I must have heard this story at least 50 times, but it never gets old or boring. Coppola is such a captivating storyteller, especially when he talks about Brando and The Godfather.
@@tomyobee8049 There is this documentary done by Mrs. Coppola called HEARTS OF DARKNESS. Also Rita Moreno was doing promotion for WEST SIDE STORY and was on THE VIEW and said some things about Brando. Sounds like you need to be schooled about Brando.
@@ricogomez4020 Well of course we didn't know him personally, but judging from all the many bits and pieces of information, Marlon Brando definitely was not a nice person and easy to work with. About FF Coppola: yes he was on a roll during the 1970s and that says a lot, since we had a whole bunch of highly talented and upcoming film directors back then.
“The Offer” is a series that contains some priceless stories of the making of The Godfather. Looking forward to rewatching the movie once finished with this series.
@@rtc5884 its already done. what needed to be shown was already shown. theres not much tot he story anymore. thats how the godfather was made. unless you're talking about if they are gonna show how they made part 2
Coppola cleaned up the screenplay with his treatment, jettisoned a ton of the sleaze and classed it up. And fought for both Brando and Pacino. Both huge moves that were even before he directed a single scene. For a top-10 American movie of all time. Godfather lore never gets old. For all the moving parts FFC truly was the head of the ship.
Marlon was one of the only artists that stood up for the truth and meaningful things, he didn't care about fame or silly Hollywood mentality, the man had integrity
I knew one of the Producers of the film -- I asked him if while they were filming they knew they were achieving artistic greatness - he laughed and said no
Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-1960 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, a Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony in JULIUS CEASAR, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man(!) in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.
Marlon Brando is a hell of a actor he's one of the most best actor I've ever had the pleasure watches on scream in my life I do love me some Marlon Brando I remember being a young girl when Paul Newman Marlon Brando came on the screen I stopped doing everything literally
When I saw this recreated in THE OFFER it was magnificent!!! To see the character being created was pure magic!! "Charlie you're watching something very special."
saw the film recently for the first time in a good while. In the opening scene Brando sets the entire tempo of the movie and takes his time. So many movies today do not trust and they hurry at a flash tempo regardless of the subject matter. But with the very first scene I was able to relax into the time and place and character and very soon I was not so much watching it at all, I was in the period and observing it.
@@johnaustin209 I wasn't looking for an argument. You have nothing better to do.?? Next time I'll add "arguably." Now leave me alone I have no beef with you
Daniel Day-Lewis would give him a good run for his money, but I'd agree. When it comes to greatness of this magnitude it comes down to personnel preference. You can't go wrong with either one.
Amazing story about the greatest actor in the greatest movie ever. He had a great sense of humour to. Everyone knows about the mooning contest, but he also pranked the extras in scene when being carried upstairs. Look closely, burly men. Brando and his buddies put lead plates underneath him on the gurney. Love it 😂
Imagine barely paying nothing to the greatest actor of all time and not even want him in your production in the first place! 😅🤯😮 I am loving “ The Offer” , highly recommend it! 👍😉
Marlon Brando wasn't quite as difficult what was difficult for them to believe yes he really didn't want to be bothered with the belly of hollyweird depth of his craft and that's it he did what he wanted to do you didn't tell him what to do he let you know if he was doing it
3:20 Shows you how absolutely out touch these Hollywood types are "Paid him hardly anything" $120,000 in 1972 is the equivalent of just under 1 million dollars in 2022 ...not what any right thinking person would describe as "hardly anything"
When you consider the fact that actors today get paid in the tens of millions, yes. 1 million for an actor of the caliber of Brando is peanuts. It's hardly anything for a character and performance that became legendary, made a bunch of money, and changed cinema. When you have the likes of the Rock and Gal Gadot with 20-30 million paychecks for their mediocre performances and you put them next to Brando, they're laughable, and yet get paid 20-30 times more? That's what's out of touch here.
