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 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.
- (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)
The Godfather is a classic mob drama based on Mario Puzo's novel, starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Find out the critics' ratings, watch the trailer, and stream the movie on various platforms.
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- Francis Ford Coppola
- R
- Marlon Brando
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.
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May 15, 2017 · The Godfather is an American gangster epic film (1972) starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also cowrote the screenplay. In 2002 it was named one of the National Society of Film Critics’ 100 Essential Films.
Mar 16, 1997 · Roger Ebert praises the brilliance of The Godfather, a film that invites us to sympathize with the Mafia on its own terms. He analyzes the story, the characters, the themes and the cinematography of this classic crime drama.
