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The Godfather premiered in New York City on 14 March 1972, 10 days before wider release.

The difficulties 32-year-old director/co-writer Francis Ford Coppola had in making a film from Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel are well-documented, with Coppola being second-guessed at almost every turn (from casting to script to cinematographer to filming locations to editing, etc., etc.).

The film was initially slated for a Christmas 1971 release, but Coppola was not ready in time, and by the time the movie was released, the studio (Paramount) had lost interest and had little hopes that it would be a success.

The Godfather was the highest-grossing film of 1972, breaking numerous box office records, and was the #1 movie in the US for 23 consecutive weeks, before being overtaken by Butterflies are Free (The Godfather returned to the top spot a week later, where it stayed for another 3 weeks).

The Godfather was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Al Pacino, who refused the nomination as he believed he should have been nominated for Best Actor), Best Film Editing (William Reynolds and Peter Zinner), Best Sound (Bud Grenzbach, Christopher Newman, and Richard Portman), Best Costume Design (Anna Hill Johnstone), and Best Score (which was revoked as the Academy determined that the theme was too similar to an earlier composition by Nino Rota).

The film received 3 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando refused the award), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Coppola and Mario Puzo).

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The Silence of the Lambs premiered in New York City on 30 January 1991 before wider release on 14 February.

Gene Hackman and Orion Pictures had acquired the rights to Thomas Harris’s 1988 novel, with plans for Hackman to direct and play the role of Jack Crawford. As screenwriter Ted Tally was working on the adaptation, Hackman withdrew from the project and Orion quickly approached Jonathan Demme, who agreed without reading the script (he had read the novel).

Jodie Foster lobbied for the role of Clarice Starling, and even though she had just received the Academy Award for The Accused (1988), she was not offered the role until Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, and Laura Dern turned down offers.

Sean Connery was offered the role of Hannibal Lecter but rejected the opportunity. Orion had to secure rights to the character from Dino De Laurentiis, who had produced Manhunter (1986), where Lecter had been portrayed by Brian Cox (and many critics saw an influence of Cox’s performance on Anthony Hopkins).

The Silence of the Lambs was a commercial and critical success (with some controversy for the violence against women in the film). It was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Film Editing (Craig McKay) and Best Sound (Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman). It received 5 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Actor.

The Silence of the Lambs is only 1 of 3 films to receive Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Screenplay (after 1934′s It Happened One Night, and 1975′s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest).

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Love Actually [2003] oder einfach die Verknüpfung vorweihnachtlicher Geschichten

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Era una donna fatta per la luce, non per l'ombra: e la sua linea naturale non era il pittoresco riserbo e la misteriosa melanconia ma l'azione franca, gioiosa e brillante, con quel tanto di meditazione che era necessario, e non un briciolo di più. A ciò, apparentemente, egli era riuscito a ricondurla. Egli sentiva in se stesso di essere un antidoto contro gli opprimenti segreti: ciò che egli le offriva era, in realtà, soprattutto una vasta e luminosa immunità dal bisogno di averne.

Henry James, L’Americano

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It's been almost nine decades since the talkies spread throughout the film-appreciating community and revolutionized the filmmaking business. And yet, it seems the sound is somehow still underappreciated and taken for granted, if we were to base our judgement on the reputation of soundmen. Honestly, how many notable soundmen can you name at this point? Five, ten, fifteen? On the other hand, how many directors, actors, even cinematographers pop up in your mind? The art of sound recording and sound mixing is an integral part of making a movie, but it’s a fact average filmgoers should be reminded of more often. Christopher Newman, for instance, is a name an average film lover is probably unfamiliar with. Yet, you would have to have lived in a remote village in Eastern Siberia not to have seen some of his work. The Exorcist, Amadeus and The English Patient put three Academy Awards on this New York-born sound engineer’s shelves, but he also garnered recognition for his work on such classics as The Godfather, Klute, The French Connection, Annie Hall, The Silence of the Lambs and many others. Born in 1940, Newman excelled at his chosen field and is today considered one of the greatest soundmen in the history of filmmaking.

In this valuable interview published in Filmmakers Newsletter in 1974, Newman sits down with Andrew Bobrow to discuss his career, technique and approach to filmmaking. It’s refreshing and highly educational to learn all the delicacies and finesses of his craft, radiating with experience and knowledge gathered while sharing sets with some of the most significant filmmakers Hollywood had ever seen. His conversation with Brando on the set of The Godfather, his relationship with Alan Arkin while they were making Little Murders, not to mention a detailed inspection of the sound equipment he most liked to use… The interview serves as a nice companion to Newman’s acclaimed book Naked Under a Waterfall: The Craft of Production Sound Mixing for Film. This Filmmakers Newsletter’s cutout is not only a precious peek into the career of Chris Newman, but also a cherished window into an underappreciated but essential segment of filmmaking.

The Legend of Sound Mixing: A Conversation with Christopher Newman

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