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Al Pacino Recalls Almost Being Fired From The Godfather
Legendary actor Al Pacino recalls almost being fired from Francis Ford Coppola's Hollywood classic film, The Godfather. Originally released in 1972, the popular mafia crime film was met with rave reviews and quickly rose the box office chart to the top with nearly $86 million. With subsequent re-releases, the film has pulled in nearly $740 million in lifetime gross (adjusted for inflation). The film has since become a cultural phenomenon and has been recognized as one of the greatest films of all time. The Godfather ranks second on the American Film Institute's 100 Years… 100 Movies updated 2007 list, only behind Orson Welles' cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane.