The Godfather

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2019

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul pay tribute to 1972's mobster epic The Godfather! They praise the film's incredible rich cinematography, wonder if Michael makes his character turn too quickly, and debate whether this is truly the second greatest American film ever. Plus: Gianni Russo, who plays Carlo Rizzi in the film, shares stories from the set. Next week is Godfather Pt. II - tell us one of your deepest secrets! Don't worry, you can use a fake voice, just call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824. Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 1972 and Paul, what is this podcast?
0:03.3	Amy, don't ask me about my podcast.
0:05.0	No, but what is the podcast?
0:05.9	Amy, I told you, do not ask me about my podcast.
0:08.5	What movie are we?
0:09.5	Okay, just this one so you can ask me about this podcast.
0:11.8	What movie are we doing?
0:12.7	The Godfather.
0:31.0	Hello everybody and welcome to Unspooled.
0:34.3	I am your host, Amy Nicholson and as you know, this is the podcast where we are going through
0:38.6	the AFI, top 100 list from 2007 with my co-host, Paul Sheer, who will be in here any second
0:44.6	and we are looking at these films week by week to talk about how they feel this year,
0:48.7	do they hold up?
0:50.0	Are they ethics?
0:51.0	Do they deserve to be on this list of 100 films?
0:54.9	And today we are going to be talking about the number two film on the list.
0:59.5	We are going all the way back up to the top and away we have not done.
1:02.9	Since our very first episode on Citizen Kane, it is going to be monumental.
1:06.4	But before we do that, let us talk about last week's film which was American Graffiti.
1:11.4	The film by George Lucas before he made Star Wars, the film he made that was produced by,
1:15.6	the person we are going to be talking about today, Francis of Arcopola, who made the Godfather.
1:20.0	And I will say as kind of a spoiler alert for American Graffiti, as we talked about it last
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