The Sicilian Michael Cimino and starring Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Guiliano, however, owing to copyright issues, the characters of Michael Corleone and Clemenza were not included in this movie adaptation. The Sicilian The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo. Published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group (), it is based on Puzo's most famous work, "The Godfather". It is regarded as "The Godfather"'s literary sequel. In this novel, the spelling of Salvatore Giuliano's name was intentionally changed by Puzo to "Guiliano". This novel, though a work of fiction, is based on the real life exploits of Giuliano. The
The Sicilian (film) Roger Ebert gave "The Sicilian" "two thumbs down". Ebert complained about the cinematography: "The film alternates between scenes that are backlit where you can't see the faces and other scenes that were so murky that you couldn't see who was talking." Siskel attacked the film's star, "Let me just go after Christopher Lambert... because here is the center of the film. This would be as if the Al Pacino character in "The Godfather" were played by a member of the walking dead." In his "Chicago Sun-Times" review, Ebert claimed "The Sicilian" continues director Michael Cimino's "record of making an incomprehensible