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1972 |
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175 minutes |
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather |
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Francis Ford Coppola |
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Albert S Ruddy |
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Al Pacino, James Caan, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton |
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See also:
The Godfather: Part III
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The Godfather Image Gallery, Wallpapers & Desktop Themes |
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According to Francis Ford Coppola, the term "Don Corleone" is actually incorrect Italian parlance. In Italian, addressing someone as "Don" would be like addressing them as "Uncle" in English, so the correct parlance would be "Don Michael" or "Don Vito". Coppola says that Puzo, who couldn't speak any Italian, simply made up the idea of using "Don" with a person's last name, and it has now become a pop culture staple.
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Michael: It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business.
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The Godfather Reviews |
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Rarely can it be said that a film has defined a genre, but never is that more true than in the case of THE GODFATHER. Since the release of the 1972 epic (which garnered ten Academy Award nominations and was named Best Picture), all "gangster movies" have been judged by the standards of this one (unfair as the comparison may be). If a film is about Jewish mobsters, it's a "Jewish GODFATHER"; if it's about the Chinese underworld, it's an "Oriental GODFATHER"; if it takes place in contemporary times, it's a "modern day GODFATHER."
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