The Godfather
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- Synopsis
- Marlon Brando stars as the inimitable patriarch Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's epic mob saga based on the Mario Puzo novel. Corleone's hot-headed oldest son (James Caan) prepares to inherit the family business while his idealistic ......
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- Starring
- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duvall... See more
- Director(s)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 175 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
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
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
A great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites
In scene after scene -- the long wedding sequence, John Marley's bloody discovery in his bed, Pacino nervously smoothing down his hair before a restaurant massacre, the godfather's collapse in a garden -- Coppola crafted an enduring, undisputed masterpiece. [21 Mar 1997, Daily Datebook, p.C3]Read the full review