Brando to my recollection by 1972 had not had a "hit" movie in quite some time. For a lot of Hollywood suits at this time, his personality and beliefs made him a strong liability.
With all due respect to the Great Francis Ford Coppola, the footage here of this supposed screen test doesn't show Brando with any kind of man-bun or with shoe polish in his hair---hair that isn't extremely long, by the way. Instead, what we see, is a serious makeup job --- and indeed we know that Brando was an expert at makeup since his days on Broadway. All of which is to say, it would be wonderful to see the "screen test" that Coppola is describing, "if it indeed exists."
There are so many great stories about " The Godfather " ... wish we knew all of them!... I'll tellnyou one... when he was shooting the Vitelli Bar scene... Appolonia's Father... l went there & spoke to the owner who told me Coppola was downing 20 - 30 Lemon Granita's a day!!!... man thats like 5kg's of sugar!!!... but she said it was very very hot!!!... she was great to listen to as well!!!... someone should've interviewed her!!!
@@ricogomez4020 I think he does do that too. I mean it is no great acting class just Brando goofing around, but seeing it was fun. It is definitely from the same clip as shown here but obviously longer and with the volume .
"Marlon Brando was an extraordinary person to work with but it was all [??? what did he say ???] - you didn't talk acting stuff with him." - what did he say?
"...but it was magical." This video is a choppily edited version of a longer 92nd St. Y interview with Coppola; here's a link to the full version (Brando discussion starts at 19:02): ruclips.net/video/uHN8pgW44Q4/видео.html
Probably not a lot either, it was a cast of largely unknown actors. The studio wanted big stars but Coppola insisted on real actors who could inhabit their parts. His favorite way to describe it was that he wanted viewers to be able to smell the spaghetti
Maybe I'm commenting ahead of research but I've never come across this transformation from long blonde to mafia don. Francis repeatedly said he was filming so it must be out there.
I love Brando but I never got the whole greatest actor of all-time thing. Of all those old movies, I always preferred Kirk Douglas, Lee J. Cobb or Henry Fonda were much better at showing emotion or being nuisanced, especially Douglas. Harry Dean Stanton as well, but he didn't get a lot of love until much later.
and people still to this day comment about the millions he made for 20 minutes worth of work done in the superman movies? They screw him, he screws them.
Actually if you read the book first no one could have that's one of the things a lot of people don't understand that's what made the movie the actor and the performance was profound but the characters were so in detail if you had to put the book down and imagine the characters that's the characters you would have came up with only person that didn't get his death with was Lucas Brasi in the movie they give you a little bit of it in a book
@@yvetteknight93 I’ve read the book multiple times over the years Recently Me and my wife just did a road trip NY to Nashville We listened to the book on audio 18 hrs
I believe no one was paid a lot of money. And many actors were just starting out - maybe James Caan was the only big star to be cast- apart from Brando. They had a tight budget- but Brando had not been in a hit for a while so the studios wouldn't risk the money.
That was what the studios wanted - they wanted Brando to guarantee that he would be on set and finish the film- they were worried about Brando not showing up etc. That was what Coppola calls the "security" money.when he says- they wanted him to put up a bond.
Marlon Brandon?? WTF? Your lack of attention to detail is startling. Why would anyone put something on display for worldwide consumption yet not proofread it before release? 🤦♀️
I must have heard this story at least 50 times, but it never gets old or boring. Coppola is such a captivating storyteller, especially when he talks about Brando and The Godfather.
Did u watch this scene on the show "The Offer" yet?
Me too!!!
the best director and the best actor together.
Not so in APCOLYPSE NOW. Brando was a jerk.
@@ricogomez4020 Really? Where and when did you met him?
@@tomyobee8049 There is this documentary done by Mrs. Coppola called HEARTS OF DARKNESS. Also Rita Moreno was doing promotion for WEST SIDE STORY and was on THE VIEW and said some things about Brando. Sounds like you need to be schooled about Brando.
