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The Godfather is an American crime movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola released in 1972. It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola.
The tale starts as "Don" Vito Corleone, the go of a New You are able to Mafia "family", manages his son's marriage. His dearest son Eileen has just come house from the war, but does not strategy to become aspect of his dad's company. Through Michael's lifestyle the characteristics of the household company becomes obvious. The company of the household is just like the master, type and sympathetic to those who give regard, but given to callous assault whenever anything appears against the good of the household. Don Vito life his lifestyle in the way of the old nation, but things are modifying and some don't want to adhere to the old methods and look out for group and "family". An up and arriving competing of the Corleone household wants to begin promoting medication in New You are able to, and needs the Don's impact to further his strategy. The conflict of the Don's removal old globe principles and the new methods will need a dreadful cost.
The tale starts as "Don" Vito Corleone, the go of a New You are able to Mafia "family", manages his son's marriage. His dearest son Eileen has just come house from the war, but does not strategy to become aspect of his dad's company. Through Michael's lifestyle the characteristics of the household company becomes obvious. The company of the household is just like the master, type and sympathetic to those who give regard, but given to callous assault whenever anything appears against the good of the household. Don Vito life his lifestyle in the way of the old nation, but things are modifying and some don't want to adhere to the old methods and look out for group and "family". An up and arriving competing of the Corleone household wants to begin promoting medication in New You are able to, and needs the Don's impact to further his strategy. The conflict of the Don's removal old globe principles and the new methods will need a dreadful cost.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola.
Writer: Mario Puzo (screenplay), Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay), Mario Puzo (novel "The Godfather").
Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Cazale, Diane Keaton.
Imdb Ratings: 9.2/10
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The Godfather won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor for Marlon Brando and Best Adapted Screenplay for both Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. The film had been nominated for eight other Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Al Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall, Best Director for Coppola, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. The film also had a Best Original Score nomination but was disqualified when found out that Nino Rota had used a similar score in another film. Despite having three nominees for the Best Supporting Actor award, they all lost to Joel Grey in Cabaret. It also lost the Best Director, Best Sound and Best Film Editing to Cabaret.
The film won five Golden Globes out of seven nominations. It won the Golden Globe for Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Score and Best Actor – Drama for Brando. It received two nominations for Best Actor – Drama for Pacino and Best Supporting Actor for Caan.
Nino Rota won the Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or TV Special for the film's soundtrack.
At the BAFTA Awards, Nino Rota won the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music while Brando, Duvall and Pacino received nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Most Promising Newcomer, respectively. Anna Hill Johnstone was also nominated for Best Costume Design.
The film won five Golden Globes out of seven nominations. It won the Golden Globe for Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Score and Best Actor – Drama for Brando. It received two nominations for Best Actor – Drama for Pacino and Best Supporting Actor for Caan.
Nino Rota won the Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or TV Special for the film's soundtrack.
At the BAFTA Awards, Nino Rota won the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music while Brando, Duvall and Pacino received nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Most Promising Newcomer, respectively. Anna Hill Johnstone was also nominated for Best Costume Design.
- The film is ranked at the top of Metacritic's top 100 list, and in the top 10 on Rotten Tomatoes' all time best list (100% "Certified Fresh").
- In 2002, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II reached No. 2 on Film4's list of The 100 Greatest Films of All Time.
- Entertainment Weekly named The Godfather the greatest film ever made.
- The Godfather was voted in at No. 1 on Empire magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time in November 2008.
- In Time Out's 2003 readers' poll, The Godfather was ranked the second best film of all time, after Some Like It Hot.
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award | Academy Award for Best Picture | Albert S. Ruddy | Won |
| Academy Award for Best Director | Francis Ford Coppola | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | Marlon Brando (declined) | Won | |
| Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Won | |
| Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Al Pacino | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | James Caan | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Robert Duvall | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Costume Design | Anna Hill Johnstone | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Film Editing | William H. Reynolds and Peter Zinner | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Sound | Charles Grenzbach,Richard Portman and Christopher Newman | Nominated | |
| Academy Award for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Nino Rota | Disqualified | |
| Golden Globe Award | Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama | Albert S. Ruddy | Won |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture | Francis Ford Coppola | Won | |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | Marlon Brando | Won | |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | Al Pacino | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola | Won | |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | James Caan | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score | Nino Rota | Won | |
| BAFTA Award | BAFTA Award for Best Actor | Marlon Brando (also for The Nightcomers) | Nominated |
| BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor | Robert Duvall | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Al Pacino | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design | Anna Hill Johnstone | Nominated | |
| Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Nino Rota | Won | |
| Grammy Award | Grammy Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture or TV Special | Nino Rota | Won |
American Film Institute:
- 1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies – No. 3
- 2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills – No. 11
- 2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains:
- Vito Corleone – Nominated Villain
- 2005 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:
- "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. " – No. 2
- "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. " – Nominated
- "It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes. " – Nominated
- 2005 AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – No. 5
- 2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – No. 2
- 2008 AFI's 10 Top 10 – No. 1 Gangster film
Awards: Top 250 #2 | Won 3 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 17 nominations See more awards »
Reference: Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Official Site
