The Godfather

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    The Godfather
    1972

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Marlon BrandoDon Vito Corleone
    • Al PacinoMichael Corleone
    • James CaanSonny Corleone
    • Robert DuvallTom Hagen
    • Richard S. CastellanoClemenza
    • Diane KeatonKay Adams
    • Talia ShireConnie Corleone Rizzi
    • Gianni RussoCarlo Rizzi
    • Sterling HaydenCaptain McCluskey
    • John MarleyJack Woltz

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Austin Chronicle

      Just about as great as a movie's ever gonna be... As for the storytellng, The Godfather is an intricately constructed gem that simultaneously kicks ass.
    • 100

      ReelViews

      The picture is a series of mini-climaxes, all building to the devastating, definitive conclusion... It was carefully and painstakingly crafted. Every major character - and more than a few minor ones - is molded into a distinct, complex individual.
    • 100

      Chicago Sun-Times

      The wedding sequence... is a virtuoso stretch of filmmaking: Coppola brings his large cast onstage so artfully that we are drawn at once into the Godfather's world.
    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      In scene after scene -- the long wedding sequence, John Marley's bloody discovery in his bed, Pacino nervously smoothing down his hair before a restaurant massacre, the godfather's collapse in a garden -- Coppola crafted an enduring, undisputed masterpiece. [21 Mar 1997, Daily Datebook, p.C3]
    • 100

      The New York Times

      One of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment. [16 Mar 1972]
    • 100

      Washington Post

      A great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments.
    • 100

      L.A. Weekly

      The Godfather traces the arc of this doomed idealism with a beauty that is still fresh.
    • 100

      Chicago Reader

      Sharp, entertaining, and convincing--discursive, but with a sense of structure and control that Coppola hasn't achieved since.

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