The Coppola Restoration DVD has been is released. In honor of this occasion, below are a dozen haiku’s dedicated to the greatest movie ever made:
- Horse head in his bed / Johnny Fontane gets movie / Director relents
- Luca Brasi sleeps / An offer he can’t refuse / It was Barzini
- The hit on Paulie / Leave gun, take cannoli / Loyal Clemenza
- Daughter’s wedding day / No request can be refused / Will you be my friend?
- Michael thwarts whacking / No one at the hospital / Roughed up war hero
- Michael’s broken jaw / Cop and Turk whacked at dinner / Michael on the lam
- Debts settled today / Tessio betrays Michael / It was Barzini
- All debts are settled / Day of nephew’s baptism / Enemies silenced
- Michael’s heart turns cold / A ruthless Don he becomes / The new Godfather
- Michael finds true love / A marriage in Italy / Widower Michael
- Cleans out the bad blood / We go to the mattresses / Clemenza cooks sauce
- Whacked in a parked car / Carlo must pay for Sonny / Connie is widowed
