The Godfather - Filming Location (East Garden City, New York)

USA / New York / East Meadow / East Garden City, New York
 movie / film / TV location, historical layer / disappeared object
The Godfather (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather) is a 1972 American drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne (uncredited).[3] It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton, and features John Cazale , Talia Shire, Al Martino , and Abe Vigoda. The story spans ten years from 1945 to 1955 and chronicles the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. Two sequels followed: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990.

This location was used when Sonny (Caan) is ambushed and killed at the toll booths, after being set up in a trap by his brother in law Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather
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Coordinates:   40°43'48"N   73°35'11"W

Comments

  • "They shot Sonny on the causeway!"
  • what happened to the toll booths? were they just installed to shoot the movie?
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