FOR THE 45th ANNIVERSARY OF ONE
OF THE GREATEST MOVIE FRANCHISES IN HISTORY.
>> LEAVE THE GUN. TAKE THE CANNOLI.
>> Reporter: "THE GODFATHER." I WAS TELLING MY FRIENDS IN THE
OFFICE, AND ASIDE OF THEIR
JEALOUSY, THEY WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR IT WAS 45 YEARS.
DOES IT FEEL LIKE THAT, AL? >> EVERYTHING FEELS LONG TO ME
NOW. EVERYTHING IS IN THE DISTANCE
AND I QUESTION WHETHER I DID IT OR NOT.
THAT KIND OF THING. IT'S FINE.
IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT LONG BECAUSE IT'S IN -- SOMEWHAT IN
THE IN CONSCIOUS LIFE, IT'S REFERRED TO A LOT.
IT'S EVER-PRESENT, THOSE MOVIES. >> Reporter: "THE GODFATHER"
FOLLOWS THE EPIC RISE AND FALL OF THE CORLEONE CRIME FAMILY.
>> DON'T TAKE SIDES WITH ANYONE AGAINST THE FAMILY AGAIN.
>> Reporter: AT THE HELM, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, WHO
SEAMLESSLY WEAVED TOGETHER HORROR AND HEARTBREAK.
>> LOOK AT THE MESS OF MY BOY. >> THIS MAY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND IT'S ALL REALLY DUE TO FRANCIS.
>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR. YOUR BROTHER.
>> HE'S MY BROTHER. >> THE STORY I READ, HE DIDN'T
WANT YOU IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO
WITNESS SOME OF WHAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN
THAT MOVIE. >> AND IT'S ALL TRUE.
IT'S ALL TRUE. BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE BEEN FIRED
AT ANY MINUTE. APPARENTLY, THE DAILIES CAME IN
VERY DARK. VERY DARK.
AT A CERTAIN MOMENT AFTER TWO WEEKS, THEY CUT IT TOGETHER AND
WENT, THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY GREAT HERE.
>> Reporter: WAS THE STUDIO IN FAVOR OF YOU GETTING CAST AS
MICHAEL CORLEONE? >> NO.
>> AS SOMEBODY SAID THERE, BRANDO, PACINO, OVER MY DEAD
BODY. >> Reporter: THE WEDDING SCENE
STICKS IN MY MIND HERE. JUST DESCRIBE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
BE SHOOTING A SCENE, DANCING AT WHAT WAS YOUR WEDDING, WITH
MARLON BRANDO. >> I WAS OVERWHELMED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN HE CAME TOWARDS ME.
VERY HANDSOME MAN. I'M DANCING WITH HIM.
I'M TRIPPING. HE WAS SO KIND.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE DANCING WITH MARLON BRANDO.
>> I KNOW. >> Reporter: THE MOVIE PREMIERED
IN 1972 AND BECAME THE HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIE OF ITS
TIME. BUT DURING FILMING, NOT EVERYONE
WAS SO SURE OF ITS SUCCESS. THE STORY GOES OUT, A COUPLE
WEEKS IN, ACTUALLY AFTER THE WEDDING SCENE WAS SHOT, YOU AND
DIANE KEATON GO OUT, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS AND YOU SAY,
THIS MOVIE'S GOING TO SUCK. THIS HAS BEEN A FLOP.
>> BUT ALSO, COMPANY. >> NOT ME.
>> Reporter: YOU DIDN'T THINK SO.
YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A HIT? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE A HIT?
>> GREAT SCRIPT, ACTUALLY. BUT THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT OF
SHOOTING -- FILMING SOMETHING, AT THE TIME, SO YOUNG.
AND INEXPERIENCED. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT FILMMAKING
WAS. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE
DOING SCENES AND YOU HEAR PEOPLE SNICKERING FROM THE OTHER END.
WELL, THIS ISN'T GOING WELL. WHEN IS THE BALL GOING TO FALL?
ANYWAY, FRANCIS, BEING AS CLEVER AS HE IS, GETS THE SCHEDULE
CHANGED AND PUTS THE SILOTSO SCENE, SO THAT HE WILL BE IN A
POSITION TO SHOW THE STUDIO THIS, IS WHAT PACINO CAN DO.
>> Reporter: COPPOLA'S BOLD STYLE OPENED A DOOR TO A WHOLE
NEW WORLD OF FILMMAKING. HIS ORIGINAL MASTER'S THE AND
ITS EQUALLY ACCLAIMED SEE SEEK WILL.
>> FIRST WAS A BIG HIT. THE SECOND WAS GOING TO BE, YOU
KNOW, THE IDEA OF PLAYING BRANDO WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, IT WAS
GREAT. >> Reporter: NO TREPIDATIONS OF
THAT? TAKING ON A SAME VERSION OF THE
VITO CORLEONE ROLE? >> NO.
>> Reporter: WAS THE SEQUEL BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL?
JAMES CAAN MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> NO. EXCEPT I WASN'T IN IT.
>> IT WAS DIFFERENT. I THINK FRANCIS WAS FRYING TO
EXPRESS SOMETHING THERE THAT HE WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT AND
THINKING OF MICHAEL AS THE -- >> BOTH WERE BETTER THAN THE
THIRD ONE. >> Reporter: "THE GODFATHER PART
II" WAS THE FIRST FILM STARRING AIL PACINO AND ROBERT DE NIRO.
THEY NEVER SHARED A SCENE. BUT THEIR APPEARANCE SPARKED
RUMORS OF A RIVALRY. ANY TRUTH TO IT?
>> WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WERE UP FOR THE SAME PARTS. >> WE GREW UP TOGETHER.
>> YEAH. >> ONCE I TOLD HIM, I REMEMBER,
WHAT WAS THE THING WITH DePALMA? >> "SCAR FACE."
>> I SAID, IF YOU DON'T DO IT, I MIGHT DO IT.
>> THAT MOTIVATED ME. >> Reporter: YOU GUYS ARE GREAT.
HAPPY 45th ANNIVERSARY. AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS
GROUP TOGETHER. >> YEAH.
>> BOBBY DE NIRO MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.
>> HE DID IT. >> HEAR IT FOR DE NIRO.
>> THANK YOU, TRIBECA. >> VERY COOL.
>> SOMEWHERE, MATT IS STILL PINCHING HIMSELF.
THAT HAPPENED? >> I THINK HE'S WATCHING.
I THINK THIS MORNING HE WOKE UP AND WATCHED THAT SEGMENT.
>> HOW EXCITING. >> IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR JAMES
CAAN ECHO A SENTIMENT BY EVERYONE WHO HAS SEEN THE
TRILOGY. THEY WERE BETTER THAN THE THIRD.
>> LITTLE-KNOWN FACT, DYLAN WATCHES THIS MOVIE EVERY
CHRISTMAS. >> IT'S ALWAYS ON.
THAT MUSIC, IT GIVES ME CHILLS. >> BY THE WAY, IF YOU CAN'T GET
ENOUGH, MATT WILL HAVE
