The Godfather (film series)

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The Godfather
The Godfather.jpg
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay by Mario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola
Based on The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
Produced by Albert S. Ruddy (1)
Francis Ford Coppola (2–3)
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)
Music by Nino Rota (1–2)
Carmine Coppola (3)
Production
companies
Alfran Productions (1)
The Coppola Company (2)
American Zoetrope (3)
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • March 15, 1972 (1972-03-15)
  • (The Godfather)
  • December 20, 1974 (1974-12-20)
  • (The Godfather Part II)
  • December 25, 1990 (1990-12-25)
  • (The Godfather Part III)
Running time
539 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Sicilian
Budget$73–74.2 million [N 1]
Box office$430.9–517.4 million [N 2] [N 3]

The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo. The films follow the trials of the fictional Italian American mafia Corleone family whose patriarch, Vito Corleone, rises to be a major figure in American organized crime. His youngest son, Michael Corleone, becomes his successor. The films were distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in 1972, 1974, and 1990. The series achieved success at the box office, with the films earning between $430 and $517 million worldwide. [N 2] [N 3] The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are both seen by many as two of the greatest films of all time. [1] The series is heavily awarded, winning 9 out of 28 total Academy Award nominations.

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Film series

The Godfather

The Godfather was released on March 15, 1972. The feature-length film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and was based on 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. Vito's oldest son Sonny subsequently takes over the family business and he conspires with Michael to strike back for the assassination attempt by having him kill Sollozzo and a corrupt police captain, forcing Michael to go to Sicily in hiding. While in Sicily, Michael travels around the country and meets a woman he marries but who is killed in a car bombing. Michael returns to America after the news of his brother Sonny's murder and marries his former girlfriend Kay. Vito then turns over the reins of the family to Michael. Michael plans to move the family business to Las Vegas; but before the move, his father dies, and he plots the killing of the heads of the five families on the day of his nephew's baptism. Other subplots include Vito's daughter's abusive marriage, Johnny Fontane's success in Hollywood and Vito's second son Fredo's role in the family business in Las Vegas.

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II was released on December 20, 1974. The feature-length film was again directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Both films, The Godfather I and The Godfather II are based on a single novel written by Mario Puzo, The Godfather. 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

The Godfather Part III was released on December 25, 1990. Francis Ford Coppola returned as director for the feature-length film, while also writing the screenplay with the help of the author Mario Puzo. In his audio commentary for Part II, Coppola stated it was his belief in the first two films having told the complete Corleone saga with nothing more to add that led him to decline multiple requests from Paramount to make a third installment for over a decade, until severe financial difficulties caused by the critical and commercial failure of One from the Heart (1982) compelled him to accept the long-standing offer. [2]

The Godfather Part III completes the story of Michael Corleone, who is now trying to legitimize his criminal empire, and shows the rise of Sonny Corleone's illegitimate son Vincent Corleone as Michael's successor. The film also portrays a fictionalized account of real-life events, including the death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981 & '82, linking them together and with the affairs of Michael Corleone. Coppola has stated he intended for Part III to be an epilogue to the first two films. [3] The film co-stars Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone, whose performance was received negatively by critics. Leonard Maltin, said of the film that the casting of Sofia Coppola was an "almost-fatal flaw". [4]

Recut version

On December 4, 2020, a recut version of the film titled The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone was released in a limited number of theatres as well as being released on Blu-ray and streaming platforms. [5] [6] Coppola said the film is the version he and Puzo had originally envisioned, and it "vindicates" its status among the trilogy and his daughter Sofia's performance. [7]

Cancelled fourth film

Coppola stated that he and Puzo had discussed the potential of a fourth installment. The fourth film was intended to be a prequel and a sequel told in a similar narrative to Part II. [8] They had discussed a potential script seeing Vito Corleone and Sonny gaining the families' political power and racketeering empire during the 1930s; and with Vincent Corleone in the 1980s, haunted by Mary's death, running the family business through a ten-year destructive war and eventually losing the families' business interests, respect and power, seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death, completing the 100-year story of the Corleone family's rise and fall. [9]

Many actors were rumoured to be cast in the film: Robert De Niro, Andy García and Talia Shire were suggested to be reprising their roles. [10] Leonardo DiCaprio was discussed as being cast as a young Sonny Corleone. [11] [12] [13]

In June 1999, The Hollywood Reporter had reported that a fourth film was in the works with García in the lead role. García has since claimed the film's script was nearly produced, [9] but following Puzo's death on July 2, Coppola decided to retire the film series indefinitely. [14] Puzo's contribution to the potential sequel dealt with the Corleone family in the early 1930s, and was eventually expanded into a novel by Ed Falco and released in 2012 as The Family Corleone . [15] The estate of Puzo had sought to keep Paramount Pictures from producing the film based on The Family Corleone. [16] Now resolved, Paramount has gained the rights to make more Godfather films. [17]

Cast

List indicator(s)

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the film series.

