Don Vito Corleone
Search results
People also ask
Is the godfather a gangster movie?
Is the Godfather based on a true story?
Why was 'the godfather' a good movie?
Who starred in the godfather?
Mar 24, 1972 · The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
- (2M)
- Crime, Drama
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 1972-03-24
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film [2] directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane ...
- Overview
- Production notes and credits
- Cast
- Academy Award nominations (* denotes win)
The Godfather, American gangster epic film, released in 1972, that was adapted from the 1969 best-selling novel by Mario Puzo and has been regarded as a masterpiece since its release. Its creative cinematography, haunting score, and unforgettable performances by such actors as Marlon Brando and Al Pacino made the multigenerational saga an enduring cultural touchstone.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
Britannica Quiz
Best Picture Movie Quote Quiz
The Godfather is set in the 1940s and takes place entirely within the world of the Corleones, a fictional New York Mafia family. It opens inside the dark office of the family patriarch, Don Vito Corleone (also known as the Godfather and played by Brando), on the wedding day of his daughter, Connie (Talia Shire). Vito’s youngest son, Michael (Pacino), who has distanced himself from the family business, attends the festivities with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton).
A few months later, Vito is nearly killed by gunmen sent by a rival family, and Michael saves him from another attempt while he is recovering in the hospital. Michael then takes revenge, killing a corrupt police captain as well as the man who ordered the hit on Vito, after which he flees to Sicily as a gang war breaks out. Vito’s eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), is gunned down, and the violence eventually reaches Michael when his Sicilian wife is killed during an attempt on his life.
•Studios: Paramount Pictures and Alfran Productions
•Director: Francis Ford Coppola
•Writers: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
•Music: Nino Rota
•Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone)
•Al Pacino (Michael Corleone)
•James Caan (Sonny Corleone)
•Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen)
•Diane Keaton (Kay Adams)
•Talia Shire (Connie)
•Picture*
•Lead actor (Marlon Brando)*
•Supporting actor (James Caan)
•Supporting actor (Robert Duvall)
•Supporting actor (Al Pacino)
•Costume design
- Pat Bauer
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone ...
- (151)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- R
- Marlon Brando
Mar 16, 1997 · The story by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola is a brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia entirely on its own terms. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) emerges as a sympathetic and even admirable character; during the entire film, this lifelong professional criminal does nothing of which we can really disapprove.
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.
Fifty years after its premiere, Francis Ford Coppola's classic gangster movie is still considered one of the greatest artworks made about the US, but have we overlooked a key element, asks...
