The Godfather
1972
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The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando , Al Pacino , James Caan , Richard Castellano , Robert Duvall , Sterling Hayden , John Marley ...
- $250–291 million
- Nino Rota
- $6–7.2 million
- Albert S. Ruddy
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.
- (2M)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- R
- Crime, Drama
The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo. The films follow the trials of the fictional Italian American mafia Corleone family whose patriarch, Vito Corleone, rises to be a major figure in American organized crime.
- $430.9–517.4 million
- Francis Ford Coppola
- $73–74.2 million
- Albert S. Ruddy (1), Francis Ford Coppola (2–3)
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone ...
- (41K)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- R
- Marlon Brando
The Godfather. The son of the patriarch of the most powerful Mafia clan in New York returns home from war determined to live his own life - but is forced to take up arms in a clash between his father’s traditional ways and the newcomers who threaten the family business. 23,936 IMDb 9.2 2 h 55 min 1972. X-Ray HDR UHD R.
- 175 min
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Don Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando) is the aging Godfather of a mafia family. He has three sons - Sonny (James Caan), Fredo (John Cazale) and Michael (Al Pacino). Sonny is his natural successor but is impulsive, short-tempered and not much of a thinker.
Mar 16, 1997 · The story views the Mafia from the inside. That is its secret, its charm, its spell; in a way, it has shaped the public perception of the Mafia ever since. The real world is replaced by an authoritarian patriarchy where power and justice flow from the Godfather, and the only villains are traitors.
