Posted on 12/03/2010 5:03:42 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
I’ve re-read the book recently, but you’re way ahead of me on that.
If you look up the address on the realty sites, look at the kitchen shots. Can’t you just hear Clemenza teaching Michael to make spaghetti for a bunch of mob soldiers?
"Hey kid come here lemme show you how to cook for a hundred guys ... "
I know exactly what you mean. I am kind of uncomfortable that it's on the market. Anybody could buy it, then screw it all up.
I’m five hours away from it, it’s the holidays, my kid sister the lefty doctor lives on Long Island so it’s on the way, I might have to bundle up and hop on the bike and stop by and take a few shots. Now that I know where it is. :-)
I grew up not that far away from the house, and remember when the movie was being shot.
My music teacher, Nino Morreale, actually was in the movie. He's playing clarinet in the band in the first row over Vito's left shoulder in the opening wedding scene.
Although on Staten Island, I believe that in the film, the house would have been in Long Beach, Long Island. Is that correct? I base this on Michael's call to the house when his father is in the hospital and the exchange was LOng Beach.
One more thing about GF1: When Michael is being driven to the sitdown with Sollozzo and McClusky at Louis' Restaurant, there's a scene where they're heading first to New Jersey (before the U-turn occurs). What bridge is that? The George Washington over to Fort Lee?
For those interested, Godfather 1 scene locales HERE
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