Word: corleonese
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They were like the Kennedys of Massachusetts, an immigrant clan that reaped power and pain in almost equal measure. They were like the Ewings of Dallas, with a brilliant, scheming son wrapping his dirty deals in a whisper and a smile. They were like every family, the Corleones of Mario...
How titillating the Corleones seemed in 1972 and '74, when Francis Ford Coppola turned Puzo's best seller into two Oscar-winning Godfather films. Here was a family of murderers viewed with cool compassion; they did their lurid business with style. Coppola's own style, which set the tone for...
Coppola's long-awaited,$50 million-plus sequel almost didn't make its Christmas deadline. Early on, it was considered a sure blockbuster, but doubts are growing. Do young moviegoers care about the Corleones? Hmmm. (opens Dec. 25)
Charley is No. 5 in the hierarchy, and there is seemingly nothing to block his ascent-until he falls heel over head in love with a semigorgeous broad named Irene Walker. To the hulking bachelor hoodlum, she is "a classic, like the Truman win over Dewey." Irene is not Sicilian...
True. No Dallas watcher is likely to make the connection between a Ewing Oil business meeting and the current price of a gallon of gas. Southfork is a ranch out of time, and the Ewing Oil headquarters is a castle in the air-almost literally. The stock shot of the...