The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling 1969 novel of the same name. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton. At the 45th Academy Awards, the film won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Godfather has been widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
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The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling 1969 novel of the same name. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton. It was the highest-grossing film of 1972, earning between USD 246 and USD 287 million at the box office. At the 45th Academy Awards, the film won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Since its release, The Godfather has been widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, especially in the gangster genre. In 1990, it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed \”culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\” and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema by the American Film Institute. The story spans from 1945 to 1955, focusing on the transformation of one of his sons, Michael Corleone, from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. The movie acted as a catalyst for the successful careers of Coplola, Pacino and other relative newcomers in the cast and crew. It also revitalized Brando’s career, which had declined in the 1960s, and he went on to star in films such as Last Tango in Paris, Superman, and Apocalypse Now.
TheGodfather Part II and Part III were released in 1973 and 1974, respectively, and are the first two installments in the Godfather trilogy. The third installment was released in 1986 and 1988, and is the first installment in the series of three films, entitled The Godmother. The fourth and final film in the trilogy is released in 1992 and 1994, and was the last installment of the Godmother trilogy, entitled The Godmother Part II. The last installment is called The Godparent Part III and released in 1998 and 1999, and it is the second installment of The GodFather trilogy, which is the third and final part of the trilogy. It follows the story of the Corleones and their son Sonny, who becomes a mobster in the 1950s and 1960s. The final film is released on December 25, 1998. The musical score was composed principally by Nino Rota, with additional pieces by Carmine Cooppola, with other pieces by Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota included in the score. The soundtrack also includes pieces by Robert De Niro, John Cusack, and Nino Michele Rottman. The score was written by Mario Puzo, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puezo. It was released on March 14, 1972, and was widely released in the United States.
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