DOUBLE BAKER'S DOZEN: CLASSIC FILMS A-Z

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.
J. JOHNNY FONTANE - Vito's godson
K. KING, Morgana - Portrayed Mama Corleone

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.
J. JOHNNY FONTANE - Vito's godson
K. KING, Morgana - Portrayed Mama Corleone
L. LITTLEFEATHER, Sacheen - accepted Brando's LEAD actor Academy Award in his stead
M. MONTANA, Lenny - played Luca Brasi. Sleeps with the fishies

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.
J. JOHNNY FONTANE - Vito's godson
K. KING, Morgana - Portrayed Mama Corleone
L. LITTLEFEATHER, Sacheen - accepted Brando's LEAD actor Academy Award in his stead
M. MONTANA, Lenny - played Luca Brasi. Sleeps with the fishies
N. NEW HAMPSHIRE - Kay Adams' birthplace
O. OAKTREE Productions were in charge of Special Effects

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.
J. JOHNNY FONTANE - Vito's godson
K. KING, Morgana - Portrayed Mama Corleone
L. LITTLEFEATHER, Sacheen - accepted Brando's LEAD actor Academy Award in his stead
M. MONTANA, Lenny - played Luca Brasi. Sleeps with the fishies
N. NEW HAMPSHIRE - Kay Adams' birthplace
O. OAKTREE Productions were in charge of Special Effects
P. PACINO, Al - played Michael - the "good" son who wanted no part of the family business
Q. QUOTE: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.
J. JOHNNY FONTANE - Vito's godson
K. KING, Morgana - Portrayed Mama Corleone
L. LITTLEFEATHER, Sacheen - accepted Brando's LEAD actor Academy Award in his stead
M. MONTANA, Lenny - played Luca Brasi. Sleeps with the fishies
N. NEW HAMPSHIRE - Kay Adams' birthplace
O. OAKTREE Productions were in charge of Special Effects
P. PACINO, Al - played Michael - the "good" son who wanted no part of the family business
Q. QUOTE: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
R. RUSSO, GIANNI - Played the role of Rizzi, Carlo
S. STERLING Hayden - portrayed very bad cop Capt. McCluskey

CLASSIC FILMS A-Z: THE GODFATHER

A. AMERIGO Bonasera - Speaks the first line of the film
B. BRANDO, Marlon - plays the title role
C. CORLEONE - The family
D. DUVALL, Robert - plays Tom Hagen, the lawyer
E. EMILIO Barzini - head of one of the Five Families. Feared stairs
F. Frances Ford Coppola - Director of The Godfather
G. GIANNI Russo - Actor who played Carlo Rizzi and answered for Santino
H. HAGEN, Tom - first non-Italian consigliere of the Corleone family
I. IMPROVISATION: Francis Ford Coppola held improvisational rehearsal sessions that simply consisted of the main cast sitting down in character for a family meal. The actors and actresses couldn't break character, which Coppola saw as a way for the cast to organically establish the family roles seen in the final film.
J. JOHNNY FONTANE - Vito's godson
K. KING, Morgana - Portrayed Mama Corleone
L. LITTLEFEATHER, Sacheen - accepted Brando's LEAD actor Academy Award in his stead
M. MONTANA, Lenny - played Luca Brasi. Sleeps with the fishies
N. NEW HAMPSHIRE - Kay Adams' birthplace
O. OAKTREE Productions were in charge of Special Effects
P. PACINO, Al - played Michael - the "good" son who wanted no part of the family business
Q. QUOTE: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
R. RUSSO, GIANNI - Played the role of Rizzi, Carlo
S. STERLING Hayden - portrayed very bad cop Capt. McCluskey
T. TONY Giorgio - Played the character Tattaglia, Bruno
U. UNCREDITED - bit parts were played by several members of the Coppola clan ... relatives of the director.



"Francis Ford Coppola worked with relatives in this film, (making it a family film in many contexts). In chronological order of appearance: his sister, Talia Shire, portrayed Connie Corleone throughout the saga, his mother, Italia Coppola, served as an extra in the restaurant meeting, his father, Carmine Coppola, was the piano player in the Mattress sequence and, he composed the music, his sons Gian-Carlo Coppola and Roman Coppola, can be seen as extras in the scene where Sonny beats up Carlo, and he is at the funeral, and his daughter, Sofia Coppola, is the baby, Michael Rizzi, in the baptism (she was three weeks old at the time of shooting)."