"The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. A sequel to ""The Godfather"" (1972) and ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974), it completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who attempts to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events: the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–82, both linked to Michael Corleone's business affairs. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Andy García, and"
"Last Christmas"", were written under the pseudonym Mario Cleri. Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably ""The Godfather"" (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and ""Part II"" in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 ""Superman"" film. His novel ""The Family"", was released posthumously in 2001. Puzo was"
"Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably ""The Godfather"" (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and ""Part II"" in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 ""Superman"" film. His novel ""The Family"", was released posthumously in 2001. Puzo was born in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York"
"more important in the next work to support his five children on a government clerk's salary. He was looking to write something that would appeal to the masses. He found his audience with the novel, which became the top bestseller for months on the ""New York Times"" Best Seller List. The book was later developed into the film ""The Godfather"", directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film received three awards of the eleven Oscar category nominations, including Puzo's Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Coppola and Puzo then collaborated on sequels to the original film, ""The Godfather Part II"" and ""The"
"Godfather"" (1972), as Naturale. In 1975, Wojtowicz wrote a letter to ""The New York Times"" expressing concern that people would believe the movie version of the events, which he said was only 30% accurate. Among other objections, he stated that the movie intimated that he had ""sold out"" Naturale to the police, which he claims was untrue. Several attempts were made on Wojtowicz's life following an inmate screening of the movie. Wojtowicz would later, however, praise Al Pacino's portrayal of himself and Chris Sarandon's of his wife Elizabeth Eden as accurate. In a 2006 interview, the movie's screenwriter, Frank Pierson,"
"Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of ""The Godfather"", a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay,"
"""The Godfather"", by a relatively unknown author, Mario Puzo. Puzo and his book went on to worldwide renown, and while ""Mile High"" was received reasonably well, it did little to enhance Condon's reputation. This would have to wait a further two decades for his quartet of novels about the ""Prizzi"" family and its Hollywood adaptation, ""Prizzi's Honor"". In ""Mile High"", the basic theme of all 26 of Condon's books is summed up in a single angry ""cri de coeur"": ""Prohibition fused the amateurism and catch-as-catch-can national tendencies of the early days of the republic with a more modern, highly organized"
"nomination, for ""Sayonara."" Brando's performance as Vito Corleone, the ""Don,"" in ""The Godfather"" (1972), Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Mario Puzo's 1969 best-selling novel of the same name, was a career turning point, putting him back in the Top Ten and winning him his second Best Actor Oscar. Paramount production chief Robert Evans, who had given Puzo an advance to write ""The Godfather"" so that Paramount would own the film rights, hired Coppola after many major directors had turned the film down. Evans wanted an Italian-American director who could provide the film with cultural authenticity. Coppola also came cheap. Evans"
"Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" was released. The epic story of the Corleone family, its generational transition from post-prohibition to post-war, its fratricidal intrigues, and its tapestry of mid-century America's criminal underworld became a huge critical and commercial success. It accounted for nearly 10% of gross proceeds for all films for the entire year. It won the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as the award for Best Actor for Marlon Brando and is widely considered one of the greatest American films of all time. Two years later, ""The Godfather Part II"" became the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year and garnered"
"The Godfather's Revenge The Godfather's Revenge, a 2006 novel written by author Mark Winegardner, is the sequel to ""The Godfather"", ""The Sicilian"", and ""The Godfather Returns"". The story takes place from 1963–1964, and picks up the story from where ""The Godfather Returns"" left off. The novel deals with Michael Corleone's guilt over the events of ""The Godfather Part II"", particularly his ordering the death of his brother, Fredo. Subplots include Nick Geraci's plans for revenge against the Corleones, Tom Hagen's being implicated in a murder, and organized crime's battle with a presidential family (the Sheas, who are analogous to the"
"Salvatore Tessio Salvatore ""Sal"" Tessio is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ""The Godfather"", as well as two of the films based on it: ""The Godfather"" and ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974). His given name was created for the films; in the novel he is referred to only as ""Tessio"". In the film ""The Godfather"", Tessio was portrayed by Abe Vigoda. In ""The Godfather Part II"", John Aprea portrayed the younger Tessio, while Vigoda reprised the role in a flashback, set in late 1941, at the end of the film. Tessio has also appeared in the 2004 novel"
"novel stated that Lucy never bore a child with Sonny. Sonny Corleone Santino ""Sonny"" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ""The Godfather"" and its 1972 film adaptation. He is the oldest son of the mafia don Vito Corleone and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie. In the film, Sonny was portrayed by James Caan, who reprised his role for a flashback scene in ""The Godfather Part II"". Director Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman Coppola played Sonny as a boy in the 1920s scene of ""The Godfather Part II"". In"
