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Chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo.

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EAN5051368208930

eBay Product ID (ePID)102182762

Product Key Features

ActorAl Pacino, Richard Conte, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Sterling Hayden, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Talia Shire, John Marley, Marlon Brando

Film/TV TitleThe Godfather

DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

LanguageEnglish

Run Time167 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2011

FormatBlu-ray

FranchiseGodfather

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerNino Rota

AwardsBest Actor In A Leading Role 1973 - Marlon Brando, Best Picture 1973 -, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1973 - Mario Puzo

Additional InformationBased on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo (who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER is 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. After an assassination attempt leaves the Don too ill to run the family business, Michael and Sonny (James Caan), with the help of consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), 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. Diane Keaton, in a stark departure from her usual comedic roles, plays Kay, the long-suffering wife of Michael Corleone. Brilliant casting, music, and storytelling help make THE GODFATHER a classic.

ReviewsChicago Sun-Times - ...Gordon Willis' cinematography is celebrated for its darkness; it is rich, atmospheric, expressive..., Entertainment Weekly - 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..., Total Film - [Brando] astounded just about everyone with his performance, Premiere - [A] superlative achievement....[With] Gordon Willis's exquisitely dark Technicolor cinematography...

ScreenwriterMario Puzo

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Godfather

Director of PhotographyGordon Willis