The Godfather
1972
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The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime 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 ensemble cast includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton.
- $250–291 million
- Nino Rota
- $6–7.2 million
- Albert S. Ruddy
Mar 24, 1972 · The Godfather is a classic film about the Corleone mafia family and its patriarch Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando. It won three Oscars and is widely regarded as one of the best movies ever made.
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- 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)
The Godfather is set in the 1940s and takes place entirely within the world of the Corleones, a fictional New York Mafia family. It opens inside the dark office of the family patriarch, Don Vito Corleone (also known as the Godfather and played by Brando), on the wedding day of his daughter, Connie ( Talia Shire).
- Pat Bauer
The Godfather is a 1972 crime drama based on Mario Puzo's novel, starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as members of a powerful Italian-American family. The film has a 97% critics rating and a 98% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and features clips, photos, and news articles about the movie.
- (41K)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- R
- Marlon Brando
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New York, 1945. 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. Fredo is overly passive.
Mar 16, 1997 · A classic film about the Mafia from the inside, with a sympathetic and admirable Don Vito Corleone and his son Michael, who emerges as a godfather in both senses. The reviewer praises the film's virtuoso structure, writing and performances, and its depiction of the Mafia's power, justice and morality.
