Monday, April 21: The Godfather (1972)
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I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" (Michael Corleone)
directed by Frances Ford Coppola
and starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton
Francis Ford Coppola has “forged an epic tragedy about America, capitalism, family, greed, treachery and love. He showed us – with almost Shakespearean gravitas – the errors of hasty vengeance and the wisdom of assured leadership. He gave us a great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments” ---Desson Howe, Washington Post
Top of the Lists:
Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Writing + 8 more nominations
named #1 greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly
named #2 greatest film of all time in the American Film Institute 100 Years….100 Movies
It begins in the summer of l945, at the wedding reception of Don Vito Corleone's daughter Connie. Vito (Marlon Brando), head of the Corleone Mafia family – who is known to his friends and associates as Godfather – and Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), the Corleone family lawyer and consigliere (counselor), are hearing requests for favors from friends and associates, because "no Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day". Meanwhile, the Don's youngest son Michael (Al Pacino), who has returned from World War II service as a decorated war hero, tells his girlfriend Kay Adams (Diane Keaton) anecdotes about his father's criminal life, reassuring her that he is not like his family. . . .
link here to a web site with links to all things Godfather