@@ricogomez4020 Well of course we didn't know him personally, but judging from all the many bits and pieces of information, Marlon Brando definitely was not a nice person and easy to work with. About FF Coppola: yes he was on a roll during the 1970s and that says a lot, since we had a whole bunch of highly talented and upcoming film directors back then.
and the best movie ever!!!
Paying Marlon peanuts but he immortalized the part in film history. Best ever!
He got paid the equivalent of 1 million Dollars in today's money
@@coolmacatrain9434 For an actor of his caliber and a production as big as The Godfather was, what he got was "peanuts", I guess.
@@telephantasm4070 no it wasn't peanuts
he also said he didnt do it for the money. he did it to spite someone.
Marlon Brando 's screen tests for The Godfather are out of this world.
When great artist meets great role meets great director...
Meets $120,000
Which to me is a fair price for Brando.
“The Offer” is a series that contains some priceless stories of the making of The Godfather. Looking forward to rewatching the movie once finished with this series.
The offer is so damn good, just finished it the other day
Right on Bubee!
Do you guys think there will be a season 2?
@@rtc5884 its already done. what needed to be shown was already shown. theres not much tot he story anymore. thats how the godfather was made. unless you're talking about if they are gonna show how they made part 2
Because the character is so well known it’s easy to forget brando just pulled it out of a hat.
Coppola cleaned up the screenplay with his treatment, jettisoned a ton of the sleaze and classed it up. And fought for both Brando and Pacino. Both huge moves that were even before he directed a single scene. For a top-10 American movie of all time. Godfather lore never gets old. For all the moving parts FFC truly was the head of the ship.
100%
Marlon was one of the only artists that stood up for the truth and meaningful things, he didn't care about fame or silly Hollywood mentality, the man had integrity
agree... but he was out to lunch when he had the squaw accept Oscar... made no sense
@@nbigroup-2690 lol oof, identified the idiott angry at rhe integrity that we’re talking bout 😂😂😂
Exactly 💯
He was an absolute lunatic who epitomized that “Hollywood mentality”. He just happened to be an incredible actor as well.
🙏💜💫🪶
I knew one of the Producers of the film -- I asked him if while they were filming they knew they were achieving artistic greatness - he laughed and said no
Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-1960 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, a Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony in JULIUS CEASAR, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man(!) in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.
That Mexican was weak. Like any white trying to play Mexican.
The greatest actor of all time. Period.
Marlon Brando is a hell of a actor he's one of the most best actor I've ever had the pleasure watches on scream in my life I do love me some Marlon Brando I remember being a young girl when Paul Newman Marlon Brando came on the screen I stopped doing everything literally
He also played a psycho Irishman in Missouri Breaks...in the 70s...directed by Jack Nicholson, who played opposite Marlon.
@@joemarshall4226 Is that what you call that performance? I call it a imitation of Richard Harris.
Marlon Brando is a great legend 💜
When I saw this recreated in THE OFFER it was magnificent!!! To see the character being created was pure magic!!
"Charlie you're watching something very special."
Can’t believe they paid him such low amount, even in 1972. Brando was already established and had a Oscar win in 1955
wow,what an inside story by a great director of a legend actor no other equal brando.👍
"......You're not too tired, are you Tom?"
Love, love,love Marlon, Coppola, James Caan, (so sad 😰💔💔Bobby DeNiro, all of them in this movie!!!❤️❤️❤️
saw the film recently for the first time in a good while. In the opening scene Brando sets the entire tempo of the movie and takes his time. So many movies today do not trust and they hurry at a flash tempo regardless of the subject matter. But with the very first scene I was able to relax into the time and place and character and very soon I was not so much watching it at all, I was in the period and observing it.
Marlon Brando was the single, greatest actor ever produced.
Wrong,..
@@johnaustin209 looking for an argument? Not necessary here.
@@gregdark5203 Really Sherlock. Just ppinted out your bs, that's all.
