ONCE UPON A CRIME
Apr 21, 2022
3 minutes
BY JIM HALTERMAN
The Offer SERIES PREMIERE
Thursday, April 28, Paramount+
HOLLYWOOD IS A business, but, to quote a line from 1972’s The Godfather, some people take it very personal. Like the time Robert Evans, head of the studio that, in 1970, wanted to turn Mario Puzo’s gangland bestseller into a film, found a dead rat in his bed. Whoever put it there clearly didn’t want to see The Godfather onscreen.
“I don’t know what the f--- you’ve gotten me into, but, the 10-episode Paramount+ limited series that dramatizes the crazy real-life antics that nearly put the kibosh on one of the greatest films of all time.
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