Al Pacino Looks Back at His Breakthrough Role in ‘The Godfather’ - The New York Times

Fifty years later, the actor looks back on his breakthrough role: how he was cast, why he skipped the Oscars and what it all means to him now.

When did you and Coppola meet? To give a little history to it, Francis was this filmmaker who had Zoetrope [his production company, American Zoetrope], and people like Steven Spielberg and George Lu… [+2375 chars]

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