How Did I Not See This Sooner?!

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2002)

This was one of those films I was 'not allowed to stay up for' when I was much younger, but having received the DVD box set for Xmas, I watched all three on consecutive nights.
What talent! What a story! What cinematography! How did I miss this in my teens and twenties??
For me, one of the greatest surprises was having a look at early performances of great talent that started careers... Robert Duvall was already well-known, and this cinched him. James Caan - one of my favourites -and this showed me why - again. Pacino -I admit, I was never tha impressed, and wondered what the fuss was about....then I saw 'The Godfather'.
So many have tried to follow it - so few succeeded.
Fantastic stuff. Deserves to be where it is in cinema history.