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The Godfather (1972) [R]

Featuring:
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

Written by:
Mario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola

Directed by:
Francis Ford Coppola


Release Date:
March 14, 1972

Original Title:
The Godfather

Alternate Titles:
Baba
De Peetvader
Gudfaren
Il Padrino
Krusttēvs
Kumbari
O Padrinho
Ojciec chrzestny
The Godfather Part I
Xaç Atası
Крестный отец
Крёстный отец
Кум
Կնքահայրը
پدرخوانده
ნათლიმამა
ゴッドファーザー
教父
教父1
教父Ⅰ

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Alfran Productions
Paramount Pictures

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+  BE: 18  BR: 14  CA: R  CZ: 15+  DE: 16  DK: 15  ES: 16  FI: K-18  FR: 12|18  GB: 15|18  GR: 16  HU: 16  IE: 18  IT: T  KR: 19  MX: C  NL: 16  PL: 18  PT: M/18  SE: 15  SG: M18  US: R 

Runtime: 175

An offer you can't refuse.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

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. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart.

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Rankings and Honors

The Godfather (1972) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 9.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes 97%
Metacritic 100/100
Awards Won: Won 3 Oscars. 31 wins & 31 nominations total

American Film Institute (AFI)
1998
#3 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2001
#11 		100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films
2005
#2 		100 Years: 100 MOVIE QUOTES
100 Greatest Movie Quotes Of All Time
“I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.”
2005
#5 		100 Years: FILM SCORES
25 Greatest Film Scores Of All Time
2007
#2 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time
2008
#1 		Top 10: GANGSTER
10 Greatest GANGSTER Films of All Time

British Film Institute (BFI)
1992
#6		 Directors' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2002
#4		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2002
#2		 Directors' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#21		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#7		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Additional Music:
Carmine Coppola

Art Direction:
Warren Clymer

Assistant Director:
Tony Brandt
Fred T. Gallo

Assistant Editor:
George Lucas

Associate Producer:
Gray Frederickson

Camera Operator:
Michael Chapman

Casting:
Andrea Eastman
Fred Roos
Louis DiGiaimo

Conductor:
Carlo Savina

Costume Design:
Anna Hill Johnstone

Director:
Francis Ford Coppola

Director of Photography:
Gordon Willis

Editor:
William Reynolds
Peter Zinner

Hairstylist:
Philip Leto

Location Coordinator:
Michael Briggs
Tony Bowers

Makeup Artist:
Phil Rhodes
Dick Smith

Novel:
Mario Puzo

Original Music Composer:
Nino Rota

Post Production Consulting:
Walter Murch

Producer:
Albert S. Ruddy
Francis Ford Coppola
Robert Evans

Production Design:
Dean Tavoularis

Production Manager:
Valerio De Paolis

Screenplay:
Mario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola

Script Supervisor:
Nancy Hopton

Set Decoration:
Philip Smith
Richard Adee

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Richard Portman
Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist:
Chris Newman

Special Effects:
Sass Bedig
Joe Lombardi
A.D. Flowers

Stand In:
Joe Bucaro III

Stunt Coordinator:
Paul Baxley

Stunt Double:
Anthony Caso

Stunts:
Harry Daley

Unit Production Manager:
Fred C. Caruso

Wardrobe Supervisor:
George Newman

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