On this episode of Our American Stories the director was a renegade filmmaker who'd never made a profitable picture The producer was hired because he could stay below budget The star had a reputation for being difficult A formula for disaster No the makings of one of the greatest films of all time Here to tell the story is Harlan Lebo author of The Godfather Legacy Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories it's a well-known bit of movie trivia that all films in which actor John Cazale appeared were nominated for Best Picture and three of them received the Oscar Further he appeared posthumously in archival footage in The Godfather Part III which was also nominated for Best Picture maintaining his perfect record He is the only actor in history to have this distinction John Cazale played one of the most iconic characters in film history Fredo Corleone from The Godfather Yet today most people don't even know his name Here to tell this story [... more]