The roof deck of the Nacional was the setting for Lucky Luciano's infamous 1946 summit of leading mafiosos (recreated in The Godfather, Part II) to discuss the carving up of the city.

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Coppola's father, respected director Francis Ford Coppola, previously won a DGA award for The Godfather: Part II.

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"Godfather II is the ultimate family-business movie, far more sophisticated than Godfather I, " says veteran film critic Judith Crist.

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Originally all the votes were tallied together, but nooooo, that was too simple, so in 2002 the magazine separated critics and directors and made two lists, and we could ponder the significance of the directors placing "Godfather I and II" in second place, while the critics voted them No. 4.

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