Many studios were interested in the project, but none of them wanted to see Damon and Affleck in leading roles. The attempts of the friends to sell the script weren’t successful. The script of the film was written by Matt Damon together with his friend Ben Affleck when Matt was at Harvard. This triumphant story was nominated 9 Academy Awards. The most brilliant mind at America’s top university isn’t a student… he is the boy who cleans the floor! Will Hunting is a headstrong, working class genius, who’s failing the lessons of life. The famous Al Capone, «king of the Chicago underworld», did not go to prison until 1931. By the early 1920s corrupt politicians such as «Big Bill» Thompson were running the city, usually with the approval of the mayor. After 1919, when Prohibition made the sale of alcohol illegal, Chicago gangsters profited greatly from bootlegging (dealing in liquor illegally).

At the beginning of the XXth century, gambling was big business there. The city of Chicago was then known for organized crime. So unstable a situation in the country created a suitable opportunity for different dealers to flourish. Roosevelt also worked on economic reform to prevent future depressions. It created government jobs to help the economy recover. His government relieved suffering with payments to unemployed people and loans to farmers and homeowners. President Franklin D.Roosevelt helped end Great Depression with his «Newĭeal» of relief, recovery and reform ( the Three R’s). This time of economic depression lasted for ten years. Thousands of businesses, factories and banks close down, and millions of workers lost their jobs. The Great Depression began with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Read and translate the text, using a dictionary.īecause American goods were too expensive for other countries to buy American wages were low, many investors lost confidence in the stock market and sold their stocks (shares, or part ownership, of companies). Michael Corleone: Luca Brazi held a gun to his head and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature would be on the contract.

Michael Corleone: My father made him an offer he could not refuse. And within an hour, he signed a release, for a certified check for $1000. Michael Corleone: So the next day, my father went to see him only this time with Luca Brazi. Read and translate the dialogue between Michael and Kay and make sure you have answered correctly questions 8 and 9 in the previous assignment. How did Michael mean saying, «That is my family, not me»? Who helped Johny Fontain when he was in trouble?ĩ. Who is talking to himself in the scene of wedding?Ħ. How did Tom appear in the Corleone’s family?ĥ. Who are the main heroes of the extract?Ĥ. What kind of festival have you seen in the piece?Ģ. Having finally watched the episode answer the question:ġ. The scenes of Luca Brazi practicing his speech were added later. Coppola liked the genuine nervousness and used it in the final cut. The actor playing Luca Brazi, Lenny Montana, was so nervous about working with Marlon Brando that in the first take of their scene together, he flubbed some lines. He adds, «There’s no doubt every time I see Brando that I’m looking at a great actor.» He says, «I sat in the theatres when I was a kid just watching him. Pacino, who idolizes Brando, says the experience of acting with him was one of he’ll never forget. But when we finished the movie, the same people who were against me were all for me».Īl Pacino’s greatest moment as an actor came when he got to his first scene opposite Marlon Brando in The Godfather. He says, «They said I was too meek and mild for the part. The studios were convinced he’d be a disaster.

This was to hold his jaw out of alignment, to appear as though it had been broken and not reset.Īl Pacino was unknown when Francis Ford Coppola cast him in the role as For actual filming, he wore anĪppliance made by a dentist. Marlon Brando wanted to make Don Corleone look «like a bulldog», so he stuffed his cheeks with cotton wool for the screen test. Laurence Olivier was considered for the role of Vito Corleone. The name of the traditional Sicilian hat (worn, for instance, by Michael’s bodyguards) is «coppola».Īuthor Mario Puzo and director Coppola deliberately avoided using the word «mafia» in their screenplay.įrank Sinatra was considered for the role of Johnny, but this role went to Al Martino when it became apparent that there were too many similarities between Johnny and Sinatra himself. Has Michael told Kate a true story about his family?ĩ. Is Michael Corleone present together with his wife?ħ. Are there many relatives at the wedding?Ħ. Does anybody take picture of the guests?ĥ. Is it a wedding of one of the Corleone’s family?ģ. Enjoy watching the episode one more time and agree or disagree.ġ.

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