After half a century, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are still representing the family business.
The film giants met Thursday at United Palace for a 50th anniversary showing of The Godfather, organized by the Tribeca Film Festival, which De Niro, 78, co-founded in 2002 to revitalize lower Manhattan's cultural landscape in the aftermath of 9/11.
Before Tribeca aired the film's restoration, Pacino, 82, and author Michael Hainey discussed the quintessential mafia title from filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola
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Coppola, 83, was previously joined onstage by De Niro and Pacino at the 94th Academy Awards, where the legendary director pondered on the 50th anniversary of his magnum masterpiece.
He turned to De Niro and Pacino and stated, "I feel like moments like these should be honest and fleeting." "I'm also grateful for my amazing friends who have come to help me celebrate with you."Will Smith received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "King Richard" on Sunday.
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"This project began 50 years ago with truly remarkable partners, many of them are legends, and there are so many of them that I can't list them all, but you are all familiar with them. So I'll just thank two people from the bottom of my heart: "Coppola went on to say.
While reflecting on the 50th anniversary, Pacino told The New York Times that he is "truly honored" to see the film's enduring praise.
"It's a piece of work in which I was quite privileged to participate. But accepting that and moving on has taken me a lifetime "In March, Pacino stated. "It's not as if I've ever played Superman."
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The Academy Award winner went on to say that he's looking forward to working on his next project "When people tell him they haven't seen the film, he says, "They've heard about it." 'I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.' Oh, I heard anything – were you involved? Wasn't that a movie you saw?'"
The Godfather chronicles the narrative of Don Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) Italian-American crime family as his youngest son Michael (Pacino) joins the mafia and attempts to balance his brutal family business with his marriage to Kay (Diane Keaton).
Since its release in 1972, the picture, which is based on screenwriter Mario Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name, has been largely recognized as one of the best films of all time. It won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Coppola and Pacino receiving nominations.
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