"of the films, ""The Godfather Family: A Look Inside"". ""The Godfather DVD Collection"" was released on October 9, 2001 in a package that contained all three films—each with a commentary track by Coppola—and a bonus disc that featured a 73-minute documentary from 1991 entitled ""The Godfather Family: A Look Inside"" and other miscellany about the film: the additional scenes originally contained in ""The Godfather Saga""; ""Francis Coppola's Notebook"" (a look inside a notebook the director kept with him at all times during the production of the film); rehearsal footage; a promotional featurette from 1971; and video segments on Gordon Willis's"
"The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained the rights to the novel for the price of $80,000, before it gained popularity. Studio executives had trouble"
"""The Godfather"" is seen by many as one of the greatest films of all time, while ""The Godfather Part II"" is viewed by many as the best sequel in cinematic history. The series is heavily awarded, winning 9 out of 29 total Academy Award nominations. ""The Godfather"" was released on March 15, 1972. The feature-length film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. The plot begins with Don Vito Corleone declining an offer to join in the narcotics business with notorious drug lord Virgil Sollozzo, which leads to an assassination attempt."
"Godfather""."" Production proceeded with virtually no input or interference from Universal. The film was released in the United States on August 1, 1973 to sleeper hit reception. The film cost only $1.27 million to produce and market, but yielded worldwide box office gross revenues of more than $55 million. It had only modest success outside the United States, but became a cult film in France. Universal reissued ""Graffiti"" in 1978 and earned an additional $63 million, which brought the total revenue for the two releases to $118 million. At the end of its theatrical run, ""American Graffiti"" had one of"
"voiceovers and their likenesses, but Pacino did not. Francis Ford Coppola openly voiced his disapproval of the game. The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained"
"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"
"Godfather (soundtrack) Godfather is the soundtrack album of the 2012 Kannada drama film of the same name, directed by cinematographer-turned-director Sethu Sriram, starring actor Upendra in a triple role. The soundtrack album consists of eight songs composed by Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman, and lyrics penned by K. Kalyan, Devappa Hassan and Kaviraj. The background score of the film is composed by Rajesh Ramanath. Rahman retained most of the tracks from the original version, which also featured musical score by him. The audio was launched in a grand manner at Chancery Hotel, Bengaluru on 2 June 2012. The"
"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"
"to YouTube on May 8, 2009 and December 11, 2009 respectively. Collectively, the franchise has received a record 38 Academy Award nominations, winning 17, and one special award, also a record. Along with ""The Godfather"" trilogy, it is one of two film series to date to have received three Best Picture nominations. The third film in Peter Jackson's trilogy, """", was the first and, as of 2017, only fantasy film to win Best Picture, as well as the second sequel to do so after ""The Godfather Part II"". Furthermore, it is currently the only film to be the third in"
"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"
"Picture. Along with ""The Lord of the Rings"", ""The Godfather Trilogy"" shares the distinction that all of its installments were nominated for Best Picture. The video game based on the film was released in April 2009 by Electronic Arts. The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Partially based on Puzo's 1969 novel ""The Godfather"", the film is both sequel and prequel to ""The Godfather"", presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"director's worst work yet."" In 1990, he released the third and final chapter of ""The Godfather"" series: ""The Godfather Part III"". While not as critically acclaimed as the first two films, it was still a box office success, earning $136 million against a budget of $54 million. Some reviewers criticized the casting of Coppola's daughter Sofia, who had stepped into the leading role of Mary Corleone which had been abandoned by Winona Ryder just as filming began. Despite this, ""The Godfather Part III"" went on to gather 7 Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture. The film failed"
"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 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"
"$269 million worldwide and won various awards, including: three Academy Awards, five Golden Globes and one Grammy. The film is considered to be tremendously significant in cinematic history. The sequel, ""The Godfather Part II"" won six Oscars, and became the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film's plot follows the novel except for such details as backstories of some characters that are excluded, although they were filmed. Some of this footage was included in later re-edited versions such as, ""The Godfather Saga."" The subplot involving Johnny Fontane in Hollywood was not filmed. The most significant"
"a record five Golden Globes, which was not surpassed until 2017. Rota's score was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or TV Special at the 15th Grammy Awards. Rota was announced the winner of the category on March 3 at the Grammys' ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee. When the nominations for the 45th Academy Awards were revealed on February 12, 1973, ""The Godfather"" was nominated for eleven awards. The nominations were for: Best Picture, Best Costume Design, Marlon Brando for Best Actor, Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola for Best Adapted Screenplay, Pacino, Caan,"
"Godfather (2012 film) Godfather is a 2012 Indian Kannada action-drama film directed by cinematographer-turned- director Sethu Sriram starring Upendra and Soundarya Jayamala in the lead roles. Catherine Tresa also plays a prominent role and Bhumika Chawla makes a special appearance. The film is remake of the 2006 Tamil blockbuster ""Varalaru"" that starred Ajith Kumar, Asin Thottumkal and Kanika Subramaniam in the lead roles. A. R. Rahman, who composed music for the original Tamil version, is the composer of the songs, with all songs except one being re-used from the original. Rajesh Ramanath composed the background score. The film was released"
"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,"
"Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director. ""The Godfather Part II"" is ranked as the #1 greatest movie of all time in TV Guide's ""50 Best Movies of All Time"" and is ranked at #7 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the ""100 Greatest Movies of All Time"". The film is also featured on movie critic Leonard Maltin's list of the ""100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century"", as well as Roger Ebert's ""Great Movies"" list. It was also featured on Sight & Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 2002, ranking at #4. Coppola was"
