The Godfather
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- Synopsis
- Popularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather is a touchstone of cinema: one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time....
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- Starring
- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duvall
- Director(s)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 175 min.
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Critic Reviews
The wedding sequence... is a virtuoso stretch of filmmaking: Coppola brings his large cast onstage so artfully that we are drawn at once into the Godfather's world.Read the full review
Overflowing with life, rich with all the grand emotions and vital juices of existence, up to and including blood. And its deaths, like that of Hotspur in "Henry IV, Part I," continue to shock no matter how often we've watched them coming. [16 Mar 1997, Calendar, p.7]Read the full review
One of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment. [16 Mar 1972]Read the full review
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