@@johnaustin209 I wasn't looking for an argument. You have nothing better to do.?? Next time I'll add "arguably." Now leave me alone I have no beef with you
Daniel Day-Lewis would give him a good run for his money, but I'd agree. When it comes to greatness of this magnitude it comes down to personnel preference. You can't go wrong with either one.
Such a great story.
Amazing story about the greatest actor in the greatest movie ever. He had a great sense of humour to. Everyone knows about the mooning contest, but he also pranked the extras in scene when being carried upstairs. Look closely, burly men. Brando and his buddies put lead plates underneath him on the gurney. Love it 😂
Wow ! Amazing simply amazing and beautiful !
Wonderful editing. Seamless
Imagine barely paying nothing to the greatest actor of all time and not even want him in your production in the first place! 😅🤯😮 I am loving “ The Offer” , highly recommend it! 👍😉
And that part changed acting forever.
Yes it did
Marlon Brando wasn't quite as difficult what was difficult for them to believe yes he really didn't want to be bothered with the belly of hollyweird depth of his craft and that's it he did what he wanted to do you didn't tell him what to do he let you know if he was doing it
3:20 Shows you how absolutely out touch these Hollywood types are "Paid him hardly anything" $120,000 in 1972 is the equivalent of just under 1 million dollars in 2022 ...not what any right thinking person would describe as "hardly anything"
When you consider the fact that actors today get paid in the tens of millions, yes. 1 million for an actor of the caliber of Brando is peanuts. It's hardly anything for a character and performance that became legendary, made a bunch of money, and changed cinema. When you have the likes of the Rock and Gal Gadot with 20-30 million paychecks for their mediocre performances and you put them next to Brando, they're laughable, and yet get paid 20-30 times more? That's what's out of touch here.
Brando to my recollection by 1972 had not had a "hit" movie in quite some time.
For a lot of Hollywood suits at this time, his personality and beliefs made him a strong liability.
Brando was incredible. Best acting ever!
I'm watching The Offer. Wonderfull show.
The greatest movie ever made, Brando was a major pain in the Ass to deal with, however he was a genius behind the Camera.
When Brando was cast in The Godfather he was regarded as a has been by Hollywood. One of the greatest comebacks in cinematic history.
Dios mio Marlon Brando rompió el molde.
Does anybody know where to find this Brando screen test footage?
THANKS PETER
Nice!
Mr.Marlon Brando was the Godfather what a amazing talent to have on film
With all due respect to the Great Francis Ford Coppola, the footage here of this supposed screen test doesn't show Brando with any kind of man-bun or with shoe polish in his hair---hair that isn't extremely long, by the way. Instead, what we see, is a serious makeup job --- and indeed we know that Brando was an expert at makeup since his days on Broadway.
All of which is to say, it would be wonderful to see the "screen test" that Coppola is describing, "if it indeed exists."
There are so many great stories about " The Godfather " ... wish we knew all of them!... I'll tellnyou one... when he was shooting the Vitelli Bar scene... Appolonia's Father... l went there & spoke to the owner who told me Coppola was downing 20 - 30 Lemon Granita's a day!!!... man thats like 5kg's of sugar!!!... but she said it was very very hot!!!... she was great to listen to as well!!!... someone should've interviewed her!!!
Thank you
Mr Brando was perfect for this movie.
So where is that video tape of the screen test?
It was on youtube some years ago but for some reason it has been removed.
@@britturk123 Wait a minute! Not the tape that came with THE GODFATHER video extras or that we see here. Did you see it?
@@ricogomez4020 It is a two minute clip with volume yes it is from the same clip you see here where Brando is at his home messing around for Copola
@@britturk123 Ah, Coppola makes it sound better than it is then. No big deal. I wanted to see Brando eating the cheese & sausage Coppola says.
@@ricogomez4020 I think he does do that too. I mean it is no great acting class just Brando goofing around, but seeing it was fun. It is definitely from the same clip as shown here but obviously longer and with the volume .
