Remembering John Cazale on his birthday 🎂
Starting out:
With Matthew Cowles & Al Pacino (!) in Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx, 1968. Cazale & Pacino both won Obies for their roles.
Photo: Fred W. McDarrah
Steve Schapiro
James Caan, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino & John Cazale on the set of The Godfather, 1972
John Cazale & Al Pacino in 2, 1974
Another shot by Steve Schapiro
"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart."
John Cazale & Meryl Streep in Shakespeare in the Park's Measure for Measure, 1976
Cazale & Streep began a love affair that summer, but Cazale was dead by March 1978.
Photo: George E. Joseph
@NYPL digital collection
John Cazale & Meryl Streep in The Deer Hunter, 1976
The still photographer on set during the American scenes was Greer Cavagnaro.
Steve Schapiro's shot of John Cazale in another Israel Horovitz play, Lines. With Ann Wedgeworth & John Randolph, 1971. It must have been awesome to see him on stage!
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