# Did mario puzo have a bad experience with a movie studio?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mario-puzo-have-a-bad-experience-with-a-movie-studio/755005
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**Created:** [May 17, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mario-puzo-have-a-bad-experience-with-a-movie-studio/755005 "2016-05-17T15:54:04Z")
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mario-puzo-have-a-bad-experience-with-a-movie-studio/755005/1 "2016-05-17T15:54:04Z")
I’ve only read about four books of his but in the godfather and fools die the head of the movie studio are complete scumbags with no redeemable qua!ities …
I know he wrote for the movies for years but he seemed not to like anything associated with them and wondered if they were based on any specific person and experience…
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mario-puzo-have-a-bad-experience-with-a-movie-studio/755005/2 "2016-05-17T16:04:39Z")
I met Mario Puzo once. He was a miserable excuse for a human being. At first I assumed he was being an obnoxious drunk . . . but it turned out, he hadn’t been drinking.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mario-puzo-have-a-bad-experience-with-a-movie-studio/755005/3 "2016-05-17T16:06:26Z")
Doesn’t look like it: [Mario Puzo - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Puzo)
But lots of people have a jaundiced view of the snakepit of Hollywood.