The Godfather was released on March 15, 1972. The feature-length film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon 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. Vito's oldest son Sonny subsequently takes over the family business and he conspires with Michael to strike back for the assassination attempt by having him kill Sollozzo and a corrupted police captain, forcing Michael to go to Sicily in hiding. While in Sicily, Michael travels around the country and meets a woman he marries but who is killed in a car bombing. Michael returns to America after the news of his brother Sonny's murder and marries his former girlfriend Kay. Vito then turns over the reins of the family to Michael. Michael plans to move the family business to Las Vegas; but before the move, his father dies, and he plots the killing of the heads of the five families on the day of his nephew's baptism. Other subplots include Vito's daughter's abusive marriage, Johnny Fontane's success in Hollywood and Vito's second son Fredo's role in the family business in Las Vegas.
The Godfather Part II was released on December 20, 1974. The feature-length film was again directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. The film is in part both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, presenting two parallel dramas. The main storyline, following the first film's events, centers on Michael Corleone, the new Don of the Corleone crime family, trying to hold his business ventures together from 1958 to 1959; the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone, from his childhood in Sicily in 1901 to his founding of the Corleone family in New York City.
The Godfather Part III was released on December 25, 1990. Francis Ford Coppola returned as director for the feature-length film, while also writing the screenplay with the help of the author Mario Puzo. In his audio commentary for Part II, Coppola stated it was his belief in the first two films having told the complete Corleone saga with nothing more to add that led him to decline multiple requests from Paramount to make a third installment for over a decade, until severe financial difficulties caused by the critical and commercial failure of One from the Heart (1982) compelled him to accept the long-standing offer.[2]
The Godfather Part III completes the story of Michael Corleone, who is now trying to legitimize his criminal empire, and shows the rise of Sonny Corleone's illegitimate son Vincent Corleone as Michael's successor. The film also portrays a fictionalized account of real-life events, including the death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981 and 1982, linking them together and with the affairs of Michael Corleone. Coppola has stated he intended for Part III to be an epilogue to the first two films.[3] The film co-stars Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone, whose performance was received negatively by critics. Leonard Maltin, said of the film that the casting of Sofia Coppola was an "almost-fatal flaw".[4]
Recut version
On December 4, 2020, a recut version of the film titled The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone was released in a limited number of theatres as well as being released on Blu-ray and streaming platforms.[5][6] Coppola said the film is the version he and Puzo had originally envisioned, and it "vindicates" its status among the trilogy and his daughter Sofia's performance.[7]
Cancelled fourth film
Coppola stated that he and Puzo had discussed the potential of a fourth installment. The fourth film was intended to be a prequel and a sequel told in a similar narrative to Part II.[8] They had discussed a potential script seeing Vito Corleone and Sonny gaining the families' political power and racketeering empire during the 1930s; and with Vincent Corleone in the 1980s, haunted by Mary's death, running the family business through a ten-year destructive war and eventually losing the families' business interests, respect and power, seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death, completing the 100-year story of the Corleone family's rise and fall.[9]
In June 1999, The Hollywood Reporter had reported that a fourth film was in the works with García in the lead role. García has since claimed the film's script was nearly produced,[9] but following Puzo's death on 2 July, Coppola decided to retire the film series indefinitely.[14] Puzo's contribution to the potential sequel dealt with the Corleone family in the early 1930s, and was eventually expanded into a novel by Ed Falco and released in 2012 as The Family Corleone.[15] The estate of Puzo had sought to keep Paramount Pictures from producing the film based on The Family Corleone.[16] Now resolved, Paramount has gained the rights to make more Godfather films.[17]
Cast
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The three films together were nominated for a total of 28 Academy Awards, of which they won nine. The Godfather is the first trilogy to have had all three of its films nominated for Best Picture (The Lord of the Rings is the only other series to achieve this); it is the only film series with two Best Picture winners, with The Godfather and The Godfather Part II winning the award in their respective years. The Godfather Part II is the first sequel film to win Best Picture (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the only other film to achieve this). For the Best Supporting Actor award, both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II had three actors nominated for the award, which is a rare feat. The Godfather Part II won the most Academy Awards with six to its credit. The Godfather Part III was nominated for seven Oscars, but won none.