CharacterFilm
The Godfather [18] The Godfather Part II [19] The Godfather Part III [20]
Michael Corleone Al Pacino
Kay Adams-Corleone Diane Keaton
Al Neri Richard Bright
Connie Corleone Talia Shire
Theresa HagenTere Livrano
Francesca CorleoneJeanne Savarino Pesch
Kathryn CorleoneJanet Savarino Smith
Don Tommasino Corrado Gaipa Mario Cotone Vittorio Duse
Anthony Corleone Anthony GounarisJames GounarisFranc D'Ambrosio
Fredo Corleone John Cazale John Cazale A
Vito Corleone Marlon Brando Robert De Niro
Tom Hagen Robert Duvall
Sonny Corleone James Caan
Peter Clemenza Richard S. Castellano Bruno Kirby
Salvatore Tessio Abe Vigoda John Aprea
Abe Vigoda
Carmela Corleone Morgana King Morgana King
Francesca De Sapio
Carlo Rizzi Gianni Russo
Sandra Corleone Julie Gregg
Rocco Lampone Tom Rosqui
Willi Cicci Joe Spinell
Genco AbbandandoFranco Corsaro E Frank Sivero
Johnny Fontane Al Martino Al Martino
Calo Franco Citti Franco Citti
Lucy Mancini Jeannie Linero Jeannie Linero
Enzo AguelloGabrielle TorreiGabrielle Torrei
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone Simonetta Stefanelli Simonetta Stefanelli A
Fabrizio Angelo Infanti
Captain McCluskey Sterling Hayden
Jack Woltz John Marley
Emilio Barzini Richard Conte
Virgil Sollozzo Al Lettieri
Carmine Cuneo Rudy Bond
Luca Brasi Lenny Montana
Paulie Gatto Johnny Martino
Amerigo Bonasera Salvatore Corsitto
Moe Greene Alex Rocco
Bruno Tattaglia Tony Giorgio
Nazorine Vito Scotti
Philip Tattaglia Victor Rendina
Vitelli Saro Urzi
Victor StracciDon Costello
Don Zaluchi Louis Guss
Mary Corleone unknown actress Sofia Coppola
Hyman Roth Lee Strasberg
John Megna Y
Frank Pentangeli Michael V. Gazzo
Pat Geary G. D. Spradlin
Fabrizio Fanucci Gastone Moschin
Deanna Dunn-Corleone Marianna Hill
Signor Roberto Leopoldo Trieste
Johnny Ola Dominic Chianese
Bussetta Amerigo Tot
Merle Johnson Troy Donahue
Vito's mother Maria Carta
Francesco CiccioGiuseppe Sillato
Marcia Roth Fay Spain
FBI Man Harry Dean Stanton
Carmine Rosato Carmine Caridi
Tony Rosato Danny Aiello
Vincenzo PentangeliSalvatore Po
MoscaIgnazio Pappalardo
StrolloAndrea Maugeri
Vincent Corleone Andy García
Osvaldo Altobello Eli Wallach
Joey Zasa Joe Mantegna
B J Harrison George Hamilton
Grace Hamilton Bridget Fonda
Cardinal Lamberto Raf Vallone
Archbishop Gilday Donal Donnelly
Frederick Keinszig Helmut Berger
Dominic Abbandando Don Novello
Andrew Hagen John Savage
MoscaMario Donatone
Licio Lucchesi Enzo Robutti
SparaMichele Russo
Lou Pennino Robert Cicchini
ArmandRogerio Miranda
FrancescoCarlos Miranda
Anthony Squigliaro Vito Antuofermo
Albert Volpe Carmine Caridi
Frank RomanoDon Costello
Leo Cuneo Al Ruscio
Matty Parisi Mickey Knox

Reception

Box office performance

FilmU.S. release dateBox office grossBudget
U.S. and CanadaOther territoriesWorldwide
The GodfatherMarch 15, 1972$134,966,411$111,154,563$246,120,974–287,258,196 [N 2] $6–7.2 million [N 1]
The Godfather Part IIDecember 20, 1974$47,834,595$45,435,594$93,270,189 [N 3] $13 million [32] [33]
The Godfather Part IIIDecember 25, 1990$66,666,062$70,100,000$136,766,062 [34] $54 million [34]
Total$249,467,068$226,690,157$476,157,225–517,294,647$73–74.2 million

The first two films have grossed an estimated $800 million in theatrical, video, and television revenues. [35]

