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* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Coppola's reason for making all three films. He was head of a very unprofitable film company when he was offered the first one (offered purely on the grounds that he was Italian), and thought it was a stupid genre movie that he didn't want to waste his time on... but he really needed the money. Coppola wanted to now move away from the studio and focus on his personal film projects ''[[The Conversation]]'' and ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', which he could get finance for... Providing he made another Godfather film. Then many years later he was struggling with debts from failed projects... people went to see my Godfather movies, didn't they? Yeah, let's make another one of those. People sometimes cite this trope as a reason the third one sucked, but it was there the whole time.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Michael (especially in Part Two) is a more subdued and quieter role than what [[Al Pacino]] usually plays. This, ironically, was also Pacino's first major role. It could be considered an actor-specific and positive example of [[Early Installment Weirdness]].
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Coppola defines ''The Godfather'' as his own family business because several of his relatives had minor acting or production-related roles in the movies. His sister Talia Shire played Connie Corleone in all three movies. His daughter Sofia was the baby being baptized at the end of Part I, and also played Mary Corleone in Part III. His son Roman played the young Sonny Corleone in Part II. Coppola's father Carmine composed part of the score.
* [[Refitted for Sequel]]: Vito's backstory in ''Part II'' is taken from scenes left out of the original novel.
* [[Star-Making Role]]:
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