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To: FTJM

I always thought Caan tried to hard to be Italian. I agree. Miscast. But Pacino was perfect for Michael. I like Duvall. I think he did fine.


7 posted on 12/07/2010 12:18:59 PM PST by Huck (Antifederalist BRUTUS should be required reading.)
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To: Huck

Only John Cazale could have played Fredo.


12 posted on 12/07/2010 12:23:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: Huck

The problem with Caan is that I watch him, and I still think of him as Brian Piccolo.


14 posted on 12/07/2010 12:24:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: Huck
I always thought Caan tried to hard to be Italian. I agree. Miscast. But Pacino was perfect for Michael. I like Duvall. I think he did fine.

Agreed, Caan's parents were Jewish immigrants from Germany, he didn't look the part and he overcompensated.

I think Duvall looked the part (German-Irish) but he didn't fit a character who had been raised/adopted by that family. That could have been a Director's choice.

18 posted on 12/07/2010 12:27:35 PM PST by FTJM
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To: Huck

Jimmy definitely did not look Italian but he tried his best, especially with that bridesmaid upstairs against the door...


31 posted on 12/07/2010 12:38:31 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Huck

Pacino did a masterful job in actually evolving on screen into the godfather.

He had everything down including the “Face of Death”.


52 posted on 12/07/2010 12:47:16 PM PST by headstamp 2 ("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
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