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- The Godfather Filmed On Location In Sicily. After killing Captain McCluskey and Virgil Sollozzo, Michael Corleone flees the U.S. and takes refuge in Sicily.
- Beverly Estate — Beverly Hills, California. Originally owned by newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, the Beverly Estate was used in the scenes featuring Jack Woltz, the fictional movie producer who ends up on the wrong side of the Corleone family (which is never a good place to be).
- Mitchel Field — Uniondale, New York. The Godfather is filled with gruesome violence, of mobsters getting back at each other, with the characters killing and threatening one another as a full-on war erupts between the Five Families.
- Calvary Cemetery — Queens, New York. Queens’ Calvary Cemetery is the location of Don Vito Corleone’s final resting place. Corleone’s funeral takes place within the cemetery, which is notable for being the resting place of several governors, senators, and New York mayors, among others.
The Godfather film location: the Corleone mansion: 110 Longfellow Avenue, Emerson Hill, Staten Island. Locations |. New York; Los Angeles, California; Nevada; Italy. DIRECTOR |. Francis Ford Coppola. CAST |. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, John Cazale, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Richard Bright,
- Corleone Mansion, Staten Island
- Radio City Music Hall, Manhattan
- St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan
- Mietz Building and Fruit Stand, Manhattan
- Hotel St. George, Brooklyn
- St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, Manhattan
Located at 110 Longfellow Avenue on a cul-de-sac in the Emerson Hill neighborhood of Staten Island, the home that served as the Corleone mansion looks much different now than it did during filming. To help give moviegoers the impression of how significant of a player the Corleone family was amongst the Five Families and in the organized crime arena...
Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan (1260 Avenue of the Americas) is no stranger to the silver screen, serving as the backdrop for endless films, including Annie, Rosemary’s Baby and Rocky III. It’s red-and-blue neon signage, which wraps around the Art Deco building’s exterior, stands out amongst the dozens of skyscrapers that surround it. W...
Also located in Midtown and a half-mile walk northeast of Radio City Music Hall sits the St. Regis (2 E. 55th St.). Built by business magnate John Jacob Astor IV, the 18-story Beaux-Arts building was one of the city’s earliest skyscrapers and has served as a luxury accommodation since its opening in 1904. The hotel is seen numerous times throughout...
In the film, the Corleones start a company called Genco Pura Olive Oil that serves as a front to hide the family’s shady business dealings. Located at 128 Mott Street, in a section of Little Italy that today is considered part of Chinatown, the brick building punctuated by a brick nameplate that says “Mietz Building” was where the family would hold...
Built in 1885 by Captain William Turnbridge, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, this ten-story hotel in Brooklyn Heights (111 Hicks St.) was once the largest hotel in the city, boasting more than 2,600 guest rooms, 17 ballrooms and a state-of-the-art saltwater swimming pool. It was also the filming location for a pivotal meetingat t...
While St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown may get much of the limelight as a tourist attraction, there’s actually a second cathedral by the same name located at 264 Mulberry Street in Nolita, a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, that’s worth noting. Built between 1809 and 1815 and known as Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, the Gothic-Revival ca...
Filming took place primarily on location around New York City and in Sicily, and was completed ahead of schedule. The musical score was composed principally by Nino Rota, with additional pieces by Carmine Coppola . The Godfather premiered at the Loew's State Theatre on March 14, 1972, and was widely released in the United States on March 24, 1972.
- $250–291 million
- Nino Rota
- $6–7.2 million
- Albert S. Ruddy
IMDbPro. All topics. Filming & production. The Godfather. Jump to Edit. Filming locations. Forza d'Agrò, Messina, Sicily, Italy. (as Corleone village) Helpful • 77 1. 110 Longfellow Road, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. (Corleone mansion) Helpful • 44 0.
Mar 27, 2023 · Contents. Where Was The Godfather Filmed in Sicily? The Godfather Sicily Filming Locations: Part I. After Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) shoots and kills Sollozzo and McCluskey (the NYPD Police Chief), he flees to Corleone in Sicily. This is his father Don Vito Corleone’s hometown and the perfect place to lay low for a while.
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Mar 24, 1972 · The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
