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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 ...
The first novel, The Godfather, written by Mario Puzo, was released in 1969. It was adapted into a series of three feature films, which became one of the most successful franchises in film history. Puzo also wrote the second novel, The Sicilian, which was released in 1984, and was made into a film (with Godfather references removed) in 1987.
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film [2] directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made , as well as a landmark of the gangster genre. [ 3 ]
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.
The Godfather was released on March 15, 1972. The feature-length film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and was based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name.The plot begins with Don Vito Corleone declining an offer to join in the narcotics business with notorious drug lord Virgil Sollozzo, which leads to an assassination attempt.
‘The Godfather Part II’ still captures the paradoxes of America 50 years later.
This version carries the title Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901-1959. It was available to watch through Amazon under the title The Godfather Epic, but is currently unavailable to purchase or watch. [12] To date, this version has never been released to DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K UHD disc.
However, Coppola said both he and Mario Puzo — the author of the 1969 "The Godfather" novel on which the films are based — had a different vision for the ending of the film that will be fully ...