1969: A year of revolution, revelation Sep 7, 2009
So was Mario Puzo s The Godfather. Locally, the problems were civic and fiduciary. (The Palm Beach Post)
Beware the Clutch Hand Aug 16, 2009
He came to New York City in 1892 from Corleone, the town in western Sicily whose name Mario Puzo borrowed to create literature's most famous Mafioso. A half-century before "The Godfather," he was the face of organized crime in America. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Lions' Schwartz, friends & family share his story Jul 31, 2009
"If I find an author _ David Morrell, Mario Puzo, John Grisham or any guy I hear is good _ I'll read everything he did," Schwartz said. "I don't read books by women. I've tried to, but their perspective is different, so I stick with what I like.". (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Unique path was tailored to fit Daly May 10, 2009
The author was Mario Puzo, so I guess you know what the book was. He took us for our first trip to the Stage Deli, and there he rhapsodized about all things New York, and we knew immediately he wasn't going to be a lifer in Chestnut Hill. (Boston Globe)
'The Mad Ones' chronicles story of Joe Gallo May 8, 2009
The character-driven saga is fit for the 1960s and perfect for Folsom's brand of made-for-Hollywood storytelling, complete with a true "to the mattresses" scene later adopted by "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo. "It's really this kind of world that they've created. That's the kind of thing you see in the movies," Folsom said of Gallo and his brothers. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A big day on the red carpet for local filmmakers May 8, 2009
Coleman s film opens on author Mario Puzo narrating as he is handwriting the scene. It was pretty much his thought process as he was writing it, Justin said. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Movies that won’t help, “The Godfather” Wars and “Chicago Ten” Apr 17, 2009
Author Mark Seal writes that in many ways, the men who made The Godfather -- director Francis Ford Coppola, producer Al Ruddy, Paramount executives Robert Evans and Peter Bart, and Gulf rn boss Charles Bluhdorn -- were as ruthless as the gangsters in Mario Puzo s blockbuster. After violent disputes over the casting of Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, they tangled with the real-life Mob, which didn t want the movie made at all. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Don't blame Francis Ford Coppola Apr 10, 2009
Like the 2006 original, it owes more to Grand Theft Auto, with its third-person shooting, driving and make-work missions, than to Mario Puzo or Francis Ford Coppola, who really should not be pulled into this. The last time out, EA brought in the voices of some heavy hitters from the acting world Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall to flesh out a competent, sometimes enjoyable trip through a familiar set of rules. (Globe and Mail)
Peter Bart To Quit Top Post At Variety Apr 6, 2009
His most famous career move came in the late 1960s, when, while working at Paramount Pictures, he and Bob Evans picked up the film rights to "The Godfather," based on a 60-page treatment by author Mario Puzo before the novel became an international bestseller. The Francis Ford Coppola film won best picture Oscar in 1972 and is regularly hailed as one of the best Hollywood movies ever made. (New York Post -- Business)
The PC Games of Spring 2009 Mar 24, 2009
Set in the same mobbed up world as the Francis Ford Coppola film and Mario Puzo novels, Godfather II will take you to Cuba, Miami and New York as the Don of the Big Apple. Your job is to build the family's wealth and influence through extortion, racketeering and good old-fashioned thuggery. (IGN PC Games)
Puzo Estate Wins Big in Godfather Game Lawsuit Feb 10, 2009
- Better than a horse head or a nap with a Hudson River smallmouth bass, the estate of author Mario Puzo has apparently settled for $1m from Paramount Pictures after filing suit against the studio last June. The suit alleged Paramount owed the Puzo estate compensation for retail and rental sales of the 2006 video game , based on the similarly named 1972 movie and Puzo's original 1969 novel. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Infotainment Feb 8, 2009
The estate of The Godfather author Mario Puzo got an offer it couldnt refuse and settled a one-million-dollar lawsuit relating to a videogame loosely based on the film, lawyers said Friday. Lawyers for the Puzo estate had filed suit against Paramount Pictures Corp in June, alleging it was. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