Critical response

The films appear in many "Top" film lists, such as AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies, Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies, the IMDb Top 250, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association's Top 10 Films, and James Berardinelli's Top 100. [36] The Godfather Trilogy was ranked at No. 5 in Empire magazine's "The 33 Greatest Movie Trilogies" in 2010. [37] The Independent ranked it at No. 6 on its list of "10 greatest movie trilogies of all time". [38] Screen Rant ranked it at No. 4 on its list of "The Best Movie Trilogies Of All Time". [39]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
The Godfather97% (9.4/10 average rating) (151 reviews) [40] 100 (16 reviews) [41]
The Godfather Part II96% (9.7/10 average rating) (126 reviews) [42] 90 (18 reviews) [43]
The Godfather Part III66% (6.4/10 average rating) (67 reviews) [44] 60 (19 reviews) [45]
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
86% (7.5/10 average rating) (58 reviews) [46] 76 (14 reviews) [47]

Accolades

Academy Awards

The three films together were nominated for a total of 28 Academy Awards, of which they won nine. The Godfather is the first trilogy to have had all three of its films nominated for Best Picture ( The Lord of the Rings is the only other series to achieve this); it is the only film series with two Best Picture winners, with The Godfather and The Godfather Part II winning the award in their respective years. The Godfather Part II is the first sequel film to win Best Picture ( The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the only other film to achieve this). For the Best Supporting Actor award, both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II had three actors nominated for the award, which is a rare feat. The Godfather Part II won the most Academy Awards with six to its credit. The Godfather Part III was nominated for seven Oscars, but won none.

  • The Godfather — Nominations: 10, 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 [48] [49] [50]
AwardAwards won
The GodfatherThe Godfather Part IIThe Godfather Part III
Picture WonWonNominated
Director NominatedWonNominated
Actor WonNominated
Supporting Actor Nominated [lower-alpha 1] Won [lower-alpha 2] Nominated
Supporting Actress Nominated
Adapted Screenplay WonWon
Art Direction WonNominated
Cinematography Nominated
Costume Design NominatedNominated
Film Editing NominatedNominated
Original Dramatic Score Won
Original Song Nominated
Sound Nominated
  1. ↑ Received three nominations in this category.
  2. ↑ Received three nominations in this category, winning one.

Golden Globe Awards

The three films together were nominated for a total of 20 Golden Globe Awards, of which they won five.

  • The Godfather — Nominations: 7, Wins: 5
  • The Godfather Part II — Nominations: 6, Wins: 0
  • The Godfather Part III — Nominations: 7, Wins: 0
The Godfather film series at the Golden Globe Awards [51] [52] [53]
AwardAwards won
The GodfatherThe Godfather Part IIThe Godfather Part III
Picture – Drama WonNominatedNominated
Director – Motion Picture WonNominatedNominated
Actor – Drama Won [lower-alpha 1] NominatedNominated
Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NominatedNominated
Screenplay WonNominatedNominated
Original Score WonNominatedNominated
Original Song Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer – Male Nominated
  1. ↑ Received two nominations in this category, winning one.

Home media and television

Compilations were created by Coppola and editors Barry Malkin and Walter Murch, with two released to home media:

Other box sets were released in DVD and Blu-ray formats:

Video games

A side-scrolling shooter, The Godfather (1991), was the first video game based on the series. The Godfather: The Game (2006) was based on the first film. [56] [57] Duvall, Caan, and Brando supplied voiceovers and their likenesses, [58] but Pacino did not. [58] Francis Ford Coppola openly voiced his disapproval of the game. [59] The Godfather II (2009) was based on the second film. A mobile game, The Godfather: Family Dynasty (2017), was released for iOS and Android devices.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Sources disagree on both the amount of the original budget and the final budget of the first film. The final budget has been named at $6 million, [21] [22] [23] $6.5 million, [24] [25] $7 million, [26] and $7.2 million. [27]
  2. 1 2 3 Sources disagree on the amount grossed by the first film.
    • 1974: Newsweek. Vol. 84. 1974. p.  74. The original Godfather has grossed a mind-boggling $285 million...
    • 1991: Von Gunden, Kenneth (1991). Postmodern auteurs: Coppola, Lucas, De Palma, Spielberg, and Scorsese. McFarland & Company. p.  36. ISBN   978-0-89950-618-0. Since The Godfather had earned over $85 million in U.S.-Canada rentals (the worldwide box-office gross was $285 million), a sequel, according to the usual formula, could be expected to earn approximately two-thirds of the original's box-office take (ultimately Godfather II had rentals of $30 million).
    • Releases: "The Godfather (1972)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved January 22, 2020. Original release: $243,862,778; 1997 re-release: $1,267,490; 2009 re-release: $121,323; 2011 re-release: $818,333; 2014 re-release: $29,349; 2018 re-release: $21,701; Budget: $6,000,000
  3. 1 2 3 Sources disagree on the amount grossed by the second film. Releases: [28] [29] Some sources claim an original release of $88 million. [30] [31]

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