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Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)
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"Promise Me You'll Remember"

Single by Harry Connick, Jr.

from the album The Godfather Part III: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Released
1990
Genre
Traditional pop music
Length
5:11
Label
Sony/Columbia
Writer(s)
Carmine Coppola
John Bettis
"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)" is a song written for The Godfather Part III (1990), the third film in The Godfather trilogy. "Promise Me You'll Remember" is the vocal version of the love theme.
The music is written by Carmine Coppola, the lyrics by John Bettis. The song is sung by Harry Connick, Jr. It is track #12 on The Godfather Part III soundtrack.
Harry Connick, Jr. sang "Promise Me You'll Remember" on the Academy Awards telecast in 1991.
Awards and nominations[edit]
The song was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Song. According to Francis Ford Coppola, Carmine Coppola died of a stroke due to the shock of the song not winning the Oscar.
See also[edit]
"Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)"


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Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)
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For the Andy Williams album, see Love Theme from "The Godfather" (album).

"Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)"

Single by Andy Williams

from the album The Godfather (soundtrack)

B-side
"A Fool Never Learns"
Released
April 1972
Genre
Vocal
Length
2:41
Label
Columbia Records 45579
Writer(s)
Larry Kusik, Nino Rota
Producer(s)
Dick Glasser
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 (1972) "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)"
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"Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)" is a song written for The Godfather (1972), the first film in The Godfather trilogy. While its instrumental version is simply known as "The Godfather Love Theme", "Speak Softly Love" is the vocal version. The words are by Larry Kusik but the music itself is by Nino Rota. The signature musical theme that opens the piece closely models a theme that appears early in "Preludio - Povero Ernesto!" in the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848).[citation needed] A similar melody also appears in the Overture to La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901).[citation needed] There are also different sets of lyrics for the song in Italian ("Parla Più Piano"), French ("Parle Plus Bas") and also in Sicilian ("Brucia La Terra"). The Sicilian version is sung by Anthony Corleone (Franc D'Ambrosio) in The Godfather Part III.
Rota had used a more comedic version of the song for the 1958 film Fortunella. When this was discovered, Rota's score for The Godfather was disqualified from consideration at the 1973 Academy Awards; it had been nominated for Best Original Score.[1] However, Rota's score for The Godfather Part II won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Score, despite containing the same piece.


Contents  [hide]
1 Recordings
2 See also
3 Notes and references
4 External links

Recordings[edit]
The song was originally recorded by Andy Williams, other artists, such as Al Martino, and Bobby Vinton, have also recorded the song, among many others:
Swedish pop group Bombi Bitt recorded the song on their album Wine Coloured Days in 1990 (City Records).
Slash of Guns N' Roses regularly performs it in concerts for a guitar solo.
Jamaican singer Ken Boothe recorded a reggae version.
Matt Monro's version features on the 1982 album The Very Best Of Matt Monro.
Sergio Franchi recorded the theme song his 1976 DynaHouse album 20 Magnificent Songs. He recorded it as a medley with "I Have But One Heart" on two other 1976 albums.[2] There is also a very rare video of Franchi singing the Medley on YouTube in an unreferenced TV appearance[3]
Satan's Pilgrims have performed a surf rock version as well.
Harry Connick Jr. recorded it under the title "Parle Plus Bas", and included it as a bonus track in France for his album Come by Me (1999)
Gianni Morandi had covered the song under the title "Parla Più Piano".
Dalida, Tino Rossi, Marie Laforêt, and the Puppini Sisters covered the song under the title "Parle Plus Bas".[4][5]
A Ukrainian version, "Say You Love Me" (Ukrainian: Скажи, що любиш; Skazhy scho lyubysh) was performed by Sofia Rotaru in the musical film Song Is Always with Us, as the Soviet administration did not allow to register the original English version for The Godfather's soundtrack following the offer from Ariola (Sony BMG Music Entertainment).
The Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra has also performed a ska version of the song. The song was also sampled for a song, "Raja ko rani se pyar ho gaya" in the Indian film Akele Hum Akele Tum. In Yugoslavia it was adapted and sung by Tereza Kesovija as "Govori Tiše".
Hungarian pop star György Korda released the Hungarian language version 1974 as "Gyöngéden ölelj át és ringass szerelem".
The 1970s Japanese pop group the Candies performed this song live in Osaka in 1977.
The band Fantômas also recorded a metal version of the song on their album The Director's Cut.
The Hot Club of Detroit recorded a Gypsy jazz cover of this song on their eponymous album.
The Sicilian version from The Godfather Part III appears on the music compilation Mob Hits: the Best Songs of Mafia Movies.
"Speak Softly Love" was recorded in 2004 by the Norwegian singer Rein Alexander.
The melody was used as the theme music and as a central plot device in the Soviet short animated film Contact.
A Slovak version was done by František Krištof Veselý, and a Czech version by Jiří Malásek.
Scott Walker recorded a version for his 1972 album The Moviegoer.
A Portuguese version called "Fale Baixinho" was recorded by Brazilian singer Wanderley Cardoso in 1972.
German jazz pianist Wolfgang Liebert regularly performs it as a standard.
Hip-hop artist RZA of Wu-Tang Clan samples the theme in "Black Mozart" on Raekwon's album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II.
The Italian version ("Parla Piu Piano", or "Io e Te") was recorded by Johnny Dorelli in 1973.
Actor/singer Dominic Chianese, who portrayed Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II, recorded the Italian version for his album Ungrateful Heart.
Bay Area rapper Mac Dre sampled the theme in his hip-hop song "Mafioso" from his 2003 album, Al Boo Boo.
"Parle Plus Bas" was recorded in 2008 by French singer Patrick Fiori for his album Les Choses de La Vie.
Rosenberg Trio recorded a version of this song on their 1992 album, Impressions.
Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins recorded an Italian version of the song.
The song was covered by several Hong Kong singers, Frances Yip (葉麗儀) on her LP album Golden Hits in 1972, Irene Ryder (黎愛蓮) on her LP album Irene in 1973, Juliana Luok (陸小雅) on her LP album Killing Me Softly, and also, by Singaporean singer Ling Ying (林櫻) on her LP album The Best Of Lin Ying & The Prinstar Punchers in 1972.
A Persian version called "Booye Faryad" was recorded by Iranian singer Aref in 1975.
See also[edit]
"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)"
Notes and references[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Kris Tapley (2008-01-21). "Jonny Greenwood's 'Blood' score disqualified by AMPAS". Variety. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.discogs.com/sergio-franchi
3.Jump up ^ http://www.youtube.com
4.Jump up ^ Movie profile on "The Godfather" including trivias section referring to Tino Rossi and Marie Laforêt's covers of the song
5.Jump up ^ [1]
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The Godfather Part III (soundtrack)
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The Godfather Part III

Soundtrack album by Carmine Coppola

Released
18 December 1990
Genre
Soundtrack, romanticism
Length
54:16
Label
Columbia
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather chronology

The Godfather Part II
 (1974) The Godfather Part III
 (1990) 


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Rating
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The Godfather Part III is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1990 by Columbia, United States.


Contents  [hide]
1 Track listing 1.1 (Songs listed in film's credits)
2 Awards and nominations
3 Album Chart
4 External links

Track listing[edit]
1."Main Title" (composed by Nino Rota) – 0:42
2."The Godfather Waltz" (composed by Rota) – 1:10
3."Marcia Religioso" (composed by Carmine Coppola and Rota) – 2:51
4."Michael's Letter" (composed by Rota) – 1:08
5."The Immigrant"/"Love Theme from The Godfather Part III" (composed by Rota and Coppola) – 2:36
6."The Godfather Waltz" (composed by Rota) – 1:24
7."To Each His Own" (composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans) – 3:21 performed by Al Martino
8."Vincent's Theme" (composed by Coppola and Rota) – 1:49
9."Altobello" (composed by Coppola and Rota) – 2:10
10."The Godfather Intermezzo" (composed by Coppola and Rota) – 3:22
11."Sicilian Medley: Va, pensiero (composed by Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Coppola) / Danza Tarantella (composed by Coppola) / Mazurka (Alla Siciliana) (composed by Coppola) – 2:10
12."Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)" (composed by Coppola, lyrics by John Bettis, arranged by Lennie Niehaus) – 5:11 performed by Harry Connick, Jr., conducted by Lennie Niehaus
13."Preludio and Siciliana" – 8:15 (composed by Pietro Mascagni, excerpt from Cavalleria Rusticana)
14."A Casa Amiche" – 1:59 (composed by Pietro Mascagni, excerpt from Cavalleria Rusticana)
15."Preghiera" – 5:30 (composed by Pietro Mascagni, excerpt from Cavalleria Rusticana)
16."Finale" – 8:12 (composed by Pietro Mascagni, excerpt from Cavalleria Rusticana)
17."Coda: The Godfather Finale" (composed by Rota) – 2:27 violin soloist: Murray Adler
(Songs listed in film's credits)[edit]
"To Each His Own" (Livingston, Evans) – performed by Al Martino
"Vitti 'Na Crozza" (Francesco Li Causi)
"Eh, Cumpari" (Julius LaRosa, Archie Bleyer)
"Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling)
"Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
"Senza Perdono" (Francesco Pennino)
"Miracle Man" (Elvis Costello) – written and performed by Elvis Costello
"Dimmi, Dimmi, Dimmi" (Carmine Coppola) – arrangement by Celso Valli
"Gregorian Chant"
"Brucia La Terra" (Nino Rota, Giuseppe Rinaldi)
"Santa Rosalia" (Tony Cucchiara; from La Baronessa di Carini) – performed by Grace Farrugia, Maria Tulumello, Vincenzina Galante & Josephine Attardo; produced by Harry Connick Jr. and Stephan R. Goldman
"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)" (Carmine Coppola, John Bettis) – performed by Harry Connick Jr.
excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana
Awards and nominations[edit]
1990 Academy Award nomination: Best Song — "Promise Me You'll Remember" — John Bettis (lyrics), Carmine Coppola (music)
1990 Academy Award nomination: Best Original Score — Carmine Coppola
1990 Fennecus Award winner: Adapted Score — Carmine Coppola
1990 Fennecus Award nomination: Song Performance — In Studio — "Promise Me You'll Remember" — Harry Connick, Jr.
1990 Apex Scroll Award winner: Original Song — "Promise Me You'll Remember" — John Bettis (lyrics), Carmine Coppola (music)
1990 Apex Scroll Award nomination: Original Song Score/Adaptation/Compilation — Carmine Coppola
1991 Golden Globe Award nomination: Best Original Song — "Promise Me You'll Remember" — John Bettis (lyrics), Carmine Coppola (music)
Album Chart[edit]
1991 The Godfather Part III The Billboard 200 No. 102
External links[edit]
Media samples, at legacyrecordings.com


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The Godfather Part II (soundtrack)
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The Godfather Part II

Soundtrack album by Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola

Released
1974
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
38:28
Label
ABC
Producer
Tom Mack
The Godfather chronology

The Godfather
 (1972) The Godfather Part II
 (1974) The Godfather Part III
 (1990)

The Godfather Part II is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1974 by ABC, and 1991 on compact disc by MCA. The original score was composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carmine Coppola, who also provided source music for the film. Rota expands upon two of the three main themes from the first film: "The Godfather Waltz" and "Michael's Theme", while "The Love Theme" from the first film makes a brief appearance during a flashback sequence ("Remember Vito Andolini"). There are several new themes, including one for Kay (Diane Keaton), and two for young Vito (Robert De Niro): "The Immigrant Theme" and "The Tarantella", introduced in "A New Carpet".

Professional ratings

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Track listing[edit]
1."Main Title/The Immigrant" - 3:27
2."A New Carpet" - 2:00
3."Kay" - 3:00
4."Ev'ry Time I Look in Your Eyes/After the Party" - 2:35
5."Vito and Abbandando" - 2:38
6."Senza Mama/Ciuri-Ciuri/Napule Ve Salute" - 2:36
7."The Godfathers at Home" - 2:35
8."Remember Vito Andolini" - 2:52
9."Michael Comes Home" - 2:19
10."Marcia Stilo Italiano" - 2:02
11."Ninna Nanna a Michele" - 2:22
12."The Brothers Mourn" - 3:21
13."The Murder of Don Fanucci" - 2:50
14."End Title" - 3:51
Awards and nominations[edit]
1974 Oscar Award winner: Original Dramatic Score - Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola
1974 Golden Globe Award nomination: Best Original Score - Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota
Album Chart[edit]
1975: The Godfather Part II: Pop albums: #184


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The Godfather

Soundtrack album by Nino Rota

Released
1972. CD: 26 March 1991 159487
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
31:31
Label
Paramount (original) / MCA (CD)
Producer
Tom Mack
The Godfather chronology

– The Godfather
 (1972) The Godfather Part II
 (1974)


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars[1]
Filmtracks 4/5 stars[2]
The Godfather is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released in 1972 by Paramount Records,[3] and in 1991 on compact disc by MCA. Unless noted, the cues were composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Carlo Savina (who was credited on the LP, but not the CD). The song "I Have but One Heart" is sung by Al Martino, who performed it in the film as character Johnny Fontane.
Track listing[edit]

Side one

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length

1. "Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)"   Nino Rota 3:04
2. "I Have But One Heart"   Johnny Farrow, Marty Symes 3:00
3. "The Pickup"   Nino Rota 2:56
4. "Connie's Wedding"   Carmine Coppola 1:33
5. "The Halls of Fear"   Nino Rota 2:12
6. "Sicilian Pastorale"   Nino Rota 3:03

Side two

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length

1. "Love Theme from the Godfather"   Nino Rota 2:37
2. "The Godfather Waltz"   Nino Rota 3:35
3. "Apollonia"   Nino Rota 1:22
4. "The New Godfather"   Nino Rota 2:00
5. "The Baptism"   Nino Rota 1:51
6. "The Godfather Finale"   Nino Rota 3:50
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Allmusic review
2.Jump up ^ Filmtracks review
3.Jump up ^ "Godfather Vinyl Soundtrack (1972)". Etsy. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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The Godfather II (video game)
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The Godfather II
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Developer(s) EA Redwood Shores
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Director(s) Mike Olsen
 Michael Perry
Producer(s) Joel Wade
Composer(s) Christopher Lennertz
Series The Godfather
Engine Godfather engine (modified)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s) NA April 7, 2009
EU April 10, 2009[1]

Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer[2]
Distribution Optical disc, download
The Godfather II is a 2009 video game based on The Godfather Part II, a 1974 crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Coppola and Mario Puzo. The game is published by Electronic Arts and was released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. This is also a sequel to The Godfather: The Game, which was also developed and published by EA in 2006. The game was released on April 7, 2009 in North America, April 9 in Europe and April 5 in Australia. The Godfather II is played from a third-person perspective. It also contains some strategy elements, as the player's character battles rival families and take over businesses to ultimately become a "don" ruling over many cities.
Robert Duvall reprises his role as consigliere Tom Hagen in both voice and likeness as he did in the first game. However, Al Pacino, who played Don Michael Corleone in the film did not provide his likeness or voice and the character of Michael was changed significantly in the game itself. The movie's plot is not entirely adapted as the lengthy flashback sequences, involving a young Vito in 1920's New York, are not adapted for the game.


Contents  [hide]
1 Gameplay
2 Plot 2.1 Setting
2.2 Story
3 Development
4 Marketing and release 4.1 PlayStation Home
4.2 Downloadable content
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links

Gameplay[edit]



The Godfather II gameplay screenshot
Many gameplay elements from the original game return in the sequel, some expanded and improved. Like the first game, The Godfather II is an action-adventure game taking place in an open world, and both story-based and side missions involve gunplay, hand-to-hand fighting, and driving. However, the sequel features "Black Hand 2.0" control scheme where the player can grab, knee, kick, and head-butt enemies.[3] In a gun fight, the player can use target-lock or freely aim at specific parts of an enemy, and a disarmed or injured enemy can be approached and executed with a unique killing blow that depends on the weapon and the enemy's condition. Each of the weapons in the game, including handguns, shotguns, and sub-machine guns, have its own level and statistics, and the player is able to purchase licenses to use higher level weapons with more skill.[4]
Much emphasis was placed on the squad mechanic, where the player can directly command a group of soldiers to strategically coordinate the attack. In addition, each soldier is able to use a special skill such as hand-to-hand combat or demolition expertise. By using these skills, multiple approaches will be possible when assaulting a business location or a rival family's compound.[5]
In addition to the third-person action gameplay, the game features a strategy aspect that manages the Corleone criminal empire. In the "Don's View," a strategic overview of the game world, the player can order members of the family to expand or protect his territory.[3] Taking over businesses is the main source of cash and reputation, in addition to the perks from controlling the specific type of business. The player's soldiers can be either ordered to take over the target or directly led by the player himself. This strategic gameplay is said to take up about 20% of the whole game.
Players can also, if they wish, rob banks with the help of a safecracker and will usually earn around $10,000.
Rival families will actively attack and sabotage the player's establishments in order to dominate the three cities. To weaken the rival family, businesses under the control of enemies can be attacked and taken over. Also, enemy mafiosos can be shot down during gun battles, but key members will only be critically wounded and return after a period of recovery. In order to remove them for good, the player must gather information and assassinate the target in a particular context relating to the plot of the game.[4]
The Godfather II features a third-person shooter multiplayer mode that supports up to 16 players online. There are currently 6 maps and 4 gameplay modes announced. Multiplayer matches can be also yield in-game cash and weapon licenses that can be carried over to the single player mode.[6]
Plot[edit]
Setting[edit]
The Godfather II takes place in the late 1950s and early 1960s over three cities: Havana, Cuba, New York City, and Miami, Florida. Michael Corleone orders the player character, Dominic, to take charge of the family after the death of his boss and New York Don Aldo Trapani, the protagonist and player character of The Godfather: The Game. Now as Dominic, the player leads the family to defeat rival international families and take control of various businesses and crime rings, in order to become the most powerful Don in America and Cuba.[5]
Story[edit]
The plot of the game borrows heavily from the movie, but also differs in many aspects. Some major events are out of order (for example, the invasion in Cuba is placed before the attempt on Frank Pentangeli's life), and others are rewritten (such as Hyman Roth's death).
The game begins on December 31, 1959 in Havana, Cuba, 4 years after Aldo Trapani (Rick Pasqualone) assisted in the assassinations of the Dons of the Stracci, Cuneo, Tattaglia and Barzini families (In the first game) and also when Aldo was promoted to Don of NYC. Hyman Roth (Danny Jacobs) has arranged for a meeting in which various Mafia Families discuss plans to divide territory in Cuba amongst themselves. Among those families are the Manganos, the Granados, and the Corleones, including the Almeidas, who sent their soldier, Alejandro Almeida (Vic Polizos), down to the meeting. Aldo Trapani, Fredo Corleone (John Mariano) and Dominic (Chris Cox), the new protagonist, are present at the meeting as well. [7] When their meeting is interrupted by the Cuban Revolution, Dominic and Aldo escort Don Michael Corleone (Carlos Ferro) and Fredo to safety, but Aldo is killed by a sniper upon reaching the airport. Michael Corleone appoints Dominic as the new Don of New York to keep the city under the Corleone Family's control.[8][9]
Six weeks after the riot in Cuba, two of the Corleone's caporegimes, Carmine and Tony Rosato (Ralph Peduto and Ed Francis Martin), better known as the Rosato Brothers, renege on their former side to begin building their own organized crime families. Dominic is then tasked with recruiting underling soldiers and re-acquiring Carmine's newly owned profit rackets in New York. After Dominic has managed to reclaim a number of Carmine's rackets, Carmine offers to hold a truce meeting with Dominic and Corleone caporegime Frank Pentangeli (Gavin Hammon) to negotiate for peace. The meeting, however, turns out to be a setup. Dominic manages to escape thanks to a police officer entering the building, but Frank is apparently killed by being strangled by a garotte. After taking over the rest of Carmine's rackets and eliminating all of Carmine's made men, Dominic eliminates Carmine and his remaining men at his compound and then orders one of his men to bomb the building's gas main effectively destroying the compound and the remains of the Carmine Rosato family.
After Carmine's death, Hyman Roth contacts Dominic and asks him to come to Miami, Florida, so he can rescue his associate, Steven Ciccoricco (Joe Paulino), who was kidnapped by the Granados Family. Following the rescue, Dominic allies himself with Roth and is aided by Fredo (who was sent by Michael Corleone to help at the hotels). Dominic establishes himself in Miami and gradually takes over businesses from the Granados Family and Tony Rosato, eventually eliminating them at their compounds later on. When Don Samuele Mangano (Joe Paulino) moves his organization to Miami, Dominic wisely chooses to offer an alliance with them, which Samuele accepts. A few hours later, Fredo calls Dominic and wants to have a drink at Dominic's Florida Safehouse, Dominic and Fredo are suddenly ambushed there, but both survive the attack, thanks to Dominic's quick actions. Fredo, suspecting the Mangano Family to be guilty, breaks the alliance, also believing that Mangano's smuggling men and guns into Florida to start a war. After killing Hector Santos as a favor for Charlie Green (Robert Ernst) to gain access to the island that Mangano's Warehouse is on, Dominic's family raids and takes over the Warehouse. Mangano calls Dominic shortly after and says that he was not behind the hit and says that they need to have a sitdown at an old warehouse on Dodge Island. However, instead of Mangano being there, his consigliere, Paulo Riccitello (Ralph Peduto), is there instead.
Paulo tells Dominic that the Mangano's were not behind the hit attempt and that if they had wanted Dominic killed he'd already be dead. During the meeting, Giorgio Strozzi, a Mangano underboss, leads an assault to take over six of Dominic's rackets. Later, Fredo tells Dominic to go to Hyman Roth who knows not only how to reason with the Manganos, but also how to fix the problem. But he can't help Dominic unless he's willing to help him. Roth reintroduces Dominic to CIA Agent Henry Mitchell (Chris Edgerly), who is plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro. This situation pays homage to rumors that the CIA hired Mafia members to try and assassinate Castro. Dominic is sent to Havana and tries to kill Castro with a sniper rifle, but fails, as one of Castro's high-ranking officials, Don Esteban Almeida (Sasha Roiz) had prior knowledge of the assassination attempt and alerted the authorities. It is also suggested in various scenes that Roth was working with the Almeida Family to set Dominic up. Which explains why Mitchell and Roth wanted Dominic to assassinate the dissident leaders, removing all of Batista's (Sergio Gonzales) supporters would keep Castro as the president.
When Dominic returns to account his failures to Michael, they learn that Frank Pentangeli is alive, ready to testify against the Corleones at a Senate Investigation into organized crime. Dominic rescues Frank's brother, Vincenzo (Joe Paulino), from Hyman Roth's kidnappers, and Vincenzo convinces Frank to recant his testimony. But the family has other problems. Henry Mitchell has gone rogue, and Fredo has unwittingly betrayed Michael, due to Roth's manipulation. With the Senate Hearing out of the way, Michael decides that his enemies need to be eliminated. After killing Mitchell and destroying the rest of the rival families in all three cities, Dominic and his men carry out their last mission: Assassinating Hyman Roth. After a tense shootout in the Miami International Airport with Roth's men, airport security and the police, Dominic assassinates Roth and successfully escapes to the previously taken over Mangano Compound. When Dominic corners an unarmed and cowering Roth, the player has the opportunity to engage in dialogue - Dominic demands to know why Roth betrayed him and tried to have him killed, to which Hyman responds in a melancholy tone the famous quote "This is the life we chose". (In the original movie, Michael's soldier Rocco Lampone is sent, goes in disguised as a reporter to kill Roth, and is soon shot. Dominic instead shoots his way through the police, corners Roth as he is just getting off of his plane, and escapes alive). Michael congratulates Dominic on a job well done, and tells him his future in the family is secure. The family welcomes him in, calling him Godfather. The game ends with a reenactment of Fredo's murder from the original film, with Dominic's voice heard saying "Fredo, I'm sorry".
Development[edit]
The development of the sequel was hinted at from as early as 2007,[10][11] and EA officially revealed the game in August 2008.[12] After the first game was released on both "current gen" video game consoles and "next gen" consoles over 2006 and 2007, its engine was further developed by EA for use in "next gen" EA titles, such as The Godfather II and Dead Space.[13]
In accordance with the game, a spin-off based on The Godfather II was created as a Facebook application, entitled The Godfather II Crime Rings. Based on the crime rings system from the upcoming video game, the application allows participants to create a mobster (similar to the MobFace feature from the video game) and takeover rackets to build crime rings, making money, and becoming a Don. The Five Families featured in the game are the same as those in The Godfather II, and the application provided the first look at the families, revealing their names and locations. Players are randomly placed into these families upon joining the application. A player starts off as a soldier, makes their way up to capo, followed by underboss, and lastly, Don.[14][15]
EA announced on March 9 that the game has gone gold for the April 7th release in North America.[16]
In April 2009, EA had sent out brass knuckles, which are illegal weapons to possess in several states, to games writers to promote the game. Realizing the issue, EA contacted all the people they shipped out to on April 10, requesting that they return the items so they can be properly disposed of.[17]
Marketing and release[edit]
PlayStation Home[edit]
EA has released a space for The Godfather II on the PlayStation 3's online community-based service PlayStation Home. This space offers the users five poker tables for "No Limit Texas Hold'em" and the users can check out promotional video and concept art. This space was released on April 9, 2009 in the North American version of PlayStation Home. As an opening day event for the space, the Home Managers had a "Celebrity Poker Night" where the users dressed their avatars in costumes and gathered in the space to play poker.[18]
Downloadable content[edit]
On April 23, 2009, Electronic Arts released downloadable content for The Godfather II over Xbox Live and on the PlayStation Network. Two new multiplayer maps were made available for download. Also, a new available crew member, called Jimmy Lira, can be promoted in the Jack of All Trades pack. Like its predecessor, The Godfather II also introduced level 4 weapons for the game, which included the modern Dillinger and other weapons that are the most powerful in the game.
Reception[edit]

