Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia masterpiece stars Marlon Brando in an Oscar-winning performance as the aging patriarch of an organised crime...
Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia masterpiece stars Marlon Brando in an Oscar-winning performance as the aging patriarch of an organised crime dynasty handing control of the empire to his reluctant son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). When a rival gang wants to impede on the Corleone’s territory, family duties will shape Michael into the leader that is demanded of him. Co-stars James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Sterling Hayden and Richard S. Castellano. In addition to Brando's Oscar for Best Actor, The Godfather's other big wins at the 1973 Academy Awards included Best Picture and Best Screenplay.
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97 %151 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
98 %736,232 reviewsAudience score rating
"Coppola’s approach tends to be humanistic, ethnic, and almost grotesquely nostalgic."
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Village Voice
Village Voice"The Godfather keeps so much in front of us all the time that we’re never bored..."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"Brando is perhaps a little too obviously giving a performance, but within those limits he is good."
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The Times
The Times"The biggest achievement here is the establishment of mood and time."
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Variety
Variety"The greatest gangster film ever made."
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Total Film
Total Film"Francis Ford Coppola has made one of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A measured, deathly serious epic."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia entirely on its own terms."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"It could be argued that Francis Ford Coppola's film of Mario Puzo's bestseller, at once an art movie and a commercial blockbuster, marked the dawn of the age of the mega-movie."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Coppola's masterpiece reveals something new every time you watch it."
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BBC
BBCThe Godfather | Details
Award winner- Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), Best Screenplay; Academy Awards 1973. Best Picture (Drama), Director, Actor (Brando), Original Score and Screeplay at the Golden Globes 1973.
- Runtime
- 175
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
