>> reporter: in the film, which coppola row where mario puzo, the now aging mafia don, played by al pacinotried to launder his millions and go legitimate. >> don't under estimate the power of forgiveness. >> we both felt the film would be sort of a battle for michael corleon's soul. >> reporter: but the godfather iii flopped with critics and it bothered copola since. they said the film is not just a disappointment, it's a failure. >> the same thing happened with apocalypse, i had heard that it was the biggest disaster in 40 years and i said, is it really the worst movie ever made, i was heart broken. >> tony said is i'm a front for the foundation. >> reporter: some of the most vicious criticism of the godfather iii was aimed at his then 19-year-old daughter, sofia. >> my daughter. >> reporter: he cast her after wyonnona ryder dropped out. one critic called her hopelessly amaturish. >> you know, you have not kissed me hello yet. >> when the film came out, the bullets that she got was meant for me. >> reporter: when she got those bullets how did you feel? >> they went after what i loved the

it turns out al pacino has already auditioned for the role of andrew cuomo in dick tracy, watch. >> haveou know sense of pride in what you do, no sense of duty? no sense of destiny? i'm looking for generals, what do i got was mike what soldiers? >> and robert de niro may have already played dr. fauci in the movie the intern. >> under your intern. >> i'm glad to see the humor in this. >> be hard not to. >> that must be the scene where he appears at the biden transition on the first day of work? you just know some agents right now are packaging the pacino, robert de niro covid hero movie as we speak? >> laura: what are they going to do when this has all finally passed? what are the democrats going to do when you finally trump -- if he's out of the picture, off the stage -- they cling to this, they cling to covid, they cling to donald trump. >> i promise you if that covid hero movie gets off the ground, rosie o'donnell will be playing donald trump, bet on it. >> laura: perhaps no less absurd, "time" magazine named its person of the year in a big tv event. times editor in chief wrote changin

francis ford coppola, al pacino and andy garcia.ovie time machine about 30 years or so he's one of the great directors in america but he had some duds, a series of duds frankly, he said, he needed the money, so paramount studios made him an offer he could not refuse >> i command this family right or wrong. >> a stunning cast, gorgeously shot maestro coppola back at director "the godfather 3" was a movie with issues. >> don coreleon, i need your help. >> there was a mad rush to get what was a pretty big, ambitious, complicated movie edited in time for christmas, but it was going to be called "part 3" and of course partly that was so there could be a part 4, part 5, part 6, whatever. >> reporter: it had been more than 15 years since the commercial and artistic success of "godfather 2," a masterpiece. and francis ford coppola was not interested in mass production. >> i had never entirely felt comfortable that the godfather tragedy was something that could be peeled off like a series of -- like an adventure story. >> reporter: audiences

the general tenor of tucker carlson's voice should make you wonder if he's one of the rich kids al pacinot of a woman." you know, that scene in the end, where there's a disciplinary hearing in a theater for some reason, and al pacino's just allowed an expletive filled 15-minute monologue, which makes the school change its mind, i guess? and again, for anyone who doesn't think we're gonna have anything to talk about post trump, that's not the only '90s movie with third act problems. tucker would be a kid that invites someone on student aid to come with him on a ski trip to stowe, and then add, "oh, wait, you probably can't afford that, bro. and i will say, i love all the euphemisms for lies, but my favorite is nonliteral commentary try that some time with your spouse after getting back from a trip to vegas? "i thought you said no strip clubs. you said that you were going just see 'jersey goys.'" "don't be ridiculous, no one would see 'jersey goys.' that was nonliteral commentary, and on top of that, they expect any quote, "reasonable viewer" to know this sadly, trump is not a reasonable vi

state joking around with the head of the, anthony fauci who will be don corleone around who will be al pacinohere in staten islands businesses are literally dying. saturday live and governor's office think it is funny why i almost cried the other day because it is hurting me to my soul that these people think it is time to make fun of us when we're trying to express our -- charles: hurting a lot of people. >> charles i have one thing to say. charles: go ahead. i also want to talk about the judge's decision in los angeles. >> yeah. i would, they should be grateful they have a great judge that made that decision. we tried the lawsuits for the last four months. we're continuing fighting in court but i do have something to say to the governor, respectfully. i will never be disrespectful to the governor. why is it that governor abbott in texas, governor desantis down in florida, governor noam in south dakota why have they been able to figure out the delicate balance keeping -- from covid virus while not infringing on our civil liberties and allowing businesses to stay open and thrive? they have al

why am i with al pacino? why am i standing next to ethel kennedy at the deathbed of her son?e. there's a purpose to everything he does in our lives and i think people are terrified these days and they are scared, everything seems random, there such a sense of fear. but the greatest -- the most commanded thing in all of scripture is fear not, it's much of the most. it's not a suggestion, it's a command. because if we are not trusting god, what sees us through his our faith. when we are afraid and we are hiding and we are paralyzed with fear, we are obviously not trusting him. and we are human. you talk about the book, i mean this trusting doesn't mean that nothing is ever going to go wrong and you will have a fairy tale life. you are very open about difficult things that you went through and some of them very publicly, but even through that, as we think about what a tough time people had this year, it was good on the other side. there were purpose and things of themselves and the other side. >> always. jesus side to come in this world you will have trouble but fear not, i have

in the film which he co-wrote with mario puzo, the now aging mafia don michael corleone played by al pacino. >> don't overestimate the power of forgiveness. >> we both imagine that the film was going to be sort of battle for michael corleone's soul. >> but the godfather part iii famously flopped with critics and bothered coppola. >> you said the film isn't just a disappointment, a failure of heartbreaking proportions. >> same thing on the apocalypse. i had reviews saying it is the greatest movie disaster in 40 years by an important critic. i said is it really the worst movie made? i was heartbroken. >> tony says i am a front for the foundation. >> some of the most vicious criticism of "the godfather part iii" was aimed at daughter sophia. >> my daughter, mary corleone. >> he cast her after winona ryder dropped out. sophia's performance was widely hammed. one critic called her hopelessly amateurish. >> you know, you haven't kissed me hello yet. >> when the film came out, the bullets sophia got were meant for me just as in the story ironically. >> when she got the bullets, how did you feel? >