[hide]Reception


Aggregate scores

Aggregator
Score
GameRankings (X360) 68.76%[19]
 (PS3) 67.91%[20]
 (PC) 61.88%[21]
Metacritic (PS3) 67/100[22]
 (X360) 65/100[23]
 (PC) 63/100[24]
Review scores

Publication
Score
Destructoid 7.5/10[25]
Edge 6/10[26]
Eurogamer 4/10[27]
Game Informer 5.5/10[28]
GamePro 5/5 stars[29]
Game Revolution C+[30]
GameSpot 4.5/10[31]
GameSpy 2/5 stars[32]
GameTrailers 8.4/10[33]
GameZone (X360) 8.5/10[34]
 (PS3) 7.1/10[35]
 (PC) 7/10[36]
Giant Bomb 3/5 stars[37]
IGN 7.7/10[38]
 (PC) 7.6/10[39]
Official Xbox Magazine 7.5/10[40]
PC Gamer US 79%[41]
The A.V. Club B−[42]
The Daily Telegraph 7/10[43]

The game has had mixed, but overall fair, reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 68.76% and 65 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version;[19][23] 67.91% and 67 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version;[20][22] and 61.88% and 63 out of 100 for the PC version.[21][24] The issues the majority of reviewers mentioned were the easy difficulty, numerous bugs and glitches and the poor AI.
IGN, awarding the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game a score of 7.7 out of 10, and the PC version 7.6 out of 10, praised the gameplay that balances strategy and action, and was accepting of the game's interpretation of the story.[38][39] However, the review criticized the game as too easy, mainly because of the passive enemy AI in the strategy portion and overpowered friendly soldiers. Visuals and dialogues were commended for the stylish recreation of the settings and characters, but many technical issues with the graphics were noted. GameSpot was much more critical of the game, giving out 4.5 and calling the game "uninspired, repetitive, and unfinished."[31] Both the friendly and enemy AI have been harshly criticized for difficulty in pathfinding, refusing to follow orders, and being too easy to defeat in combat. The open-world design was called to be "inconsistent," limiting the freedom of the player seemingly at random. The "dated" visuals and various glitches were also criticized. The multiplayer was described as "functional rather than fun."
The Godfather II has been banned in the United Arab Emirates due to some nudity in-game.[44]

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "EA Announces New Street Date for The Godfather II". EA.com. February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
2.Jump up ^ Fritz, Ben (August 7, 2008). "EA developing 'Godfather II' game". Variety. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley". GameTrailers. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Jeff Haynes (November 20, 2008). "The Godfather II Hands-on". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Jeff Haynes (August 14, 2008). "The Godfather II First Look". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Jeff Haynes (December 19, 2008). "IGN: The Godfather II Multiplayer Hands-on". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Dominic (Introduction voice-over): These days, opportunity is everywhere, but so are new families, fighting for their share. It took a man like Hyman Roth to get everyone to the table; we're gonna divide up Cuba, get richer than we ever could back in the states. (The Godfather II, Electronic Arts, 2009.)
8.Jump up ^ "I. An Inconvenient Revolution". IGN. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Michael Corleone: Nobody was going to touch New York while Aldo was in charge - everyone will want a piece now. His own men will probably turn on each other if they think it's to their advantage.[...]Dominic, I want you to be boss, and I want you to have your own family. I trust that you can run New York. (The Godfather II, Electronic Arts, 2009.)
10.Jump up ^ "EA recouping Godfather costs with sequel". GamesIndustry.biz. May 17, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
11.Jump up ^ Daemon Hatfield (July 30, 2007). "IGN: EA Plotting Godfather 2". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "EA Press: "EA AND PARAMOUNT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT INVITES PLAYERS TO RUN THE FAMILY BUSINESS IN THE GODFATHER II"". EA.com. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
13.Jump up ^ "Dead Space engine to become major middleware". Gameplayer.com.au. September 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
14.Jump up ^ "The Godfather II Crime Rings App is Live on Facebook!".
15.Jump up ^ The Godfather II Crime Rings at Facebook
16.Jump up ^ "EA Announces That The Godfather II Has Gone Gold". EA.com. March 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
17.Jump up ^ http://kotaku.com/5207521/ea-ships-illegal-weapons-to-press-wants-them-back?skyline=true&s=i
18.Jump up ^ "PlayStation Home News: EA Unveils The Godfather II Space, Capcom Refreshes RE5 + Special Events!". SCE.
19.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather II for Xbox 360". GameRankings. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
20.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather II for PlayStation 3". GameRankings. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
21.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather II for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather II for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
23.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather II for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
24.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather II for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
25.Jump up ^ Nick Chester (April 9, 2009). "Review: Godfather II (PS3)". Destructoid. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
26.Jump up ^ Edge staff (May 2009). "The Godfather II (PS3)". Edge (201): 91.
27.Jump up ^ Kristan Reed (April 7, 2009). "The Godfather II". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
28.Jump up ^ Andrew Reiner (May 2009). "Godfather 2: Glitches and Sub-Par Gunplay Derail This Mob Boss Simulator". Game Informer (193): 82. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
29.Jump up ^ Justin McElroy (April 2009). "The Godfather II". GamePro: 81. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
30.Jump up ^ Chris Hudak (April 10, 2009). "The Godfather II Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
31.^ Jump up to: a b Justin Calvert (April 7, 2009). "The Godfather II Review". GameSpot. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
32.Jump up ^ Allen Rausch (April 10, 2009). "GameSpy: The Godfather II". GameSpy. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
33.Jump up ^ "The Godfather II Review". GameTrailers. April 10, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
34.Jump up ^ Steven Hopper (April 6, 2009). "The Godfather II - 360 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
35.Jump up ^ Michael Lafferty (April 6, 2009). "The Godfather II - PS3 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
36.Jump up ^ Michael Lafferty (April 6, 2009). "The Godfather II - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
37.Jump up ^ Ryan Davis (April 13, 2009). "The Godfather II Review (X360)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
38.^ Jump up to: a b Jeff Haynes (April 7, 2009). "The Godfather II Review". IGN. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
39.^ Jump up to: a b Jeff Haynes (April 7, 2009). "The Godfather II Review (PC)". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
40.Jump up ^ Ryan McCaffrey (May 2009). "The Godfather II review". Official Xbox Magazine: 74. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
41.Jump up ^ "The Godfather II". PC Gamer: 82. April 2009.
42.Jump up ^ John Teti (April 13, 2009). "The Godfather II (PS3)". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
43.Jump up ^ Nick Cowen (April 14, 2009). "The Godfather II review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
44.Jump up ^ "Godfather II Banned in the UAE, The (Xbox360: 2009): News". MEGamers.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
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Box art for The Godfather: The Game
Developer(s) EA Redwood Shores
Headgate Studios (PC)
Babaroga (Mobile phone)
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Composer(s) Bill Conti
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 2
Xbox
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Wii
Release date(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 & Xbox NA March 21, 2006
PAL March 24, 2006
JP March 22, 2007 (PS2 only)
PlayStation Portable
NA September 19, 2006
AUS September 21, 2006
EU September 22, 2006
Xbox 360
NA September 19, 2006
EU September 22, 2006
AUS September 28, 2006
JP January 25, 2007
PlayStation 3
NA March 20, 2007
AUS March 22, 2007
EU April 20, 2007
JP October 11, 2007
Wii
NA March 20, 2007
EU March 23, 2007
AUS March 29, 2007

Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution Optical disc
The Godfather: The Game is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first video game in the Godfather series and based upon the 1972 film of the same name. Originally released in March 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows, The Godfather has since been released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A smaller variant of the game has also been published for the PlayStation Portable.
The game is notable in that it features the return of several actors from the original film to lend their voice. The participating actors are James Caan as Sonny Corleone, Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen and Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Tessio,[1] with the most notable absences being Marlon Brando (because of his ill health and his impending death, the audio producers found that the quality of the recordings were not good enough and hired an imitator, although players can hear one piece of audio that Brando recorded)[citation needed], John Cazale (due to his death in 1978), Richard Castellano (due to his death in 1988) and Al Pacino (who is absent in image as well as voice, choosing to lend his image instead to Scarface: The World Is Yours).[2] Another notable absence is Gianni Russo, who played Carlo Rizzi in the film, and who was still alive while the game was being developed.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot 1.1 Families
2 Development 2.1 Wii
2.2 PlayStation 3
2.3 Handheld
3 Soundtrack
4 Reception
5 Sequel
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
The game starts in 1936 in Little Italy with a cutscene that shows the death of Johnny Trapani (Jarion Monroe), the father of the main character Aldo Trapani (Andrew Pifko/Amanda Moody) and the destruction of his bakery by the Barzini crime family, one of the Corleones' rivals in New York. In the aftermath, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando/Doug Abrahams) comforts the child, telling him that when he is old enough and the time is right he will have his revenge. The story then moves to 1945, with the wedding that begins the film. Aldo's mother, Sarafina (Sirenetta Leoni), asks Don Corleone to look after him, as he has been hanging with the wrong crowd, so the Don sends Luca Brasi (Gary Chalk) to recruit Aldo into the Mafia. From this point forward, Aldo is taken under the Corleone family's wing and begins to work his way up the organization.
The game then features two basic storylines; the first involves the major events from the film (with Aldo making major contributions) and the second sees a personal story arc develop. In the former, Aldo witnesses Luca Brasi's murder, kills Luca's assassin (Rod Gnapp), plants the gun for Michael Corleone (Joseph May) to kill Sollozzo (Richard Newman) and Captain McCluskey (Doug Abrahams), helps Rocco Lampone (Michael Dobson) put the horse's head in Jack Woltz's (Doug Abrahams) bed, guards Don Corleone at the hospital, witnesses the death of Sonny Corleone (James Caan), kills Sonny's assassins, appears at the meeting of the Five Families and kills the Dons of the four other families during the baptism scene. He also kills Sal Tessio (Abe Vigoda) and Bruno Tattaglia (Joe Paulino), although these deaths were not seen in the film. In the personal storyline, Aldo befriends and later kills Corleone underman Monk Malone (Jason Schombing), when he is revealed to be a traitor. Aldo also romances Monk's sister Frances "Frankie" Malone (Jennifer Copping), takes revenge for her death and kills Don Emilio Barzini (Michael Kopsa) as revenge for his father's murder.
After the story missions have been completed, Aldo becomes an underboss, and after he takes out the rival families' compounds, he becomes Don of the Corleone family's operations in New York. Alongside the story missions, Aldo participates in taking over control of New York from the rival families by extorting businesses and buying out rackets, seizing control of warehouses, performing contract hits, and fighting mob wars when the vendetta level between the Corleones and a rival family gets high enough.
Families[edit]
There are five mafia families in the game. Each family is distinguished by its members wearing specific color clothes as well as a coat of arms bearing the family's first initial in its color (with the exception of the Corleones, whose coat of arms bears a rampant lion).
These families are:
The Corleone family – the once-powerful crime family is based in central Manhattan, in Little Italy, and are troubled by the increasingly daring raids of the Brooklyn-based Tattaglia family. The Corleone family color is black. In the game, the player meets many members of the Corleone family, including Vito Corleone, Sonny Corleone, Tom Hagen, Michael Corleone, Fredo Corleone, Salvatore Tessio, Peter Clemenza, Paulie Gatto, Rocco Lampone, Albert "Al" Neri, William Cicci, George "Jaggy" Jovino, James "Jimmy" DeNunzio, Luca Brasi, Angelo "the Trojan" Granelli and Marty "Monk" Malone.
The Barzini family – the Barzini family hails from Midtown, and are the richest and most powerful family in New York. Their family color is green. The Barzinis are headed by the game's main antagonist, Don Emilio Barzini, who rules with an iron fist. He ordered the murder of Aldo's father, and is rumored to be in control of another New York Family (which is later revealed to be the Tattaglia family). The Barzini's consigliere is Domenico Mazza, and their underboss is Emillio Barzini Jr. Their three caporegimes are Pietro Testa, Giovanni Armanno and Big Bobby Toro.
The Tattaglia family – the Tattaglia family dominate Brooklyn, owning almost every business and racket on the Brooklyn waterfront. They have a serious rivalry with the Corleone family because of their business expansion into Little Italy, traditionally the Corleone's turf. Their family color is tan. They are headed by Don Philip Tattaglia, with his son Bruno next in line to become Don. The Tattaglias' consigliere is Freddie Nobile, and their underbosses are Bruno and Johnny Tattaglia. Their caporegimes are Tony Bianchi, Luigi Fusco and Donnie Marinelli. Under Bianchi are soldiers Mikey Saleri and Squeegie McNeese. Under Marinelli are soldiers Luigi Bonetti and Rocky Della Barca. The Tattaglia Family is also the easiest of the four rival Families to defeat.
The Cuneo family – the Cuneo family hails from Hell's Kitchen. Not as rich as the other families, they own few rackets and businesses, but hold on to what they do own with all their might. Their family color is red. Their head is Don Carmine Cuneo. The Cuneos' consigliere is Luciano Fabbri, and their underboss is Marco Cuneo. Their three caporegimes are Ronnie Tosca, Michael Costa, and Mario DeBellis.
The Stracci family – the Stracci family is based in New Jersey. Don Victor Stracci is their head. Their family color is blue. The Straccis are the most cruel and vicious family. Their consigliere is Jack Fontana, and their underboss is Salvatore Stracci. Stracci caporegimes include Oscar Zavarelle and Leon Grossi.
Development[edit]
Electronic Arts announced in 2005 that players could create mobsters of their own, customizing their character's physical features, build and clothing in a very in-depth program known as "MobFace." Also, the game would not be the traditional mission-style type but a sandbox game, in a huge free-roam New York City of the 1940s and early 1950s, and would feature non-linear gameplay (similar to games in the Grand Theft Auto franchise). EA also created the "Black Hand" control system as a means of pressuring and extorting business owners. Using the analog sticks on the game controller, players have a wide range of available methods to achieve their goals. These methods include punching, kicking, headbutting, strangling, etc.
The game engine used in The Godfather: The Game was later revamped and used in the science fiction survival horror title Dead Space, which was released in 2008. EA released a sequel to The Godfather in 2009.
Wii[edit]
The Wii version, entitled The Godfather: Blackhand Edition, is the highest rated version of The Godfather on GameRankings and IGN,[3] despite not faring as well with other publications. Developed alongside the PS3 edition, it was released on March 20, 2007. It features twenty normal missions, ten new hit missions, a new rival family seen only in the new hit missions, rooftop battles, new favors, and other extortion methods such as blackmail and bribery. Blackhand includes an enhanced "Black Hand" control system that makes use of the Wii's motion control capabilities, improving upon the Xbox 360 edition. Aiming is now handled by the pointer function of the Wii Remote, and allows more locational damage, although the lock-on option is still available in the game. Melee combat is handled using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, such as swinging a baseball bat, or throwing a molotov cocktail. Once the player has taken hold of an NPC, the player may then use a wide variety of hand-to-hand combat techniques. In total, there are 25 unique motion-based execution moves available in the game.
The Wii version also reworked the crew system; unlike the Xbox 360 version, the crew will accompany the player even after loading a saved game where a crew had been hired previously. Furthermore, players also have the ability to call in a four-man hit squad to assist in missions. This provides the player with an ability to call upon a total of five crew members at any time.
The Blackhand Edition also adds a second path that the player may take through the game, that of the operator (as opposed to the enforcer). The main method of progression is by blackmailing police, the FBI or members of other families. While the enforcer's goal is to destroy the other families through brute force, the operator's is to blackmail the police chiefs of the five boroughs by finding enough "dirt" on them during missions. The player then blackmails the chiefs, effectively allowing the player to take control of the police in that area. The police then fight alongside the player's family members and can also arrest or kill rival family members. The path of the operator also grants the player additional tactical abilities that are not open to the enforcer, such as enhanced and regenerating health, the ability to call in the four-man hit squad twice as often, enhanced crew damage and health, ability to plant car bombs and make instant stealth kills, and reduced price on bribing the FBI.
PlayStation 3[edit]
The PlayStation 3 version, titled The Godfather: The Don's Edition, worked off the Wii's interactive controlling, and utilized the Sixaxis motion sensor controls. While there are less moves available than on the Wii version, players can use Sixaxis to shove people around and perform special execution moves. However, unlike the Wii, these moves are generally finishing moves and thus not always available. The Don's Edition also includes the "Corleone Expansion Pack", which adds new gameplay and missions, and shipyard and rail yard transportation hubs for the player to "explore and exploit."[4] These new locations provide a few special scenarios, as well as five new hit missions.
Handheld[edit]
The PlayStation Portable version, called The Godfather: Mob Wars, does not feature free-roaming environments. Instead, the game is restricted to a series of story missions involving Aldo Trapani. However, Mob Wars includes a new turn-based strategy mode with the aim of controlling all of New York City by neutralizing the rival families, completed by issuing orders and executing them as real-time missions. The portable version of the game also lacks driving sections, even in the story missions, where driving segments are replaced with cutscenes.
The mobile version centers around a collection of minigames that guide the player through the storyline of the first movie. The mobile version was dubbed The Godfather Game.
Soundtrack[edit]

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Reception[edit]

[hide]Reception


Aggregate scores

Aggregator
Score
GameRankings (Xbox) 78.34%[5]
 (Wii) 77.15%[6]
 (PS2) 77.12%[7]
 (X360) 77.06%[8]
 (PC) 73.32%[9]
 (PS3) 71.78%[10]
 (PSP) 60.65%[11]
Metacritic (Xbox) 77/100[12]
 (Wii) 77/100[13]
 (X360) 77/100[14]
 (PS2) 75/100[15]
 (PC) 72/100[16]
 (PS3) 70/100[17]
 (PSP) 59/100[18]
Review scores

