been ordered to close, and shops are restricting their normal opening hours. now on bbc news, talking movies: godfather anniversary special. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47 day miners strike. and in the cinema world, there was a momentous event. what many claim is the greatest movie ever made was launched a portrait of an italian american crime family in new york in the 1940s and 50s. it was, for a time, the highest grossing film ever made, a blockbuster that was also a work of great art. it was the godfather. i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. hello from new york, i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies godfather anniversary special. half a century on, we celebrate and reassess the landmark classic, directed by francis ford coppola, starring movie greats
washington says it will use all the elements of us power to back up the pledge. mr lapid said only a credible military threat would stop iran. now on bbc news, on the 50th anniversary of the godfather often proclaimed the greatest film ever made talking movies celebrates this landmark classic. a warning this programme contains violent scenes from the film. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47 day miners strike. and in the cinema world, there was a momentous event. what many claim is the greatest movie ever made was launched a portrait of an italian american crime family in new york in the 1940s and 50s. it was, for a time, the highest grossing film ever made, a blockbuster that was also a work of great art. it was the godfather. i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. h
and everything it took to make it an official federal holiday. the person you hear talking, you may see her dancing later. i got the video. nischelle turner is here, cnn contributor and host of entertainment tonight. also sara joins us from the hollywood bowl as well. sara, i m going to get to nischelle. she was dancing the whole time on the show. i can t even watch. were you dancing in the crowd? how could you not move your body even if you didn t have rhythm? i don t think anyone in the crowd didn t have rhythm, but your body just moves. you couldn t not do it. it was powerful. it was powerful. the poem from jill scott hit me like a lightning bolt. it was incredible. there was a beautiful saying, you are somebody s ancestor, act accordingly from another poet. some of the things i m going to leave with, and i think the audience is going to leave with, we re going to stay with them, but the music, first of all, let me tell you who brought down the house, because as we men
we are getting down to real commerce. are these girls just crazy? yes, they are. you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for complete revolution in the music business in this country. mtv makes the hits. it s as if there was just one national radio station for new songs. ending the 80s in terms of rock music you have a lot of hairbands. poison, rat, warrant. a lot of hairspray going on. a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. it s not deep music but mtb pushing it. they were expected to have a certain facade. mtv s ratings are small. but those who do watch mostly teenagers and young adults by a lot of records and tapes and cds. and they buy the most of what they see the most. two members of the heavy metal band aerosmith dropped by mtv s offices to screen their new video. they brought a big bag of cash as an incentive. estimate the companie