"overall, bringing sufficient returns for the distributor through satellite rights and fetched a profit of 30 million for the producer. The film was declared an ""above average grosser"". However, the film's box office performance was much below expectations and nowhere near the expected blockbuster success. The film has won & received nominations for the following awards since its release: 2013 6th Suvarna Film Awards 2012 (India) 2013 Filmfare Awards South 2013 Bangalore Times Film Awards 2012 2013 Udaya Film Awards 2013 SIIMA Awards 2013 South Scope Awards Godfather (2012 film) Godfather is a 2012 Indian Kannada action-drama film directed by"
"a third unified version was released to video in 1992 entitled The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980. Francis Ford Coppola asked his editor Barry Malkin to make a seven-hour version for television; Coppola reportedly did this project to raise money for ""Apocalypse Now"", which was severely over-budget at the time. The resulting film was in chronological order. ""The Godfather Part II"" had cut back and forth between scenes in the early 1900s and the late 1950s, and was therefore both a prequel and a sequel to ""The Godfather"". Malkin also toned down the violence, sex, and language for a television audience. The"
"of the film, including James Caan as Sonny Corleone, Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen and Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Tessio. Marlon Brando also recorded dialogue for Vito Corleone, in what would be his final acting job, but his ill health made most of his recordings unusable. ""The Godfather"" received mixed to positive reviews across most systems, although the PlayStation Portable version was generally seen as inferior to the others. The game was a commercial success, selling over two million units. In 2009, a sequel was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Based on the 1974 film, ""The"
"of the five families on the day of his nephew's baptism. Other subplots include Vito's daughter's abusive marriage, Johnny Fontaine's success in Hollywood and Vito's second son Fredo's role in the family business in Las Vegas. ""The Godfather Part II"" was released on December 20, 1974. The feature-length film was again directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. The film is in part both a sequel and a prequel to ""The Godfather"", presenting two parallel dramas. The main storyline, following the first film's events, centers on Michael Corleone, the new Don of"
"II"". According to Coppola, the studio's objection stemmed from the belief that audiences would be reluctant to see a film with such a title, as the audience would supposedly believe that, having already seen ""The Godfather"", there was little reason to see an addition to the original story. However, the success of ""The Godfather Part II"" began the Hollywood tradition of numbered sequels. The movie was released in 1974 and went on to receive tremendous critical acclaim, with many deeming it superior to its predecessor. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and received 6 Oscars, including 3 for Coppola:"
"the Corleone crime family, trying to hold his business ventures together from 1958 to 1959; the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone, from his childhood in Sicily in 1901 to his founding of the Corleone family in New York City. ""The Godfather Part III"" was released on December 25, 1990. Francis Ford Coppola returned as director for the feature-length film, while also writing the screenplay with the help of the author Mario Puzo. It completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who tries to legitimize his criminal empire, and shows the rise of"
"in 2009, ""Total Film"" issued ""The 150 Greatest Performances of All Time"", ranking Pacino's performance fourth place. ""The Godfather Part II"" did not surpass the original film commercially, but in North America it grossed $47.5 million on a $13 million budget. It was Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film of 1974 and was the seventh-highest-grossing picture in North America that year. Coppola created ""The Godfather Saga"" expressly for American television in a 1975 release that combined ""The Godfather"" and ""The Godfather Part II"" with unused footage from those two films in a chronological telling that toned down the violent, sexual, and profane"
"Time's All-Time 100 Movies ""All-Time"" 100 Movies is a compilation by ""TIME"" magazine featuring and celebrating 100 of ""the greatest"" films released between March 3, 1923 (when the first issue of ""TIME"" was published) and early 2005 (when the list was compiled). The list was compiled by critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss and generated significant attention, receiving 7.8 million hits in its first week alone. There are 106 films in this list with ""Olympia"" (1938), ""The Apu Trilogy"" (1955, 1956, 1959), ""The Godfather"" and ""The Godfather Part II"" (1972, 1974), and ""The Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy (2001–2003)"
"the Puzo estate to prevent publication of the novel, prompting a counter-suit on the part of the estate claiming breach of contract. The studio and the estate subsequently settled the suits, allowing publication of the book, but with the studio retaining rights to future films. 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 top 25 highest-grossing films. ""The Godfather"" has received critical acclaim and is seen as one of the most influential films of all time, particularly in the gangster genre. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 98% rating based on 88 reviews, with an average rating of 9.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""One of Hollywood's greatest critical and commercial successes, ""The Godfather"" gets everything right; not only did the movie transcend expectations, it established new benchmarks for American cinema"". Metacritic assigned the film an average score of 100% based on 14 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be ""universal"
"is the only film in the trilogy not to win for Best Picture or any other Academy Award for that matter, as well as the only film in the trilogy not selected for preservation by the U.S. National Film Registry. Along with ""The Lord of the Rings"", ""The Godfather Trilogy"" shares the distinction that all of its installments were nominated for Best Picture. The film was also nominated for seven Golden Globes Awards, but did not win. Sofia Coppola won two Golden Raspberry Awards for both Worst Supporting Actress and Worst New Star. The film is recognized by American Film"