Publication
Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly 8/10[19]
Eurogamer (Wii) 7/10[20]
 6/10[21][22]
Game Informer (X360) 7.75/10[23]
 7.5/10[24][25]
 (Wii) 6.5/10[26]
 (PSP) 4.5/10[27]
GamePro 4.5/5 stars[28]
 (X360) 4/5 stars[29]
 (PSP) 3/5 stars[30]
Game Revolution B[31]
 (PS2 & Xbox) B−[32]
 (X360) C[33]
GameSpot 8.1/10[34]
 (X360) 7.9/10[35]
 (PS3 & Wii) 7.6/10[36][37]
 (PSP) 6/10[38]
GameSpy (X360) 4/5 stars[39]
3.5/5 stars[40][41]
 (PC, PSP & PS3) 3/5 stars[42][43][44]
GameTrailers 8.2/10[45]
 (Wii) 7.7/10[46]
GameZone (X360) 8.8/10[47]
 (Xbox) 8.5/10[48]
 (Wii) 8.4/10[49]
 (PS3) 8.2/10[50]
 8/10[51][52]
 (PSP) 6.5/10[53]
IGN (Wii) 8/10[3]
 7.9/10[54][55]
 (PS3) 7.5/10[56]
 (PSP) 6.2/10[57]
Nintendo Power 8/10[58]
Official PlayStation Magazine (US) (PS2) 4/5 stars[59]
 (PSP) 3/5 stars[60]
Official Xbox Magazine (X360) 7/10[61]
 (Xbox) 6.5/10[62]
PC Gamer US 73%[63]

Reviews of the game were mixed to positive, praising how faithful the game was to the movie. However, the director of the film trilogy, Francis Ford Coppola, did not approve of the game's release.[64] Coppola denounced the game, saying that he felt that the makers were profiteering from his original work. The average results on GameRankings and Metacritic are on the Reception chart to the right.
On GameSpot, the game was ranked separately in each of four categories. The PS2, Xbox, and PC versions were rated positively with an 8.1, however, the game was criticized for the recycling of shops and buildings, making it difficult to pinpoint the player's location within the game.[34] Mob Wars received a 6 for poor gameplay.[38] On the Xbox 360, the game received 7.9 for its minor improvements, including better explosions and textures.[35] The PS3 and Wii versions were rated 7.6.[36][37] IGN gave every iteration of the game a 7.9,[54][55] except the PSP version (6.2),[57] the PS3 version (7.5)[56] and the Wii version (8).[3]
Where the Xbox version received the highest number of scores due to positive reaction, the PSP version received the lowest number due to mixed or negative reviews. PALGN stated that "The Godfather on the PSP is too scaled down to be an enjoyable game, and simply has too many flaws which stops the game from being a worthwhile recommendation."[65] Game Informer also gave it a negative review, stating, "This sad excuse for a port doesn't even deserve a body bag. Just toss it in the river."[27] 1UP.com agreed that the game has "a series of random mini-missions pushing you further away from feeling like you're a Corleone."[66] GameSpy stated that "The action portions of the game can be fairly called a stripped-down version of the console game, and the strategic Mob Wars mode feels poorly balanced and hinges more on its problematic action sequences than on real strategy."[43] GamePro was a bit more positive in stating, "The best thing you can say about The Godfather is at least the developers didn't just slap the console version into a handheld and call it [a] day."[30]

Sequel[edit]
Main article: The Godfather II (video game)
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The Godfather (1991 video game)
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The Godfather
The Godfather
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Developer(s) U.S. Gold
Publisher(s) U.S. Gold
Platform(s) DOS
Release date(s) NA 1991

Genre(s) Action-adventure game
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution Floppy disks x 6
The Godfather is a DOS-based game that was released on six floppy disks and had five levels of gameplay. The plot revolves around all three films in the trilogy. The game levels reflect the locations which were seen in the movies, including the streets of New York City, Miami, and the village of Corleone in Sicily.
Gameplay[edit]
The Godfather is a side scrolling shooter with occasional first person shooter sequences. The object of the game consists of getting to the end of the levels while shooting enemy gangsters on the street. The player must be careful not to hit any innocent people, or the game will end. At the end of every level, there is a boss, as well as brief mini games which must be completed to proceed in the game. The last level consists of taking down an enemy helicopter while protecting Michael Corleone; this scene was featured in the third film, when Michael has a reunion with the family members.
References[edit]
The Godfather (1991) at GameFAQs


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The Godfather Part III
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The Godfather Part III
An older man, hands held together as if praying.
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola
Written by
Mario Puzo
 Francis Ford Coppola
Starring
Al Pacino
Diane Keaton
Talia Shire
Andy García
Eli Wallach
Joe Mantegna
George Hamilton
Sofia Coppola

Music by
Carmine Coppola
Theme:
Nino Rota
Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
Barry Malkin
Lisa Fruchtman
Walter Murch

Production
   company
American Zoetrope
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
December 25, 1990

Running time
170 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
 Sicilian
Budget
US$54 million
Box office
$136,766,062[1]
The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. It completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who tries to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also weaves into its plot a fictionalized account of two real-life events: the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–1982; both are linked with the affairs of Michael Corleone. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Andy García, and features Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, and Sofia Coppola.
Coppola and Puzo originally wanted the title to be The Death of Michael Corleone but this was not acceptable to Paramount Pictures. Coppola subsequently stated that The Godfather series is two films, and Part III is the epilogue. Part III received mixed reviews compared to the critical acclaim of the first two films. It grossed $136,766,062 and was nominated for seven Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Pre-production
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Accolades
5 Historical background
6 Soundtrack
7 See also
8 References
9 Sources
10 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1979, Michael Corleone is nearing 60 and wracked with guilt for his ruthless rise to power, especially ordering the murder of his brother Fredo. By now, he has mostly retired from the Mafia, leaving the Corleone family's criminal interests in the hands of enforcer Joey Zasa, and is using his tremendous wealth and power to restore his reputation via numerous acts of charity. Michael and Kay have been divorced since 1960, and Michael gave her custody of their children, Anthony and Mary.
At a ceremony in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Michael is named a Commander of the Order of St. Sebastian. At a party following the ceremony, Anthony tells his father that he is going to drop out of law school to pursue a career as an opera singer. Kay supports his choice, but Michael disagrees, wishing that his son would either finish law school or join the family business, but Anthony refuses to have anything to do with his father's "legacy". Michael and Kay have an uneasy reunion, in which Kay tells him that Anthony knows the truth about Fredo's death.
Vincent Mancini, the illegitimate son of Michael's late brother Sonny, shows up at the party. He is embroiled in a feud with Zasa, who has involved the Corleone family in major drug trafficking and turned Little Italy into a slum. Michael's sister Connie arranges a "sit-down" between Vincent and Zasa in Michael's study. The discussion erupts into a fight, in which Vincent bites Zasa on the ear. That night Vincent has a one-night stand with a journalist named Grace Hamilton. Two men armed with knives and a gun break in and try to kill him. Vincent kills them both, but not before learning that Zasa sent them. Michael is troubled by Vincent's fiery temper, but is nonetheless impressed by his loyalty, and agrees to take his nephew under his wing.
Michael busies himself with the biggest deal of his career: He has recently bought up enough stock in International Immobiliare, an international real estate holding company known as "the world's biggest landlord", to become its largest single shareholder, with six seats on the company's 13-member board of directors. He now makes a tender offer to buy the Vatican's 25% interest in the company, which will give him controlling interest. Knowing that Archbishop Gilday, who serves as head of the Vatican Bank, has run up a massive deficit, he negotiates a deal to pay $600 million to the Bank in exchange for the shares. The deal is quickly approved by Immobiliare's board. However, it must be ratified in Rome by Pope Paul VI, who is gravely ill. Without his word, the deal is in limbo.
Don Altobello, an elderly New York Mafia boss and old friend of the Corleones (as well as Connie's godfather), soon visits Michael, telling him that his old partners on the Commission want in on the Immobiliare deal. Michael, however, is adamant that the deal shall be untainted by Mafia involvement. A meeting is arranged, and Michael appeases most of the Mafia bosses with payoffs from the sale of his Las Vegas holdings. Zasa, however, gets nothing and declares that Michael is his enemy and storms out. Altobello tells Michael that he will try to reason with Zasa and follows close behind. Minutes later, a helicopter hovers outside the conference room and sprays it with machine gun fire. Most of the other mob bosses are killed, but Michael, Vincent, and Michael's bodyguard, Al Neri, escape. Back at his penthouse in New York, Al Neri tells Michael that those mob bosses who escaped the massacre made deals with Zasa. Michael knows that Zasa was not the mastermind of the massacre due to Zasa's being "muscle" and not having the cunning to organize such a scheme. Vincent wants to kill Zasa, but Michael refuses. As he considers how to respond to the situation, he suffers a diabetic stroke and is hospitalized, but not before realizing Altobello is the traitor.
As Michael recuperates, Vincent begins a romantic relationship with Mary and plots revenge against Zasa. Neri and Connie give Vincent permission to act. During a street festival hosted by Zasa's Italian American civil rights group, Vincent's men gun down Zasa's bodyguards. Vincent, disguised as a policeman on horseback, shoots Zasa dead. When Michael discovers this, he berates Vincent for his rashness. Michael also insists that Vincent end his relationship with Mary, because Vincent's involvement in the family's criminal enterprises puts her life in jeopardy.
The family takes a vacation to Sicily in preparation for Anthony's operatic debut in Palermo at the Teatro Massimo. They stay at the villa of Corleone family friend Don Tommasino. Michael tells Vincent to speak with Altobello and tell him that he is planning to leave the Corleone family. Altobello supports the idea of Vincent's switching his allegiance, and introduces him to Don Licio Lucchesi, a powerful Italian political figure and Immobiliare's chairman. Michael realizes that the Immobiliare deal is an elaborate conspiracy among Lucchesi, Archbishop Gilday, and Vatican accountant Frederick Keinszig to swindle him out of his money, and visits Cardinal Lamberto, the man favored to become the next Pope, to speak about the deal. Lamberto convinces Michael to make his first confession in 30 years, in which he tearfully admits to ordering Fredo's murder. Lamberto tells Michael that he deserves to suffer for his sins, but that his life could still be redeemed.
Shortly after the meeting between Vincent and Lucchesi, Altobello travels to the small village of Montelepre, where he hires Mosca, a veteran hitman, to assassinate Michael. A few days later, Mosca and his son, disguised as priests, attempt to kidnap Don Tommasino and force him to allow them entry to his villa. Tommasino refuses, and Mosca kills him. While touring Sicily with Kay, who has arrived for Anthony’s operatic debut, Michael asks for her forgiveness. As they both admit that they still love each other, Michael receives word that Tommasino is dead. At the funeral, Michael swears over his old friend's coffin to sin no more.
After the death of Pope Paul VI, Cardinal Lamberto is elected Pope John Paul I, which means that the Immobiliare deal will likely be ratified. The new Pope's intentions come as a death knell to the plot against the ratification of the Immobiliare deal, prompting frantic attempts by the plotters to cover their own tracks. Vincent tells Michael that he has learned from Altobello of Mosca's plot on his life. Michael sees that his nephew is a changed man, and makes him the new Don of the Corleone family. In exchange, Vincent agrees to put an end to his relationship with Mary.
The family travels to Palermo to see Anthony perform the lead in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, a tale of murderous revenge in a Sicilian setting. Meanwhile, Vincent exacts his own revenge:
Keinszig is abducted by Vincent's men, who smother him with a pillow and hang him from a bridge to make his death look like a suicide.
Don Altobello, also attending the opera, eats poisoned cannoli that his goddaughter Connie gives him. He dies as Connie watches from her opera box.
Al Neri travels to the Vatican, where he shoots Archbishop Gilday.
Finally, Calò (Tommasino's former bodyguard) meets with Don Lucchesi at his office, claiming to bear a message from Michael. As he pretends to whisper the message to Lucchesi, Calò stabs him in the jugular vein with his own glasses.
The killings are too late to save the Pope, however. Just hours after he approves the Immobiliare deal, the Pope drinks poisoned tea provided to him by Archbishop Gilday and soon dies in his bed.
Mosca, still disguised as a priest and armed with a sniper rifle, descends upon the opera house during Anthony's performance, eliminating three of Vincent's men but is unable to shoot Michael from a box before the opera ends. The assassin retreats to the opera house façade's staircase and tries to kill Michael there. At the same moment, Mary confronts her father about the forced break-up with Vincent. Mosca fires twice, wounding Michael and accidentally killing Mary. Vincent then shoots him dead. As Kay and Connie weep, Michael cradles Mary's body in his arms and screams in agony.
The scene dissolves to a short montage of Michael's memories of all the women he has lost, composed of scenes with Mary, Kay, and Apollonia.
The film ends with Michael, an old man, sitting in the garden of Don Tommasino's Sicilian villa as he eats an orange, a symbol in the Godfather trilogy of coming death. He slumps over in his chair, falls sideways to the ground, and dies alone, with only his dog present.
Cast[edit]
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
Andy García as Vincent Corleone
Diane Keaton as Kay Adams-Corleone
Talia Shire as Connie Corleone
Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone
Eli Wallach as Don Altobello
George Hamilton as B. J. Harrison
Joe Mantegna as Joey Zasa
Richard Bright as Al Neri
Bridget Fonda as Grace Hamilton
Raf Vallone as Cardinal Lamberto
Franc D'Ambrosio as Anthony Corleone
Donal Donnelly as Archbishop Gilday
Helmut Berger as Frederick Keinszig
Don Novello as Dominic Abbandando
John Savage as Father Andrew Hagen
Mario Donatone as Mosca
Vittorio Duse as Don Tommasino
Enzo Robutti as Don Licio Lucchesi
Al Martino as Johnny Fontane
Jessica DiCicco as Child
Pre-production[edit]
Coppola felt that the first two films had told the complete Corleone saga. In his audio commentary for Part II, he stated that only a dire financial situation caused by the failure of One from the Heart compelled him to take up Paramount's long-standing offer to make a third installment.[2]
According to an article in Premiere,[citation needed] Coppola and Puzo requested six months to complete a first draft of the script with a release date of Easter 1991. Paramount agreed to give them six weeks for the script and, lacking a holiday movie, a release date of Christmas Day 1990.
Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Talia Shire reprised their roles from the first two films. According to Coppola's audio commentary on the film in The Godfather DVD Collection, Robert Duvall refused to take part unless he was paid a salary comparable to Pacino's. On an episode of Inside the Actors Studio,[when?] Duvall said he understood that Pacino was the star but felt insulted by the difference in their salaries, saying "if they paid Pacino twice what they paid me, that's fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did."[3] When Duvall dropped out, Coppola rewrote the screenplay to portray Tom Hagen as having died before the story begins. Coppola created the character B. J. Harrison, played by George Hamilton, to replace the Hagen character in the story. Coppola stated that, to him, the movie feels incomplete "without [Robert] Duvall's participation." According to Coppola, had Duvall agreed to take part in the film, the Hagen character would have been heavily involved in running the Corleone charities.
The first draft of a script had been written by Dean Riesner in 1979, based on a story by Mario Puzo. This script centered around Michael Corleone's son, Anthony, a naval officer working for the CIA, and the Corleone family's involvement with a plot to assassinate a Central American dictator.[4] Almost none of the elements of this early script carried over to the final film, but one scene from the film — in which two men break into Vincent's house — exists in the Riesner draft and is nearly unchanged.[5]
Coppola says that he felt The Godfather saga was essentially Michael's story, one about how "a good man becomes evil," as the writer/director puts it on the same commentary track referenced above. Coppola says he felt that Michael had not really "paid for his sins" committed in the second film and wanted this final chapter to demonstrate that. In keeping with this theme, Coppola completely re-wrote the script.
Julia Roberts was originally cast as Mary, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[6] Madonna wanted to play the role, but Coppola felt she was too old for the part.[7] Rebecca Schaeffer was set to audition,[8] but she was murdered. Winona Ryder dropped out of the film at the last minute.[6] Ultimately Sofia Coppola, the director's daughter, was given the role of Michael Corleone's daughter. Her much-criticized performance resulted in her father being accused of nepotism, a charge Coppola denies in the commentary track, asserting that, in his opinion, critics, "beginning with an article in Vanity Fair," were "using [my] daughter to attack me," something he finds ironic in light of the film's denouement when the Mary character pays the ultimate price for her father's sins.
As an infant, Sofia Coppola had played Michael Corleone's infant nephew in The Godfather, during the climactic baptism/murder montage at the end of that film. (Sofia Coppola also appeared in The Godfather Part II, as a small immigrant child in the scene where the nine-year-old Vito Corleone arrives by steamer at Ellis Island.) The character of Michael's sister Connie is played by Francis Ford Coppola's sister, Talia Shire (making her both Mary and Sofia's aunt). Other Coppola relatives with cameos in the film included his mother, father (who wrote and conducted much of the music in the film), uncle and granddaughter, Gia.[9] Michele Russo, who plays the son of the assassin Mosca, is also a distant Coppola relative, from the same town as Francis Ford Coppola's great-grandmother.[citation needed] In addition, Coppola cast Catherine Scorsese, mother of Martin Scorsese, in a small part.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
At Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a mixed response with a 67% rating, based on reviews from 57 critics.[10] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 60, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[11]
Common criticisms have included Sofia Coppola's acting, the plot being too outlandish and convoluted, and being too based on continuity, rather than just a "stand alone" story.[12][13]
In his review, Roger Ebert stated that it is "not even possible to understand this film without knowing the first two." Nonetheless, Ebert wrote an enthusiastic review, awarding the film three-and-a-half stars, a better rating than he gave The Godfather Part II in an earlier review.[14] However, he gave 4 stars for The Godfather Part II in his 2008 re-rating[15] and included it in his list of Great Movies but excluded The Godfather Part III. He also defended the casting of Sofia Coppola, who he felt was not miscast, stating, "There is no way to predict what kind of performance Francis Ford Coppola might have obtained from Winona Ryder, the experienced and talented young actress, who was originally set to play this role. But I think Sofia Coppola brings a quality of her own to Mary Corleone. A certain up-front vulnerability and simplicity that I think are appropriate and right for the role."
Ebert's colleague, Gene Siskel, also highly praised the film and placed it on his list of the ten best films of 1990 (#10). Siskel admitted that the ending was the film's weakest part, citing Al Pacino's makeup as very poor. He also said, “[Another] problem is the casting of Sofia Coppola, who is out of her acting league here. She’s supposed to be Andy Garcia’s love interest but no sparks fly. He’s more like her babysitter.” In response to Ebert’s defense of Sofia, Siskel said: “I know what you’re saying about her being sort of natural and not the polished bombshell, and that would’ve been wrong. There is one, a photographer in the picture, who takes care of that role, but at the same time, I don’t think it’s explained why [Vincent] really comes on to her, unless this guy is the most venal, craven guy, but look who he’s playing around with. He’s playing around with the Godfather’s daughter.” [16]
Leonard Maltin, giving the film three out of four stars, stated that the film is "masterfully told", but that casting Sofia Coppola was an "almost-fatal flaw."[citation needed]
Accolades[edit]
 The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Andy García), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Dean Tavoularis, Gary Fettis), Best Music, Song (for Carmine Coppola and John Bettis for "Promise Me You'll Remember").[17][18] It is the only film in the series not to have Al Pacino nominated for an Academy Award (he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather and for Best Actor for The Godfather Part II). It 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. It is, however, the first trilogy to be nominated for Best Picture in each of the installments, and the only sequel to win the coveted prize after the original film won.
American Film Institute recognition:
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." – Nominated[19]

The film was also nominated for seven Golden Globes Awards, but did not win.[20] Sofia Coppola won two Golden Raspberry Awards for both Worst Supporting Actress and Worst New Star.

