Directed by:
Francis Ford CoppolaCinematography:
Gordon WillisComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda (more)VOD (3)
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Popularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather (1972) is a touchstone of cinema: one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star as Vito Corleone and his youngest son, Michael, respectively. It is the late 1940s in New York and Corleone is, in the parlance of organized crime, a "godfather" or "don," the head of a Mafia family. Michael, a free thinker who defied his father by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II, has returned a captain and a war hero. Having long ago rejected the family business, Michael shows up at the wedding of his sister, Connie (Talia Shire), with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton), who learns for the first time about the family "business." A few months later at Christmas time, the don barely survives being shot by gunmen in the employ of a drug-trafficking rival whose request for aid from the Corleones' political connections was rejected. After saving his father from a second assassination attempt, Michael persuades his hotheaded eldest brother, Sonny (James Caan), and family advisors Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) and Sal Tessio (Abe Vigoda) that he should be the one to exact revenge on the men responsible. After murdering a corrupt police captain and the drug trafficker, Michael hides out in Sicily while a gang war erupts at home. Falling in love with a local girl, Michael marries her, but she is later slain by Corleone enemies in an attempt on Michael's life. Sonny is also butchered, having been betrayed by Connie's husband. As Michael returns home and convinces Kay to marry him, his father recovers and makes peace with his rivals, realizing that another powerful don was pulling the strings behind the narcotics endeavor that began the gang warfare. Once Michael has been groomed as the new don, he leads the family to a new era of prosperity, then launches a campaign of murderous revenge against those who once tried to wipe out the Corleones, consolidating his family's power and completing his own moral downfall. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Soundtracks
Tema D'Amore del Film "Il Padrino"
Label: Ariston
Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Format: LP
Length: 05:08
Notes: Performed by Ornella Vanoni.
Music from The Godfather / Le Parrain
Label: Music For Pleasure
Year: 1972
Country: France
Format: LP
Notes: Played by Neil Richardson and his Orchestra.
1. | SIDE A: Love Theme From The Godfather | Nino Rota | |
2. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | |
3. | Appollonia | Nino Rota | |
4. | The New Godfather | Nino Rota | |
5. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | |
6. | The Godfather Finale | Nino Rota | |
7. | SIDE B: The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | |
8. | "I Have But One Heart" - Rudy Cellini | ||
9. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | |
10. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | |
11. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | |
12. | Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota |
Music from The Godfather
Label: Music For Pleasure
Year: 1972
Country: UK
Format: LP
Notes: Played by Neil Richardson and his Orchestra.
1. | SIDE A: Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) | Nino Rota | |
2. | "I Have But One Heart" - Rudy Cellini | ||
3. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | |
4. | Connie's Wedding | Carmine Coppola | |
5. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | |
6. | Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota | |
7. | SIDE B: Love Theme From The Godfather | Nino Rota | |
8. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota | |
10. | The New Godfather | Nino Rota | |
11. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | |
12. | The Godfather Finale | Nino Rota |
The Godfather
Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: MCA Records
Year: 1972
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 31:00
1. | Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) | Nino Rota | 03:04 |
2. | "I Have But One Heart" - Al Martino | Carlo Savina | 02:57 |
3. | The Pickup | Nino Rota | 02:56 |
4. | Connie's Wedding | Nino Rota | 01:33 |
5. | The Halls Of Fear | Nino Rota | 02:12 |
6. | Sicilian Pastorale | Nino Rota | 03:01 |
7. | Love Theme From The Godfather | Nino Rota | 02:41 |
8. | The Godfather Waltz | Nino Rota | 03:38 |
9. | Apollonia | Nino Rota | 01:21 |
10. | The New Godfather | Nino Rota | 01:58 |
11. | The Baptism | Nino Rota | 01:49 |
12. | The Godfather Finale | Nino Rota | 03:50 |
Le Parrain: Love Theme from The Godfather / The Godfather Waltz (Main Title)
Bande Originale du Film
Label: Paramount Records
Year: 1971
Country: Belgium
Format: LP
Length: 05:07