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The same year, Stefanelli landed her breakout role as the innocent Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, the beautiful but doomed first wife of Michael Corleone in the American crime film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. She was shown topless, although she was 16 years old when the production began and 17 when the film came out.
Apollonia Corleone (née Vitelli) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. She is portrayed by Simonetta Stefanelli in the film adaptation of the same name. She also appears in flashbacks in The Godfather Part III. Apollonia is a young Sicilian woman of Greek descent born in 1931 who meets Michael Corleone during his exile ...
The opening wedding scene was shot in a Staten Island neighborhood using almost 750 locals as extras. [143] [148] The house used as the Corleone household and the wedding location was at 110 Longfellow Avenue in the Todt Hill neighborhood of Staten Island. [149] [148] [65] The wall around the Corleone compound was made from styrofoam. [148]
The first sequence shot for the film was the wedding of Don Vito Corleone's ... When the time came to shoot Michael's wedding to Apollonia Vitelli (Simonetta Stefanelli) in Sicily, Coppola was ...
Michael Corleone is a fictional character and the protagonist of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather. In the three Godfather films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominated for Academy Awards. Michael is the youngest son of Vito Corleone, a
Giving Michael Corleone a buzzcut in the third "Godfather" movie, released Christmas Day 30 years ago, was "a really big deal." for the director.
Pacino starred in the iconic 1972 drama alongside Marlon Brando and Dianne Keaton, reportedly making $35,000 for his portrayal of Michael Corleone in the first installment. In 1974, he reprised ...
The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo.The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton and Sofia Coppola.