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The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) More at IMDbPro »

• In the scene where the "gang" goes to a gunsmith to have their guns worked on, the gunsmith's last name is Coppola. While he's working, he asks his son Carmine to play the flute. Francis Ford Coppola's father is named Carmine and he plays the flute.
  
  
• When Vito Corleone, Clemenza and Tessio are going to the gunsmith the owner's name is Augustino Coppola, later in the scene he introduces his son, Carmine Coppola, who demonstrates his flute playing abilities. This scene is a tribute to Francis Ford Coppola's father and grandfather. His father was the first flautist with the NBC symphony under Arturo Toscanini. His Grandfather was an actual gunsmith. His father worked in the "shop" from time to time as a child. They both insist the event actually happened.
  
  
• Director Francis Ford Coppola agreed to reedit The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) into one in order to raise money for his beleaguered production Apocalypse Now (1979).
  
  

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