Watch (immediately): Sam Fuller’s Screen Test for THE GODFATHER PART 2

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Danny

Legendary film director Sam Fuller reads for the role of Hyman Roth. With Pacino!

If this isn’t the intersection where the epitome of cool crosses the ultimate in pertinence, I don’t know what it is. Just earlier this week we brought you some Sam Fuller appreciation and a feature using The Godfather as its base, and, now, we’ve got reason to combine them.

That is, just watch:

That’s Samuel Fuller reading for the role of Hyman Roth in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part II. Sure, Sam Fuller made a cameo (sometimes extended cameo) or two in his time, but never for something quite like this. While the role ultimately went to Lee Strasberg (who was Academy Award nominated for Supporting Actor trophy), it’s fun to watch this and imagine Samuel Fuller living it up in Cuba or twisting Fredo to break Michael’s heart. Very cool stuff here.

Thanks to Mr. Peter Peel for pointing this out over on Twitter and for pointing out that Christa Fuller (where this clip originated) is on Facebook.

Find of the day: Sam Fuller testing with Pacino for the role of Hyman Roth in THE GODFATHER PART II. http://bit.ly/jEBvYz
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Find of the week, my friend. Find of the week!

 




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    Incredible, I would have loved to see this realized, but just getting a glimpse is incredible. 

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