“I never really wanted to call it Godfather Part III because I never felt it was a third part,” he says. “I wanted to call it, The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.

A box-office hit, the film was followed by two sequels, 1974’s Oscar-winner The Godfather: Part II and 1990’s Oscar-nominated The Godfather: Part III, which Coppola recut and retitled as Puzo ...

This article was published more than 4 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Francis Ford Coppola on the set of The Godfather, Part III. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures ...