The godfather father movies. The godfather don vito corleone is the head of the corleone mafia family in new york. The story spanning 1945 to 1955 chronicles the family under the patriarch vito corleone focusing on the transformation of michael corleone from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. The godfather is a 1972 american crime film directed by francis ford coppola and produced by albert s. It stars marlon brando and al pacino as the leaders of a fictional new york crime family.
The book is pretty much the first movie and all of the deniro flashback scenes from the second. Michael vitos youngest son and a decorated ww ii marine is also present at the wedding. The films were distributed by paramount pictures and released in 1972 1974 and 1990. The godfather is an american film series that consists of three crime drama films directed by francis ford coppola inspired by the novel of the same name by italian american author mario puzo.
His youngest son michael corleone becomes his successor. One of the most widely imitated quoted and lampooned movies of all time. The godfather 1972 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Paramount pictures obtained the rights to th.
Watch now for free featured browse more titles movies. Marlon brando and al pacino star as vito corleone and his youngest son michael respectively. He is at the event of his daughters wedding. You can put it on that long list of part iii movies that were much worse than the first two.
Godfather ii was also really good. Wellit was a movie.