The Godfather | |
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Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola |
Written by | Mario Puzo (also novel) Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) |
Produced by | Albert S. Ruddy Gray Frederickson (associate) |
Starring | Marlon Brando Al Pacino James Caan Richard Castellano Robert Duvall Sterling Hayden John Marley Richard Conte Diane Keaton |
Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
Edited by | William Reynolds Peter Zinner |
Music by | Carmine Coppola Nino Rota |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | March 24, 1972 |
Running time | 175 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English / Italian / Latin |
Budget | $6,000,000 |
Box office | $287 million[1] |
The Godfather is a 1972 American crime movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay. Its lead stars are Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.[2] The movie is about the history of the Corleone crime family. It takes the story up to Michael Corleone becoming crime boss in 1955. It is the first movie in The Godfather trilogy.
It is considered one of the greatest movies of all time and the best gangster movie and movie about the Mafia.[3][4]
Worldwide Gross: $245,066,411