THE GODFATHERFacts and Information

Release Date - 1972 Director – Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay – Mario Puzo Marlon Brando – Don Vito Corleone Al Pacino – Michael James Caan – Sonny Robert Duvall – Tom Diane Keaton – Kay Adams Talia Shire (Coppola’s sister)- Connie

100% Positive Rating on Rotten Tomatoes AFI #2 Film of all time Nominated for 11 Academy Awards Won Oscars for best picture, best writing,

best actor (Brando) Setting – 1940’s – 1950’s , New York

mafia family Son returning from war Considered by many the best mafia film

of all time

175 minutes long - longest film on our list

Rated R – first R rated film for the class. Brando wore a mouthpiece to create

effect, cotton balls for screen test Real horsehead – real scream! Vegas scene set in 1950’s - hippies in the

background

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