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‘Godfather’ mansion hits the market for $2.89M
New York Post ^ | 11/13/2014 | Jennifer Gould Keil

Posted on 11/13/2014 2:52:52 PM PST by Borges

A piece of American cinematic history is for sale again.

The Staten Island estate where “The Godfather” was filmed is back on the market for $2.89 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
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To: boop

I had no idea either about the personal information of each character. I will also be reading up on that is really cool.


61 posted on 11/14/2014 5:27:09 AM PST by angcat
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To: Robwin

Just posting from what I saw on another site, nasty one!


62 posted on 11/14/2014 5:27:46 AM PST by angcat
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To: boop

Coppola not getting any younger. Needs his touch

Ps. My grandfather imported Olive oil from Sicily. But he didn’t get involved in the rest. Lol


63 posted on 11/14/2014 7:43:14 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: boop
I'm always embarrassed by the Godfather collection that it includes part III. I can't remember a single quote from it.

This is the one most people remember....


64 posted on 11/14/2014 7:49:57 AM PST by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: boop
Reminds me of Richard Castellano (Clemenza) in GF II. He wanted so much $ to return, that they ended up just killing his character

That was no heart attack.

65 posted on 11/14/2014 7:50:47 AM PST by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Borges; GeronL; Slings and Arrows; Lucky9teen

Make them an offer they can’t refuse!


66 posted on 11/14/2014 9:08:47 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: central_va

It looks like what they did was to make a wall through the street to make it appear as though the street was actually the driveway entrance to the house. I don’t know how they did the wedding scene, though, I doubt that yard would have fit on a half acre lot. They must have used a different location for the wedding.


67 posted on 11/14/2014 9:25:25 AM PST by Defiant (GOP needs to be the party of no to socialism, yes to freedom.)
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To: morphing libertarian

I like 3. Yeah the incest plot is creepy and weird, plus of course featuring the director’s daughter makes it creepier, and she can’t act. Would have liked Duval but he wanted too much. What I really enjoy though is watching Garcia’s character change from Sonny’s kid (all hot emotions) to Micheal’s kid (all cold calculations), while watching Micheal finally pay the price for rotten bastard he is. That’s really good stuff. And all the call back, not just the simultaneous hits, but Zasso getting hit during the same festival Vito killed that boss and got on his path, and tons and tons more. If you pay attention to the callbacks you can actually “see” the next trilogy, 3 is telling you it’s just going to keep going like this, new bosses, new cars, same actions, same backdrops.


68 posted on 11/14/2014 9:33:47 AM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: dfwgator

Now, that’s funny right there...


69 posted on 11/14/2014 9:40:20 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: discostu

The daughter has a classic Italian look, but I agree no acting chops. It was creepy, but at least they had Michael and the family telling him to knock it off. And the ending did the typical Hollywood payback.

I like your examples.


70 posted on 11/14/2014 10:34:31 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Cicero
I know, $2.89 million is a lot of money. But if you start looking around NYC for a large house, you will find that it shrinks to just about nothing.

Staten Island isn't Manhattan. Location, location, location, as they say.

I wonder if they've left anything inside to match the way it was during the filming of the Godfather movies. I ask because I was in Sicily this spring on a tour, and of course, the bus had to stop at the bar where Michael meets Apollonia's father. It was closed for renovations, but the tour guide said that it had prospered greatly as a tourist attraction after the movie. I wonder if any of that happened on Staten Island... but I doubt it.

71 posted on 11/14/2014 11:01:28 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

My understanding is that interior shots were done in a studio.

Someone upthread said the owners of the house had some of the rooms remodeled to match the appearance in the movies.


72 posted on 11/14/2014 11:05:51 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Pearls Before Swine

No, Staten Island isn’t Manhattan. But it’s closer than Scarsdale or Bronxville, making for an easy commute, and it’s more fashionable than it used to be.

That’s really not a very high price for such a house.


73 posted on 11/14/2014 11:26:05 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: moehoward; GeronL; Slings and Arrows
Stock that pool with koi and lay out on a deck chair in the summer months and you too can sleep with the fishies!


74 posted on 11/14/2014 5:12:56 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: Veggie Todd

LOL!


75 posted on 11/14/2014 5:17:33 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: GeronL
looked so much bigger in the movie

The camera adds 20 pounds.

76 posted on 11/14/2014 5:19:56 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: Ditter

Wow! That is a tiny lot. During the dotcom boom of the late ‘90s, people in the DC area and suburbs started building McMansions on their postage stamp-size lots or building additions to their homes that just ate up all the personal space between homes.


77 posted on 11/14/2014 5:20:53 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: a fool in paradise

I must have been thinking of Scarface - lol


78 posted on 11/14/2014 6:02:00 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: a fool in paradise

I was once threatened by a mobster.

He used to be a physicist.

He made me an offer I couldn’t understand.


79 posted on 11/14/2014 9:09:52 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: Borges

In the book, Vito’s mansion was in Long Beach, a few miles south of where I grew up.


80 posted on 11/14/2014 9:10:59 PM PST by Clemenza (Lurking)
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