Genre: Biographical drama
Created by Michael Tolkin
Starring: Miles Teller. Matthew Goode, Dan Fogler, Burn Gorman, Colin Hanks, Giovanni Ribisi&Juno Temple.
Executive producers: Dexter Fletcher, Leslie Greif, Dalia Ibelhauptaite, Albert S. Ruddy, Michael Tolkin, Nikki Toscano, Miles Teller
Production companies: DxD Films, The White Mountain Company, Black Mass Productions, Paramount Television Studios
Distributor: Paramount Global Distribution
Plot: Al Ruddy’s experience of making the 1972 film “The Godfather” with Francis Ford Coppola
This offer miniseries was so good.
Pros: I like seeing how this film got made. All the performances are so good. I like how everything looks exactly like it was in 1969&I also like how the Colombo crime family were depict in the series.
Cons: My only two issues were the length for each episode and I didn’t get the dialogue for most of the time.
Casts:
Main:
- Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy
- Matthew Goode as Robert Evans
- Dan Fogler as Francis Ford Coppola
- Burn Gorman as Charles Bluhdorn
- Colin Hanks as Barry Lapidus
- Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo
- Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt
Recurring:
- Nora Arnezeder as Francoise Glazer
- Patrick Gallo as Mario Puzo
- Frank John Hughes as Frank Sinatra
- Michael Rispoli as Tommy Lucchese
- Jake Cannavale as Caesar
- Lou Ferrigno as Lenny Montana
- Meredith Garretson as Ali MacGraw
- Anthony Skordi as Carlo Gambino
- Josh Zuckerman as Peter Bart
- Anthony Ippolito as Al Pacino
- James Madio as Carmine
- Paul McCrane as Jack Ballard
- Stephanie Koenig as Andrea Eastman
- Danny Nucci as Mario Biaggi
- Derrick Baskin as Nicky Barnes
- Joseph Russo as Joe Gallo
- Branden Williams as Gianni Russo
- Justin Chambers as Marlon Brando
- Carmine Giovinazzo as Sonny Grosso
- Geoffrey Arend as Aram Avakian
- Eric Balfour as Dean Tavoularis
- Maya Butler as Diane Keaton
- Damian Conrad-Davis as James Caan
- Derek Magyar as Robert Duvall
- Nick Pupo as John Cazale
- Zack Schor as Fred Gallo
- Cynthia Aileen Strahan as Talia Shire
- T. J. Thyne as Gordon Willis
Guest:
- Lola Glaudini as Candida Donadio
- Kyle S. More as Bernard Fein
- Billy Magnussen as Robert Redford
- Kirk Acevedo as Special Agent Hale
- Michael Landes as Vic Damone
- Louis Mandylor as Mickey Cohen
- Ross McCall as Moran
- Lisa Dobbyn as Morgana King
- Charlie Heydt as James T. Aubrey
- Dawn Joyal as Anna Hill Johnstone
- Michael Gandolfini as Andy Calhoun
- Aimee Carrero as Rosie Molina
- Lynn Adrianna Freedman as Madolina Colombo
- Ian Michaels as Robert Towne
- Allen Marsh as Alvin Sargent
- Brandon Sklenar as Burt Reynolds
- David Shalansky as Henry Kissinger
I recommend watching this miniseries only on Paramount+.
Rating: 9 OUT OF 10 STARS
Ryan Balkwill.
Resident TV series reviewer,
Level Best Art Café.