The Godfather — Nominations: 10, Wins: 3
The Godfather Part II — Nominations: 11, Wins: 6
The Godfather Part III — Nominations: 7, Wins: 0
The Godfather film series at the Academy Awards[47][48][49]
^Received two nominations in this category, winning one.
Home media and television
Compilations were created by Coppola and editors Barry Malkin and Walter Murch, with two released to home media:
The Godfather Saga (1977) – 434-minute television miniseries based on the first two films in chronological order and incorporating additional footage that was not included in the theatrical releases (with violence and language toned down for a television audience).
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980 (1992) – 583-minute uncensored version of The Godfather Saga released directly to video (VHS and LaserDisc formats) encompassing all three films and incorporating additional footage that the Saga and Epic releases had included.
Other box sets were released in DVD and Blu-ray formats:
The Godfather DVD Collection (2001) – Includes all three films, commentaries, a documentary entitled The Godfather Family: A Look Inside, additional scenes originally contained in The Godfather Saga, a Corleone family tree, and a Godfather timeline.
The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration (2008) – Includes all three films, commentaries, and a bonus features disc with new content and extras from Paramount's 2001 DVD release. Also included is an interview with David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, discussing the cultural significance of the films.
The Godfather Trilogy: Omerta Edition (2017) – A special 45th anniversary box set edition produced in the "limited" quantity of 45,000 copies, consisting of the Coppola Restoration versions of all three films on Blu-ray, a bonus feature Blu-ray disc, and various jacket-liner materials including quote cards, word-play magnets, and scene notes ("anatomy of a scene").
The Godfather Trilogy (2022) – A 50th anniversary Blu-ray box set consisting of The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, along with old and new bonus materials. The Ultra HD Blu-ray version includes remastered and restored versions of all three films in 4K resolution, plus all three cuts of the third film: the original theatrical cut (previously unreleased on home video), the 1991 director's cut, and the 2020 Coda cut.
Video games
A side-scrolling shooter, The Godfather (1991), was the first video game based on the series. The Godfather: The Game (2006) was based on the first film.[55][56] Duvall, Caan, and Brando supplied voiceovers and their likenesses,[57] but Pacino did not.[57] Francis Ford Coppola openly voiced his disapproval of the game.[58]The Godfather II (2009) was based on the second film. A mobile game, The Godfather: Family Dynasty (2017), was released for iOS and Android devices.
Notes
^ abSources disagree on both the amount of the original budget and the final budget of the first film. The final budget has been named at $6 million,[21][22][23] $6.5 million,[24][25] $7 million,[26] and $7.2 million.[27]
^ abcSources disagree on the amount grossed by the first film.
1974: Newsweek. Vol. 84. 1974. p. 74. The original Godfather has grossed a mind-boggling $285 million...
1991: Von Gunden, Kenneth (1991). Postmodern auteurs: Coppola, Lucas, De Palma, Spielberg, and Scorsese. McFarland & Company. p. 36. ISBN978-0-89950-618-0. Since The Godfather had earned over $85 million in U.S.-Canada rentals (the worldwide box-office gross was $285 million), a sequel, according to the usual formula, could be expected to earn approximately two-thirds of the original's box-office take (ultimately Godfather II had rentals of $30 million).
^"Francis Ford Coppola Recutting 'Godfather: Part III' For 30th Anniversary". hollywoodreporter.com. September 3, 2020. from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^Brueggemann, Tom (December 6, 2020). "'Croods' and 'Half-Brothers' Lead Universal-Dominated Box Office Weekend to Less Than $9 Million". IndieWire. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^Ryan Parker (December 3, 2020). "Francis Ford Coppola Says 'Godfather: Part III' Recut Vindicates Film, Daughter Sofia". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
^"Long-Lost 'The Godfather' Prequel Revived". HuffPost. May 5, 2011.
^ abwww.gq-magazine.co.uk . Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Rosen, Christopher (January 15, 2011). "The Godfather Part IV Isn't Happening, Says Talia Shire".
^"DiCaprio and Garcia set to star in The Godfather part IV". June 22, 1999 – via The Guardian.
^"17 Facts About 'The Godfather: Part III' You May Not Have Known".
^"Andy Garcia: "'Godfather Part 4' is in Francis' hands" - ShowBizCafe.com". May 1, 2012.
^Morris, Andy (September 24, 2012). "The Godfather Part IV".
