March 14, 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Premiere

The Godfather - Wikipedia

The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on 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 is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy. The story, spanning from 1945 to 1955, chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch e (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider ichael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctanthless mafi... >>

Year: 1972 Topic: Movies

The Godfather - IMDb

The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. learn more

THE GODFATHER - Rotten Tomatoes One of Hollywood's greatest critical and commercial successes.... learn more

The Godfather: Analysis of a Scene — Director’s Playbook .... learn more

Ripeness Is All: The Death of Vito Corleone In Anatomy of a Scene.... learn more

Movie Analysis: The Godfather follows the Corleone crime family as their power over New York begins to crumble.... learn more

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The Godfather - Britannica

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 .. learn more

The Godfather - Metacritics

Francis Ford Coppola's epic features Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story learn more

The Godfather - Behind the scene

The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film’s original release. The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects .. learn more

The Godfather review - A brutal sweep of magnificent storytelling
Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in the series is still an epic, full of hypnotic acting, which reinvented mafia criminals as players in a dynastic psychodrama learn more

Moving and Brutal 'Godfather' Bows By Vincent Canby
Taking a best-selling novel of more drive than genius (Mario Puzo's "The Godfather"), about a subject of something less than common experience (the Mafia), ... learn more

The Godfather by Roger Ebert

“The Godfather” is told entirely within a closed world. That’s why we sympathize with characters who are essentially evil. The story by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola is a brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia entirely... learn more

42 Behind-the-Scenes Photos From the Set of The Godfather Trilogy

The Godfather, which Francis Ford Coppola set out to create in 1971, is now regarded by many as the greatest movie of all time. Met with overwhelming box office success, three Academy Awards, and an avid fanbase
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‘The Godfather’: THR’s 1972 Review On March 15, 1972
The Godfather was unveiled in theaters in New York City. The Francis Ford Coppola film would go on to win three Oscars at the 45th Academy Awards, including best picture. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below. Reducing a fat, thick, best-selling novel to manageable screenplay terms has always been ... learn more

Alchemy Coppola’s “The Godfather.” - The New Yorker
If ever there was a great example of how the best popular movies come out of a merger of commerce and art, “The Godfather” is it. The movie starts from a trash novel that is generally considered gripping and compulsively readable, though (maybe because movies more than satisfy my appetite for trash)
I found it unreadable.... learn more