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The Godfather

Cast

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano View All

Crew

Francis Ford Coppola (Screenplay), Francis Ford Coppola (Director), Mario Puzo (Screenplay) View All

Release: Mar. 14th, 1972

Runtime: 2 hours, 55 minutes

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

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3 The Godfather

I believe it would be wrong to review 'The Godfather' merely as a film. From its initial cinema release in 1972, 'The Godfather' has now evolved to become part of our culture. It is quintessentially...

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Daniel M
The film is beautifully written, it is quite complex with lots of sub plots to keep up with, and it is only now after a few viewings that I think I have come to fully appreciate just how good it is, I always knew it was great, but now I think it might just be the greatest.

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Cobpyth
So, if you're the kind of person that looks for great individual moments in films, you'll find it here, but if you want a cohesive story that deeply analyzes the film's characters and the environment it's set in, The Godfather will also completely satisfy you.

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