FINALLY! The Godfather Saga is going to be aired again!

The Saga is the chronological version of Parts I & II, with extra footage not shown on any released version -- so get your VCR's ready!

In four parts, on Spike TV -- Sep 27-30 @ 9PM ET

Check out all of September's programming on The Gangster TV Listings

Thanks for letting us know Geoff. I'll be sure and record it and add it to my collection.

YAY !!!





I think it's been about 4 years since I've seen the Saga (last shown on Bravo)!

Thanks for the heads-up, JGeoff!

Apple

In that case, I won't be in Jersey City on the 28th.

SB we will have to make sure the restaurant puts it on!


I don't get spike tv

Do you know if this will be an unedited version? It kills me when they cut out violent scenes.

And can anyone tell me how to properly hook up this damn vcr/dvd player I have?

I've seen the SAGA many times.......but it is 3 parts, not 4, so whats going on here?

To answer your question from the top of my mind :

- Sonny says "stick in his hand" and not "dick in his hands"

- Young Vito doesnt shoot the extra bullet through Fanucci's mouth.

- Sonny doesnt get the close range final "treatment" from one of the hitmen...just the bullets to the car.

- No close-up when Young Vito "slices" Don Ciccio.


I'll see if I can remember more...

That's what I was afraid of. I was hoping Spike might run it uncut.

Oh man, that's right!

Jeez, I gotta get TiVo or something...

I was hoping to record it direct to the computer to put on DVD - the signal I got last time (what, 2 years ago now?) totally sucked...

Good question, actually... I'll try to find out...

My guess would be that since it's the 'Saga'...which was created for television in the first place, and NOT the films in their 'original' form...that the edits will probably be there.

It would be nice if I were wrong, but just in case I'd expect to hear '...stick in his hand...' among other things and then be pleasantly surprised if that turns out not to be the case.

The important thing is that the Saga will be shown...!!!!

Apple

Spike runs it with commercials right?

Yes, Spike runs it with commercials.

Apple

I've been thinking about this for a while now, I am contemplating ripping GF1 & GF 2 from my Godfather DVDs to my computer, along with all the deleted scenes, and then compiling them into 1 big godfather saga, and burning this to a few DVDs. Anyone ever tried doing this? It wouldn't be very hard to do, it would just take a bit of time. If I get round to this, I'll let you know.

YAY!!!

This is gonna be so great!

I'm gonna TivO it so there will be no commercials, then I'll burn dvds and offer them to whomever is nice to me on these boards

Hey DonT remember all those things I said about you? WELL you are the ummm coolest @$#%^@$@#$^$%#%@#$@#$# in the world

If you do it please let me know, I'll buy a copy from you.

Well what I will do, if I get round to this, is send a couple of copies to people for them to distribute to others, on the understanding that it's only to people that already own the original DVDs, although it will be difficult to stop them hitting ebay eventually. Actually, I'm surprised they're not on there already.
The only thing I will need help with may be the chronology of some of the deleted scenes, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

[raspy Fanucci voice]Eeeeeeh, dontom, my fellow lefty. Reaaly glad to have you around here. So I heard you and your friends are burning DVD's, eeeh? [/raspy Fanucci voice]

DT - What kind of A/V outputs are on a TiVo unit?

And, it automatically skips the commercials? How well does it do that, like when a movie fades in?

I'd rather record direct to my computer like I tried last time - but that's a tough commitment to sit here for 4 nights starting/stopping between commercials - then editing it all back together.

But I like making the DVD menus and chapter stops -- the first time I tried this (with a bad signal thanks to Comcast ) I even had some little extra features

Edit: Maybe I'll try Comcast's DVR service. Hmm. I got a month to figure it all out...

J Geoff ... I havent the slightest clue how it knows when the commercials are coming, but it does some how. As for taking the TiVO and burning it to a DVD I also havent a clue, I leave it to onbe of my kids.

Ok I've just ripped the first 2 films to my computer, I've just been going through the deleted scenes and I've already come up with a problem. I forgot that all the deleted scenes are in 4:3, whereas everything else is in widescreen
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I crop the top and bottom and make them widescreen? (That's assuming I can work out how to do that). Or I could squeeze them into widescreen, or even just leave the borders on. Mmm.

Does this mean that they will be showing the deleted scene of Fabrizzo getting blown up?

Mig - that scene was never completed, so it's never been seen.

Raymondo - Hense the problem. It'll all be fullscreen on the TV, so it'd be much easier - in fact, infinitely easier cuz you don't have to cut it together

I live in the UK though, so I can't see it at all I'm still looking into this though, I reckon I can work something out, it's just gonna take more work than I first realised.

Then what was the scene I've seen several times of Fabrizio leaving his restaurant with a boxed pizza, getting in the car, turning the key and it being blown up...then Fabrizio quickly stumbling out before dropping dead onto the street?

Did I dream that?

Apple

I think Mig meant the scene where Michael kills him...

Ahhh, that makes sense!

It's probably the scene JGeoff was referring to.

If Mig DID mean the car explosion scene, then I most certainly do expect to see it in the late Sept. airing...after all, it is part of the Saga!!

Apple

Yeah the Fabrizzio car hit is there, as well as so many other great scenes that were left out of the movies.
The SAGA has 1 hour of deleted scenes, but one MISSING scene- as far as I remember....I think this scene is never shown :

A Church. ANTHONY is walking down the aisle during his first communion.

[Priest prays while giving out eucharist. Anthony is the third child. He turns toward the camera.]