HE to Indiewire’s Kate Erbland: “The Godfather Part II” and “Young Frankenstein” were Released in 1974…Penalty Buzzer!

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025 by Jeffrey Wells

Everybody messes up from time to time, myself included, but you can’t misreport when two 1974 classics were released, and in the lede paragraph yet!

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