| ORIGINAL TITLE |
The Godfather |
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| DIRECTOR |
Francis Ford Coppola |
| SCREENWRITER |
Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo (Novel: Mario Puzo) |
| COMPOSER |
Nino Rota |
| CINEMATOGRAPHER |
Gordon Willis |
| CAST |
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Richard Castellano, Sterling Hayden, Gianni Russo, Rudy Bond, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda, Franco Citti, Lenny Montana, Al Martino, Joe Spinell, Simonetta Stefanelli |
| STUDIO/PRODUCER |
Paramount Pictures / Albert S. Ruddy Production |
| AWARDS |
1972: 3 Academy Awards: Best Movie, Actor (Marlon Brando), Adapted Screenplay. 11 Nominations
1972: 5 Golden Globe: Including Best Movie Drama
1972: New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Duvall)
1972: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film |
| GENRE |
Drama | Mafia. Crime. The 40s. The 50s. Family Relationships. Cult movie |
| SYNOPSIS/PLOT |
Epic tale of a 1940s New York Mafia family and their struggle to protect their empire from rival families as the leadership switches from the father (Marlon Brando) to his youngest son (Al Pacino). Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is The Godfather, the Don (head) of a successful, tightly-knit family whose business is organized crime. Heir apparent is impulsive, hot-tempered Sonny (James Caan), whose brothers are brooding Michael (Al Pacino), who tries to seperate himself from his criminal family, and Fredo (John Cazale), who can't seem to do anything right. Vito has also adopted level-headed Tom Hagan (Robert Duvall), now the family lawyer. Vito's refusal to enter the lucrative drug rackets puts him in a war between the mafia families. Michael gets his hand dirty by taking revenge on the family's behalf, and then taking over as the new calculating, ruthless godfather. In his new role he plots to make the Corleones the leading players in Las Vegas casino industry while arranging for the war in New York City to be settled for once and for all. |
| PRO REVIEWS |
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"The wedding sequence... is a virtuoso stretch of filmmaking: Coppola brings his large cast onstage so artfully that we are drawn at once into the 'Godfather's' world" (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)
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"Brando made Don Vito something we rarely see in movies: a tragicomic villain-hero" (Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune)
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"Coppola crafted an enduring, undisputed masterpiece" (Edward Guthmann: San Francisco Chronicle)
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"One of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment" (Vincent Canby: The New York Times)
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"A great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments" (Desson Thomson: The Washington Post)
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"Sharp, entertaining, and convincing--discursive, but with a sense of structure and control that Coppola hasn't achieved since" (Dave Kehr: The New York Times)
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