# Coppola gets another shot at fixing godfather III **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008 "2020-09-07T08:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008/1 "2020-09-07T08:24:17Z")
just seen this earlier … I wonder if he cut the screen time down on his daughter’s performance which was considered the main problem of the movie > **[‘The Godfather Part III’ New Edit, Complete With Different Ending, Coming to...](https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2020/09/03/the-godfather-part-iii-new-edit-complete-with-different-ending-coming-to-theaters/24610176/)** > > Paramount Pictures will release a new edit and restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather Part III” in theaters in December, followed by a digital and DVD debut. The film, whi… the article mentions Robert Duvall didn’t come back as Tom Hagen in fact it says “refused” Anyone know why he did so ? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008/2 "2020-09-07T21:30:01Z")
re reading the article … coppola acts like there was lot of studio meddling before during and after …anyone read if there was any? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008/3 "2020-09-07T21:37:36Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > the article mentions Robert Duvall didn’t come back as Tom Hagen in fact it says “refused” Anyone know why he did so ? [Salary dispute](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-duvall-does-the-tango-06-01-2004/). He was a bigger name by that point and wanted to be paid, if not the same, then within the same ballpark as Al Pacino. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008/4 "2020-09-07T21:49:15Z")
wow, i’d call him an old coot these days … seems he didn’t really have to stretch far to play gus in lonesome dove…