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Synopses
The Godfather Films
"The Godfather" films on DVD & Blu-ray at Amazon
Paramount Pictures official 'Godfather' movies website
"The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration" [2008] on Blu-ray
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contains "The Godfather", "The Godfather, Part II" and "The Godfather, Part III"; with many extra features, including nine short films on 'The Godfather', additional scenes, The Corleone Family Tree & Corleone Family Timeline, "The Music of The Godfather", profiles on the filmmakers, photo galleries, storyboards & more
Paramount Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2008] 4 disks for $49.99 |
"The Godfather Collection" [1992]
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bonus disk on the DVD set contains 3+ hours of special features, including: documentaries & featurettes "The Godfather Family: A Look Inside", "Francis Coppola's Notebook", "On Location" (with production designer Dean Tavoularis),"The Godfather Behind The Scenes" [1971], "The Cinematography of The Godfather", "The Music of The Godfather", "Coppola and Puzo On Screenwriting", plus storyboards, photo galleries, trailers, The Corleone Family Tree & Corleone Family Timeline, filmmaker bios, and all of the extra footage found in the televised Godfather Saga & more
Paramount widescreen color DVD [10/2001] 5 disks - out of prodn/many used Paramount color VHS [5/2002] 6 tapes / out of prodn/used Paramount widescreen VHS [9/97] 6 tapes / out of prodn/used |
"The Godfather Trilogy 1901-1980" [Paramount 1992]
re-edited for TV in chronological order
DVD not available;
Paramount color VHS [5/97] 5 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
 | "Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy" [1999] Edited by Nick Browne Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/99] for $22.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/99] for $70.00 |
 | "The Godfather Suite: Music Featured In The Godfather Trilogy" [1992] Composed by Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola Silva America soundtrack CD [4/92] 14 tracks for $11.97 |
"The Godfather"
[Paramount March 1972]
   | Co-written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Sterling Hayden, Talia Shire, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda, Gianni Russo & John Cazale; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script Adapatation, Best Actor (Brando), 8 other nominations; also won BAFTA (music), DGA, WGA awards; listed National Film Registry 1990; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005); at end of 2011, holds #23 box office ranking, at 78,922,600 tickets
Paramount widescreen color DVD [6/2004] for $9.99 Paramount color VHS [5/2002] out of prodn/many used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used MCA soundtrack CD [3/91] for $12.99 Part I credits from IMDb • Part I movie entry at Wikipedia |
listen to/watch 'Godfather I' music performed by Orkester Mandolina Ljubljana [7:52] on YouTube
"The Godfather Part II"
[Paramount Dec 1974]
  | Co-written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo & G.D. Spradlin; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Supporting Actor (DeNiro), Best Music, Best Art Direction, 5 other nominations; also won BAFTA Best Actor (Pacino), DGA, WGA awards; listed National Film Registry 1993; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Paramount widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $10.99 Paramount color VHS [5/2002] out of prodn/many used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used MCA soundtrack CD [3/91] for $10.99 Part II credits from IMDb • Part II movie entry at Wikipedia |
listen to 'Godfather II' remastered soundtrack album [38:09] on YouTube
"The Godfather Part III"
[Paramount Dec 1990]
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Co-written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola, Raf Vallone & Al Martino; 7 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture & Best Director {beat out by "Dances With Wolves"}
Paramount widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $10.99 Paramount Director's Cut color VHS [5/2002] out of prodn/many used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used Sony soundtrack CD [12/90] for $9.98 Part III credits from IMDb • Part III movie entry at Wikipedia |
listen to 'Godfather III' soundtrack album [54:06] on YouTube
The Principals
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Magic Lantern's Francis Ford Coppola Page received 14 Oscar nominations [1971-1991]; won in 1971, 1973 & 1975 (three) |
Magic Lantern's "Apocalypse Now" 1979 Movie Page
| | Mario Puzo [1920-99]
Mario Puzo Bookstore at Amazon • IMDb listing [1972-2006] • Wikipedia |
'The Official Mario Puzo Library' website
| | composer Carmine Coppola [1910-91] browse 7 music albums • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
| | composer Nino Rota [1911-79] browse 74 music albums • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
| | Marlon Brando [1924-2004] browse Marlon Brando on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
James Caan
browse James Caan on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Robert De Niro
browse Robert DeNiro on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Robert Duvall
browse Robert Duvall on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Andy Garcia
Diane Keaton
browse Diane Keaton on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Al Pacino
browse Al Pacino on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Talia Shire
