The Godfather

The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the script with Mario Puzo and is based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 book of the same name. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton feature in the film. It's the first film of The Godfather trilogy. The plot follows the Corleone family from 1945 to 1955, concentrating on the evolution of Vito Corleone's youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from hesitant family outsider to deadly mafia ruler.

Before the book became successful, Paramount Pictures paid $80,000 for the rights to it. [3][4] Studio officials struggled to find a director; the first five contenders turned down the post until Coppola agreed to make the picture, but disagreements arose over the casting of key characters, particularly Vito and Michael. Filming was mostly done on site in New York City and Sicily, and it was finished ahead of time. Nino Rota created the majority of the score, with additional works by Carmine Coppola.

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