Award
Category
Nominee
Result
63rd Academy Awards Best Picture Francis Ford Coppola Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Andy García Nominated
Best Music, Original Song "Promise Me You'll Remember" (Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyrics by John Bettis) Nominated
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Dean Tavoularis and Gary Fettis Nominated
Best Cinematography Gordon Willis Nominated
Best Film Editing Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, and Walter Murch Nominated
43rd Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Francis Ford Coppola Nominated
48th Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture - Drama  Nominated
Best Director - Motion Picture Francis Ford Coppola Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Al Pacino Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Andy García Nominated
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Nominated
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Carmine Coppola Nominated
Best Original Song - Motion Picture "Promise Me You'll Remember" (Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyrics by John Bettis) Nominated
11th Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actress Sofia Coppola Won
Worst New Star Won
Historical background[edit]
Main article: Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories
Parts of the film are very loosely based on real historical events concerning the ending of the papacy of Paul VI, and the very short duration of John Paul I in 1978, and the collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano in 1982. Like the character Cardinal Lamberto, who becomes John Paul I, the historical John Paul I, Albino Luciani, reigned for only a very short time before being found dead in his bed.
Journalist David Yallop argues that Luciani was planning a reform of Vatican finances and that he died by poisoning; these claims are reflected in the film.[21] Yallop also names as a suspect Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, who was the head of the Vatican bank, like the character Archbishop Gilday in the film. However, while Marcinkus was noted for his muscular physique and Chicago origins, Gilday is a mild Irishman. The character has also drawn comparisons to Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, as he was in charge of the Vatican finances during the approximate period in which the movie was based.[22]
The character of Frederick Keinszig, the Swiss banker who is murdered and left hanging under a bridge, mirrors the fate (and physical appearance) of Roberto Calvi, the Italian head of the Banco Ambrosiano who was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982 (It was unclear whether it was a case of suicide or, as the Italian idiom has it, "being suicided"- in other words murder. Courts in Italy have recently ruled the latter.) [23] The name "Keinszig" is taken from Manuela Kleinszig, the girlfriend of Flavio Carbone who was indicted as one of Roberto Calvi's murderers in 2005.[24]
On the audio commentary of the DVD, Francis Ford Coppola states that the character of Don Licio Lucchesi would be very recognizable for Italian citizens. The thick-rimmed glasses, the official police bodyguard while Michael meets the Don in Sicily, and a single quote at the end of the movie are supposedly clues that Don Lucchesi is (at least partly) based on Giulio Andreotti.
The killing of Joey Zasa is reminiscent of the shooting of Joseph Colombo in a street parade.
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's soundtrack received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Score.[25] Also, the film's love theme, Promise Me You'll Remember (subtitled "Love Theme from The Godfather Part III") sung by Harry Connick, Jr., received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Song.
Al Martino, Johnny Fontane in The Godfather and The Godfather Part III, sings "To Each His Own".
See also[edit]
List of films featuring diabetes
Cheers television episode
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather Part III (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
2.Jump up ^ The Godfather Part II DVD commentary featuring Francis Ford Coppola, [2005]
3.Jump up ^ Robert Duvall – Biography
4.Jump up ^ "The Godfather Part III (1979 script)" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-04.
5.Jump up ^ "The Godfather Part III (1979 script), pp 53-57" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-03-04.
6.^ Jump up to: a b "Death in the family". The Guardian. April 15, 2000. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ Nick Browne, ed. (2000). Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy. Cambridge University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780521559508.
8.Jump up ^ Ojumu, Akin (February 16, 2003). "Brad Silbering: The family that grieves together...". The Observer. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Coppola Family Cameos". Destination Hollywood. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
11.Jump up ^ "The Godfather: Part III Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
12.Jump up ^ New York Times Retrieved March 2009; The Godfather Part III (1990)
13.Jump up ^ Kakutani, Michiko (November 12, 2004). "You Think You're Out, but They Try to Pull You Back In". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (December 25, 1990). "The Godfather, Part III Movie Review (1990)". Retrieved August 22, 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert The Godfather, Part II Movie Review (1974) October 2, 2008
16.Jump up ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uqZegZtTNU
17.Jump up ^ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
18.Jump up ^ "Academy Awards, Retrieved March 2009". Search.oscars.org. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
19.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees
20.Jump up ^ The Godfather Part III, 7 Nomination(s) | 0 Win(s) | 1991. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
21.Jump up ^ The 80 greatest conspiracies of all time: history's biggest mysteries, coverups, and cabals, By Jonathan Vankin, John Whalen; Published by Citadel Press, 2004; ISBN 0-8065-2531-2, ISBN 978-0-8065-2531-0 page 172-174
22.Jump up ^ The 80 greatest conspiracies of all time: history's biggest mysteries, coverups, and cabals, By Jonathan Vankin, John Whalen; Published by Citadel Press, 2004; ISBN 0-8065-2531-2, ISBN 978-0-8065-2531-0 page 178-179
23.Jump up ^ The Economist, Published by The Economist Newspaper Ltd., 1843; Item notes: v. 286-289, Original from the University of California
24.Jump up ^ Civil Liability for Pure Economic Loss: Proceedings of the Annual International Colloquium of the United Kingdom National, Committee of Comparative Law Held in Norwich, September, 1994, By Efstathios K. Banakas, United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law; Contributor Efstathios K. Banakas; Published by Kluwer Law International, 1996; ISBN 90-411-0908-0, ISBN 978-90-411-0908-8
25.Jump up ^ Retrieved March 2009 The Godfather: Part III (1990) Soundtrack
Sources[edit]
Rupert Cornwell, God's Banker: The Life and Death of Roberto Calvi, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984.
David Yallop, In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I, Corgi, 1987
Director's Commentary track on The Godfather Part III DVD by Francis Ford Coppola; included in The Godfather DVD Collection
External links[edit]
 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Godfather Part III
The Godfather Part III at the Internet Movie Database
The Godfather Part III at the TCM Movie Database
The Godfather Part III at Box Office Mojo
The Godfather Part III at AllMovie
The Godfather Part III at Rotten Tomatoes


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The Godfather Part II
Godfather part ii.jpg
Original film poster

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay by
Francis Ford Coppola
Mario Puzo

Based on
The Godfather
 by Mario Puzo
Starring
Al Pacino
Robert Duvall
Diane Keaton
Robert De Niro
Talia Shire
Morgana King
John Cazale
Marianna Hill
Lee Strasberg

Music by
Nino Rota
Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
Peter Zinner
Barry Malkin
Richard Marks

Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
December 20, 1974

Running time
200 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Sicilian

Budget
$13 million
Box office
$47,542,841[1]
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime epic produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, 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 story of Michael Corleone (Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone crime family, protecting his family business ventures in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone (De Niro), from his harrowing childhood escape from Sicily in 1901 to the desperate founding of his family enterprise in New York City.
The film was released in 1974 to great critical acclaim, some deeming it superior to the original.[2] Nominated for eleven Academy Awards and the first sequel to win for Best Picture, its six Oscars included Best Director for Coppola, Best Supporting Actor for De Niro and Best Adapted Screenplay for Coppola and Puzo. Pacino won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Both this film and its predecessor remain highly influential films in the gangster genre. In 1997, the American Film Institute ranked it as the 32nd-greatest film in American film history and it kept its rank 10 years later.[3] It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry in 1993.[4]
A sequel, The Godfather Part III, was released 16 years later in 1990.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Box office
5 Reception
6 Releases for television and video 6.1 Restoration
7 Accolades 7.1 American Film Institute recognition
8 Video game
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1901 Corleone, Sicily, nine-year-old Vito Andolini’s family is killed after his father insults local Mafia chieftain Don Ciccio. He escapes to New York and is registered as "Vito Corleone" on Ellis Island.
On the occasion of the 1958 first communion party for his son, Michael Corleone has a series of meetings in his role as the Don of his crime family. With Nevada Senator Pat Geary, he discusses the terms of a fourth state gaming license for the Corleones, but the two only trade insults and demand payoffs. Johnny Ola arrives to express support for Michael on behalf of Florida gangster Hyman Roth. At the same time as the Don tries to manage his depressed sister Connie and older brother Fredo, Corleone caporegime Frank Pentangeli is upset that his boss will not help him defend New York against the Rosato brothers, who work for the Jewish Roth. That night, Michael survives an assassination attempt at his home and puts consigliere Tom Hagen in charge, reassuring him of their fraternal bond.
In 1917, Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) lives in a tenement with his wife Carmela and son Sonny, and works in a New York grocery store owned by the father of a close friend. A member of the Black Hand, Don Fanucci, who extorts protection payments from local businesses, forces the store owner to fire Vito and give his job to Fanucci's nephew. As a favor to his neighbor, Peter Clemenza, Vito hides a stash of guns; in return, he is invited to the burglary of a rich apartment. His share of the loot is a plush rug, which he lays in his own living room.
In Miami, Michael tells Roth that Pentangeli was behind the assassination attempt; he then tells Pentangeli that Roth ordered it and asks him to cooperate. Pentangeli meets the Rosatos; their men ambush him, saying they act on Michael's orders, but a passing policeman interrupts them and they flee, leaving Pentangeli for dead.
Geary finds himself in Fredo's brothel with a dead prostitute and no memory of how he got there; he accepts Tom's offer of "friendship" to cover up the incident.
After witnessing a rebel suicide bombing in Havana, Cuba, Michael becomes convinced of the rebels' resolve to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista. Fredo brings Michael the money for a deal with Roth, but instead of turning it over to Roth, Michael asks who put out the hit on Pentangeli. Roth is reminded of his late friend Moe Greene—dead in a spate of Corleone killing—saying, "This is the business we've chosen. I didn't ask who gave the order because it had nothing to do with business!" As they go to the President's New Year's Eve party, Michael tells Fredo that he knows Roth plans to kill him as he leaves the party and later Fredo reveals that he knew Johnny Ola, despite his previous denial. Michael's bodyguard strangles Ola but is killed by police before he can finish off the ailing Roth. Michael embraces his brother, revealing that he knows he was behind the plot on his life but the party breaks up as word spreads that the rebels are taking over, and Fredo flees in the chaos. Back home, Tom informs Michael that Roth is recovering in Miami and that Kay's pregnancy has miscarried.
Three years later, two more sons—Fredo and Michael—have been born to Vito. He and his partners (Clemenza and Sal Tessio) face extortion by Don Fanucci, who demands they let him "wet his beak" from their recent burglary or he will have the police ruin the Corleone family. Vito persuades his partners to pay Fanucci less than he asks and promises he will "make him an offer he won't refuse" as a favor to them. During a neighborhood festa, Vito meets with Fanucci and earns his respect. He then follows Fanucci, surprises him in his apartment foyer, shoots and kills him, takes back his partners' money and escapes.
In Washington, D.C., a Senate committee investigating the Corleone family cannot find evidence to implicate Michael until a surprise witness is called. Pentangeli, ensconced in FBI witness protection and ready to avenge the attempt on his life, is prepared to confirm accusations against Michael until his Sicilian brother attends the hearing at the Don's side; Pentangeli denies his sworn statements and the hearing dissolves in an uproar. Afterwards, Michael violently prevents Kay from leaving with their children; she retaliates with the revelation that her miscarriage was actually an abortion.
Vito has become a respected figure in his New York community. He confronts a landlord who doesn't know him, offering extra money to let a widow keep her apartment. The landlord says he has already leased it and becomes angry when Vito demands that he allow her to keep her dog. Later the landlord learns that he may have offended the wrong person. Terrified, he returns to assure Vito that the widow can stay, along with her dog, at a reduced rent.
Michael and Tom observe that Roth's strategy to destroy Michael is well planned. Fredo has been found and persuaded to return to Nevada, and in a private meeting he explains his betrayal to Michael; he was upset about being passed over to head the family, and helped Roth, thinking there would be something in it for him. He swears he was unaware of their plan to kill Michael. He tells Michael that the Senate Committee's chief counsel is on Roth's payroll. Michael disowns Fredo and instructs Al Neri that "nothing is to happen to him while my mother's alive."
Vito, together with his young family, visits Sicily for the first time. He is introduced to the elderly Don Ciccio by Don Tommasino as the man who imports their olive oil to America, and who wants his blessing. When Ciccio asks Vito who his father was, Vito says, "My father's name was Antonio Andolini, and this is for you!" He then plunges a large knife into the old man's stomach and carves it open. As they flee, Tommasino is shot and injured.
Carmela Corleone dies. At the funeral, a reformed Connie implores Michael to forgive Fredo. Michael relents and embraces Fredo, but stares intently at Al Neri. Roth is refused asylum and even entry to Israel. Over Tom's dissent, Michael plans his revenge. Tom visits Pentangeli and offers to spare his family, reminding him that failed plotters against the Roman Emperor took their own lives.
Connie helps Kay visit her children, but Michael closes the door on any forgiveness.
As he arrives in Miami to be taken into custody, Hyman Roth is shot in the stomach and killed by Rocco Lampone, who is immediately shot dead by FBI agents. Frank Pentangeli is discovered dead in his bathtub with slit wrists. Al shoots Fredo while they are fishing on Lake Tahoe.
On December 7, 1941, the Corleone family gathers to surprise Vito for his fiftieth birthday. Sonny introduces Carlo Rizzi to Connie. Tessio comes in with the cake, and they discuss the attack on Pearl Harbor. Michael announces he has left college to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, leaving Sonny furious, Tom incredulous, and Fredo the only brother supportive. Vito is heard at the door and all but Michael leave the room to greet him.
Michael sits alone by the lake at the family compound.
Cast[edit]
##Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
##Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen
##Diane Keaton as Kay Adams-Corleone
##Robert De Niro as Young Vito Corleone
##John Cazale as Fredo Corleone
##Talia Shire as Connie Corleone
##Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth
##Michael V. Gazzo as Frank Pentangeli          
##Morgana King as Carmela Corleone
##G. D. Spradlin as Senator Pat Geary
##Richard Bright as Al Neri
##Marianna Hill as Deanna Corleone
##Gastone Moschin as Don Fanucci
##Troy Donahue as Merle Johnson
##Dominic Chianese as Johnny Ola
##Amerigo Tot as Michael's bodyguard
##Joe Spinell as Willi Cicci
 ##Bruno Kirby as Young Peter Clemenza
##Frank Sivero as Young Genco Abbandando
##Maria Carta as the mother of Vito Corleone
##Francesca De Sapio as Young Carmela Corleone
##Giuseppe Sillato as Don Francesco Ciccio
##Roman Coppola as Young Santino Corleone
##John Megna as Young Hyman Roth
##Julian Voloshin as Sam Roth
##Larry Guardino as Vito's uncle
##Danny Aiello as Tony Rosato
##John Aprea as Young Salvatore Tessio
##Leopoldo Trieste as Signor Roberto
##Salvatore Po as Vincenzo Pentangeli
##Harry Dean Stanton as FBI agent
##James Caan as Sonny Corleone (cameo)
##Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Tessio (cameo)
##Gianni Russo as Carlo Rizzi (cameo)

##James Caan agreed to reprise the role of Sonny in the birthday flashback sequence demanding he be paid the same amount he received for the entire previous film for the single scene in Part II, which he received.
##Marlon Brando initially agreed to return for the birthday flashback sequence, but the actor, feeling mistreated by the board at Paramount, failed to show up for the single day's shooting; Coppola rewrote the scene that same day.
##Richard Castellano, who portrayed Peter Clemenza in the first film, also declined to return, as he and the producers could not reach an agreement on his demands that he be allowed to write the character's dialogue in the film. The part in the plot originally intended for the latter-day Clemenza was then filled by the character of Frank Pentangeli, played by Michael V. Gazzo.
##Troy Donahue, in a small role as Connie's boyfriend, plays a character named Merle Johnson, which was his birth name.
##Two actors who appear in the film played different character roles in other Godfather films; Carmine Caridi, who plays Carmine Rosato, also went on to play crime boss Albert Volpe in The Godfather Part III, and Frank Sivero, who plays a young Genco Abbandando, appears as a bystander in The Godfather scene in which Sonny beats up Carlo for abusing Connie.
##Among the actors depicting Senators in the hearing committee are film producer/director Roger Corman, writer/producer William Bowers, producer Phil Feldman, and science-fiction writer Richard Matheson.
Production[edit]



 Original screenplay in the National Museum of the Cinema in Turin
The Godfather Part II was shot between October 1, 1973 and June 19, 1974, and was the last major American motion picture to have release prints made with Technicolor's dye imbibition process until the late 1990s. The scenes that took place in Cuba were shot in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[5] Charles Bluhdorn, whose Gulf+Western conglomerate owned Paramount, felt strongly about developing the Dominican Republic as a movie-making site.
The Lake Tahoe house and grounds portrayed in the film are Fleur du Lac, the summer estate of Henry J. Kaiser on the California side of the lake. The only structures used in the movie that still remain are the complex of old native stone boathouses with their wrought iron gates. Although Fleur du Lac is private property and no one is allowed ashore there, the boathouses and multi-million dollar condominiums may be viewed from the lake.
Unlike with the first film, Coppola was given near-complete control over production. In his commentary, he said this resulted in a shoot that ran very smoothly despite multiple locations and two narratives running parallel within one film.[6]
Production nearly ended before it began when Pacino's lawyers told Coppola that he had grave misgivings with the script and was not coming. Coppola spent an entire night rewriting it before giving it to Pacino for his review. Pacino approved and the production went forward.[6]
Coppola discusses his decision to make this the first major motion picture to use "Part II" in its title in the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the film released in 2002. Paramount was initially opposed because they believed the audience would not be interested in an addition to a story they had already seen. But the director prevailed, and the film's success began the common practice of numbered sequels.
Still, three weeks prior to the release, film critics and journalists pronounced Part II a disaster. The cross-cutting between Vito and Michael's parallel stories were judged too frequent, not allowing enough time to leave a lasting impression on the audience. Coppola and the editors returned to the cutting room to change the film's narrative structure, but could not complete the work in time, leaving the final scenes poorly timed at the opening.[7]
Box office[edit]
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.[1] It was Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film of 1974 and was the fifth-highest-grossing picture in the North America that year.
Reception[edit]
The Godfather Part II ranks among the most critically and artistically successful films in history. Whether considered separately or with its predecessor as one work, it is widely accepted as one of world cinema's greatest achievements. Many critics compare it favorably to the original – although it is rarely ranked higher on lists of "greatest" films.
The Godfather Part II:
##Was featured on Sight and Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 1992 and 2002.
##Is ranked #7 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "100 Greatest Movies of All Time".
##Received only one negative review on Rotten Tomatoes and a "99%" approval rating, 1 point less than The Godfather, but 33 points more than The Godfather Part III.[8]
##Is ranked #1 on TV Guide's 1998 list of the "50 Greatest Movies of All Time on TV and Video".[9]
Pacino's performance in The Godfather Part II has been praised as perhaps his best, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was criticized for not awarding him the Best Actor Oscar which went that year to Art Carney for his role in Harry and Tonto. It has come to be seen by some as one of the greatest performances in film history. In 2006, Premiere issued its list of "The 100 Greatest Performances of all Time", ranking Pacino's performance at #20.[10] Later in 2009, Total Film issued "The 150 Greatest Performances of All Time", ranking Pacino's performance at #4.[11]
In the chapter "The Speeches We Keep in Our Heads" from her 1998 book Simply Speaking, former television writer and Ronald Reagan's speechwriter, Peggy Noonan, analyzes "Lee Strasberg's great speech, given as Hyman Roth stood, weak and furious, before cold-eyed Michael Corleone" and explains what makes it powerful and memorable. She urges:
"Stop here and go out and rent The Godfather, Part II. In the middle of that movie, you will find a speech that is one of the most famous of our time, and that a lot of people keep parts of in their heads. (If I were making a compendium of great speeches of the latter half of the twentieth century I would include it.)"[12]
Releases for television and video[edit]
Main article: The Godfather Saga
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, because it toned down the violent, sexual, and profane material, received a rating of TV-14 for its NBC debut on November 18, 1977. In 1981, Paramount released the Godfather Epic boxed set, which also told the story of the first two films in chronological order, again with additional scenes, but not redacted for broadcast sensibilities. Coppola returned to the film again in 1992 when he updated that release with footage from The Godfather Part III and more unreleased material. This home viewing release, under the title The Godfather Trilogy 1901–1980, had a total run time of 583 minutes (9 hours, 43 minutes), not including the set's bonus documentary by Jeff Werner on the making of the films, "The Godfather Family: A Look Inside".
The Godfather DVD Collection was released on October 9, 2001 in a package[13] 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 cinematography, Nino Rota's and Carmine Coppola's music, the director, the locations and Mario Puzo's screenplays. The DVD also held a Corleone family tree, a "Godfather" timeline, and footage of the Academy Award acceptance speeches.[14]
The restoration was confirmed by Francis Ford Coppola during a question-and-answer session for The Godfather Part III, when he said that he had just seen the new transfer and it was "terrific".
Restoration[edit]
After a careful restoration of the first two movies, The Godfather movies were released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 23, 2008, under the title The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration. The work was done by Robert A. Harris of Film Preserve. The Blu-ray Disc box set (four discs) includes high-definition extra features on the restoration and film. They are included on Disc 5 of the DVD box set (five discs).
Other extras are ported over from Paramount's 2001 DVD release. There are slight differences between the repurposed extras on the DVD and Blu-ray Disc sets, with the HD box having more content.[15]
Accolades[edit]
 This film was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture,[16] and remains the only time the prize went to a sequel of a Best Picture winner. Along with The Lord of the Rings it shares the distinction that all of its installments were nominated for Best Picture.

Award
Category
Nominee
Result
47th Academy Awards[16] Best Picture Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, and Fred Roos Won
Best Director Francis Ford Coppola Won
Best Actor in a Leading Role Al Pacino Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert De Niro Won
Michael V. Gazzo Nominated
Lee Strasberg Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Talia Shire Nominated
Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Won
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola Won
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, and George R. Nelson Won
Best Costume Design Theadora Van Runkle Nominated
29th British Academy Film Awards Best Actor Al Pacino (Also for Dog Day Afternoon) Won
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Robert De Niro Nominated
Best Film Music Nino Rota Nominated
Best Film Editing Peter Zinner, Barry Malkin, and Richard Marks Nominated
27th Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Francis Ford Coppola Won
32nd Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture – Drama  Nominated
Best Director – Motion Picture Francis Ford Coppola Nominated
Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama Al Pacino Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer – Male Lee Strasberg Nominated
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Nominated
Best Original Score Nino Rota Nominated
27th Writers Guild of America Awards Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Won
American Film Institute recognition[edit]
##1998 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #32
##2003 AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains: ##Michael Corleone – #11 Villain
##2005 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: ##"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." – #58
##"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart." – Nominated
##"Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel." – Nominated
##2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #32
##2008 AFI's 10 Top 10 – #3 Gangster film ##Epic film – Nominated

Video game[edit]
For more details on this topic, see The Godfather II (video game).
The video game based on the film was released in April 2009 by Electronic Arts.[17]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Box Office Information for The Godfather Part II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Stax (July 28, 2003). "Featured Filmmaker: Francis Ford Coppola". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
3.Jump up ^ "Citizen Kane Stands the test of Time". American Film Institute.
4.Jump up ^ "The National Film Registry List – Library of Congress". loc.gov. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
5.Jump up ^ "Movie Set Hotel: The Godfather II", HotelChatter, 12–05–2006.
6.^ Jump up to: a b The Godfather Part II DVD commentary featuring Francis Ford Coppola, [2005]
7.Jump up ^ The Godfather Family: A look Inside
8.Jump up ^ The Godfather, Part II Movie Reviewers – Rotten Tomatoes
9.Jump up ^ TV Guide list of 50 Best
10.Jump up ^ "The 100 Greatest Performances" filmsite.org
11.Jump up ^ "The 150 Greatest Performances Of All Time" TotalFilm. com
12.Jump up ^ Peggy Noonan (1998). "The Speeches We Keep in Our Heads". Simply Speaking (New York: ReganBooks): 46–57.
13.Jump up ^ "DVD review: 'The Godfather Collection'". DVD Spin Doctor. July 2007.
14.Jump up ^ The Godfather DVD Collection [2001]
15.Jump up ^ "Godfather: Coppola Restoration", September 23 on DVD Spin Doctor
16.^ Jump up to: a b "47th Academy Awards Winners | Oscar Legacy". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ "EA Announces New Street Date for The Godfather II". EA.com. February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
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This article is about the 1972 film. For the novel on which the film is based, see The Godfather (novel). For other uses, see Godfather (disambiguation).

