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The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo.The films follow the trials of the fictional Italian American mafia Corleone family whose patriarch, Vito Corleone, rises to be a major figure in American organized crime.
The Godfather book series is a series of crime novels about Italian-American Mafia families, most notably the fictional Corleone family, led by Don Vito Corleone and later his son Michael Corleone. The first novel, The Godfather , written by Mario Puzo , was released in 1969.
The Godfather Trilogy was released in 1992, in which the films are fundamentally in chronological order. [178] The Godfather Family: A Look Inside was a 73-minute documentary released in 1991. [179] Directed by Jeff Warner, the film featured some behind the scenes content from all three films, interviews with the actors, and screen tests. [179]
Upon its release, Fahrenheit 451 was a critical success, albeit with notable dissenters; the novel's subject matter led to its censorship in apartheid South Africa and various schools in the United States. In 1954, Fahrenheit 451 won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal.
In an interview with "Deadline," Coppola said he hoped the new version will paint his daughter in a new light "because she is so beautiful in it and so touching.
The Godfather DVD Collection was released on October 9, 2001, in a package [25] that contained all three films—each with a commentary track by Coppola—and a bonus disc that featured a 73-minute documentary from 1991 entitled The Godfather Family: A Look Inside and other miscellany about the film: the additional scenes originally contained ...
Pacino also recalls how he initially struggled on the iconic Francis Ford Coppola film and even received some pressure from the director.
Albert "Al" Neri is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of films based on it. In all three motion pictures, he is portrayed by actor Richard Bright. [1] [2] He functions as Michael Corleone's personal enforcer, bodyguard and assassin. [2]