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The Godfather trilogy is one of the most acclaimed franchises in film history. The Godfather , released in 1972, is an adaptation of the Puzo novel of the same name. The Godfather Part II , released in 1974, also adapts elements from the first novel – mostly the early life of Vito Corleone.
The Godfather Trilogy was released in 1992, in which the films are fundamentally in chronological order. [177] The Godfather Family: A Look Inside was a 73-minute documentary released in 1991. [178] Directed by Jeff Warner, the film featured some behind the scenes content from all three films, interviews with the actors, and screen tests. [178]
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published on 10 March 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1] the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City and Long Island, headed by Vito Corleone: the Godfather. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955 and includes the backstory of Vito Corleone from ...
Mario Francis Puzo (/ ˈ p uː z oʊ /; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso,-ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter.He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Vito Corleone (born Vito Andolini) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy.Vito is originally portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1972 film The Godfather, and later by Oreste Baldini as a boy and by Robert De Niro as a young man in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Michael Corleone is a fictional character and the protagonist of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather.In the three Godfather films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominated for Academy Awards.
Related: Francis Ford Coppola tells Diane Keaton 'why on Earth' he cast her in The Godfather "[Coppola] tells me, 'You know, I had faith in you. I believed in you,'" Pacino explains on the podcast.
The Annotated Godfather: The Complete Screenplay. New York, New York: Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 978-1-57912-739-8. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015; Lebo, Harlan (2005). The Godfather Legacy: The Untold Story of the Making of the Classic Godfather Trilogy Featuring Never-Before-Published Production Stills. London, England: Simon ...