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New York

The Godfather (1972)

It was actually a struggle for Francis Ford Coppola to get the studio to agree to allow him to film The Godfather in New York, as it was far costlier to shoot on location rather than on a Hollywood lot. The Corleone home, where the famous wedding scene was filmed, is on Staten Island rather than Long Island, as it was depicted in the movie.

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