Editing Joseph Colombo (section)

===''The Godfather''===
In the spring of 1971, [[Paramount Pictures]] started filming ''[[The Godfather]]'' with the assistance of Colombo and the League. Due to its subject matter, the film originally faced great opposition from Italian-Americans to filming in New York. However, after producer [[Albert Ruddy]] met with Colombo and agreed to excise the terms "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" from the film, the League cooperated fully.<ref name="making godfather">{{cite news|last=Pileggi|first=Nicholas|title=The Making of 'The Godfather: Sort of a Home Movie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/godfather-ar1.html|access-date=2011-11-09|newspaper=New York Times|date=August 15, 1971}}</ref> The first meeting involved Ruddy, Colombo, Colombo's son Anthony and 1500 delegates from Colombo's Italian-American Civil Rights League.<ref name="thestacksreader" /> Ruddy would afterwards hold numerous meetings with Anthony, which led to assurance that the film would be based on individuals and would not defame or stereotype a group.<ref name="thestacksreader">{{cite news |last1=Pileggi |first1=Nicholas |author2-link=Nicholas Pileggi |title=The Making of "The Godfather"—Sort of a Home Movie |url=http://www.thestacksreader.com/the-making-of-the-godfather-sort-of-a-home-movie/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times Magazine |date=August 15, 1971 |issn=0028-7822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211081245/http://www.thestacksreader.com/the-making-of-the-godfather-sort-of-a-home-movie/ |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |location=The Stacks Reader |format=Archive}}</ref>