The Godfather
1972 ***** 175 mins.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is a masterpiece of motion picture filmmaking. Based on Mario Puzo's fantastic novel, this film creates an atmosphere that deeply affects its viewer. To depict the life of a mafia family with such beauty, power, and finesse is something that was never accomplished before this. This is the original.
Number 3 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Movies.
Marlon Brando is Number 4 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Stars.
Number 11 on AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Thrills.
Rated R for language, violence, nudity, and sexuality.
Starring:
Marlon Brando + Al Pacino + James Caan + Richard Castellano + Robert Duvall + Sterling Hayden + John Marley + Richard Conte + Diane Keaton
Based on the Novel by
Mario Puzo
Screenplay by
Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Other Films with:
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now, Last Tango in Paris, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Superman (1978)
Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now (billed as Francis Coppola), Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dementia 13 (billed as Francis Coppola), The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III
Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part II, and THX 1138
Sterling Hayden - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and The Killing
Diane Keaton - The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, Manhattan, Play it Again, Sam, Something's Gotta Give, and Twin Peaks (Television Series)
Al Pacino - Dick Tracy (1990), The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, and Heat (1995)
Mario Puzo - The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, and Superman (1978)
Talia Shire - The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, and Rocky
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