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- 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.
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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. The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane ...
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.
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The Godfather, American gangster epic film, released in 1972, that was adapted from the 1969 best-selling novel by Mario Puzo and has been regarded as a masterpiece since its release. Its creative cinematography, haunting score, and unforgettable performances by such actors as Marlon Brando and Al Pacino made the multigenerational saga an enduring cultural touchstone.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
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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). Vito’s youngest son, Michael (Pacino), who has distanced himself from the family business, attends the festivities with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton).
A few months later, Vito is nearly killed by gunmen sent by a rival family, and Michael saves him from another attempt while he is recovering in the hospital. Michael then takes revenge, killing a corrupt police captain as well as the man who ordered the hit on Vito, after which he flees to Sicily as a gang war breaks out. Vito’s eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), is gunned down, and the violence eventually reaches Michael when his Sicilian wife is killed during an attempt on his life.
•Studios: Paramount Pictures and Alfran Productions
•Director: Francis Ford Coppola
•Writers: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
•Music: Nino Rota
•Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone)
•Al Pacino (Michael Corleone)
•James Caan (Sonny Corleone)
•Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen)
•Diane Keaton (Kay Adams)
•Talia Shire (Connie)
•Picture*
•Lead actor (Marlon Brando)*
•Supporting actor (James Caan)
•Supporting actor (Robert Duvall)
•Supporting actor (Al Pacino)
•Costume design
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- Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone. The patriarch of the Corleone family, Vito Andolini first came to America from his homeland of Corleone, Sicily, at the age of 10 years old.
- Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. The youngest son of the Corleone family and a veteran of WWII, Michael would become the eventual successor to his father Vito.
- James Caan as Sonny Corleone. Vito’s eldest son Sonny also had the fieriest temperament and quickest trigger finger. His time as the underboss of the Corleone crime family often led to rash and impulsive decisions that eventuated in his own bombastic death, one of the greatest in cinema history.
- Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Adopted by the Corleone family at a young age, Tom Hagen would go on to become the family lawyer and consigliere to Don Vito, often straddling the line between the family’s legitimate and criminal business worlds.
Mar 13, 2024 · The story centred on a fictional New York Mafia family in the post-World War Two years, led by patriarch Don Vito Corleone (the eponymous Godfather of the title), as they try to ensure...
When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
