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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. With mafia movies out of fashion and relatively unknown director Francis Ford Coppola at the helm, Paramount was keen to cut costs by updating the film of Mario Puzo 's best-seller to the present day and filming on its Hollywood lot.
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- 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...
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film [2] 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, Richard ...
- $250–291 million
- Nino Rota
- $6–7.2 million
- Albert S. Ruddy
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.
On March 29, 1971, The Godfather, considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, began principal photography in New York City. Because the film is a period piece, The Godfather actually presents a fascinating record of what 1940s-era New York City locations still existed in the early-1970s. Sadly, many of them are now gone.
The real owner and his wife played those parts in the film. • Thompson and Bleecker Streets, NY, were used for two scenes: Sonny leaving Lucy Mancini's apartment, and the buttonmen hiding out "at the mattresses." • The car scene over the George Washington Bridge with Michael, Sollozzo and McCluskey was reportedly filmed in a studio, but was ...
