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Gudfaren (1972)
Front Cover Actor
Marlon Brando
Richard Conte
Movie Details
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 175 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Generally acknowledged as a bona fide classic, this Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfectly right from beginning to end--almost as if everyone involved had been born to participate in it. Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel about a Mafia dynasty, Coppola's Godfather extracted and enhanced the most universal themes of immigrant experience in America: the plotting-out of hopes and dreams for one's successors, the raising of children to carry on the good work, etc. In the midst of generational strife during the Vietnam years, the film somehow struck a chord with a nation fascinated by the metamorphosis of a rebellious son (Al Pacino) into the keeper of his father's dream. Marlon Brando played against Puzo's own conception of patriarch Vito Corleone, and time has certainly proven the actor correct. The rest of the cast, particularly James Caan, John Cazale, and Robert Duvall as the rest of Vito's male brood--all coping with how to take the mantle of responsibility from their father--is seamless and wonderful. --Tom Keogh
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 83
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Amazon UK
Product Details
Format DVD
Region 2
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
UPC (Barcode) 097360804942
Release Date 11.05.2004
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1