The night of the premiere, it was snowing.
On March 14, 1972, a storm paralyzed New York.
Limousines lined up in front of Loew's State Theater.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was invited.
Producer Robert Evans paraded on Ali MacGraw's arm, unaware that his wife was cheating on him with Steve McQueen, his co-star in
Guet-apens
.
Marlon Brando, who had been on the covers of
Life
and
Newsweek
, didn't show up.
In his place, he had sent an Indian in traditional dress.
When the lights came back on, Henry Kissinger whispered to his neighbor:
"Bob, if you can sit and watch a gangster who has killed hundreds of people and when he dies the audience is in tears, you've done a masterpiece."
A party was given after the screening at the St. Regis Hotel.
The orchestra, of course, was playing Nino Rota's famous waltz over and over.
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