I just watched the Valachi DVD and I don't see the "goofs" listed on IMDB and complained about in people's comments (World Trade Center, etc). I have a feeling that these were only visible on previous video/TV releases because they were shown "open matte" instead of matted to the proper ratio like the current dvd, thus showing more top and bottom than intended.
Or maybe I"m blind--does anyone else see the goofs on the DVD?
Don't forget Lucky Luciano's 1970's eyeglasses and when Valachi is talking about all the murders that happened in the 1930's while flipping thru crime scene photos, a lot of the dead guys are sitting in cars from the 1950's.
Also, some of the minor actors that are gangsters are sporting 1970's style long sideburns. I guess that the director didn't quite care about these simple details but I picked them up in 1972 when I first saw the movie and it ruined it for me then as now.
The strange thing is, I've seen dozens of photos of Luciano and I've never seen him wearing eyeglasses in any of them! I wonder why the producers/director did that? And the 70's hairdos/sideburns are hilarious. The photos of the real Valachi either show him in a hat so you can't tell what his hair looked like, or it appeared close-cropped and iron-gray.
"May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?"