This is a fascinating little fragment of footage showing Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s screen tests for ‘The Godfather’. Pacino got the role of Sonny–we see Coppola giving him some direction as well–and De Niro was passed up for Sonny in favor of James Caan. In my not so humble opinion De Niro makes a much better Sonny than Caan, who has always been the weak link for me in the movie. But Caan was bigger box-office (imagine?) and Coppola already had battled for two actors the studio didn’t want–Pacino and Marlon Brando (imagine?). More screen tests to come…