The National Italian-American Foundation has asked Martin Scorcese and Francis Coppola to say something good about the contribution of Italian-Americans to American society if they make acceptance speeches at the Academy Awards ceremony March 25.
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Scorcese's "GoodFellas" and Coppola's "Godfather III" are contenders for the Best Picture Oscar this year. Both movies portray Italian-Americans engaged in organized crime."Our interest is in seeing that all of the vast contributions which Italian-Americans have made to our society are not eclipsed by an overemphasis on the Italian-American relationship to crime and specifically organized crime," the foundation said in letters sent to the two filmmakers.