The Offer (Paramount+) TV Show

Limited series about the struggles that producer Albert Ruddy (Miles Teller) and Paramount's then head of production Robert Evans (Matthew Goode) went through in trying to get The Godfather made. Premiering 4/28 on Paramount+.

 

Haven't seen much talk about this on here. This one of my most anticipated currently. Matthew Goode's performance as Robert Evans is looking like it's going to be the highlight of the series. Ribisi as Joe Colombo looks pretty great too.

 

i am very excited for this. extremely, even.

 

Hopefully Paramount+ puts the Godfather trilogy up for streaming by the time this comes out, because I tried to watch it last night in anticipation for this and it's not there. Godfather isn't streaming anywhere right now actually which is kind of weird.

 

Watching this now. This is absolutely fantastic. Easily the best original series Paramount+ has ever done.

Some notes:
As I suspected Matthew Goode as Robert Evans absolutely owns every scene he's in.

The chemistry between Coppola and Puzo is so great.

i just googled it and that scene where Frank Sinatra threatens Mario Puzo in the restaurant actually happened almost exactly how they depicted.

Also a lot of Band Of Brothers actors in this

 

man, this is fucking fantastic

 

I agree. Very surprised by all the negative reviews. I kind of love this.

Love how tons of people criticize Winning Time and The Crown for doing an unauthorized takes that ends up taking extreme dramatic licences, but when a show like this actually collaborates with main figure of the story it's "self indulgent and one sided". With biographic shows you can't just seem to win.

 

plus it’s the godfather. nothing people love more now than shitting on obviously beloved things. i’m sure it’s only a matter of time before “actually those movies suck too” takes begin to surface

 

I've actually seen more than one reputable critic describe this as "Paramount's Saving Mr. Banks". So goddamn hacky.

 

i know some people don’t love this but it’s extremely my shit

 

I like this show but man they're taking some huge creative liberties with the history. Joe Gallo was murdered a few weeks after Godfather premiered, not during it's filming. That stuff with Ruddy/Gallo almost certainly didn't happen.

 

it was the same thing with winning time. i personally cannot care less and couldn't imagine why anyone would

 

only two episodes in but I’m absolutely loving this!

 

Next I hope Amazon/MGM gets the same showrunners to do a limited series about the making of Apocalypse Now and casts Fogler as Coppola again.

Because believe it or not the story of the making of that is even crazier than the making of the Godfather. Coppola quite literally almost drove himself insane in the jungle making a movie about guys being driven to insanity in the jungle.

 

I’m so bummed that this is over, loved every second of it

 

The finale got me looking at 1974 domestic box office numbers lol. Was a little confused why they portrayed Ruddy turning down Godfather Part II to make The Longest Yard as this triumphant act but turns out it was one of the highest grossing films that year and performed almost as well as Godfather sequel on a much lower budget with way less hype, so it kind of makes sense why Ruddy would be so proud of that.

That post-script definitely made Ruddy's career seem way more successful than it actually was though. Dude had a nearly 25 year drought of bombs between 1981 and 2004 where the only notable thing he did was create Walker Texas Ranger. The Godfather, Longest Yard, Cannonball Run, and Million Dollar Baby were his only films that weren't failures.