Robert De Niro was Don Vito Corleone in Part 2 what another amazing talent to have on film
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Can’t imagine any else playing Vito Corleone!
In some ways, Lon Chaney Sr was the Brando of his day.
It's the other way around.
We can't imagine another Vito Corleone instead of the great Brando.
that is so discusting he should get paid full amount
just 120k...
"Marlon Brando was an extraordinary person to work with but it was all [??? what did he say ???] - you didn't talk acting stuff with him." - what did he say?
"...but it was magical." This video is a choppily edited version of a longer 92nd St. Y interview with Coppola; here's a link to the full version (Brando discussion starts at 19:02): ruclips.net/video/uHN8pgW44Q4/видео.html
Is that for real? $120,000? I find it hard to believe. How much did the other actors get paid?
Probably not a lot either, it was a cast of largely unknown actors. The studio wanted big stars but Coppola insisted on real actors who could inhabit their parts. His favorite way to describe it was that he wanted viewers to be able to smell the spaghetti
@@jennifersman7990 $904,008.25 almost a million today . Still a bargain
Dreyfuss was paid 100k for Hooper in Jaws
@@nbigroup-2690 I remember when Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale held out to get $100,000 from the Dodgers.
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Maybe I'm commenting ahead of research but I've never come across this transformation from long blonde to mafia don. Francis repeatedly said he was filming so it must be out there.
I love Brando but I never got the whole greatest actor of all-time thing. Of all those old movies, I always preferred Kirk Douglas, Lee J. Cobb or Henry Fonda were much better at showing emotion or being nuisanced, especially Douglas. Harry Dean Stanton as well, but he didn't get a lot of love until much later.
Watch Al pacino talking about Marlon Brando: ruclips.net/video/s2yCI6CpgR4/видео.html
Irreplaceable actor.
Marlon Brandon lol
Who is Marlon Brandon?
and people still to this day comment about the millions he made for 20 minutes worth of work done in the superman movies? They screw him, he screws them.
Who else could of pulled off this part?
No one!!
Actually if you read the book first no one could have that's one of the things a lot of people don't understand that's what made the movie the actor and the performance was profound but the characters were so in detail if you had to put the book down and imagine the characters that's the characters you would have came up with only person that didn't get his death with was Lucas Brasi in the movie they give you a little bit of it in a book
@@yvetteknight93
I’ve read the book multiple times over the years
Recently
Me and my wife just did a road trip
NY to Nashville
We listened to the book on audio
18 hrs
why did the studio paid Brando so low??
He had 4 flops in a row and had a reputation for being difficult.
120k was low in 1971? What would the equivalent of that be today?
I believe no one was paid a lot of money. And many actors were just starting out - maybe James Caan was the only big star to be cast- apart from Brando. They had a tight budget- but Brando had not been in a hit for a while so the studios wouldn't risk the money.
Watch, "The Offer" its very accurate.
they forgot about million dollar bond . what is he talking about there ?
That was what the studios wanted - they wanted Brando to guarantee that he would be on set and finish the film- they were worried about Brando not showing up etc. That was what Coppola calls the "security" money.when he says- they wanted him to put up a bond.
Zzzz. They paid him that little? Thats worth a billion $ performance..
Did not now Francis Ford Coppola was gay
Did not know he was African-American
What, for calling Brando “a beautiful man”? 😂
They didn't pay him anything 120000. How much did this strange bloke get?
Marlon Brandon?? WTF? Your lack of attention to detail is startling. Why would anyone put something on display for worldwide consumption yet not proofread it before release? 🤦♀️
Firstly, who is Francis F. Copola; secondly, who is Marlon Brandon? You are so disrespectful! This is disgusting!
lol. 🤣
Who the fuck are you? LOL
Marlon may have been a great actor but he was probably a complete pain in the ass to work with. Difficult for difficults sake
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