The Godfather (The Coppola Restoration) R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 23, 2008
- Originally Released: 1972
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, James Caan, Diane Keaton & Marlon Brando | |
Performer: | Sterling Hayden, John Cazale, Richard Castellano, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda, Gianni Russo, Rudy Bond, Morgana King, Richard Bright, Alex Rocco, Tony Giorgio, Vito Scotti, Julie Gregg, Angelo Infanti, Franco Citti, Saro Urzi, Sofia Coppola & Joe Spinell | |
Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola | |
Edited by | William Reynolds & Peter Zinner | |
Screenwriting by | Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola | |
Composition by | Nino Rota | |
Art Direction by | Warren Clymer | |
Produced by | Albert S. Ruddy | |
Director of Photography: | Gordon Willis |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1972 -
Best Actor: Marlon Brando
Academy Awards 1972 -
Best Adapted Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo
Academy Awards 1972 -
Best Picture: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Casting in these roles has been exceptional, particularly with Ai Pacino, a relative new comer as Michael. James Caan, too, deserves special mention, tor his role as Sonny... But the prime extra ingredient of the film is Brando.
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Associated Press
[Brando] astounded just about everyone with his performance
Total Film
Rating: 4/4 --
Brando is the strong magnet that will draw fans to The Godfather. But behind-the-scenes creativity is of equal value to this film of towering proportions.
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New York Daily News
...Gordon Willis' cinematography is celebrated for its darkness; it is rich, atmospheric, expressive...
Chicago Sun-Times
Brando turns from Method to myth, with an Oscar-winning performance so calculatedly eccentric and full of inspired surprises that his character stands apart from all the others...
Entertainment Weekly
A consistent work that sporadically makes palpable the talent of Francis Ford Coppola. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
This is a curious film. One comes to understand, even to condone, the activities of the Godfather and his clan.
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Hollywood Reporter
Product Description:
Based on the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo (who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER tells an epic tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and '50s. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the family patriarch balancing a love of his family with an ambitious criminal instinct. At the wedding of the Don's daughter, Connie (Talia Shire), youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) is reunited with his family. A subsequent assassination attempt leaves the Don too ill to run the family business, forcing Michael and Sonny (James Caan), with the help of consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), to lead the Corleones into a vendetta-filled war with other mob families. Violent revenge ensues as the family tries to change from its old criminal ways into legitimacy.
Coppola's certified masterpiece, which won three Oscars (including Best Picture) and spawned an Oscar-winning sequel (THE GODFATHER PART II), set a new screen standard for merging blood-soaked violence with intimate family drama. In the process, Coppola single-handedly established the Mafia as an industry in film and television (GOODFELLAS, THE SOPRANOS). Featuring truly unforgettable performances, including the Best Actor-winning Brando, the riveting Pacino, and an unexpectedly dramatic Diane Keaton, THE GODFATHER is the pinnacle of Hollywood cinema in the 1970s.
Coppola's certified masterpiece, which won three Oscars (including Best Picture) and spawned an Oscar-winning sequel (THE GODFATHER PART II), set a new screen standard for merging blood-soaked violence with intimate family drama. In the process, Coppola single-handedly established the Mafia as an industry in film and television (GOODFELLAS, THE SOPRANOS). Featuring truly unforgettable performances, including the Best Actor-winning Brando, the riveting Pacino, and an unexpectedly dramatic Diane Keaton, THE GODFATHER is the pinnacle of Hollywood cinema in the 1970s.
Keywords:
Classic
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Family Interaction
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Organized Crime
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Vengeance
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Betrayal
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Murder
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All-Star
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Epic
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Recommended
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Period Piece
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Blockbuster
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Theatrical Release
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Crime
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Mafia
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Gangsters
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Revenge
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Family Relations
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Mobsters
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Essential Cinema
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Based On A Novel
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 122,441
- UPC: 097361329147
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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