Godfather Re-edit

[Fijimn]

I don't know if it was posted. Looks like HBO edited Godfather I and II to make show the film in chronological order instead of the flashbacks of a young Vito Corleone. Showing again on September 23rd.

 

[West Duval Nole]

Huh? So they moved the snippets of flashbacks from 2 into the beginning of 1? Then removed them from 2 altogether?

 

[Fijimn]

Huh? So they moved the snippets of flashbacks from 2 into the beginning of 1? Then removed them from 2 altogether?

You are correct. It starts with young Vito as a child.

 

[75Noles]

Wonder if it's the same Godfather Saga that was shown on network TV back in the 80s? That version was in chronological order and included a few minutes of extra footage that was not part of GF 1 or GF 2. The extra footage expanded on existing scenes, nothing new was really added to the plots.

 

[jaxnole77]

The Godfather Saga was rather interesting to watch having seen it all before the normal way. As I recall, the first hour plus was subtitled.

 

[nynole1]

I am eager to see this, DVRed it when it was on and will get around to it eventually...7h 10m!

 

[62Nole]

Boy, that Vito was one tough kid. He came to the U.S.A. when he was two years old...................By himself.

I loved Rodney Dangerfield.

 

[HulaNole]

I've been watching it tonight. Frankie Five Angels just appeared...one of the great nicknames in movies.

 

[HulaNole]

Wonder if it's the same Godfather Saga that was shown on network TV back in the 80s? That version was in chronological order and included a few minutes of extra footage that was not part of GF 1 or GF 2. The extra footage expanded on existing scenes, nothing new was really added to the plots.

I was wondering the same thing as I had seen that cut before too. Same concept but there has been a few scenes from 1 & 2 that I don't remember seeing before. I could be wrong though. Could be one of those things where an additional 30 sec clip that hit the cutting room floor was added back in to the feature.

 

[HulaNole]

I can't believe in all of the times I have seen both 1 & 2 I just put something together about one of the characters I guess I had never paid that close of attention too. Goodness. Knew the character of course but man. Slacker.

 

[HulaNole]

Hmm, maybe that was a newly inserted 5 sec clip that put it together. I'll have to fast forward through the DVD to check.

 

[HulaNole]

Yep, added clip. I can see why several of of the clips they added in to this edition weren't part of the 1 or 2 but that short one was helpful.