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The Godfather

  • 9.2 /10

  • 19834

  • 97%

Plot

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. 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.

Cast

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando

as Don Vito Corleone

Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
Al Pacino

as Michael Corleone

James Caan as Sonny Corleone
James Caan

as Sonny Corleone

Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen
Robert Duvall

as Tom Hagen

Richard S. Castellano as Clemenza
Diane Keaton as Kay Adams
Diane Keaton

as Kay Adams

Talia Shire as Connie Corleone Rizzi
Talia Shire

as Connie Corleone Rizzi

Gianni Russo as Carlo Rizzi
Gianni Russo

as Carlo Rizzi

Sterling Hayden as Captain McCluskey
Sterling Hayden

as Captain McCluskey

John Marley as Jack Woltz
John Marley

as Jack Woltz

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 14, 1972

Production Companies

  • Paramount

  • Alfran Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Italiano

  • Latin

Budget

  • $6,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $245,066,411.00

Runtime

  • 2.92 hrs

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The Godfather Review by Al Carlson The Godfather is a film considered by most to be one of the greatest ever made. From The American Film Institute to as voted by users on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) it is consider to be one of the best. As a film that ranks as high as other masterpieces including Citizen Kane, Pulp Fiction and 12 Angry Men, The Godfather is an exceptional piece of cine…

The best movie ever... A masterpiece by the young and talented Francis Ford Coppola, about a Mob family and their drama, the story telling is perfect, the acting good, sometimes a little over the top in the case of Thalia Shire (the sister of the director) The 70's were the best years for Hollywood.

While I'm writing this, The Godfather is still beloved by people who love it simply because they are told they have to love it. It's written by a mobster with the sole intention of depicting the lead mobsters as demi gods. Every line and every scene in the movie and the book is meant to intimidate people into thinking the "Mafia" and really any mob, is a supernatural force. This is a movie glo…

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