Liverpool Victoria The Godfather Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $24.95 iRewards Program members receive iRewards Program points on this item. Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) Starring: Marlon Brando Director: Francis Ford Coppola Video Release: May 2002 | Theatrical Release: 1972 Runtime: 175 Rating: R (MPAA) Released by Paramount Home Video | UPC: 097360804935 chapters.indigo Review To this day, the fictitious Corleone family has shaped the popular perception of the Mafia. The Godfather so dramatically portrayed them and the lifestyle they led, it's hard to fault the public for this mistake, if it was a mistake in the first place. But the characters in Frances Ford Coppola's Academy Award-winning epic were quite accurately depicted, taken from the pages of Mario Puzo's novel, which used all the elements of real-life mob families to create the Corleones. Robert Duvall, Al Pacino, James Caan and Marlon Brando head up the cast in this flawlessly acted classic. Consider this your initiation. Notes The film got almost routinely rave reviews when it opened. New Yorker Magazine's Pauline Kael claimed it was the "greatest gangster picture ever made," and indeed it became the mafia movie that all other mafia movies were not only judged against, but inspired by. Mario Puzo's novel, which inspired the screenplay, had sold millions of copies, so by the time the film opened, fans already existed and were lined up at the box office. One of the best aspects of the film is the way it evokes the period and landscape of the mid and late 1940s. The ambient lighting, costumes, and settings became a signature style that Coppola used in the "Godfather" series. He would use the same suggestive production design and atmospheric touches in "The Godfather II" (1974) when he evoked Don Corleone's early years, and again in "The Godfather III" (1990) in the Vatican scenes. When Coppola made this film, which is now considered one of his three masterpieces, (the others being "The Godfather Part II" in 1974 and "Apocalypse Now" in 1979) he had only been making studio-backed features for a few years. He started his career working in different capacities on film sets since he had a thorough technical training at USC Film School, and later was funded to make low budget films by B-movie impresario Roger Corman, who had incidentally helped out many filmmakers and actors from Coppola's generation. His first films outside of his (surprisingly good) Corman productions were the Warner-backed "Finian's Rainbow" (1968) with Fred Astaire, for which composer Ray Heindorf received an Academy Award Nomination, and the 1969 "Rain People" with Robert Duvall and James Caan, who would later become staple Coppola actors, appearing in several of his films. The brilliance, epic scope and commercial success of "The Godfather" solidified Coppola's stance in Hollywood, and in the industry more generally, and allowed him to command higher budgets and continued artistic freedom in his later films, which would sometimes work to his advantage, as in the case of "The Conversation" (1974) or "The Godfather Part II" (1974), but also to his disadvantage; with some of his more "risky" projects, such as the critically unpopular and financially unsuccessful "One from the Heart" (1982) and "The Cotton Club" (1984). Despite his occasional "failures," Coppola still possesses the Hollywood clout to green light expensive and elaborate projects, such as the 1992 "Bram Stoker's Dracula." Although Brando was a no-show at the 1972 Academy Awards, his stand-in, an "Apache" woman, came with a 15-page speech to read if the star won. Howard Koch, the show's producer, said that if she went over 40 seconds, he would forcibly remove her from the stage. When Brando's name was called, the woman, Sacheen Littlefeather, explained that Brando would not accept the award, as he was protesting the treatment of American Indians by the film industry. The speech met with a mixed reaction, and certainly left most of the audience stunned. Jane Fonda told the press, "I think what he did was wonderful." Actor Michael Caine said, "...If you're going to make a humanitarian gesture, I think a man who makes $2 million a picture should at least give half of it to the Indians." Coppola's response was "I was so sure I was going to win Best Director." (He didn't.) The film was shot on location in New York and Sicily. The estimated budget was $6 million. The film was originally 177 minutes, but was cut by 6 minutes when it was released theatrically. The film was released with its two companion pieces on video as part of the re-edited 450 minute "The Godfather Saga." The film was selected in 1990 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, which denotes certain American films as "Film Treasures." Jack Woltz's horse, which ends up decapitated, in his bed, is named Khartoum. Louis Malle did the English-French translation of the film for its release in France. Description One of the great movies of all time, which spawned an equally successful sequel. This atmospheric epic follows the fortunes of the fictitious Corleones, a powerful Mafia family with its own separate code of honor, justice, law and loyalty that transcends all other codes. Flawless performances from an all-star cast, a dramatic plot, unforgettable music, and the grotesque horsehead scene (!) all combine to make this one of those movies to watch again and again. Based on Mario Puzo's novel. Academy Award Nominations: 10, including Best Director; 3 nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Caan, Duvall, Pacino). Synopsis Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo (who cowrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER is an epic tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and '50s. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the family patriarch balancing a love of his family with an ambitious criminal instinct. At the wedding of the don’s daughter, Connie (Talia Shire), youngest son Michael (Al Pacino), a decorated war veteran, is reunited with his family. After an assassination attempt leaves the Godfather too ill to run the family business, sons Michael and Sonny (James Caan), with the help of consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), lead the Corleones into a vendetta-filled war with the other mob families. Violent revenge ensues as the family tries to change from its old criminal ways into legitimacy. Diane Keaton, in a stark departure from her usual comedic roles, plays Kay, the long-suffering wife of Michael Corleone. Brilliant casting, music, and storytelling help make THE GODFATHER a classic. 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