. >> i read the book and i saw pacinoa's face, when you see a person's face in a part, it's hard to gett out of your head. >> reporter: though the first two godfather films were epic successes, he resisted revisiting the corleoms. >> i was losing my vineyard, i was in a terrible financial distress. >> reporter: it was an offer he could not refuse and the godfather iii did receive seven academy award nominations. but three decades later, copola feels he finally kbot it right. >> what's wrong with being a lawyer? >> nothing, except he doesn't want it. >> reporter: >> it's like pulling on the thread of a sweater that annoyed you and you end up reknitting a sweater. >> reporter: and he said the new version vindicates his daughter, now an award-winning film maker herself. >> have you shown sofia the new cut? >> i showed all the cast the new cut. she didn't want to see it, but she thought that the whole thing was better. i can't watch the movie without breaking in to tears at the end, because, not only is it my child, i'm seeing. but i see a man's soul dying. >> mary! please -- >> in the clim