Undoubtedly, The Godfather trilogy brought the revolution in the history of American cinema. It was one of the most profitable films of all time and over the trilogy did business of more than a billion dollars. This series became the turning point of Marlon Brando’s career. No one would’ve foreseen that it would become a masterpiece. The studio acquired the film rights for $800,00 at that time.
Before the Godfather there were many great movies about the organized crimes and gangsters, but they didn’t perform well at the box office. The first sequel shows the Post-WWII America, and the second sequel shows the 1960s era, while the final sequel depicts that the family has been merged into the modern lifestyle. The dialogues of the trilogy are outstanding, especially “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
In the first sequel, there was a scene in which Brando’s Vito Corleone is ambushed and gunned down by rival mobsters while he was browsing a fruit stand outside his office. The scene was filmed at 128 Mott Street in New York City, between Hester and Grand, in the heart of Little Italy. The following photos show how the scene was captured.
