Number of Discs
1
Certificate
18
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Hearing Impaired
English
Composer
Nino Rota
Awards
Best Actor In A Leading Role 1973 - Marlon Brando, Best Picture 1973 -, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1973 - Mario Puzo
Additional Information
Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo (who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER is an epic tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and '50s. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the family patriarch balancing a love of his family with an ambitious criminal instinct. At the wedding of the Don's daughter Connie (Talia Shire), youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) is reunited with his family. After an assassination attempt leaves the Don too ill to run the family business, Michael and Sonny (James Caan), with the help of consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), lead the Corleones into a vendetta-filled war with other mob families. Violent revenge ensues as the family tries to change from its old criminal ways into legitimacy. Diane Keaton, in a stark departure from her usual comedic roles, plays Kay, the long-suffering wife of Michael Corleone. Brilliant casting, music, and storytelling help make THE GODFATHER a classic.
Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times - ...Gordon Willis' cinematography is celebrated for its darkness; it is rich, atmospheric, expressive..., Entertainment Weekly - Brando turns from Method to myth, with an Oscar-winning performance so calculatedly eccentric and full of inspired surprises that his character stands apart from all the others..., Total Film - [Brando] astounded just about everyone with his performance, Premiere - [A] superlative achievement....[With] Gordon Willis's exquisitely dark Technicolor cinematography...
Screenwriter
Mario Puzo
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Movie/TV Title
The Godfather
Director of Photography
Gordon Willis