DIANE KEATON: A GROUP OF THE GODFATHER PART I, II, AND III MATERIAL Paramount Pictures, 1972, 1974, and 1990 Comprising a copy of The Godfather Family Album by Steve Shapiro, published by Taschen (2008) with the original case, copy number 0536 from a number of 1200 copies and 120 artists proofs, signed Steve Shapiro, a black and white publicity photograph signed by Al Pacino from The Godfather Part II, three black and white publicity photographs signed by Robert Duvall and Al Pacino from The Godfather Part II, nine colored and black and white publicity photographs from The Godfather Part I and II, a collectable photo book from The Godfather III with the original case. (16) book 19 x 13in; photographs 8 x 10in Footnotes: The sweeping epic trilogy of The Godfather, with the Corleone family at its center of crime and bloodshed, was brought to life by Francis Ford Coppola. Based on a novel, Diane Keaton approached the project with little expectation: 'I auditioned for The Godfather having never read it and knew nothing about it...and they cast me! I had been cast before Al Pacino...what would The Godfather have been without Al Pacino?' (Entertainment Tonight, 2022). She could not have known that the film would be one of the greatest achievements in cinematic history, a sprawling web of love, betrayal, familial duty, and pain. The Godfather would bring Diane and Pacino together as Kay and Michael Corleone, and sparked a lasting bond between them. They would go on to reprise their roles for The Godfather: Part II and The Godfather: Part III. Considered one of the greatest trilogies of all time, each film was nominated, and won, a staggering amount of awards. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II remain the only original sequel combination to both win Best Picture and is one of only two trilogies in which each installment received a Best Picture Nomination. 'Every take felt completely unexpected... that was one of the most compelling things about The Godfather: the appearance of formality that masked the raw violence exploding in scene after scene,' recalled Keaton, of working on the set of The Godfather: Part II (Keaton, Diane. Then Again. New York: Random House, 2011, page 101). Her role of Kay, 'the picture of a woman standing in a hallway waiting for permission to be seen by her husband' was the moral pull of the story (page 102). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing