'The Offer,' Paramount+'s limited series about the making of 'The Godfather,' is a total waste of time.
It pays to remember that Evans quote up top, and not just because the legendary Paramount studio head — portrayed with equal parts oil and vinegar by Matthew Goode — is one of several major players jockeying for pole position.
because what sounds like an ensemble piece on paper is dominated by the “my side” perspective of one person, and one person only. It goes without saying that Al Ruddy was a key member of‘s behind-the-scenes team — per the show, the former Rand corporation employee stumbled his way into makingfor CBS and then talked his way into producing what would become a landmark American movie.
), along with his loyal assistant/mover/shaker Bettye McCart , who really got all the important shit done. Ruddy was the one, we’re told, who came up with the wedding scene as the opening. Ruddy was the one who insisted Coppola was the only director who could make it work. Ruddy was the one who dodged Mickey Cohen’s bullets and made ethical compromises so they could shoot the Sicily sequences. Ruddy personally brokered every deal, and insisted Marlon Brando be cast, come hell or high water.
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