The Godfather

[1972, Movie, R, 175 mins]

The Godfather: Review

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It's not just getting better with age: Each passing year only confirms its status as one of the greatest American movies ever made. Francis Ford Coppola's moody and murderous gangster masterpiece succeeds as both popular entertainment and high art, and forever changed the popular perception of organized crime. Implying strong parallels between the workings of the Mafia and those of any other profit-making corporation, Coppola imparted operatic gravity to liberal doses of violence. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and James Caan. THE GODFATHER SAGA: In 1977, Francis Ford Coppola went back and combined his two greatest films — The Godfather and The Godfather Part II — into a single, multigenerational saga. Coppola shuffled scenes into chronological order and included footage that had been deleted from the original releases, and the result was more than the mere sum of its parts. Read the complete review for The Godfather

The Godfather: Cast & Details

Year: 1972
Rated R

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Cast
Marlon Brando: Don Vito Corleone
Al Pacino: Michael Corleone
James Caan: Sonny Corleone
Richard Castellano: Clemenza
Robert Duvall: Tom Hagen
Sterling Hayden: McCluskey

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The Godfather: TV Guide News

Preview: Who Will Go? | Dancing with the Stars | 10/9/2007
This show is like The Godfather: Just when you thinkyou're out, they pull you back in. That's been the case with Season 2winner Drew Lachey filling in as cohost, and we've seen fellow Season 2alum Kenny Mayne back as well. And now we have the return of Season 4'sBilly Ray Cyrus, who will perform his latest hit single, "Ready, Set,Don't Go," on the results show. Oh, and he'll be singing the tunewith his daughter Miley, a.k.a. Hannah Montana, so just be glad you don'thave to pay $1,000 (or more!) to see her. — Joe Friedrich read more
Model Citizen Again Tops AFI's Best-films List | Today's News: Our Take | 6/21/2007
As revealed during Wednesday night's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition special, Citizen Kane held onto the top spot on the 100-best-movies list, followed by The Godfather (up a notch from the 1998 countdown). Casablanca slipped from No. 2 to a third ranking. Among the pics making big leaps were John Wayne's The Searchers (from No. 96 to 12), Raging Bull (from No. 24 to 4), Vertigo (No. 61 to 9) and Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (No. 76 to 11). read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/22/2006
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FlickChick | 3/2/2006
Renee Zellweger has been nominated for an Oscar three years in a row ? can you tell me how many other t read more

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