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Darling Lili (Blake Edwards, 1970).

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The Salamander (1981)

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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Grenzbach, Christopher Newman, and Richard Portman), Best Costume Design (Anna Hill Johnstone), and Best Score (which was revoked as the Academy determined that the theme was too similar to an earlier composition by Nino Rota).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).