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It still remains an offer you can't refuse

Francis Ford Coppola's epic film The Godfather has been celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, a frightening thought as I can recall queuing up to see it at a Bangkok cinema all those years ago. It was 1972, in the days long before multiplex cinemas emerged in Bangkok, so when…

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Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89

Bob Rafelson, a co-creator of “The Monkees” who became an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, has died

The Independent UK

Bob Rafelson, Monkees co-creator and ‘Five Easy Pieces’ director, dies at 89

The filmmaker was a leader of the New Hollywood era, which saw a classical studio system giving way to rebellious young voices and fresh filmmaking styles.

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James Caan's cause of death confirmed by Los Angeles County coroner

LOS ANGELES — Actor James Caan died of a heart attack and coronary artery disease, the Los Angeles County medical examiner confirmed Saturday, according to Deadline.

Los Angeles Times

James Caan death: Actor’s cause of death revealed as a heart attack

‘The Godfather’ star died aged 82 earlier this month

The Independent UK

Harrison Ford: we pick his best film moments from Star Wars to Raiders of the Lost Ark, to Working Girl

Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny marks over five decades in cinema for Ford

Evening Standard

James Caan: Hollywood legend who played Sonny in ‘The Godfather’

James Caan, a Hollywood leading man of the 1970s who memorably displayed his tough-guy screen presence as the trigger-happy Mafioso Sonny Corleone in The Godfather – but who also proved, beyond his macho exterior, a versatile performer of wry expressiveness and unexpected vulnerability – has died aged 82.

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James Caan obituary

Superb actor whose defining role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather found echoes in his colourful personal life

The Guardian - UK

James Caan: Remembering the legendary actor’s top films from The Godfather to Elf

The acclaimed US actor died on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Bada-bing! Farewell to James Caan, a screen tough guy with a heart as big as his fists

The actor, who has died aged 82, starred in a slew of classics from ‘Thief’ to ‘Misery’ but will be best remembered as the volatile Sonny in ‘The Godfather’. Kevin E G Perry pays tribute to a master of his craft

The Independent UK

James Caan’s death mourned by ‘Godfather’ director Francis Ford Coppola, stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire

Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino and other members of “The Godfather” family paid tribute to James Caan following his death at age 82.

Tribune News Service

James Caan, US actor of ‘Godfather’ fame, dies aged 82

Caan, best known for playing Sonny Corleone in 1970s gangster film, The Godfather, died on Wednesday, his family said.

Al Jazeera

James Caan death: The Godfather, Misery and Elf actor dies, aged 82

Actor played Sonny Corleone in the 1972 gangster classic

The Independent UK

Cool World: How the Brad Pitt-starring ‘Roger Rabbit on acid’ became a box office bomb

Thirty years on from the flop that ended his Hollywood career, underground animation legend Ralph Bakshi talks to Kevin E G Perry about casting an unknown Brad Pitt, his friendships with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola and the wildest adult cartoon you’ve never heard of

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The Guardian - UK

The Offer review – Godfather origin story drags on for longer than all three movies

This overly long, endlessly cliche-ridden drama about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s classic mafia film lacks any point. Just watch the trilogy instead

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The best Paramount Plus movies: 22 great films to stream in October 2024

These are the best Paramount Plus movies to stream today, spanning a variety of genres for wherever you are in the world.

Inverse

50 years ago, Watergate changed the American political thriller forever

When Richard Nixon’s administration covered up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s offices, a new cinematic catnip was born.

Daily Mirror

Martin Sheen says nine out of ten movies he's starred in 'weren't good'

Award-winning actor Martin Sheen, 81, has been in over 70 films and admitted a lot of the movies he did was for money

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The Guardian - UK

What links Top Gun: Maverick to Dennis Rodman and The Outsiders?

The new Tom Cruise flyboy sequel is out, so follow it down the rabbit hole to ER, a Bull in Korea and Francis Ford Coppola

Evening Standard

Tom Cruise: Behind the (megawatt) smile

As Top Gun: Maverick garners some of Tom Cruise’s greatest reviews in decades, Samuel Fishwick paints a picture of the last truly unknowable movie star

Los Angeles Times

Robert Evans wouldn't approve of the man playing him on TV. He would be wrong

Even in the cocaine-and-creativity-fueled orgiastic landscape of Hollywood in the 1960s and '70s, Robert Evans stood out.

The Guardian - US

Why the Godfather making-of series The Offer has a nostalgia problem

While the veneration of man-made Hollywood myths continue, stories about women at the time remain frustratingly rare

Salon

Nic Cage's underrated bloody baptism

Panos Cosmatos’ psychedelic cult horror/sci-fi film "Mandy" set the tone for the actor's transformations to come

Salon

"The Offer" you can easily refuse

Even the hardest-core "Godfather" fans would do better to leave "The Offer" and watch anything else instead

Chicago Tribune

What does a movie producer do? ‘The Offer,’ a series about the making of ‘The Godfather,’ provides an answer

A few years ago, ahead of the 2019 Oscars, I wrote a column that started with a simple question: What does a movie producer do? Despite the ubiquity of the term, it’s a job title that fails to capture the day-to-day work itself. Director? Sure, most of us have a…

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