David Fincher was first slated to direct, but dropped out to produce Lords of Dogtown (2005), which he also dropped out of directing. The basic storyline of the version on which he was working dealt with black market trade of body parts in Africa.
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Producer Dino De Laurentiis acquired the screen rights to Peter Maas' source best-seller in 1969 about three years before the movie premiered. As soon as the production of the movie was announced, producer Dino De Laurentiis said that he started getting a series of telephone calls from unidentified people 'inviting' him to drop the project. De Laurenttis was unavailing of these invites and pressed on with the film's development and pre-production.
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The film's closing epilogue states: "After seven years in solitary confinement Joseph Valachi died of natural causes. So did Vito Genovese... ...but six months earlier".
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The film's opening prologue, a quote from Senator Robert F. Kennedy, states: "Crime is a question of criminals. It is not a matter of race, color or religion - Robert Kennedy when Attorney General of the United States".
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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