The Sicilian (film) of his backer, Mafia Don Masino Croce. The Don, in turn, sets out to kill the upstart by convincing his cousin and closest adviser Gaspare to assassinate him. Due to the huge success of "The Godfather", Mario Puzo was given $1 million for the film rights to his novel "The Sicilian". David Begelman, head of Gladden Entertainment at the time, hired Michael Cimino to direct. When producer Bruce McNall met with Cimino at a dinner in Los Angeles, he complained loudly about the script and Begelman's interference with casting. Cimino wanted Christopher Lambert for the lead role and Begelman was
The Sicilian Defence (album) deliver one anyway. As such, this consists of incomplete sketches that were never fleshed out into proper songs. All songs composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. The Sicilian Defence (album) The Sicilian Defence is an album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 2014. It was named after the "Sicilian Defence", a famous chess play. This was the final Alan Parsons Project studio album to be released, 24 years after the split of the band. Originally recorded in 1979, it was never actually intended for release, but was sent to the band's label, Arista, as a sort of "chess