Crazy Little-Known Facts about "The Godfather" Franchise

The Most Violent Scene

Sonny's death is easily the most violent scene in the film. He was ambushed, trapped, and shot in a scene that's been recreated thousands of times. To make this scene as immersive as possible, actor James Caan had to wear over 100 explosive charges all over his body. Then, when the time came, the film crew had to detonate the mini explosives to make it look like he was being shot. 

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The More You Know

  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • Finland has more saunas than cars.
  • Danny Devito used to work as a hairdresser. For corpses.
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