo that takes Michael back to Tahoe after Havana. One of only about a dozen built; and, at $13k, the most expensive American car--even more than the Eldo Brougham. I would happily have had the one you like: the '58 Chrysler New Yorker that your namesake drove ahead of Michael's (probably Avis rental) '58 Ford Custom 300 when he called on Roth in Miami. But my favorite authentic car is the '57 Mercury Montclair that drives Michael in Havana: original two-tone Sea Green and Cream paint, slightly bent grill, loud tappets, tinny European horn-- exactly what a Hispanic chauffeur of that era would have used to drive a rich gringo. BTW: Did you check out the '47 Ford Woodie wagon in the scene where Michael woos Kay in New Hampshire? And the '54 DeSoto Firedome ahead of (or behind) the Buick you posted?
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: pizzaboy]
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07/14/07 11:13 PM
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The only flaws that really bug me are anachronisms in period pieces. There's no excuse for those. For instance, in GLADIATOR, one of the Romans was wearing Reeboks. Reeboks? Are you sure? In one episode of the original Star Trek series, they went back to 1930s Chicago. On one of the tenement buildings in the background you can see one of those yellow and black civil defense signs that didn't premier until the nuclear age in the 50s.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: Turnbull]
#415311
07/15/07 12:57 AM
07/15/07 12:57 AM
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johnny ola
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A truly SPLENDID post, Johnny! Thanks for those pics! Although, knowing you and your erudition, I would have expected nothing less!!! And, what you said is right on. Any old director could have gotten any old Cads for a "gangster" movie of the Fifties. Trust FFC, the fanatic about details, to think it through and come up with that '54 Packard Patrician (prior to Michael Francis Rizzi's baptism); the '54 Imperial limo (when Michael visits Fredo and Moe Green); and that absolute classic '58 Crown Imperial Ghia limo that takes Michael back to Tahoe after Havana. One of only about a dozen built; and, at $13k, the most expensive American car--even more than the Eldo Brougham. I would happily have had the one you like: the '58 Chrysler New Yorker that your namesake drove ahead of Michael's (probably Avis rental) '58 Ford Custom 300 when he called on Roth in Miami. But my favorite authentic car is the '57 Mercury Montclair  that drives Michael in Havana: original two-tone Sea Green and Cream paint, slightly bent grill, loud tappets, tinny European horn-- exactly what a Hispanic chauffeur of that era would have used to drive a rich gringo. BTW: Did you check out the '47 Ford Woodie wagon in the scene where Michael woos Kay in New Hampshire? And the '54 DeSoto Firedome ahead of (or behind) the Buick you posted? Good one on the Woody, and I do remember the '54 Desoto. Add insult to injury, they whacked Carlo in a '51 Plymouth Cranbrook ! How much more embarrassing could it have been for Carlo?  They at least let Paulie have his last ride in nice 1941 Packard! 
I love my Chrysler and tuna fish sandwiches.
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: johnny ola]
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07/15/07 03:17 PM
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...but I bet you pine for Frankie Pentangeli's '57 Eldo...or maybe that pink '55 Chev in the Havana opening scene... With all due respect I don't believe Frankie had a '57 Eldo, I believe it to be a '58 Sedan De Ville. Well, you got me again, Johnny!  I should have paid more attention to the rear door being opened, and the square top of the tailfin. The last time I saw a '57 Eldo tailfin, it was on the business end of a harpoon.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: Turnbull]
#415734
07/15/07 03:20 PM
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My own world.
whisper
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...but I bet you pine for Frankie Pentangeli's '57 Eldo...or maybe that pink '55 Chev in the Havana opening scene... With all due respect I don't believe Frankie had a '57 Eldo, I believe it to be a '58 Sedan De Ville. Well, you got me again, Johnny! I should have paid more attention to the rear door being opened, and the square top of the tailfin. The last time I saw a '57 Eldo tailfin, it was on the business end of a harpoon. Care to elaborate TB?
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters. Cus D'Amato
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Re: Bloopers
[Re: Turnbull]
#415737
07/15/07 03:29 PM
07/15/07 03:29 PM
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johnny ola
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I have one of those, given to me by some shady characters... How about the Godfather Computer Game? Have you dropped a few hints for that one? Just tell them, some day, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me, if you get me the Godfather Computer Game, and that by chance if honest men such as yourselfs should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you. 
I love my Chrysler and tuna fish sandwiches.
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