Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
I'm far from an expert, but I believe that there were maffiosi who tought the film was very 'cool'. They wanted to be like Vito, Santino, ... And acted like them.
Somewhere in the seventies, a powerful maffiaboss had a trial in Sicily. He had seen The GF, and when he was in the courtroom he acted totally like Vito Corleone. He pulled his lip up, he mumbeld, and did all kinds of slow Vito-handgestures...
Yes you are right, it was Luciano Liggio.
All mafiosi i read about liked it, they said it was very real. Nino Calderone (an informer in Sicily) told in his book that every guy in his family (around 30 people) read the book and saw the movie..