The Godfather
The Godfather written on a black background in stylized white lettering, above it a hand holds puppet strings.
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by
Albert S. Ruddy
Screenplay by
Mario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola

Based on
The Godfather
 by Mario Puzo
Starring
Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
James Caan
Richard Castellano
Robert Duvall
Sterling Hayden
John Marley
Richard Conte
Diane Keaton

Music by
Nino Rota
Carmine Coppola
(additional music)

Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
William H. Reynolds
Peter Zinner[1]

Production
   company
Paramount Pictures
 Alfran Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
March 15, 1972 (New York premiere)[2]
March 24, 1972 (U.S. general release)[2]

Running time
175 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
 Sicilian
Budget
$6.5 million[3]
Box office
$245–286 million
The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. The film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning the years 1945 to 1955, centers on the transformation of Michael Corleone from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss while also chronicling the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone.
Based on Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name, The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema[4]—and as one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre.[5] Now ranked as the second greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute,[6] it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990.
The film was for a time the highest grossing picture ever made, and remains the box office leader for 1972. It won three Oscars that year: for Best Picture, for Best Actor (Brando) and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. Its nominations in seven other categories included Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor and Coppola for Best Director. The success spawned two sequels: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Direction
3.2 Coppola and Paramount
3.3 Writing
3.4 Casting
3.5 Filming 3.5.1 Locations
3.6 Music
4 Release 4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical response
4.3 Accolades
5 Cinematic influence 5.1 In popular culture
5.2 In film
5.3 In television
6 Releases for television and video 6.1 Restoration
6.2 Video game
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
On the day of his only daughter's wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests in his role as the Godfather, the Don of a New York crime family. Vito's youngest son, Michael, in a Marine Corps uniform, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to his family at the sprawling reception. Vito's godson Johnny Fontane, a popular singer, pleads for help in securing a coveted movie role, so Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to the abrasive studio head, Jack Woltz, to secure the casting. Woltz is unmoved until the morning he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.
Shortly before Christmas 1945, drug baron Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, backed by the Corleones' rivals, the Tattaglias, asks Vito for investment in the emerging drug trade and protection through his political connections. Vito disapproves of drug dealers, so he sends his enforcer, Luca Brasi, to spy on them. The family then receives two fish wrapped in Brasi's vest, imparting that he "sleeps with the fishes". An assassination attempt by Sollozzo's men lands Vito in the hospital, so his eldest son, Sonny, takes command. Sollozzo kidnaps Hagen to pressure Sonny to accept his deal. Michael thwarts a second assassination attempt on his father at the hospital; his jaw is broken by Police Captain McCluskey, who is also Sollozzo's bodyguard. Sonny retaliates for the attacks on his father by having Tattaglia's son killed. Michael comes up with a plan to hit Sollozzo and McCluskey: on the pretext of settling the dispute, Michael accepts their offer to meet in a Bronx restaurant, retrieves a planted handgun, and murders them.
Despite a clampdown from the authorities, the Five Families erupt in open warfare and the brothers fear for their safety. Michael takes refuge in Sicily, and Fredo Corleone is sheltered by associate Moe Greene in Las Vegas. Sonny attacks his brother-in-law Carlo on the street for abusing his sister Connie and threatens to kill him if he abuses her again. When it happens again, Sonny speeds for her home but assassins ambush him at a highway toll booth and riddle him with submachine gun fire. Michael's time abroad has led to marriage to Apollonia Vitelli. Their euphoria is shattered when a car bomb intended for him takes her life.
Devastated by Sonny's death, Vito decides to end the feuds. Believing that the Tattaglias were under orders of the now dominant Don Emilio Barzini, he promises, before the heads of the Five Families, to withdraw his opposition to their heroin business and forgo revenge for his son's murder. His safety guaranteed, Michael returns home to a father saddened by his involvement in the family business and marries Kay the next year.
With his father at the end of his career and his surviving brother too weak, Michael takes the reins of the family, promising Kay that he will make the business legitimate within five years. To that end, he insists Hagen relocate to Las Vegas and relinquish his role to Vito because Tom is not a "wartime consigliere"; the older man agrees Tom should "have no part in what will happen" in the coming battles with rival families. When Michael travels to Las Vegas to buy out Greene's stake in the family's casinos, Greene derides the Corleones as a fading power. To add injury to insult, Michael sees Fredo falling under Greene's sway.
Vito collapses and dies in his garden while playing with Michael's son, Anthony. At the funeral, Salvatore Tessio arranges a meeting between Michael and Don Barzini, signaling his treachery as Vito had warned. The meeting is set for the same day as the christening of Connie's son, to whom Michael will stand as godfather. As the christening proceeds, Corleone assassins, acting on Michael's orders, murder the other New York dons and Moe Greene. Tessio is told that Michael is aware of his betrayal and taken off to his death. After Carlo is questioned by Michael on his involvement in setting up Sonny's murder and confesses he was contacted by Barzini, Peter Clemenza kills him with a wire garrote. Michael is confronted by Connie, who accuses him of having her husband killed. He denies killing Carlo when questioned by Kay, an answer she accepts. As Kay watches warily, Michael receives his capos, who address him as the new Don Corleone.
Cast[edit]

A screenshot of Michael and Vito Corleone during The Godfather.

Al Pacino (left) as Michael Corleone, Vito Corleone portrayed by Marlon Brando.Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, formerly known as Vito Andolini, who is the Don (the "boss") of the Corleone family. He is a native Sicilian married to Carmela Corleone. Vito is the father of Sonny, Fredo, Michael, and Connie.
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, the Don's youngest son, recently returned from World War II. The only college-educated member of the family, Michael initially wants nothing to do with the "family business". He is the main protagonist of the story and his evolution from doe-eyed outsider to ruthless boss is the key plotline of the film.
James Caan as Santino "Sonny" Corleone, Don Corleone's hot-headed eldest son. As underboss, he is being groomed to succeed his father as head of the Corleone family.
Richard S. Castellano as Peter Clemenza, a caporegime for the Corleone family. He is also an old friend of Vito Corleone and Salvatore Tessio.
Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen, Don Corleone's informally adopted son, he is the family lawyer and consigliere (counselor). Unlike the Corleones, he is of German-Irish descent, not Sicilian.
Diane Keaton as Kay Adams-Corleone, initially Michael's non-Italian girlfriend and then his second wife and the mother of his two children.
John Cazale as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone, the middle son of the Corleone family. Deeply insecure and not very bright, he is considered the weakest of the Corleone brothers.
Talia Shire as Constanzia "Connie" Corleone, the youngest child and only daughter of the Corleone family. She marries Carlo Rizzi at the beginning of the film.
Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Tessio, a caporegime for the family. He is also an old friend of Vito Corleone and Peter Clemenza.
Al Lettieri as Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, a heroin dealer associated with the Tattaglia family. He asks Don Corleone to protect the Tattaglia family's heroin business through his political connections.
Gianni Russo as Carlo Rizzi, introduced to the Corleone family by Sonny; became Connie's husband. Ultimately he betrays Sonny to the Barzini family.
Sterling Hayden as Captain McCluskey, a corrupt police captain on Sollozzo's payroll.
Lenny Montana as Luca Brasi, a loyal enforcer utilized by Vito Corleone.
Richard Conte as Emilio Barzini, Don of the Barzini family.
Al Martino as Johnny Fontane, a world-famous popular singer and godson of Vito, loosely based on Frank Sinatra.
John Marley as Jack Woltz, a powerful Hollywood producer.
Alex Rocco as Moe Greene, a longtime associate of the Corleone family who owns a Las Vegas hotel, based on Bugsy Siegel.
Morgana King as Carmela Corleone, Vito's wife and mother of Sonny, Fredo, Michael, and Connie, and adoptive mother to Tom Hagen.
Corrado Gaipa as Don Tommasino, an old friend of Vito Corleone, who shelters Michael during his exile in Sicily.
Franco Citti as Calò, Michael's loyal bodyguard in Sicily.
Johnny Martino as Paulie Gatto, a soldier under Peter Clemenza and Vito's driver.
Victor Rendina as Philip Tattaglia, Don of the Tattaglia family.
Tony Giorgio as Bruno Tattaglia, son and underboss. Sonny Corleone has him assassinated in retaliation for the shooting of Vito Corleone.
Simonetta Stefanelli as Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, a young girl Michael meets and marries while in Sicily.
Louis Guss as Don Zaluchi, Don of the Zaluchi family of Detroit.
Tom Rosqui as Rocco Lampone, a soldier under Clemenza who eventually becomes a caporegime in the Corleone family.
Joe Spinell as Willi Cicci, a soldier in the Corleone family.
Richard Bright as Al Neri, Michael Corleone's personal bodyguard who eventually becomes a caporegime.
Julie Gregg as Sandra Corleone, the wife and, later, widow of Sonny.
Jeannie Linero as Lucy Mancini, Sonny's mistress.
Sofia Coppola (uncredited) as Michael Francis Rizzi, godchild of Michael Corleone.
Production[edit]
The film is based on Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, a 67 week New York Times Best Seller that sold over 10 million copies.[7][8][9] The work first came to the attention of Paramount Pictures in 1967 as an unfinished sixty-page manuscript. Paramount executive Peter Bart believed it was "much beyond a Mafia story" and the studio made Puzo an offer to option the filming rights.[8][10][11] Against his agent's advice, Puzo accepted the deal;[8][10] in 1969, the studio exercised their option to adapt the novel.[N 1][10][12][13][14]
Direction[edit]

A photo of Francis Ford Coppola.

Francis Ford Coppola
While numerous directors were considered to direct The Godfather, production head Robert Evans wanted The Godfather to be directed by an Italian American to make the movie "ethnic to the core".[15][16] Sergio Leone was Paramount Pictures' first choice,[17][18] but he turned it down to work on his own gangster film Once Upon a Time in America.[17][18] While not Italian, Peter Bogdanovich was offered the job but declined because he was not interested in the mafia.[19][20][21][22][23] In all, twelve directors refused the job.[24]
Coppola and Paramount[edit]
Paramount executive Peter Bart believed Coppola would work inexpensively within their small budget of $2.5 million,[15] [N 2][15][22][27][28] but Coppola turned him down because he did not finish the novel.[15][23] With his American Zoetrope studio in debt and his personal financial position weak, Coppola took the advice of family and friends and reversed his previous decision.[15][23][31][32] Paramount announced the signing of Coppola as director on September 28, 1970.[33]
The studio and the director had pre-production differences, and not only over casting (see below). Paramount wanted the movie set in modern-day Kansas City and shot in their studio back lot to keep the budget down.[22][25][27] Coppola preferred the 1940s, as in the novel,[22][32][25][33] allowing him to cover Michael's Marine Corps stint, the emergence of corporate America, and the American milieu in the years after World War II.[33] Because the studio wanted a film with a wide audience appeal, Coppola was threatened with the addition of a "violence coach". This prompted the director to add a few more violent scenes that included Connie's dish-smashing reaction to her husband Carlo's infidelity.[32]
The growing popularity of the book eventually changed minds at Paramount regarding the possibility of the film's success.[27][25] The studio revised their original conditions by raising the budget to $6 million and approving on-location, period filming in New York and Sicily.[34]
When shooting began, the friction intensified between director and studio. Coppola was almost replaced in the first week when production was delayed after Pacino was badly injured. The studio believed that Coppola failed to stay on schedule, frequently made production and casting errors, and insisted on unnecessary expenses. But Brando told them he would quit if Coppola were fired.[22][35] Still, Coppola was shadowed by a replacement director ready to take over if he was let go.[32] He would later recollect:

"The Godfather was a very unappreciated movie when we were making it. They were very unhappy with it. They didn't like the cast. They didn't like the way I was shooting it. I was always on the verge of getting fired. So it was an extremely nightmarish experience. I had two little kids, and the third one was born during that. We lived in a little apartment, and I was basically frightened that they didn't like it. They had as much as said that, so when it was all over I wasn't at all confident that it was going to be successful, and that I'd ever get another job."[36]
After the Sollozzo dinner scene was shot, Coppola met with studio resistance to a re-shoot. Behind his back, two members of his crew criticized the footage to studio executives.[35] Coppola fired them and re-shot the scene, raising the cost of his own dismissal.[35]
Writing[edit]
On April 14, 1970, Puzo was hired by Paramount to adapt his novel for the screen.[37][38] In August, he had a draft 30 pages longer than the 120 pages expected of the final screenplay.[37][38] After Coppola was hired as director, Puzo worked on the rewrite in Los Angeles,[39] with Coppola in San Francisco, where he tore pages out of the novel and pasted them into his loose leaf draft,[39] making notes about each of the book's fifty scenes, their major themes, and ideas and concepts that could be relevant to the film.[39][35] This notebook became the director's personal reference for the duration of his work on the film.[39][35] The two brought their drafts together[39] into a second draft of 173 pages by March of the next year,[37] with the final draft of 163 pages completed March 29, 1971.[37][38][40] Screenwriter Robert Towne did uncredited work on the script, particularly on the Pacino-Brando garden scene.[41]
Previous Mafia movies had looked at organized crime from the perspective of an outraged outsider.[42] In contrast, The Godfather presents the gangster's perspective of the Mafia as a response to corrupt society.[42] Although the Corleone family is immensely rich and powerful, no scenes depict prostitution, gambling, loan sharking or other forms of racketeering.[43]
The Italian-American Civil Rights League wanted all uses of the words "mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" to be removed from the script and felt that the film emphasized stereotypes about Italian-Americans.[26][44][45][46] In addition, the league requested that all the money earned from the premier be donated to the league's fund to build a new hospital.[45][46] Coppola claimed that Puzo's screenplay only contained two instances of the word "mafia" being used, while "Cosa Nostra" was not used at all.[45][46] Those two uses were removed and replaced with other terms, which Coppola felt did not change the story at all.[45][46] The league eventually gave its support of the script.[45][46]
Casting[edit]

A screenshot from The Godfather.

Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone.
Mario Puzo was first to show interest in having Marlon Brando portray Don Vito Corleone by sending him a letter stating he was the "only actor who can play the Godfather".[47] However, Paramount executives were opposed because of the inferiority of the actor's recent box office showings and a reputation for a short temper.[48][27] Coppola favored Brando or Laurence Olivier for the role.[49][50] Olivier's agent refused the role for him because of poor health;[51] however, he starred in Sleuth later that year.[50]
After months of debate, Paramount president Stanley Jaffe insisted that Brando perform a screen test,[52][53] so Coppola, not wishing to offend the actor, told him that he needed to test equipment.[54] He traveled to Brando's residence in California and Brando allowed filming in makeup:[53][55] cotton balls in the actor's cheeks,[56] shoe polish in his hair, and a rolled collar.[57] When Coppola met with Paramount executives, he placed Brando's tape in the middle of the auditions.[58] They were impressed with Brando's performance and approved his casting in the title role,[56][58][59] under the condition that Brando accept no salary (only a percentage) and put up a bond insuring against delays in production.[60]
For Michael, Paramount wanted a popular actor, Coppola wanted an unknown. Warren Beatty claims that he and Jack Nicholson both turned it down.[26][60][56][61] Evans preferred Ryan O'Neal, on the heels of his starring role in the hit Love Story.[61][62] Although Paramount executives thought him "too short" for the role,[15][26]Al Pacino was Coppola's preference, an unknown who looked Italian-American.[32][61][62]
The studio gave Caan the part of Michael initially, with Sonny Corleone going to Carmine Caridi.[15] But Coppola still pushed for Pacino and Evans eventually conceded as long as Caan—shorter than Caridi by seven inches—took the role of the more diminutive Pacino's brother.[15][15][63]
From the beginning, Coppola wanted Robert Duvall to play the part of Tom Hagen.[15][26][64] Even so, he tested several other actors.[15][50][64]
Al Martino, a night club singer, believed the character of Johnny Fontane was based on his life,[15] and was promised the role by producer Al Ruddy.[15] However, Coppola cast Italian singer Vic Damone.[15] After Martino contacted his godfather, crime boss Russ Bufalino, Damone understood that he should bow out.
Robert De Niro originally was given the part of Paulie Gatto,[65][56] but he left it for a role in The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight that Pacino could no longer fit in.[65][66][65][66] Diane Keaton was cast as Kay Adams after a screen test with Pacino.[60] Coppola saw John Cazale perform Off Broadway and asked him to play Fredo Corleone.[60] Gianni Russo screen tested on the scene where Carlo Rizzi fights with wife Sandra Corleone.[67]
Coppola cast several family members,[15] most notably his sister Talia Shire as Connie Corleone.[15][16][68] His daughter Sofia played the infant boy in the famous baptism scene,[15][69] and his composer father (at the piano),[15] wife, mother, and two sons all made brief appearances.[15]
Filming[edit]
Shooting began ahead of schedule on March 24 with cinematographer Gordon Willis.[70] The early start was designed to take advantage of an unseasonal forecast of snow for New York City that never materialized. Instead, a snow machine was employed for the Christmas scene of Michael and Kate shopping in the city.
The opening shot is a long, slow pullback, starting with a close-up of Bonasera, who is petitioning Don Corleone, and ending with the Godfather, seen from behind, framing the picture. This move, which lasts for about three minutes, was shot with a computer-controlled zoom lens designed by Tony Karp.[71]
The scene of Michael driving with McCluskey and Sollozzo did not employ back-projection because of budgetary limits. Instead, technicians moved lights behind the car to create the illusion.
The cat in the opening scene used to hang around the studio, and was simply dropped in Brando's lap at the last minute by the director.[72][73]
Animal rights groups protested the scene with the severed head of a thoroughbred belonging to film producer Jack Woltz. Coppola said that the horse's head was delivered to him from a dog food company; a horse had not been killed specifically for the movie.[32][60] The DVD release includes material that was cut from the theatrical version: Tom Hagen sees a young girl exiting Woltz's room in tears and Woltz kisses the girl on the cheek in his studio.
The shooting of Moe Greene through the eye was inspired by the death of gangster Bugsy Siegel. To achieve the effect, actor Alex Rocco's glasses had two tubes hidden in their frames. One had fake blood in it, and the other had a BB and compressed air. When the gun was shot, the compressed air shot the BB through the glasses, shattering them from the inside. The other tube then released the fake blood.
The equally startling scene of McCluskey's shooting was accomplished by building a fake forehead on top of actor Sterling Hayden. A gap was cut in the center, filled with fake blood, and capped off with a plug of prosthetic flesh. The plug was quickly yanked out with monofilament fishing line, making a bloody hole suddenly appear in McCluskey's head.
The most complicated and expensive scene was the death of Sonny Corleone at the Jones Beach Causeway toll plaza midway through the film. Filmed for more than $100,000 on a small Long Island airport runway at the former Mitchel Field, it was accomplished in just one take with at least four cameras. Caan's suit, rigged with 127 squibs of fake blood, and 200 squib-filled holes in the small toll booth building and the 1941 Lincoln auto, simulated the submachine gun ambush.[citation needed]
Locations[edit]

The New York Supreme Court building on Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City.

 The assassination of Don Barzini was filmed on the steps of the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Locations[74] around New York City were used for the film, including the then-closed flagship store of Best & Company on Fifth Avenue, which was dressed up and used for the scene in which Pacino and Keaton are Christmas shopping. At least one location in Los Angeles was used also (for the exterior of Woltz's mansion), for which neither Robert Duvall nor John Marley was available; in some shots, it is possible to see that extras are standing in for the two actors. A scene with Pacino and Keaton was filmed in the town of Ross, California. The Sicilian towns of Savoca and Forza d'Agrò outside of Taormina were also used for exterior locations. Interiors were shot at Filmways Studio in New York.[citation needed]
A side entrance to Bellevue Hospital was used for Michael's confrontation with police Captain McCluskey.[75] As of 2007, the steps and gate to the hospital were still there but have fallen victim to neglect. The hospital interiors, shown when Michael visits his father there, were filmed at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary on 14th Street, in Manhattan, New York City.[citation needed]
The scene in which Don Barzini is assassinated was filmed on the steps of the New York Supreme Court building on Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City.[76]
The wedding at the Corleone family compound was shot at 110 Longfellow Avenue in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island. The numerous Tudor homes on the block gave the impression that they were part of the same "compound".[77] Paramount built a Plexiglas "stone wall" which traversed the street – the same wall where Santino smashed the camera. Many of the extras in the wedding scene were local Italian-Americans who were asked by Coppola to drink homemade wine, enjoy the traditional Italian food, and participate in the scene as though it were an actual wedding. Coppola revealed in the extras DVD released in 2008 that if you look really close, some of the "daytime" scenes were actually shot at night, with almost blinding backlighting used to simulate the afternoon environment. The production scheduling required this, since this location was on an actual community street and time didn't permit extra days to shoot in daylight.[citation needed]
Two churches were used to film the baptism scene. The interior shots were filmed at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. For the baptism, Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 was used, as were other Bach works for the pipe organ. The exterior scenes following the baptism were filmed at The Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne in the Pleasant Plains section of Staten Island. In 1973, much of the church was destroyed in a fire. Only the façade and steeple of the original church remained, and were later incorporated into a new structure.[citation needed]
The funeral scene was filmed at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens.[78] The toll booth scene was filmed at the site of Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Long Island, which was under construction at the time. It also utilized the former Mitchel Field, and the roadway used was once a runway.[citation needed]
Music[edit]
See also: The Godfather (soundtrack)




Love Theme From The Godfather







by Nino Rota (music) and Larry Kusic(lyrics)

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Coppola hired Italian composer Nino Rota to create the underscore for the film, including the main theme, "Speak Softly Love".[79][80] For the score, Rota to relate to the situations and characters in the film.[79][80] Paramount executive Evans found the score to be to "highbrow" and did not want to use it; however, it was used after Coppola managed to get Evans to agree.[79][80] Coppola believed that Rota's musical piece gave the film even more of an Italian feel.[80] Coppola's father, Carmine, created some additional music for the film,[81] particularly the music played by the band during the opening wedding scene.[80]
There was a soundtrack released for the film in 1972 in vinyl form by Paramount Records, on CD in 1991 by Geffen Records, and digitally by Geffen on August 18, 2005.[82] The album contains over 31 minutes of music coming from the movie, with most being composed by Rota, along with a song from Coppola and one by Johnny Farrow and Marty Symes.[83][84][85] Allmusic gave the album five out of five stars, with editor Zach Curd saying it is a "dark, looming, and elegant soundtrack".[83] An editor for Filmtracks believed that Rota did a great job of relating the music to the core aspects of the film, which the editor believed to be "tradition, love, and fear".[85]
Release[edit]
Paramount Pictures held the world premiere for The Godfather in New York City on March 14, 1972,[86] The money gained from the premiere was all donated to The Boys Club of New York.[87] almost three months after the planned release date of Christmas Day in 1971.[26] Before the film premiered, the film had already made $15 million from rentals from over 400 theaters.[27] The following day, the film opened in New York at five theaters.[2][15][86][87] The film next opened in Los Angeles at two theaters on March 22.[87] The Godfather was commercially released on March 24, 1972 throughout the rest of the United States.[2][86]
Box office[edit]
The Godfather was a blockbuster, breaking many box office records to become the highest grossing film of 1972. It earned $81.5 million in theatrical rentals in North America during its initial release,[88] increasing its earnings to $85.7 million through a reissue in 1973,[89] and including a limited re-release in 1997 it ultimately earned an equivalent exhibition gross of $135 million.[2] It displaced Gone with the Wind to claim the record as the top rentals earner, a position it would retain until the release of Jaws in 1975.[87][90] News articles at the time proclaimed it was the first film to gross $100 million in North America,[87] but such accounts are erroneous since this record in fact belongs to The Sound of Music, released in 1965.[91] The film repeated its native success overseas, earning in total an unprecedented $142 million in worldwide theatrical rentals, to become the highest net earner.[92] Profits were so high for The Godfather that earnings for Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., which owned Paramount Pictures, jumped from seventy-seven cents per share to three dollars and thirty cents a share for the year, according to a Los Angeles Times article, dated December 13, 1972.[87] To date, it has grossed between $245 million and $286 million in worldwide box office receipts,[93] and adjusted for ticket price inflation in North America, ranks among the top 25 highest-grossing films.[94]
Critical response[edit]
Since its release, The Godfather has received critical acclaim.[95] Rotten Tomatoes reports that all 81 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 9.2/10.[96] Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a perfect weighted average score of 100% based on 14 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be "universal acclaim".[95] The film is ranked at the top of Metacritic's top 100 list,[97] and is ranked 3rd on Rotten Tomatoes' all time best list (100% "Certified Fresh").[98]

Gene Siskel at the Academy Awards.

