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I mean, they weren’t classically beautiful leading men, but they continue to command that screen.” The Godfather Part II is a great example of that.

He concluded: “Francis Ford Coppola, the director, and I both knew that Pacino and De Niro were headed for long careers because the talent was so far off the charts. The way it was shot, the incredible performances, everything up there grabs your attention.” “But that’s where the movie looks best, on the big screen. However, I’ve never sat down and said, ‘I’m going to watch it from beginning to end.’ The only time I do that is when we have a retrospective, and I’m expected to be there in the theater,” he confessed. “Honestly, I can’t remember the last time I saw it. Having The Godfather Part II return to theaters to mark the film’s 45th anniversary is something Roos delighted in, for several reasons, and admitted it’d been too long since he watched it himself. Because of the length, it meant theaters could have fewer screenings a day, which can affect the box office.” Plus, it was a long film, a very long film, which the studio was not happy about but they went with it. The fact that it hung in there and remains seen by so many so often is amazing. He explained: “A sequel rarely sits as well as the original if the original is a big hit.

That came as little surprise to Roos, even then. Made for $13 million, The Godfather Part II grossed $88 million worldwide, considerably less than the first film in what became a trilogy. The streamers allow all kinds of movies to get made that might not get made any other way can be made any other way in this climate, but because of the way they are shown, they might not stick with you like a theatrical release.” However, there are good things about today. There’s almost no chance now of building an audience little by little. You have to come out in all your theaters at once, and you live or die in that first week. Back then, you could let a film build and add theaters gradually. Now we have hundreds of films that are Part II or Part III or whatever. You have to think of another title.’ But, Francis stuck with that. The studio said, ‘You can’t call it The Godfather Part II. “By the way, the ‘Part II’ in the title was controversial. “What The Godfather Part II did was show, not that there have been many since, that a sequel could be as good as, if not better than, the original,” Roos recalled. Recalling the film’s original release, Roos believed that it effected in the industry in several ways. The revival is part of the ongoing TCM Classics series. To mark the film’s 45th anniversary, The Godfather Part II is returning to the big screen for a limited number of performances over three days - Sunday, November 10, 2019, Tuesday, November 12, 2019, and Wednesday, November 13, 2019.