Rent The Godfather (1972)

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Synopsis:
In late 1940's New York, Mafia 'Godfather' Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) gathers his three sons around him for daughter Connie (Talia Shire)'s wedding; the hot-headed Sonny (James Caan), ineffectual Fredo (John Cazale) and war hero Michael (Al Pacino), who chooses to distance himself from the family 'business'. When Vito is shot and wounded for refusing to sanction a rival family's heroin sales on his territory, Sonny temporarily takes over and embarks on bloody gang warfare. This results in him being killed in an ambush, and Michael finds himself nominated to succeed the ailing Vito.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Albert S. Ruddy
Narrated By:
Chuck Riley
Writers:
Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Others:
Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Peter Zinner, Nino Rota, Christopher Newman, Richard Portman, Anna Hill Johnstone, Bud Grenzbach, William Reynolds
Aka:
Mario Puzo's The Godfather
Studio:
Paramount
Genres:
Classics, Drama
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Awards:

1973 BAFTA Best Music

1973 Oscar Best Picture

1973 Oscar Best Actor

1973 Oscar Best Adapted Screen Play

BBFC:
Release Date:
08/07/2013
Run Time:
170 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • The Original Provocative Director's Commentary
BBFC:
Release Date:
06/06/2011
Run Time:
177 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, French LPCM Mono, German Dolby Digital 5.1, German LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Original, provocative director's commentary
Disc 1:
This disc includes the main feature
Disc 2:
This disc includes the bonus features
BBFC:
Release Date:
21/03/2022
Run Time:
175 minutes
Languages:
Brazilian Portuguese DTS 5.1, English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, French DTS 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Brazilian, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Full Circle: Preserving 'The Godfather'
  • Capturing The Corleones: Through the Lens of Photographer Steve Schapiro
  • The Godfather: Home Movies
  • Restoration Comparisons
  • Introduction from Francis Ford Coppola
  • Making of 'The Godfather'
  • Additional Scenes
  • Filming Locations
  • The Corleone Family Tree
  • The Music of 'The Godfather'
  • Profiles on the Filmmakers
  • Photo Galleries and Storyboards
  • Godfather World
  • The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
  • When the Shooting Stopped
  • Emulsional Rescue Revealing 'The Godfather'
  • 'The Godfather' on the Red Carpet
  • Four Short Films on 'The Godfather'

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Reviews (4) of The Godfather

A classic - The Godfather review by HW

Spoiler Alert
14/08/2019

This film has stood the test of time. Much less shooting and gore than more modern gangster films but the tension, implied threat, is great. Well worth watching again.

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One of the, if not THE, best films ever. - The Godfather review by NC

Spoiler Alert
26/01/2020

Saw this when it was released, in New Orleans. Full version. The whole thing was just continuous involvement. Brilliant acting, photography, and the best soundtrack ever.....all the way through. The mix of family and violence balanced.

Marlon got really huge after this. By the time of Apocalypse, he had to filmed in the shadows! You only need the face and voice at the end of the day! Who could get away with that today? Zero............

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Masterpiece - Watch It Again - The Godfather review by GI

Spoiler Alert
09/11/2022

There's little that can be said about this masterpiece that hasn't already been said many times over. It retains it's brilliance after many viewings and it's influence is so widespread, indeed it remains a surprise that director Francis Coppola was reluctant to direct it and the studio did not have high expectations expecting a small gangster film and yet what we got was a genre and era defining film, a saga about a close knit family who we see in all the normalities of their lives except they deal in murder and violence. This is so casually dealt with throughout the narrative that the film feels like melodrama rather than a crime film. When violence is shown it comes suddenly and shockingly although viewed today it's a remarkably restrained film. It's not gratuitous but depicts the violence as cold and businesslike. One of the most graphic killings in a small restaurant is described by the killer as 'business, not personal'. This is also the film that brought Al Pacino forward as a major league star. He's unrivalled here and the narrative is chiefly focused on his character arc from reluctant family member to ruthless crime boss, and he becomes very dark and foreboding in look and attitude. It really amplifies how good he is. Of course he's aided by a brilliantly scripted story, faultless direction and a cast that all perform superbly. Most remember of course Marlon Brando as the titular Godfather, Vito Corleone, the head of a family he dotes over and whose business he controls with cunning and insight. James Caan, too, as the heir apparent and hotheaded eldest son who is clearly doomed and has the bloodiest death. These are aided by Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Richard Conte and many others. But it's the women characters that often get overlooked, possibly with the exception of Diane Keaton', Kay, who is the one who begins to challenge the world she joins. The others are all complicit pretending to not hear or see the violence that provides for them. It's an ensemble piece in many ways and the script joins them together in this tale of organised crime brilliantly. Coppola mixes in the issues of culture, Catholicism and greed that makes them complicit in the vendetta way of family life. The Godfather remains one of the finest motion pictures ever made and it's worthy of rediscovery by modern audiences.

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