 Movie critic Gene Siskel gave The Godfather four out of four stars.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times praised Coppola's efforts to follow to storyline of the eponymous novel, the choice to set the film in the same time as the novel, and the film's ability to "absorb" the viewer over its three hour run time.[99] While Ebert was mainly positive, he criticized Brando's performance, saying his movements lacked "precision" and his voice was "wheezy".[99] The Chicago Tribune's Gene Siskel gave the film four out of four stars, commenting that it was "very good".[100] Village Voice's Andrew Sarris believed Brando portrayed Vito Corleone well and that his character dominated each scene it appeared in, but felt Puzo and Coppola had the character of Michael Corleone too focused on revenge.[101] In addition, Sarris stated that Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, and James Caan were good in their respective roles.[101] Desson Howe of the Washington Post believed that the film is a "jewel" and that Coppola deserves most of the credit for the film.[102] The New York Times Vincent Camby felt that Coppola had created one of the "most brutal and moving chronicles of American life" and went on to say that it "transcends its immediate milieu and genre".[103] Director Stanley Kubrick thought the film had the best cast ever and could be the best movie ever made.[104]
Some critics argued that the setting of a criminal counterculture allows for unapologetic gender stereotyping, and is related to the film's appeal.[105]
Real-life gangsters responded enthusiastically to the film, with many of them feeling it was a portrayal of how they were supposed to act.[106] Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, the former underboss in the Gambino crime family,[107] stated: "I left the movie stunned ... I mean I floated out of the theater. Maybe it was fiction, but for me, then, that was our life. It was incredible. I remember talking to a multitude of guys, made guys, who felt exactly the same way." According to Anthony Fiato after seeing the film, Patriarca crime family members Paulie Intiso and Nicky Giso altered their speech patterns closer to that of Vito Corleone's.[108] Intiso would frequently swear and use poor grammar; but after the movie came out, he started to articulate and philosophize more.[108]
Remarking on the 40th anniversary of the film's release, film critic John Podhoretz praised The Godfather as "arguably the great American work of popular art" and "the summa of all great moviemaking before it".[109] Two years before, Roger Ebert wrote in his journal that it "comes closest to being a film everyone agrees... is unquestionably great".[110]
The soundtrack's main theme by Nino Rota was also critically acclaimed; the main theme ("Speak Softly Love") is well-known and widely used.[111]
Accolades[edit]
 The Godfather was nominated for seven awards at the 30th Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture – Drama, James Caan for Best Supporting Actor, Al Pacino and Marlon Brando for Best Actor – Drama, Best Score, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.[112] When the winners were announced on January 28, 1973, the film had won the categories for: Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor - Drama, Best Original Score, and Best Picture – Drama.[113][114] The Godfather won a record five Golden Globes, which still stands today.[115]
Rota's score for the film was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or TV Special at the 15th Grammy Awards.[116][117] Rota was announced the winner of the category on March 3 at the Grammys' ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee.[116][117]
When the nominations for the 45th Academy Awards were revealed on February 12, 1972, The Godfather was nominated for eleven awards.[118][119] 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, and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, Nino Rota for Best Original Score, Coppola for Best Director, and Best Sound.[118][119][120] Upon further review of Rota's love theme from The Godfather, the Academy found that Rota had used a similar score in Eduardo De Filippo's 1958 comedy Fortunella.[121][122][123] This led to re-balloting, where members of the music branch chose from six films: The Godfather and the five films that been on the shortlist for best original dramatic score but did not get nominated. John Addison's score for Sleuth won this new vote, and thus replaced Rota's score on the official list of nominees.[124] Going into the awards ceremony, The Godfather was seen as the favorite to take home the most awards.[113] From the nominations that The Godfather had remaining, it only won three of the Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.[120][125]
Brando, who had also not attended the Golden Globes ceremony two months earlier,[123][126] boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony and refused to accept the Oscar, becoming the second actor to refused a Best Actor award after George C. Scott in 1970.[127][128] Brando sent American Indian Rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather in his place, to announce at the awards podium Brando's reasons for declining the award which were based on his objection to the depiction of American Indians by Hollywood and television.[127][128][129][130][131] In addition, Pacino boycotted the ceremony. He was insulted at being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor award, noting that he had more screen time than his co-star and Best Actor winner Brando and thus he should have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[132]
The Godfather had five nominations for awards at the 26th British Academy Film Awards.[133] The nominees were: Pacino for Most Promising Newcomer, Rota for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Duvall for Best Supporting Actor, and Brando for Best Actor, the flim's costume designer Anna Hill Johnstone for Best Costume Design.[133] All of The Godfather's nominations failed to win except for Rota.[133]
Awards and Nominations received by The Godfather

Award
Category
Nominee
Result
45th Academy Awards Best Picture Albert S. Ruddy Won
Best Director Francis Ford Coppola Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role Marlon Brando Won
Best Actor in a Supporting Role James Caan Nominated
Robert Duvall Nominated
Al Pacino Nominated
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola Won
Best Sound Charles Grenzbach, Richard Portman, and Christopher Newman Nominated
Best Costume Design Anna Hill Johnstone Nominated
Best Film Editing William H. Reynolds and Peter Zinner Nominated
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score Nino Rota Revoked
26th British Academy Film Awards Best Actor Marlon Brando (Also for The Nightcomers) Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Al Pacino Nominated
Best Film Music Nino Rota Won
Best Costume Design Anna Hill Johnstone Nominated
25th Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Francis Ford Coppola Won
30th Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture - Drama  Won
Best Director - Motion Picture Francis Ford Coppola Won
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Marlon Brando Won
Al Pacino Nominated
Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture James Caan Nominated
Best Screenplay Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola Won
Best Original Score Nino Rota Won
15th Grammy Awards Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special Nino Rota Won
25th Writers Guild of America Awards Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola Won
In 1990, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[134] In 1998, Time Out' conducted a poll and The Godfather was voted the best film of all time.[135] In 2002, Sight & Sound polled film directors voted the film and its sequel as the second best film ever;[136] the critics poll separately voted it fourth.[137] Also in 2002, The Godfather was ranked the second best film of all time by Film4, after Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.[138] In 2005, it was named one of the 100 greatest films of the last 80 years by Time magazine (the selected films were not ranked).[139][140] In 2006, the Writers Guild of America, west agreed, voting it the number two in its list of the 101 greatest screenplays, after Casablanca.[141] In 2008, the film was voted in at No. 1 on Empire magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[142] Entertainment Weekly named it the greatest film ever made.[143][144][145] The film has been selected by the American Film Institute for many of their lists.
American Film Institute Accolades

Year
Category
Nominee
Rank

1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies[146]  3
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills[147]  11
2005 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes[148]  2
2006 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores[149] "Speak Softly Love" 5
2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)[150]  2
2008 AFI's 10 Top 10 Gangster[151]  1

Cinematic influence[edit]
Although many films about gangsters preceded The Godfather, Coppola's nuanced treatment of the Corleone family and their associates, and his portrayal of mobsters as characters of considerable psychological depth and complexity[152] was an innovation. He took it further with The Godfather Part II, and the success of those two films, critically, artistically and financially, opened the doors for more and varied depictions of mobster life, including films such as Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and TV series such as David Chase's The Sopranos.
The image of the Mafia as a feudal organization with the Don as both the protector of the small fry and the collector of obligations from them for his services is now a commonplace trope which The Godfather helped to popularize. Similarly, the recasting of the Don's family as a figurative "royal family" has spread beyond fictional boundaries into the real world as well – (cf. John Gotti – the "Dapper Don", and his celebrity family.) This portrayal is echoed in the more sordid reality of lower level Mafia "familial" entanglements depicted in various post-Godfather Mafia fare, such as Scorsese's Mean Streets and Casino, and also to the grittier hard-boiled pre-Godfather films.
In the DVD commentary for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas states that the interwoven scenes of Anakin Skywalker killing Separatist leaders and Palpatine announcing the beginning of the Galactic Empire was an homage to the christening and assassination sequence in The Godfather.
In popular culture[edit]
The Godfather epic, encompassing the original trilogy and the additional footage Coppola incorporated later, is by now thoroughly integrated into American life, and the first film had the largest impact. Unlike any film before it, its depiction of Italians who immigrated to the United States in the first half of the twentieth century is perhaps attributable to the director, himself an Italian-American, presenting his own understanding of their experience. Setting aside the stereotypes of the criminal element and the simple peasant, the films explain through their action the uneven integration of a particular population into a new milieu. Ironically, The Godfather increased Hollywood's unsavory depictions of immigrant Italians in the aftermath of the film and was a recruiting tool for organized crime.[153] Still, the story is of a piece with all immigrant experience as much as it is rooted in the specific circumstances of the Corleones, a family of privilege who live outside the law, are not robbed of their universality yet assume a heroic aspect that is at once admirable and repellent. Released in a period of intense national cynicism and self-criticism, the American film struck a chord about the dual identities inherent in a nation of immigrants.[154]
The concept of a mafia "Godfather" was an invention of Mario Puzo's and the film's effect was to add the fictional nomenclature to the language. Similarly, actual gangsters adopted Don Vito Corleone's unforgettable "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" for themselves—voted the second most memorable line in cinema history in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes by the American Film Institute.[148] In the French novel Le Père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac wrote of Vautrin telling Eugene: "In that case I will make you an offer that no one would decline."[155]
An indication of the continuing influence of The Godfather and its sequels can be gleaned from the many references to it which have appeared in every medium of popular culture in the decades since the film's initial release. That these homages, quotations, visual references, satires, and parodies continue to pop up even now shows clearly the film's enduring impact.
In film[edit]
References to the film are abundant. In the 1999 film Analyze This, which starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal, many references are made both directly and indirectly to The Godfather. One dream scene is almost a shot by shot replica of the attempted assassination of Vito Corleone (Crystal playing the Don and De Niro playing Fredo). In the 1990 comedy The Freshman, Marlon Brando plays a role reminiscent of Don Corleone. And one of the most unlikely homages came in 2004, when the PG-rated, animated family film Shark Tale was released with a storyline that nodded at this and other movies about the Mafia. Similarly, Rugrats in Paris, based on a Nickelodeon children's show, began with an extended parody of The Godfather.
In Set it Off, four women - Lita "Stoney" Newsome (Jada Pinkett), Cleopatra "Cleo" Sims (Queen Latifah), Francesca "Frankie" Sutton (Vivica A. Fox), and Tisean "T.T." Williams (Kimberly Elise) - meet around a conference table at the office building they clean to plan a series of bank heists, during which time they do imitations of The Godfather.[156]
In You've Got Mail, Joe Fox (played by Tom Hanks) quotes The Godfather, positing:
"The Godfather is the I-ching. The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? 'Leave the gun, take the cannoli'. What day of the week is it? 'Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday'."
In television[edit]
The Warner Bros. animated show Animaniacs featured several segments called "Goodfeathers", with pigeons spoofing characters from various gangster films. One of the characters is "The Godpigeon", an obvious parody of Brando's portrayal of Vito Corleone.[citation needed]
John Belushi appeared in a Saturday Night Live sketch as Vito Corleone in a therapy session trying to properly express his inner feelings towards the Tattaglia Family, who, in addition to muscling in on his territory, "also, they shot my son Santino 56 times".[157]
The Simpsons makes numerous references to The Godfather, including a scene in the episode "Strong Arms of the Ma" that parodies the Sonny-Carlo street fight scene, with Marge Simpson beating a mugger in front of an animated version of the same New York streetscape, including using the lid of a trash can during the fight. The "All's Fair in Oven War" final scene shows James Caan being ambushed by hillbillies (Cletus relatives) at a toll booth, a parody of the scene when Sonny Corleone (portrayed by Caan) is shot and killed; the tollbooth scene is also parodied in "Mr. Plow," except Bart is ambushed by a barrage of snowballs by Nelson, and other students lie in wait behind a snow fortress (in place of the tollbooth). The later episode "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" parodies the film's ending scene, with Lisa Simpson taking Kay Adams' role and Fat Tony's son Michael standing in for Michael Corleone. The horse-head scene is also parodied in the episode "Lisa's Pony".[citation needed]
In the television show The Sopranos, Tony Soprano's topless bar is named Bada Bing, echoing the line in The Godfather when Sonny Corleone says, "You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing! You blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit." [158]
An episode of SCTV satirizes the film as a story about how the four American TV networks of the time (ABC, CBS, NBC, & PBS) are run like the Mob, with SCTV president Guy Caballero being asked to invest in a pay-TV channel by the Ugatzo family as a way to control of TV; when Caballero refuses, a 'network war' starts, with many of the scenes in the episode being similar to that of the film.[citation needed]
The Modern Family episode, "Fulgencio" makes various references to The Godfather, particularly in the ending scenes. Phil Dunphy attends the christening of his godson and recites the vows of renunciation, which is intercut with scenes of his son Luke carrying out various acts of retaliation, on Phil's orders, against people who are causing problems for Phil and members of his family. In the last of these, it is shown that Luke has placed the head of a stuffed Zebra in the bed of a boy who was making fun of Luke at school (but had a fear of zebras); the boy wakes up and reacts just as Jack Woltz had reacted to the horse's head in his bed, in the film. The final scene has Phil's wife Clair commenting on how odd it was that all of the problems had cleared up, to which Phil, sitting in his office, responds, "don't ask me about my business", after which Luke closes the office door.[citation needed]
Releases for television and video[edit]
Main article: The Godfather Saga
The film's debut on American network television was November 16, 1974, in a highly rated showing on NBC with only minor edits to the theatrical version.[159] The next year, Coppola created The Godfather Saga expressly for American television in a 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 material for its NBC debut on November 18, 1977.[160] In 1981, Paramount released the Godfather Epic boxed set, which also told the story of the first two films in chronological order, again with additional scenes, but not redacted for broadcast sensibilities.[160] Coppola returned to the film again in 1992 when he updated that release with footage from The Godfather Part III and more unreleased material. This home viewing release, under the title The Godfather Trilogy 1901–1980, had a total run time of 583 minutes (9 hours, 43 minutes), not including the set's bonus documentary by Jeff Werner on the making of the films, "The Godfather Family: A Look Inside".
The Godfather DVD Collection was released on October 9, 2001 in a package[161] 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 cinematography, Nino Rota's and Carmine Coppola's music, the director, the locations and Mario Puzo's screenplays. The DVD also held a Corleone family tree, a "Godfather" timeline, and footage of the Academy Award acceptance speeches.[162]
Restoration[edit]
In 2006, Coppola contacted DreamWorks studio head Steven Spielberg about restoring The Godfather under the auspices of his new parent company, Paramount Studios, who still owned the film.[163][164] Work began in November, with Robert A. Harris hired to oversee the process with the participation of cinematographer Gordon Willis on all the available material from The Godfather and its two sequels.[165][166] The original negatives were badly worn and the duplicate was lost in Paramount archives,[163][164][164] so repairs were made to the originals. Damaged or discolored frames were digitally restored and all the materials were scanned to high resolution 4k files.[164] After a year and a half, The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration was complete, and Paramount released it to the public on September 23, 2008 in both DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats[165][166] with several new features that play in high definition.[167]
Coppola thought the new transfer was "terrific",[citation needed] and the restoration was well received by critics, as well.[163][164][165][166][167] For Dave Kehr of the New York Times, it brought back the "golden glow of the original theatrical screenings".[165]
Video game[edit]
Main article: The Godfather: The Game
In March 2006, a video game version of The Godfather was released by Electronic Arts. Before his death, Marlon Brando provided voice work for Vito; however, owing to poor sound quality from Brando's failing health, only parts of the recordings could be used. A sound-alike's voice had to be used in the "missing parts". James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Abe Vigoda lent their voices and likenesses as well, and several other Godfather cast members had their likeness in the game. However, Al Pacino's likeness and voice (Michael Corleone) was not in the game as Al Pacino sold his likeness and voice exclusively for use in the Scarface video game. Francis Ford Coppola said in April 2005 that he was not informed and did not approve of Paramount allowing the game's production, and openly criticized the move.[168]
See also[edit]
The Godfather (soundtrack)
References[edit]
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The Family Corleone
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The Family Corleone
The Family Corleone cover.jpeg
Author
Ed Falco
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
The Godfather
Genre
Crime novel
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing

Publication date
 May 8, 2012
Media type
Print (Hardback) & audio book
Pages
448 pp (Hardcover)
ISBN
0446574627
Followed by
The Godfather
The Family Corleone is a 2012 novel by Ed Falco, based on an unproduced screenplay by Mario Puzo, who died in 1999.[1] It is the prequel to Puzo's The Godfather. It was published by Grand Central Publishing and released May 8, 2012.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Reception
3 Film adaptation
4 Audio book
5 References

Synopsis[edit]
The novel, set in the Great Depression, is the story of how Vito Corleone consolidated his power to become the most powerful Don in New York. Also, it tells of Sonny Corleone's inauguration into the family business and Tom Hagen's graduation from being an adopted member of the Corleone family before becoming the consigliere. The novel also reveals how Luca Brasi first became associated with the Corleones, and introduces a number of new characters, including the crime boss Giuseppe Mariposa.
Reception[edit]
Reception for the book was mixed to positive,[3][4] with George De Stefano in The New York Journal of Books arguing that "Ed Falco deftly pulls off a feat of literary necromancy, bringing back to life one of the most iconic figures in American popular culture: Don Vito Corleone."[5] The Washington Post's Patrick Anderson wrote, "Falco has captured Puzo's rich prose style and eye for detail. If you want to read another installment of the Corleone story, The Family Corleone is a solid piece of work."[6] Kirkus Reviews gave it a positive review, calling it: "A worthy addition to the lurid world of the Five Families."[7]
Film adaptation[edit]
The estate of Mario Puzo have sought to keep Paramount Pictures from producing a feature film based on the novel.[8] This has been resolved, with Paramount gaining the rights to make more Godfather films.[9]
Audio book[edit]
An audio book of The Family Corleone was produced by Hachette Audio, read by Bobby Cannavale.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Wilson, Craig (6 May 2012). "Prequel lays out life before 'The Godfather'". USA Today. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Connelly, Sherryl. "'The Family Corleone,' a prequel to 'Godfather'". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
3.Jump up ^ "Audio Review: The Family Corleone". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
4.Jump up ^ "Book Review: The Family Corleone". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
5.Jump up ^ De Stefano, Phil. "Ed Falco: The Family Corleone". New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
6.Jump up ^ Andersen, Patrick (8 May 2012). "Book World: ‘The Family Corleone,’ by Ed Falco, a prequel to ‘The Godfather’". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
7.Jump up ^ "Review: The Family Corleone". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
8.Jump up ^ Schulder, Michael (4 September 2012). "CNN Profiles: Ed Falco's prequel to 'The Godfather'". CNN Radio. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
9.Jump up ^ http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/paramount-puzo-estate-settle-godfather-suit/


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Films
The Godfather ·
 The Godfather Part II ·
 The Godfather Part III
 

Video games
The Godfather ·
 The Godfather: The Game ·
 The Godfather II
 

Corleone family
Vito Corleone ·
 Michael Corleone ·
 Tom Hagen ·
 Sonny Corleone ·
 Fredo Corleone ·
 Carmela Corleone ·
 Connie Corleone ·
 Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone ·
 Kay Adams-Corleone ·
 Anthony Corleone ·
 Mary Corleone ·
 Vincent Corleone ·
 Sandra Corleone
 

