Best Bets: San Francisco Symphony Provides Live Accompaniment As ‘Godfather’ Screens In Davies Hall
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An offer you can’t refuse?: If you’re one of the many riveted to their TV screens this year as Paramount+ is airing “The Offer,” its 10-episode series about producer Albert S. Ruddy’s crisis-plagued experiences making “The Godfather,” you might be prompted to re-engage with the original, multiple Oscar-winning film from 1972.
The San Francisco Symphony, led by guest conductor Stephen Mulligan, is performing composer Nino Rota’s score this weekend while the iconic film plays out on a giant screen over the musicians’ heads. Two performances take place in Davies Hall, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Tickets, $100-$225, are available at www.sfsymphony.org and 415-864-6000. An interesting aside: Rota’s Academy Award nomination for the score was withdrawn when it came to light that he had used a portion of it in a prior unrelated film, but he went on to capture the Oscar two years later for his score for “The Godfather II.”
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