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Lynne's Little Corner of the World (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo was read for three challenges - the Book to Movie Challenge , the Chunkster Challenge , and (a few days early) the Celebrate the Author Challenge (birthday October 15). From the publisher: The Godfather is an extraordinary novel which has become a modern day classic. Puzo pulls us inside the violent society of the Mafia and its gang wars. The leader, Vito Corleone, is the...
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Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
I did not see any of the Mario Puzo movies until I was a senior in college. We had a Netflix account and had run out of the foreign films I fancied and the Wesley Snipes movies my other roommate enjoyed, so we went to some classic gangster movies. I was blown away by what [...]
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CNN (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
"The Godfather" was supposed to be terrible. Mario Puzo wrote the book for money; the studio wanted a quick gangster film; the director, Francis Ford Coppola, didn't want to do it. How the film, now out on a cleaned-up DVD, became one of the greatest of all time is a fascinating story.
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SerandEz (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
...the great Mario Puzo, author of 'The Godfather', could not have written it better himself. The Italians have nothing on us. Omertà is a popular attitude, common in areas with Jewish roots, such as Jerusalem, the Eastern American seaboard, and other populated areas of Israel and the U.S., where communities of religiously orthodox Jews are strong. A common definition is the "code of silence".
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TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Godfather II for the PS3 / Xbox 360 / PC is “a 2009 video game based on the 1974 crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Mario Puzo.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. Luckily, the upcoming sequel to EA’s well-recieved adaptation of Coppola’s magnum opus, The [...]
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Games Galore (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Godfather II coming next February EA has announced that they would be launching their new title Godfather II in February next year. This game would be launched for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. As the name suggest, the game is based on the film and Mario Puzo’s Corleone family drama. The game would be based in New [...]
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Game|Life (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Electronic Arts is once again hoping to profit from Mario Puzo's mafioso drama with a sequel to their surprisingly competent Godfather game (pictured above), cleverly dubbed Godfather 2. The new entry in the series, scheduled for release on the Xbox...
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Yet Another Review Site - News RSS (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Electronic Arts Inc. and Paramount Digital Entertainment today revealed the first details of The Godfather® II videogame, the sequel to the 2007 multi-platinum hit. Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo's Corleone family drama, The Godfather II game goes beyond the film's story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960's Florida, Cuba and New York. After being promoted by Michael Corleone...
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Cnet (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
The sequel to the original video game based on Mario Puzo's book and the hit films takes the story line beyond New York to other American cities.
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BusinessAssociationsBlog.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Ilya Somin: Mario Puzo was extremely skeptical about the ethics and motives of “legitimate” businessmen, whom he portrayed as being little different from the Mafiosi. By contrast, Bruce Wayne is a billionaire businessman and his control of Wayne Enterprises is viewed as essential to his crimefighting activities. At times, the Batman movies even hint at the possibility that big... [continued on site]...
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full and free download (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Sicilian Sequel to "The Godfather", this describes the ending of Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily, his search for Salvatore Giuliano and his troubles, as he confronts brutal and unfamiliar treacheries in the deceitful society within which he moves. After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian,...
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MalnurturedSnay.net (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Sunday, I wanted to do something. Maybe go out and see Hellboy II. Visit the Zoo. Something. Instead, I read Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather.” Never read it. I’ve seen the movie, twice, I think. The book is incredible. It’s amazing how accurate the movie stayed to the [...]
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Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Editor’s Note: Paul Levitz returns to Blog@Newsarama to talk about the release of The Dark Knight this week. by Paul Levitz Let’s talk movies, for a moment. I came into the saga of movies based on DC comics at a propitious time…don’t count the warm-ups, like watching Mario Puzo wander through the office doing his research [...]
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The Chicago Syndicate (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
The son of The Godfather creator Mario Puzo sued Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, claiming the studio failed to pay royalties from a 2006 video game based on the book and movie characters. Anthony... Continue reading at The Chicago Syndicate
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DigitalBattle (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Son of deceased author Mario Puzo, Anthony Puzo, has filed a lawsuit against Godfather license holder Paramount Pictures, claiming breach of contract over the licensed action game released back in 2006. Puzo demands at least $1 million in compensation, noting that he never received any royalty payments from the licensed game. Anthony Puzo believes he [...]