Family allies
Genco Abbandando ·
 Luca Brasi ·
 Willi Cicci ·
 Peter Clemenza ·
 Carmine Marino ·
 Rocco Lampone ·
 Tony Molinari ·
 Sal Narducci ·
 Al Neri ·
 Tommy Neri ·
 Ritchie Nobilio ·
 Eddie Paradise ·
 Frank Pentangeli ·
 Salvatore Tessio ·
 Don Tommasino ·
 Carlo Tramonti ·
 Joe Zaluchi
 

Family enemies
Don Altobello ·
 Momo Barone ·
 Emilio Barzini ·
 Ottilio Cuneo ·
 Don Fanucci ·
 Vincent Forlenza ·
 Paulie Fortunato ·
 Nick Geraci ·
 Archbishop Gilday ·
 Moe Greene ·
 Frederick Keinszig ·
 Joe Lucadello ·
 Licio Lucchesi ·
 Captain McCluskey ·
 Mosca ·
 Johnny Ola ·
 Carlo Rizzi ·
 Tony Rosato ·
 Carmine Rosato ·
 Hyman Roth ·
 Louie Russo ·
 Virgil Sollozzo ·
 Anthony Stracci ·
 Bruno Tattaglia ·
 Philip Tattaglia ·
 Rico Tattaglia ·
 Jack Woltz ·
 Joey Zasa
 

Others
Amerigo Bonasera ·
 Johnny Fontane ·
 Pat Geary ·
 Cardinal Lamberto ·
 Lucy Mancini ·
 Danny Shea ·
 Mickey Shea ·
 Billy Van Arsdale ·
 Aldo Trapani ·
 Albert Volpe
 

Rival families
Barzini family ·
 Carmine Rosato family ·
 Cuneo family ·
 Stracci family ·
 Tattaglia family
 

Music
The Godfather (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) ·
 "Speak Softly Love" ·
 "Promise Me You'll Remember" ·
 The Godfather: The Game Soundtrack
 

Miscellaneous
Francis Ford Coppola ·
 Mario Puzo ·
 Albert S. Ruddy ·
 Nino Rota ·
 Dean Tavoularis ·
 Gordon Willis ·
 Mark Winegardner ·
 Ed Falco ·
 Crime film ·
 Organized crime ·
 American Mafia ·
 Sicilian Mafia ·
 Five Families ·
 Corleone ·
 The Godfather Effect ·
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The Godfather's Revenge
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The Godfather's Revenge

Author
Mark Winegardner
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
The Godfather
Genre
Crime novel
Publisher
Putnam

Publication date
 November 7, 2006
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio book
Pages
496 pp (Hardcover), 624 pp (paperback)
ISBN
0-399-15384-5
OCLC
71288749

Dewey Decimal
 813/.54 22
LC Class
PS3573.I528 G645 2006
Preceded by
The Godfather Returns
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 Kennedy family).
Plot[edit]
The story begins with Michael Corleone having a dream in which his brother Fredo Corleone, whom he had killed, warns him of a coming threat. At the same time, the apparition tries to give Michael a message, which he doesn't comprehend. Michael's guilt over ordering Fredo's murder has aged him beyond his years — his hair has turned white, his diabetes has worsened, and he suffers from chronic insomnia. He is also depressed over his failing relationship with his ex-wife, Kay Adams, and his son, Anthony, who both know the truth about Fredo's death.
Carlo Tramonti, a boss of the New Orleans crime syndicate, is introduced as he is deported by the INS to his native Colombia. Meanwhile, Attorney General Daniel Shea (analogous to Robert F. Kennedy) declares his war on the Mafia.
Tom Hagen meets with a CIA agent named Joe Lucadello in a Protestant church in Florida. He informs Hagen that Nick Geraci, a former caporegime for the Corleones, has turned up. The book then outlines Nick Geraci's survival in an underground cave under Lake Erie, and how he gets ready to take his revenge against Michael. Meanwhile, Hagen is implicated in the murder of his longtime mistress, which throws his personal and professional life into disarray.
Meanwhile, President Jimmy Shea (analogous to John F. Kennedy), who was elected in part due to Michael's influence, is assassinated by a Cuban national. While the real reason for his murder is never made clear, the novel suggests that it was orchestrated by Tramonti, who wanted revenge for his arrest in a raid ordered by Daniel Shea.
Nick Geraci leaves the cave and reunites with his family, beginning his revenge against Michael Corleone:
He drowns Tom Hagen in the Florida Everglades. Geraci then sends Michael a package containing a dead baby alligator along with Hagen's wallet, a message similar to the one that is sent to Sonny Corleone in the original novel following Luca Brasi's death.
He meets with his old friend Momo Barone, and promises him the title of consigliere if he agrees to help. Momo agrees, and provides Geraci information on Michael Corleone's daily routine.
Geraci contacts Don Anthony Stracci and asks for his help to depose Michael as head of the Commission. Geraci ultimately gets the votes to overthrow Michael.
Stracci asks Geraci to meet Don Greco, the Greek, who also because of Stracci's influence was to vote against Michael. Geraci meets him at a restaurant on Staten Island. When he arrives, however, he realizes he has walked him into a trap; Michael arrives and orders Barone to shoot Geraci to prove his loyalty. Geraci grabs the gun, shoots two bodyguards and injures Al Neri, but is mortally wounded in the process. Eddie Paradise delivers the coup de grace, shooting him execution style.
Michael also executes the following people:
Carlo Tramonti is shot in the back of his head and thrown off on the highway.
Tramonti's brother, who sought to re-open his brother's murder, dies of "natural causes".
Joe Lucadello has an ice pick rammed into his eye.
In the novel's final scene, Michael's sister Connie tells him that Fredo had an illegitimate child with Rita Duvall, whom Michael had briefly dated before realizing that he was still in love with Kay.


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The Godfather Returns
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The Godfather Returns

Author
Mark Winegardner
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
The Godfather
Genre
Crime novel
Publisher
Random House

Publication date
 November 16, 2004
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback) & audio book
Pages
448 pp (Hardcover), 538 pp (Paperback)
ISBN
1-4000-6101-6
OCLC
56936487

Dewey Decimal
 813/.54 22
LC Class
PS3573.I528 G64 2004b
Preceded by
The Sicilian
Followed by
The Godfather's Revenge
The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004. It is the sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which was originally published in 1969, and The Sicilian (1984). The publisher, Random House, selected Winegardner to write a sequel after Puzo's death. [1] As the original novel covered the years 1945 to 1955, and included significant back story on Don Vito Corleone's life, Returns covers the years 1955 to 1962, and includes significant back story on Michael Corleone's life prior to the first novel.
Plot[edit]
The story picks up immediately after the end of the first novel. The events of the film The Godfather Part II take place within the time frame of this novel, but are only mentioned in the background. Many of Puzo's characters are expanded upon, especially Fredo Corleone, Tom Hagen, and Johnny Fontane, and new characters like Nick Geraci, Danny Shea, and Francesca Corleone are introduced. The other half of the novel goes deeper into Michael's role as Don and his dream of legitimizing the Corleone family. The novel expands on Michael's service in World War II as well as his brother Fredo's secret life. The novel shows how Sonny, Fredo and Tom Hagen join the family business, as well as the deaths of Pete Clemenza and Sal Tessio.
The Godfather Returns was followed by The Godfather's Revenge in 2006, also written by Winegardner.
Reception[edit]
Michiko Kakutani, writing in the New York Times, called it "a solid enough performance: dutiful, suspenseful and only occasionally annoying." [1]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b KAKUTANI, MICHIKO (November 12, 2004). "You Think You're Out, but They Try to Pull You Back In". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-06-03.


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 Joe Zaluchi
 

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Don Altobello ·
 Momo Barone ·
 Emilio Barzini ·
 Ottilio Cuneo ·
 Don Fanucci ·
 Vincent Forlenza ·
 Paulie Fortunato ·
 Nick Geraci ·
 Archbishop Gilday ·
 Moe Greene ·
 Frederick Keinszig ·
 Joe Lucadello ·
 Licio Lucchesi ·
 Captain McCluskey ·
 Mosca ·
 Johnny Ola ·
 Carlo Rizzi ·
 Tony Rosato ·
 Carmine Rosato ·
 Hyman Roth ·
 Louie Russo ·
 Virgil Sollozzo ·
 Anthony Stracci ·
 Bruno Tattaglia ·
 Philip Tattaglia ·
 Rico Tattaglia ·
 Jack Woltz ·
 Joey Zasa
 

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Amerigo Bonasera ·
 Johnny Fontane ·
 Pat Geary ·
 Cardinal Lamberto ·
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The Sicilian
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The Sicilian
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Author
Mario Puzo
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
The Godfather
Genre
Thriller, crime fiction
Publisher
Random House

Publication date
 November 1984
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback), also audio book
Pages
416 p. (Hardback edition) & 410 p. (Paperback edition)
ISBN
ISBN 0-671-43564-7 (Hardback edition) & ISBN 0-345-44170-2 (Paperback edition)
OCLC
11030814

Dewey Decimal
 813/.54 19
LC Class
PS3566.U9 S5 1984
Preceded by
The Godfather
Followed by
The Godfather Returns
The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo. Published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group (ISBN 0-671-43564-7), it is based on Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather. It is regarded as The Godfather's literary sequel.
In this novel, the spelling of Salvatore Giuliano's name was intentionally changed by Puzo to "Guiliano". This novel, though a work of fiction, is based on the real life exploits of Giuliano.


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1 Plot summary
2 Characters in The Sicilian
3 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
4 External links

Plot summary[edit]


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The novel opens in 1950 Sicily, where Michael Corleone, nearing the end of his exile in Sicily, meets with Don Croce Malo, the Capo di Capi or Boss of bosses in Sicily, his brother, Father Benjamino Malo, Stefan Andolini (redheaded cousin of Don Vito Corleone), and Sicilian Inspector Frederico Velardi. They discuss with Michael the details of his father's agreement to allow Michael to usher the bandit Salvatore "Turi" Guiliano out of Sicily and to America. Michael is told of a "testament", a set of documents Guiliano has composed that would be damning to certain political officials of the Italian government if released. Michael is taken to Guiliano's house where he meets Turi's parents and Gaspare "Aspanu" Pisciotta, Guiliano's second in command. Michael is informed that Turi's pregnant fiancée is heading to America first, ahead of Guiliano, and only when she sends word back that she is safe, will Turi leave for America. Michael is also told he is to be entrusted with Guiliano's testament. Maria Lombardo Guiliano gives Michael a negro statue of the Virgin Mary as a gift as he parts.
The bulk of the novel focuses on the life of Salvatore Guiliano and how he rose to his legendary status as a bandit and hero to the Sicilian people. He was born in the village of Montelepre, west of Palermo. His godfather, Hector Adonis, a small man tormented his entire life for his small stature, was a professor of history and literature at the University of Palermo. He is a very close personal friend of the Guiliano family, a mentor for Turi, and a man who caters to the Friends of the Friends (the word Mafia is rarely spoken in Sicily).
In September 1943, the town of Montelepre was preparing for its annual festa for its town's patron saint. Montelepre was a very poor town, and in this period, food was very scarce and often had to be purchased on the black market because of the strict rationing laws that starved the people of Sicily. In reality, all food that was given to the government storehouses was appropriated by the Mafia chiefs and sold on the black market for the citizens to buy; the people of Sicily had to break the law in order to eat. Black market laws were rarely enforced, but smuggling was another matter. The Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories was using the remnants of the previous fascist government, especially the Carabinieri, to suppress the black market. But since the Carabinieri's pay was irregular, and most of their income was bribes from major black marketeers, they focused their attention on minor operators. On a September morning in 1943, Turi Guiliano and his best friend Aspanu Pisciotta travelled to the nearby town of Corleone to procure some food for his sister's engagement party. On the way back, they were stopped by the carabinieri, and decided to take them on, for the food was too valuable. Turi was shot, but he also managed to shoot his attacker, a police Sergeant, through the eye.
Turi was carried by Aspanu to a local monastery, where he was taken care of by the monks there, helped by the Abbot Manfredi, a close friend of Aspanu. Here he was nursed back to health, and Aspanu Pisciotta developed his undying loyalty to Turi. Leaving the monastery, he and Aspanu made their way back to Guiliano's home in Montelepre, knowing he was still being sought for the murder of the Sergeant. While he was discussing his future with his parents and close family friends, Aspanu is informed that the Maresciallo of the local police force was on his way over to arrest Turi. Turi and Aspanu flee down the Via Bella of their town, and enter the church. They open fire on the jeeps pursuing them, and although it was not intended, kill some of the soldiers pursuing them. They flee to the Cammaratta Mountains.
Turi and Aspanu are met by Turi's godfather Hector Adonis, who tries to dissuade them of the path they are headed on toward banditry. Though Turi deeply respects and loves his godfather, he can not be dissuaded. They decide to free the prisoners of Montelepre, unjustly jailed in the nearby Bellampo Barracks. Turi narrowly escapes death at the hands of the Corporal Canio Silvestro whose pistol fails when he points it at Turi's head. Silvestro then, at the mercy of Guiliano, is spared in an act of mercy, and Turi frees the captives, including two men named Passatempo and Terranova, who join Turi's band. Guiliano at this point, is beginning to become famous in the news throughout Italy.
Not soon after daringly robbing the home of a local duke, the Corporal Canio Silvestro, disgraced by his military, asks to join Guiliano's band. Though suspecting him of being a spy, they allow him to join. They test his loyalty by asking him to execute Montelepre's Frisella, the barber, who has informed on Guiliano. Silvestro completes this task, proving his loyalty, and they attach a letter to his body that said "So die all who betray Guiliano".
Guiliano had now solidified his domination of the entire northwest corner of the island. He was legendary throughout Sicily, and children concluded their prayers at night saying, "...and please save Guiliano from the Carabinieri". Guiliano next orchestrated a kidnapping of Prince Ollorto. The prince was taken, and was treated with the utmost respect and dignity, and his ransom was paid by Don Croce Malo, who had normally been paid for protection by the Prince. It was in this that Guiliano finally came into fierce opposition with Don Croce.
The assassination attempts on Guiliano increased, but he evaded them all, suspicious of all who came into contact with him. One of his would-be assassins is found to be Stefan Andolini, who is spared only through Abbot Manfredi, his father, to whom Guiliano owed a favor. Andolini joins Turi's band.
The book now fast-forwards back to 1950. In Trapani, Michael Corleone is met by Pete Clemenza, who is to help orchestrate Guiliano's escape. Michael meets Justina, Guiliano's fiancée, and Hector Adonis. Justina leaves for America. Hector informs Michael that Guiliano's elusive and damning Testament is hidden in the black statue of the Virgin Mary that Turi's mother gave him.
Back in 1947, Don Croce Malo was strongly aligned with the Christian Democratic party, and driven to keep that party in power, and to deny power to the up-and-coming Socialist parties that would surely strip him, and the other Mafia chiefs, of their power in Sicily. Don Croce along with Italy's Minister of Justice Franco Trezza, draw up plans to mount a great offensive against Guiliano, but intend to use these plans to blackmail Guiliano to use his influence to swing the upcoming election for the Christian Democrats. Guiliano, who was a man of God and hated the Socialists, ultimately accepts these terms, and helps the campaign across Western Sicily.
The 1948 election was a disaster for the Christian Democrats. The Socialists picked up many seats. A celebration was to take place on May Day to celebrate their victories in the Italian legislature by the people of the towns of Piani dei Greci and San Giuseppe Jato. The two towns would parade up mountain passes and converge at a plain called the Portella della Ginestra. Guiliano agreed to suppress this festival, giving his two leaders in this operation, Passatempo and Terranova, orders to "shoot over their heads". Passatempo's men end up shooting too low, and massacre many people, including many women and children.
The massacre proved devastating for Guiliano's image in Sicily. Guiliano discovers later that Passatempo had been paid off by Don Croce to shoot the paraders. Guiliano executed him while on his honeymoon with Justina. Guiliano can now feel that his time as a bandit is coming to an end. He stages one final daring move against the aristocracy and corrupt Mafia chiefs.
Six mafia chiefs had been summoned to the estate of Prince Ollorto, defending it from the local peasantry who desired to lease land from him, as a new Italian law had recently allowed them to. Guiliano and his band surrounded the estate and executed each one of these chiefs.
Guiliano then moved stealthily into Palermo, and kidnapped a Cardinal, the highest Catholic authority in Sicily. The Church instantly paid the ransom.
The Minister of Justice Trezza could no longer hold back his plans to assemble a large force in Sicily to take down Guiliano. Part of the force comes to the island from the mainland, and immediately arrests Guiliano's parents and many citizens of Montelepre for conspiring with Turi. In retaliation, Turi robs the heavily armed and guarded pay truck that was responsible for paying all the Carabinieri stationed in Sicily. He is successful, and the Commander of the operation immediately calls for the rest of the reserve force to come to the mainland to combat Guiliano.
The plan to escort Guiliano to America is set into motion, and Aspanu Pisciotta meets with Michael Corleone. He gives the details on precisely where to intercept him and Guiliano. The next day, Clemenza and Michael head down the road toward Palermo, and are stopped by a huge traffic jam. They learn that up ahead Turi Guiliano has been killed by the Carabinieri. They move into town and eat at a cafe, hearing the news of Guiliano's death on the lips of every person in town. They are then discovered and arrested by the Inspector Velardi. They are later released after Don Croce Malo vouches for them, and organizes their release. They return to America.
Though the news is that he was killed by the Carabinieri, Guiliano's father, however swears a vendetta on Aspanu Pisciotta. Pisciotta betrayed Guiliano to Don Croce Malo and the Carabinieri because he was fearing his actions were becoming suicidal. He committed grievous offenses against the most powerful in Sicily and feared the end was near. It was Pisiciotta who had killed Guiliano, shooting his hand off in a moment of nervousness, fearing that he would discover he betrayed him. Later, in prison, Pisciotta was poisoned by a joint effort of Don Croce Malo and Hector Adonis. Right after Aspanu's death, Adonis made his way into his cell and left a letter in Pisciotta's pocket reading, "So die all who betray Guiliano".
Michael returned home to the Corleone compound in Long Beach. He met with his father in private, and the Don told him that they would not release Guiliano's testament for fear Guiliano's parents would be harmed in retaliation by the Italian government or its Mafia supporters. In this, Don Corleone teaches his son his first lesson: it is better to remain alive and live a fruitful life, than to be dead and a hero.
Characters in The Sicilian[edit]
These are the principal characters that drive the plot of the story, many of whom are based on real-life figures.
Salvatore Guiliano – A legendary bandit. Conceived in America and born in the small Sicilian village of Montelepre, Salvatore Guiliano is a tall and handsome young man living a relatively normal life for the first twenty years of his life, loved dearly by his friends and family and the inhabitants of his tiny village, who know him affectionately as their "Turi". A day after the end of the local annual festival, however, while smuggling food and drink to prepare for the wedding of his sister, Guiliano and his childhood friend, Aspanu Pisciotta, are accosted by the corrupt Italian police, the carabinieri, and after being shot by a sergeant, Guiliano kills the sergeant with a single shot from his pistol. Helped by Pisciotta, the severely injured Guiliano is taken to the nearby monastery, where the primary priest,


 Aspanu Pisciotta (left) and Salvatore Giuliano in real life Abbot Manfriedi, shields him from the caribinieri, and is soon healed back to full health by a doctor and the priests of the monastery. After leaving the monastery, Guiliano dedicates his life to being a bandit, and creates a band, living the next few years forming a legendary reputation all over Italy for his daring exploits in stealing from the rich and wealthy and in giving almost all of his earnings to the poor and underprivileged peasants of Sicily, who honor him as their hero. As his reputation and exploits increases, he is hunted both by the Italian government, who form a special taskforce to capture him, and the Mafia, headed by the Capo dei Capi, Don Croce Malo, whose interests and influence have been severely damaged by Guiliano and his band.
Gaspare "Aspanu" Pisciotta – The childhood friend and cousin of Salvatore Guiliano. A sly, thin and handsome young man, suffering from tuberculosis, Aspanu Pisciotta was the closest and most trusted friend of Turi Guiliano, who trusted him with his life. As Guiliano's fame and reputation increases, Pisciotta gradually feels less and less significant and after much of his advice is ignored by Guiliano, Pisciotta is approached by Don Croce, who convinces him to betray his childhood friend Turi Guiliano.
Michael Corleone – The son of the famed Don Vito Corleone and heir to the Corleone family. Spending a four-year exile in Sicily, Michael is eager to return home to his family in New York, but is told by his father, Vito, to escort Turi Guiliano safely back to America with him. As he learns more about the reputation and exploits of the legendary Guiliano, Michael becomes extremely intrigued to meet him.
Don Croce Malo – The extremely powerful Capo dei Capi who wields power not only in the entire island of Sicily but also in Rome and with the Italian government. A legendary negotiator, Don Croce quickly rises to the head of the Mafia and early into Turi Guiliano's career, is eager to make Guiliano the heir to his Mafia empire, but is unable to do so, due to Guiliano's deep hatred of the Mafia. As Guiliano's daring exploits increase and after Guiliano assassinates six prominent Mafia leaders and severely damages his interests, Don Croce takes the decision to kill Guiliano.
Hector Adonis – Professor of Literature in the University of Palermo and Padrino to Turi Guiliano. A diminutive man, Adonis is an elegantly dressed and extremely intelligent academic, who commands influence amongst the Mafia. He loved and cared for his godson Guiliano, whom he taught literature in his childhood and for whom he often brought many books to read while visiting him.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations[edit]
In 1987, The Sicilian was adapted into a film, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Guiliano, however, owing to copyright issues, the characters of Michael Corleone and Clemenza were not included in this movie adaptation.
External links[edit]
The Sicilian at the Internet Movie Database


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The Godfather
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Author
Mario Puzo
Cover artist
S. Neil Fujita
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
The Godfather
Genre
Crime novel
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons

Publication date
 10 March 1969
Preceded by
The Family Corleone
Followed by
The Sicilian
The Godfather is a crime novel written by Italian American author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It details the story of a fictitious Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Don Vito Corleone, who became synonymous with the Italian Mafia. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955, and also provides the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.
The book introduced Italian criminal terms like consiglieri, caporegime, Cosa Nostra, and omertà to an English-speaking audience.
It formed the basis for a 1972 film of the same name. Two film sequels, including new contributions by Puzo himself, were made in 1974 and 1990. The first and second films are widely held in high esteem as examples of the cinematic arts.[1][2]
S. Neil Fujita created a book cover with a marionette puppet theme. The title is in a single column of bold white Gothic letters against a black background. The word "Godfather" has the extended upper horizontal arm of the "G" and the vertical arm of the "d" separated by a black "string" line that descends from the upper right corner where are held the controls in a hand of the "manipulator". White strings descend to the f, t, h, e and r.[3]
The novel deals with a mob war fought between the Corleone family and the other four of the five Mafia families in New York. After Don Vito Corleone is shot by men working for drug dealer Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, his two sons, Santino and Michael must run the family business with the help of consigliere Tom Hagen and the two caporegime Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio. When Michael murders Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey, an Irish police captain on the drug lord's payroll, the conflict escalates into a full scale war; this ultimately results in Santino's murder and Michael's ascension to the head of the family. He initially desires to legitimize the family business, but gradually becomes even more ruthless than his father, orchestrating the murder of all of the family's enemies, including his brother-in-law Carlo Rizzi, who played a part in Santino's murder. Michael then sells all the family's businesses in New York and moves the Corleones to Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Several characters were to receive relatively minor coverage in the film adaptation, such as the Don's godson Johnny Fontane and his friend Nino Valenti, Sonny's mistress Lucy Mancini, and Michael's bodyguard Al Neri.