"was survived by his wife, Roslyn, of Manhattan, a literary agent; a son, Russell, of Palo Alto, California; two grandchildren, one of whom is Elisabeth Targ, and four great-grandchildren. William Targ William Targ (1907 – July 22, 1999) was an American book editor, well respected in the field of commercial publishing. He is known for publishing Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"" while editor in chief of G. P. Putnam's Sons. Targ was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian Jewish immigrants, Esther (Silverman) and Meyer Torgownik. His name was originally William Torgownik. A high-school dropout with a passion for books and"
"Haskell of ""The Village Voice"", Pauline Kael of ""The New Yorker"", Michael Korda of ""Glamour"", Arthur Knight of ""Saturday Review"", Thomas Meehan of ""Saturday Review"", William S. Pechter of ""Commentary"", Andrew Sarris of ""The Village Voice"", Richard Schickel of ""Life"", Bruce Williamson of ""Playboy"", and Paul D. Zimmerman of ""Newsweek"". 2. ""The Godfather"" (28 points) <br> 3. ""Cries and Whispers"" (25 points) <br> 4. ""The Emigrants"" (13 points) <br> 5. ""The Sorrow and the Pity"" (9 points) 2. Francis Ford Coppola – ""The Godfather"" (25 points) <br> 3. Ingmar Bergman – ""Cries and Whispers"" (24 points) <br> 4. Jan Troell"
"Godfather (1991 film) Godfather is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Siddique-Lal. It is produced by Appachan under the banner of Swargachithra. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of N. N. Pillai, Thilakan, Mukesh, Kanaka, Jagadish, Innocent, Philomina, Siddique, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sankaradi, Paravoor Bharathan, Janardhanan, Bheeman Raghu, and Kundara Johnny. ""Godfather"" won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film. The film was remade into Telugu as ""Peddarikam"" (1992) and into Marathi as ""Ghayaal"" (1993). In 2004, Priyadarshan remade the film in Hindi as ""Hulchul"". It was again remade in Kannada"
"Barry Malkin Barry M. Malkin (born October 26, 1938) is an American film editor with about 30 film credits. He is noted for his extended collaboration with director Francis Ford Coppola, having edited most of Coppola's films from 1969-1997. In particular, Malkin worked with Coppola on four of the component and compilation films of the ""Godfather Trilogy"", although he was not involved in the original 1972 film. Roger Ebert has written of ""The Godfather Part II"", which Malkin edited, ""... why is it a ""great movie""? Because it must be seen as a piece with the unqualified greatness of ""The"
"the young Vito sequences of ""The Godfather Part II"". Many films since then have copied this cinematic technique when depicting pre-World War II America. Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black"
"included Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall (Best Supporting Actor), and Coppola for Best Director. ""The Godfather"" is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema and one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema (behind ""Citizen Kane"") by the American Film Institute. It was followed by sequels ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974) and ""The Godfather Part III"" (1990). In 1945, at"
"Sonny Corleone Santino ""Sonny"" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ""The Godfather"" and its 1972 film adaptation. He is the oldest son of the mafia don Vito Corleone and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie. In the film, Sonny was portrayed by James Caan, who reprised his role for a flashback scene in ""The Godfather Part II"". Director Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman Coppola played Sonny as a boy in the 1920s scene of ""The Godfather Part II"". In both the novel and the movie, Sonny is the eldest"
"features Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, and Sofia Coppola. Coppola and Puzo preferred the title ""The Death of Michael Corleone"", but Paramount Pictures found that unacceptable. Coppola stated that ""The Godfather"" series is two films and that ""The Godfather Part III"" is an epilogue. It received generally positive reviews, albeit less than the critical acclaim that the first two films received. It grossed $136,766,062 and was nominated for seven Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1979, Michael Corleone, approaching 60, is wracked with guilt over his ruthless rise to power; especially for having"
"and accuses Madgwick of being a pederast. When Alice asks Madgwick to become the godfather to her new child, the driver threatens to expose Madgwick, creating a conflict between losing his first feelings of intimacy with others or facing humiliation and ridicule at the driver's exposure. A description in the book cover flap reads, ""In this tender, sensitive and blackly comic novel, Sebastian Shaw, the distinguished Shakespearean actor, explores areas of sexual and emotional encounter that are rarely seen and, unfortunately, too rarely understood."" Shaw originally planned to call the novel ""The Godfather"", but later said he was glad he"
"he wrote his first book, ""The Dark Arena"", which was published in 1955. During the 1950s and the early 1960s, Puzo worked as a writer/editor for publisher Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company. Puzo, along with other writers like Bruce Jay Friedman, worked for the company line of men's magazines, pulp titles like ""Male"", ""True Action"", and ""Swank"". Under the pseudonym Mario Cleri, Puzo wrote World War II adventure features for ""True Action"". Puzo's most famous work, ""The Godfather"" (1969), was encouraged by a suggestion of the publisher of his ""The Fortunate Pilgrim"" (1965), who thought that if there had been"
"William Targ William Targ (1907 – July 22, 1999) was an American book editor, well respected in the field of commercial publishing. He is known for publishing Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"" while editor in chief of G. P. Putnam's Sons. Targ was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian Jewish immigrants, Esther (Silverman) and Meyer Torgownik. His name was originally William Torgownik. A high-school dropout with a passion for books and letterpress printing, Targ took a job as an office boy at Macmillan Publishers when he was 18. He opened his own bookstore at 22 in North Clark Street, Chicago."
"Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief"". When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten"
"The Godfather (2006 video game) The Godfather is a 2006 open world action-adventure video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. Originally released in March 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows, it was later released for the PlayStation Portable as The Godfather: Mob Wars, Xbox 360 as The Godfather: The Game, Wii as The Godfather: Blackhand Edition, and PlayStation 3 as The Godfather: The Don's Edition. The game is based upon the 1972 film ""The Godfather"" and tells the story of an original character, Aldo Trapani, whose rise through the ranks of the"
"Carmine Coppola Carmine Valentino Coppola (June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991) was an American composer, flautist, editor, musical director, and songwriter who contributed original music to ""The Godfather"", ""The Godfather Part II"", ""Apocalypse Now"", ""The Outsiders"", and ""The Godfather Part III"", all directed by his son Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola was born in New York City, the son of Marie (née Zasa) and Agostino Coppola. His brother is opera conductor and composer Anton Coppola. He was the father of August Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, and Talia Shire, and grandfather of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and"
"Michael Corleone Michael Corleone is the main protagonist of Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"". In the three ""Godfather"" films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominated for Academy Awards. In June 2003, Michael Corleone was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute, although some critics consider him to be a tragic hero. Born in 1920 to Mafia don Vito Corleone and his wife Carmela, Michael has two older brothers, Santino ""Sonny"" Corleone and Frederico ""Fredo"" Corleone, and a younger sister, Constanzia ""Connie"" Corleone."
"Mario Puzo's ""The Godfather,"" a more romanticized look at organized crime that later would be adapted into the popular 1972 film of the same name. Ashbel Green was the editor. Eddie Coyle is an aging, low-level gunrunner for a crime organization in Boston, Massachusetts. He is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of driving a hijacked truck in New Hampshire. Eddie had been driving the truck for Dillon, a convicted felon and career criminal who is well connected to the syndicate. Coyle has refused to give Dillon up to the authorities in exchange for leniency. Coyle's last chance to avoid a"
"designs from ""Oliver!"" (1968) and ""The Godfather"" (1972). Steve Kloves was selected to write the screenplay. He described adapting the book as ""tough"", as it did not ""lend itself to adaptation as well as the next two books."" Kloves often received synopses of books proposed as film adaptations from Warner Bros., which he ""almost never read"", but ""Harry Potter"" jumped out at him. He went out and bought the book, and became an instant fan of the series. When speaking to Warner Bros., he stated that the film had to be British, and had to be true to the characters."
"thereby paving the way for the entry of women into his house once again. The film ran for 404 days in theatres in Thiruvananthapuram. Godfather (1991 film) Godfather is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Siddique-Lal. It is produced by Appachan under the banner of Swargachithra. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of N. N. Pillai, Thilakan, Mukesh, Kanaka, Jagadish, Innocent, Philomina, Siddique, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sankaradi, Paravoor Bharathan, Janardhanan, Bheeman Raghu, and Kundara Johnny. ""Godfather"" won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film. The film was remade into Telugu as"
"The Godfather Saga The Godfather Saga is a TV miniseries that combines ""The Godfather"" and ""The Godfather Part II"" into one film. It originally aired on NBC over four consecutive nights (one three-hour segment and three two-hour segments) in November 1977. ""The Godfather Saga"" is also known as The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television, The Godfather: A Novel for Television, The Godfather Novella, and The Godfather Epic (on HBO). The television version was the basis for a shorter, 1981 video release known as The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic. Following the release of ""The Godfather Part III"" in 1990,"
"Al Neri Albert ""Al"" Neri is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"" and Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of films based on it. In all three motion pictures, he is portrayed by actor Richard Bright. He functions as Michael Corleone's personal enforcer and assassin. In the novel ""The Godfather"", Neri begins his career as a New York City police officer, where he earns a reputation for a fierce temper, quick reflexes, and physical strength. He frequently patrols with a large flashlight, which he uses to assault Italian youths who run with gangs or shattering the windshields of"
"Arrangement of a Non-Original Score."" The Godfather (2006 video game) The Godfather is a 2006 open world action-adventure video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. Originally released in March 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows, it was later released for the PlayStation Portable as The Godfather: Mob Wars, Xbox 360 as The Godfather: The Game, Wii as The Godfather: Blackhand Edition, and PlayStation 3 as The Godfather: The Don's Edition. The game is based upon the 1972 film ""The Godfather"" and tells the story of an original character, Aldo Trapani, whose rise"