It is common enough for the lives of actors to be dramatised. Even directors get the biographical treatment on occasion. Producers not so much. One exception is Albert S Ruddy, who has died aged 94. His initiative and perseverance in shepherding to the screen the magisterial crime drama The Godfather was documented in the 10-part mini-series The Offer (2022), starring Miles Teller as Ruddy.
Its title was a reference to the threat famously issued in the film by the mafia boss Don Corleone, played by Marlon Brando: “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Ruddy dealt directly with the criminal bosses who tried to muscle in on the movie.