Contents  [hide]
1 Title
2 Main characters
3 Film adaptation
4 Other adaptations
5 Sequels
6 Literary reference
7 Real-life influences
8 See also
9 Notes and references
10 External links

Title[edit]
Some controversy surrounds the title of the book and its underworld implications. Although it is widely reported that Puzo was inspired to use "Godfather" as a designator for a Mafia leader from his experience as a reporter, the term The Godfather was first used in connection with the Mafia during Joe Valachi's testimony during a 1963 United States congressional hearing on organized crime.[citation needed]
Main characters[edit]
The Corleone family patriarch is Vito Corleone (The Don), whose surname (Italian for "Lionheart") recalls the town of Corleone, Sicily. Vito has four children: Santino "Sonny" Corleone, Frederico "Fredo" Corleone, Michael "Mike" Corleone, and Constanzia "Connie" Corleone. He also has an informally adopted son, Tom Hagen, who became the Corleones' consigliere. Vito Corleone is also the godfather of singer and movie star Johnny Fontane. The godfather referred to in the title is generally taken to be Vito. However, the story's central character is actually Michael. Its central theme follows that it is Michael's destiny to replace his father as the head of the family, despite his determination to lead a more Americanized life with his girlfriend (and eventual wife) Kay Adams.
The Corleone family is in fact a criminal organization with national influence, notably protection, gambling and union racketeering. Serving under the Don is his oldest son Santino, who serves as underboss. The operational side of the organization is headed by two caporegimes, Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio.
Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: The Godfather
The 1972 film adaptation of the novel was released with Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone and Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Mario Puzo assisted with both writing of the screenplay and other production tasks. The film grossed approximately $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 shares much with the novel except such details as backstories of some characters that are not included, although they were filmed. Some of this footage was included in later versions such as "The Godfather Saga." The subplot involving Johnny Fontane in Hollywood was not filmed. The most significant deviation between the film from the novel was that the latter had a more upbeat ending than the film in which Kay Corleone accepts Michael's decision to take over his father's business. The film ends with Kay's realization of Michael's ruthlessness, a theme that would develop in the second and third films, which are largely not based on the original novel. Vito Corleone's backstory appeared in the second film, performed by Robert DeNiro.
Other adaptations[edit]
Main article: The Godfather: The Game
The video game company Electronic Arts released a video game adaptation of The Godfather on March 21, 2006. The player assumes the role of a "soldier" in the Corleone family. Prior to his death, Marlon Brando provided some voice work for Vito, which was eventually deemed unusable and was dubbed over by a Brando impersonator. Francis Ford Coppola said in April 2005 that he was not informed of Paramount's decision to allow the game to be made and he did not approve of it.[4] Al Pacino also did not participate, and his likeness was replaced with a different depiction of Michael Corleone.
Sequels[edit]
In 1983, Puzo's literary sequel to The Godfather was published. Entitled The Sicilian, it chronicles the life of "Giuliano" (Salvatore Giuliano) but the Corleone family is featured heavily throughout, Michael Corleone in particular. Chronologically this story sits between Michael's exile to Sicily in 1950 to his return to the USA. For copyright reasons, the Corleone family involvement was cut from the Michael Cimino film adaptation, which is not considered part of the Godfather film series.
In 2004, Random House published a sequel to Puzo's The Godfather, The Godfather Returns, by Mark Winegardner. A further sequel by Winegardner, The Godfather's Revenge, was released in 2006. The sequel novels continue the story from Puzo's novel.
The Godfather Returns picks up the story immediately after the end of Puzo's The Godfather. It covers the years 1955 to 1962, as well as providing significant backstory for Michael Corleone's character prior to the events of the first novel. The events of the film The Godfather Part II all take place within the time frame of this novel, but are only mentioned in the background. The novel contains an appendix that attempts to correlate the events of the novels with the events of the films.
The Godfather's Revenge covers the years 1963 to 1964.
Continuing Puzo's habit, as seen in The Godfather, of featuring characters who are close analogues of real life events and public figures (as Johnny Fontane is an analogue of Frank Sinatra), Winegardner features in his two Godfather novels analogues of Joseph, John, and Robert Kennedy, as well as an analogue for alleged organized crime figure Carlos Marcello (Carlo Tramonti). In The Godfather Returns, Winegardner also dramatizes the sweep of organized crime arrests that took place in Apalachin, New York, in 1957.
Winegardner uses all of the characters from the Puzo novels, and created a few of his own, most notably Nick Geraci, a Corleone soldier who plays a pivotal role in the sequel novels. Winegardner further develops characters from the original novel, such as Fredo Corleone, Tom Hagen, and Johnny Fontane.
In 2012, a prequel, based on an unproduced screenplay by Mario Puzo, titled The Family Corleone was written by Ed Falco. It tells the story of how Vito Corleone rises to Don and how Sonny Corleone and Tom Hagen enter the family business.
Literary reference[edit]
Honoré de Balzac's “Le Père Goriot” (1834) has been the inspiration for notable lines that have gain wide popularity in cinema history. Puzo opened his 1969 novel with an epigraph popularly attributed to Balzac: "Behind every great fortune there is a crime." The saying is most likely evolved over time from Balzac's original text: "The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed."[5]
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" was included in both the original Puzo novel, The Godfather (1969), and used in the film adaptation (1972). It is the second ranking cinematic quote included in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (2005) by the American Film Institute. Its origin very well may be from the same work to which Balzec is credited with the opening epigraph. Balzec, wrote of Vautrin telling Eugene: "In that case I will make you an offer that no one would decline."[6]
Real-life influences[edit]
Large parts of the novel are based upon reality, notably the history of the so-called 'Five Families', the Mafia-organization in New York and the surrounding area. The novel also includes many allusions to real-life mobsters and their associates, and Johnny Fontane is based on Frank Sinatra,[7] Moe Greene on Bugsy Siegel,[8][9] for example.
See also[edit]

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Notes and references[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Top Movies - Best Movies at Rotten Tomatoes". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
3.Jump up ^ Grimes, William. "S. Neil Fujita, Innovative Graphic Designer, Dies at 89", The New York Times, October 27, 2010. Accessed October 27, 2010.
4.Jump up ^ Godfather film director whacks Godfather game - by Tor Thorsen, GameSpot, April 8, 2005, retrieved April 8, 2005.
5.Jump up ^ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/09/fortune-crime/#more-7188 Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac, Edited by George Saintsbury, Old Goriot (Le Père Goriot) (1896), Translated by Ellen Marriage, Quote Page 124, J. M. Dent and Co., London and New York. "Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce qu’il a été proprement fait. 1834, Revue de Paris, Volume 12, Le Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, Seconde PartieL’entrée dans le monde, Start Page 237, Quote Page 258, Au Bureau De La Revue De Paris, Paris, France. (Google Books full view); http://www.e-corpus.org/notices/150840/gallery/1947340/fulltext; viewed 10-2-2014.
6.Jump up ^ http://www.literaturepage.com/read/balzac-father-goriot-104.html (Father Goriot, page 104 in Chapter 1); "Dans ces conjonctures, je vais vous faire une proposition que personne ne refuserait. Honoré de Balzac, Œuvres complètes de H. de Balzac (1834), Calmann-Lévy, 1910 (Le Père Goriot, II. L'entrée dans le monde, pp. 110-196); viewed 10-2-2014.
7.Jump up ^ Bruno, Anthony. "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". TruTV. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
8.Jump up ^ "The Not-so-famous Alex Rocco". Boston Globe. November 13, 1989. Retrieved 2008-07-20. "Until this year, Alex Rocco was best known as Moe Greene, the Bugsy Siegel character who was shot in the eyeglasses at the end of "The Godfather. ..."
9.Jump up ^ "Snap Judgment: Betting against the odds". Jerusalem Post. January 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-20. "Moe Greene is, of course, Lansky partner Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, who spearheaded the building of Las Vegas's first luxury casino-hotel, The Flamingo, ..."
External links[edit]
The Official Mario Puzo's Library entry for The Godfather
20th-Century American Bestsellers's Entry for The Godfather
The Godfather Returns


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The Godfather
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Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola (2–3)
Albert S. Ruddy (1)
 Gray Frederickson (2)
Fred Roos (2)
Fred Fuchs (3)
Written by
Mario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola
Robert Towne (1)
Based on
The Godfather
 by Mario Puzo
Starring
Al Pacino
Diane Keaton
Robert Duvall (1–2)
John Cazale (1–2)
Talia Shire
Sterling Hayden (1)
Al Lettieri (1)
John Marley (1)
Marlon Brando (1)
James Caan (1)
Richard S. Castellano (1)
Simonetta Stefanelli (1)
Robert De Niro (2)
Morgana King (2)
Marianna Hill (2)
Lee Strasberg (2)
Michael V. Gazzo (2)
Andy García (3)
Sofia Coppola (3)
Eli Wallach (3)
George Hamilton (3)
Joe Mantegna (3)
Music by
Nino Rota
Carmine Coppola
Carlo Savina (1)
Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
Peter Zinner (1–2)
Barry Malkin (2–3)
William H. Reynolds (1)
Richard Marks (2)
Lisa Fruchtman (3)
Walter Murch (3)
Production
   company
Alfran Productions (1)
American Zoetrope (3)
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
15 March 1972
(The Godfather)
20 December 1974
(The Godfather Part II)
25 December 1990
(The Godfather Part III)

Running time
549 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
 Italian
 Spanish
Budget
$63.5 million
Box office
$574.8 million
The Godfather is a film series consisting of three feature-length crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola based upon the novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo. The first two films of the series were written, filmed, and released just years apart in the 1970s, while the third installment didn't come out until 1990. They were distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The three films follow the fictional Corleone Mafia family through the course of its history in the United States and their homeland Sicily. The early plot line begins with patriarch of the family Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) decline and exit from the family business and the passing over of the control to his youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) who then becomes the major focus of the films. After seizing control, Michael uproots the family from New York and moves out to Las Vegas where he gets involved in a business transaction in the unstable Cuba, which he manages to get out of. Years later, Michael has pulled out of the mafia world and attempts to buy a good reputation through various acts of charity.
The series achieved success at the box office, with the films earning over $550 million worldwide. The films were critically acclaimed and the first film, The Godfather, is seen by many as one of the greatest films of all time. The first sequel, The Godfather Part II, is viewed by many as the greatest sequel of all time. The series is heavily awarded, winning 9 out of 29 total Academy Award nominations.


Contents  [hide]
1 Film series 1.1 The Godfather
1.2 The Godfather Part II
1.3 The Godfather Part III
1.4 Compilations for video and television
2 Cast
3 Reception 3.1 Box office performance
3.2 Public and critical response
3.3 Awards and nominations
4 Video games
5 Notes
6 References
7 Further reading

Film series[edit]
The Godfather[edit]
Main article: The Godfather
The Godfather, the first film in the franchise, 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. Meanwhile, Vito's oldest son Sonny takes over the family and Michael strikes back for the assassination attempt by killing Sollozzo and a corrupted police captain, forcing Michael to go to Sicily in hiding. While in Sicily, Michael travels around the country and meets a young woman whom he marries, but who is eventually killed in a car bombing. Michael returns to America after the news of his brother Sonny's killing. After returning, Vito turns over the reins of the family to Michael. Michael plans to move the family business to Las Vegas; but before the move, he plots the killing of the heads of the five families on the day of his sister's son's baptism. Other subplots include Vito's daughter's abusive marriage, Johnny Fontaine's success out West, and Vito's second oldest son Fredo's role in the family business.
The Godfather Part II[edit]
Main article: The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II, the second film in the franchise, 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 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[edit]
Main article: The Godfather Part III
The Godfather Part III, the third film in the franchise, was released on December 25, 1990. Francis Ford Coppola reprises his role 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. The film also weaves into its plot a fictionalized account of real-life events — the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–1982 — and links them with each other and with the affairs of Michael Corleone.
Compilations for video and television[edit]
In addition to the three films that were released to theaters, three compilations were created by Coppola and editors Barry Malkin and Walter Murch:
The Godfather Saga (1977) – a 7-hour television miniseries based on the first two films, and incorporating additional footage that was not included in the theatrical releases.
The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic (1981) – a version of The Godfather Saga that was released to video (VHS format).[1]
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980 (1992) – a 10-hour compilation released directly to video (VHS and LaserDisc formats) in 1992 and 1997. It encompasses all three films, and again incorporates footage that was not included in the theatrical releases, more additional footage than either the Saga or Epic had previously included.
Cast[edit]

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Film

The Godfather[2]
The Godfather Part II[3]
The Godfather Part III[4]

Michael Corleone
Al Pacino
Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando Robert De Niro[N 1]  
Tom Hagen
Robert Duvall  
Sonny Corleone
James Caan  
Peter Clemenza
Richard S. Castellano Bruno Kirby[N 2]  
Captain McCluskey
Sterling Hayden  
Jack Woltz
John Marley  
Emilio Barzini
Richard Conte  
Kay Adams-Corleone
Diane Keaton
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone
Simonetta Stefanelli  
Virgil Sollozzo
Al Lettieri  
Salvatore Tessio
Abe Vigoda Abe Vigoda
John Aprea[N 3] 
Connie Corleone
Talia Shire
Carlo Rizzi
Gianni Russo  
Fredo Corleone
John Cazale John Cazale[N 4]
Carmine Cuneo
Rudy Bond  
Johnny Fontane
Al Martino   Al Martino
Carmela Corleone
Morgana King Morgana King
Francesca De Sapio[N 5]  
Luca Brasi
Lenny Montana  
Paulie Gatto
Johnny Martino  
Amerigo Bonasera
Salvatore Corsitto  
Al Neri
Richard Bright
Moe Greene
Alex Rocco  
Bruno Tattaglia
Tony Giorgio  
Nazorine
Vito Scotti  
Theresa Hagen
Tere Livrano  
Hyman Roth
  Lee Strasberg  
Frank Pentangeli
  Michael V. Gazzo  
Pat Geary
  G. D. Spradlin  
Don Fanucci
  Gastone Moschin  
Rocco Lampone
  Tom Rosqui  
Genco Abbandando
  Frank Sivero  
Deanna Corleone
  Marianna Hill  
Signor Roberto
  Leopoldo Trieste  
Johnny Ola
  Dominic Chianese  
Michael's bodyguard
  Amerigo Tot  
Merle Johnson
  Troy Donahue  
Vincent Mancini
  Andy García
Don Altobello
  Eli Wallach
Joey Zasa
  Joe Mantegna
B. J. Harrison
  George Hamilton
Grace Hamilton
  Bridget Fonda
Mary Corleone
  Sofia Coppola
Cardinal Lamberto
  Raf Vallone
Anthony Corleone
  Franc D'Ambrosio
Archbishop Gilday
  Donal Donnelly
Frederick Keinszig
  Helmut Berger
Dominic Abbandando
  Don Novello
Andrew Hagen
  John Savage
Calo
  Franco Citti
Mosca
  Mario Donatone
Don Tommasino
Corrado Gaipa Mario Cotone Vittorio Duse
Licio Lucchesi
  Enzo Robutti
Spara
  Michele Russo
Lou Pennino
  Robert Cicchini
Armand
  Rogerio Miranda
Francesco
  Carlos Miranda
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]

Film
Release date
Revenue
Rank
Budget
Reference

United States
Foreign
Worldwide
All time domestic
All time worldwide
The Godfather March 15, 1972 $134,966,411 $110,100,000 $245,066,411 #310
 #23(A) #398 $6,500,000 [5]
The Godfather Part II December 20, 1974 $57,300,000 $135,700,000 $193,000,000 #1,416 - $13,000,000 [6]
The Godfather Part III December 25, 1990 $66,666,062 $70,100,000 $136,766,062 #947 - $54,000,000 [7]
Total
$258932473
$315900000
$574832473
-
-
$73,500,000
[8]
List indicator(s) (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

Public and critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series received a positive 89% average rating from critics - 100%, 99%, and 68% respectively, making it one of the highest-rated film series of all-time, along with the Toy Story trilogy (in which the first two films earned a perfect 100%, and the third earned 99%), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (92%, 96%, and 94%), the Dollars trilogy (98%, 93%, 97%), The Dark Knight trilogy (85%, 94%, 88%), and the original Star Wars trilogy (94%, 97%, and 79%). Metacritic, based on its ratings for each film (100%, 80%, 60%), lists the series as receiving "Generally Favorable Reviews" with its 80% average.
The series appears in many "Top 10" film lists, such as the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association's Top 10 Films, IMDb top 250, Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies, and James Berardinelli's Top 100.[9]

Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
The Godfather 100% (81 reviews)[10] 100 (14 reviews)[11]
The Godfather Part II 99% (67 reviews)[12] 80 (9 reviews)[13]
The Godfather Part III 67% (57 reviews)[14] 60 (19 reviews)[15]
Average ratings
89%
80

Awards and nominations[edit]
The three films together were nominated for a total of 29 Academy Awards, of which they won 9. For the Best Supporting Actor award, both the The Godfather and The Godfather Part II had three actors nominated for the award, which is a rare feat. Both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II won the award for Best Picture in their respective years. The Godfather Part II won the most Academy Awards with six to its credit. The Godfather Part III was nominated for seven Oscars, but failed to win any.
The Godfather — Nominations: 11, Wins: 3
The Godfather Part II — Nominations: 11, Wins: 6
The Godfather Part III — Nominations: 7, Wins: 0
The Godfather film series at the Academy Awards[16][17][18]

Award
Awards won

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part III
Best Actor Won
 (Marlon Brando) Nominated
 (Al Pacino) 
Best Art Direction  Won Nominated
Best Cinematography   Nominated
Costume Design Nominated Nominated 
Best Director Nominated Won Nominated
Best Film Editing Nominated  Nominated
Music (Best Original Score) Nominated Won 
Music (Best Original Song)   Nominated
 ("Promise Me You'll Remember")
Best Picture Won Won Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Nominated
 (James Caan, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino) Won
 (Robert De Niro)[N 6] Nominated
 (Andy García)
Best Supporting Actress  Nominated
 (Talia Shire) 
Best Adapted Screenplay Won Won 
Video games[edit]
Three video games have been released to supplement the film series. The releases include: The Godfather, The Godfather: The Game, and The Godfather II.
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The character Vito Corleone appears in The Godfather Part II as a younger version than in The Godfather and played by another actor, Robert De Niro.
2.Jump up ^ The character Peter Clemenza appears in The Godfather Part II as a younger version than in The Godfather and played by another actor, Bruno Kirby.
3.Jump up ^ The character Salvatore Tessio appears in The Godfather Part II as a younger version than in The Godfather and played by another actor, John Aprea. The original actor Abe Vigoda makes a cameo appearance at the end of The Godfather Part II.
4.Jump up ^ The character Fredo Corleone played by John Cazale appears in The Godfather Part III during a brief flashblack. Archive footage from The Godfather Part II is used.
5.Jump up ^ The character Carmela Corleone appears in The Godfather Part II as an older version played by Morgana King and a younger version in flashbacks played by Francesca De Sapio.
6.Jump up ^ The Godfather Part II had three of its actors nominated for the award of Best Supporting Actor at the 47th Academy Awards including Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, and winner Robert De Niro.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Malta, J. Geoff (2006). The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic.
2.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)- Cast & Crew". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
3.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part II (1974)- Cast & Crew". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
4.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)- Cast & Crew". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
5.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
6.Jump up ^ "Box office / business for The Godfather: Part II". IMDB. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
7.Jump up ^ "The Godfather Part III (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ "The Godfather at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
9.Jump up ^ James Berardinelli. "Berardinelli's All-Time Top 100". Reelviews. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
10.Jump up ^ "The Godfather". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "The Godfather". Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
12.Jump up ^ "The Godfather II". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "The Godfather II". Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ "The Godfather III". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ "The Godfather III". Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
16.Jump up ^ "1972 Academy Awards® Winners and History". AMC Filmsite. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
17.Jump up ^ "1974 Academy Awards® Winners and History". AMC Filmsite. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
18.Jump up ^ "1990 Academy Awards® Winners and History". AMC Filmsite. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
Further reading[edit]
AMC TV (2010-11-25). "Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Godfather Trilogy". Free Republic.


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