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The Godfather (1972)
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
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Don Vito Corleone -
Michael Corleone -
Sonny Corleone -
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Tom Hagen -
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Kay Adams -
Tessio -
Connie -
Carlo -
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Cuneo
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Director:
Francis Ford CoppolaWriters:
Mario Puzo (screenplay by), Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay by), Mario Puzo (based on the novel by)All Cast & Crew
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Al Pacino boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony, angry that he was nominated for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar, noting that his character had more screentime than his co-star, Best Actor winner, Marlon Brando.
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Bonasera:
I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom but I taught her never to dishonor her family. She found a "boy friend," not an Italian. She went to the movies with him. She ...
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When Don Corleone is talking to the pastry shop owner during the wedding scene, the man is holding a small shot glass. As he is getting up to grab Don Corleone's hands, the glass is still in his hand but in the next shot it is gone.
Crazy Credits
Although Mario Puzo is given possessory credit at the beginning, and is credited as a screenwriter at the end, no credit is given to him on-screen as author of the original novel, even though that credit is given on the poster. This credit does appear in the second film, however.
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Crime | DramaDetails
Release Date:
24 March 1972Language
English, Italian, Latin
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USABox Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£14,480 (UK) (11 July 1996)
Gross:
$134,966,411 (USA) (11 May 1997)
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