browse Talia Shire on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
The Godfather Books
Mario Puzo [1920-99] entry at Wikipedia
all books by Mario Puzo
'The Official Mario Puzo Library' website
 | "The Godfather" [1969 bestseller] by Mario Puzo
Signet pb [12/95] for $7.99 NAL 8x5½ pb [3/2002] for $11.20 Putnam 8¾x6 hardcover [6/69] for $17.47 Brilliance UNABR audio [10/2001] for $20.97 Penton Overseas ABR audio [10/96] for $24.95 B&B ABR audio CD [4/2001] for $39.95 |
 | "The Godfather Papers & Other Confessions" [1972] by Mario Puzo Putnam hardcover [1/72] out of print/used |
 | "The Sicilian" [1984] by Mario Puzo Michael Corleone, ending his exile in Sicily, is ordered to bring a local bandit back to America with him. Ballantine pb [5/2001] for $7.99 S&S hardcover [5/87] out of print/used Bookcassette UNABR audio [8/85] for $13.97 |
Continuation of The Saga
| Los Angeles Times Saturday 8 February 2003 Calendar Section [page E-2] Corleone family saga continues [from Associated Press]A new name has entered the house of the Corleones: Mark Winegardner, a fiction writer whose previous subjects include baseball, Cleveland and organized crime, has won a contest to continue the saga of Mario Puzo's fictional crime family. The decision, made by Random House and the Puzo literary estate, was announced Friday morning on NBC's "Today" show. "The Godfather Returns" is tentatively scheduled to come out in the fall of 2004. "There are many stories left to tell," said Winegardner, 41, director of the creative writing program at Florida State University. His books include the baseball novel "Prophet of The Sandlots" and "Crooked River Burning," a class-conscious story set in Cleveland. |
 | "The Godfather Returns" [2004] by Mark Winegardner Ballantine mass pb [8/2005] for $7.99 Random House 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2004] out of print/used Random House UNABR audio CD [11/2004] out of prodn/used aka "The Godfather: The Lost Years, 1955-65" [2004] Arrow mass pb [2005] out of print/used William Heinemann Ltd. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2004] out of print/used |
 | "The Godfather's Revenge" [2006] by Mark Winegardner Signet mass pb [11/2007] for $9.99 Putnam 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2006] for $17.13 Penguin UNABR audio CD [11/2006] for $26.37 |
 | "The Family Corleone: The Prequel To The Godfather" [2012] by Ed Falco 'A new novel based on a screenplay by Mario Puzo' - A deeper look at the intertwined lives of Luca Brasi and Vito Corleone, circa 1933, explaining much of the background for Don Corleone's family, including Sonny, Michael, Fredo, Connie, and Tom Hagen. Kindle Edition from Hachette Book Group [5/2012] for $14.99 Random House Export 9x6 pb [5/2012] out of print/used Grand Central Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2012] for $15.99 |
Other Related Works
 | "The Oddfather" [1973] by Sol Weinstein & Howard Albrecht "The outrageous story of Don Guido Provolone ... and his whole fun-loving Mafia family." Pinnacle mass pb [2/73] out of print/used Pinnacle mass pb [2/73] out of print/used |
 | "The Godfather Legacy" [1997] by Harlan Lebo behind-the-scenes look at filmmaker Coppola's creation of the Godfather Trilogy from Puzo's novels; 125 photos Fireside 9¼x7½ pb [rev 10/2005] for $11.68 Fireside 9x7½ pb [3/97] out of print/many used |
 | "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story" [Hallmark/Showtime tv miniseries July 1999] aka "The Youngest Godfather" The 'true story' of Joseph Bonnano [1905-2002], who became boss of New York City's Maranzano crime family at age 26. Directed by Michel Poulette; teleplay by Thomas Michael Donnelly; starring Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi & Martin Landau (each as Bonanno at different ages), Guido Grasso Jr., Costas Mandylor, Edward James Olmos, Vince Corazza, Robert Loggia, Zachary Bennett & Philip Bosco Platinum Disc color DVD [2/2005] for $6.99 Live/Artisan color VHS [8/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "The Godfather and American Culture: How The Corleones Became Our Gang” [2002] by Christian K. Messenger, PhD SUNY Press 9x6 pb [5/2002] for $29.95 SUNY Press 9½x6 hardcover [5/2002] for $72.56 |
 | "The Godfather" video game from Electronic Arts [2006]
for Playstation 2 [5/2008] for $19.79 Don's Edition for Playstation 3 [3/2007] out of prodn/used for Xbox [9/2006] for $29.79 for Windows XP [3/2006] out of prodn/used Blackhand Edition for Nintendo Wii [undated] out of prodn/used game credits at IMDb "The Godfather Game Strategy Guide" book [2006] by David Hodgson Prima 10¾x8½ pb [3/2006] for $13.59 Prima for Xbox360/PSP 10¾x8½ pb [9/2006] for $14.99 |
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"The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable" [2009] by John C. Hulsman & A. Wess Mitchell Princeton Univ Press hardcover [2/2009] for $9.95 |
 | "The Godfather Legacy" documentary [History Channel July 2012] Co-written & directed by Kevin Burns; narrated by Michael Imperioli; featuring producer Albert S. Ruddy, writer-director Francis Ford Coppola; actors James Caan, Talia Shire, Al Pacino, Gianni Russo, Joe Mantegna & {actor not Alex Rocco?}; and writers & others Harlan Lebo, Chris Messenger, Eliot Spitzer, Peter Bart, Dr. Jonathan Young DVD/Blu-ray available Sept 2012 • not yet listed at IMDb watch [1:28:31] free online at History Channel {with commercials} |
L i n k s
'The Godfather' Wiki website
'The Godfather' novel entry at Wikipedia
Paramount Pictures official 'Godfather' movies website
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