^Wilson, Craig (May 6, 2012). "Prequel lays out life before 'The Godfather'". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^Schulder, Michael (September 4, 2012). "CNN Profiles: Ed Falco's prequel to 'The Godfather'". CNN Radio. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
^"The Godfather, Part II (1974)- Cast & Crew". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved November 20, 2006.
^"The Godfather, Part III (1990)- Cast & Crew". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved November 20, 2006.
^Horne, Philip (September 22, 2009). "The Godfather: 'Nobody enjoyed one day of it'". The Daily Telegraph. from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^Mark Seal (March 2009). "The Godfather Wars". Vanity Fair. from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^Jones 2007, p. 19. sfn error: no target: CITEREFJones2007 (help)
^"Backstage Story of 'The Godfather'". Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press International. March 14, 1972. p. 9. from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^"The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
^"Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^"1972 Academy Awards® Winners and History". AMC Filmsite. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^"1974 Academy Awards® Winners and History". AMC Filmsite. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^"1990 Academy Awards® Winners and History". AMC Filmsite. American Movie Classics Company LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^"Godfather, The". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
^"Godfather Part II, The". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
^"Godfather Part III, The". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
^Malta, J. Geoff (2006). The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic.
^DiClaudio, Dennis (January 22, 2016). "A special 7-hour chronological cut of The Godfather is now on HBO Go". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
^Slagle, Matt (March 31, 2006). "'Godfather' is the offer you can't refuse". The Victoria Advocate. p. 13E. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^Godinez, Victor (March 31, 2006). "Game Reviews". The Victoria Advocate. p. 13E. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ abSlagle, Matt (May 20, 2005). "Gameplay makes certain titles rock". Gadsden Times. p. C4. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^""Coppola Angry over Godfather Video Game", April 8, 2005". from the original on April 10, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2005.
Further reading
AMC TV (November 25, 2010). "Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Godfather Trilogy". Free Republic.
Browne, Nick (2000). Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-55950-8.
Messenger, Chris (2012). The Godfather and American Culture: How the Corleones Became "Our Gang". SUNY Press. ISBN978-0-7914-8870-6.
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The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo The films follow the trials of the fictional Italian American mafia Corleone family whose patriarch Vito Corleone rises to be a major figure in American organized crime His youngest son Michael Corleone becomes his successor The films were distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in 1972 1974 and 1990 The series achieved success at the box office with the films earning between 430 and 517 million worldwide N 2 N 3 The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are both seen by many as two of the greatest films of all time 1 The series is heavily awarded winning 9 out of 28 total Academy Award nominations The GodfatherFilm series logoDirected byFrancis Ford CoppolaScreenplay byMario PuzoFrancis Ford CoppolaBased onThe Godfatherby Mario PuzoProduced byAlbert S Ruddy 1 Francis Ford Coppola 2 3 CinematographyGordon WillisEdited byPeter Zinner 1 2 Barry Malkin 2 3 William H Reynolds 1 Richard Marks 2 Lisa Fruchtman 3 Walter Murch 3 Music byNino Rota 1 2 Carmine Coppola 3 ProductioncompaniesAlfran Productions 1 The Coppola Company 2 American Zoetrope 3 Distributed byParamount PicturesRelease datesMarch 15 1972 1972 03 15 The Godfather December 20 1974 1974 12 20 The Godfather Part II December 25 1990 1990 12 25 The Godfather Part III Running time539 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishSicilianBudget 73 74 2 million N 1 Box office 430 9 517 4 million N 2 N 3 Contents 1 Film series 1 1 The Godfather 1 2 The Godfather Part II 1 3 The Godfather Part III 1 3 1 Recut version 2 Cancelled fourth film 3 Cast 4 Reception 4 1 Box office performance 4 2 Critical response 4 3 Accolades 4 3 1 Academy Awards 4 3 2 Golden Globe Awards 5 Home media and television 6 Video games 7 Notes 8 References 9 Further readingFilm series EditThe Godfather Edit Main article The Godfather The Godfather was released on March 15 1972 The feature length film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon 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 Vito s oldest son Sonny subsequently takes over the family business and he conspires with Michael to strike back for the assassination attempt by having him kill Sollozzo and a corrupted police captain forcing Michael to go to Sicily in hiding While in Sicily Michael travels around the country and meets a woman he marries but who is killed in a car bombing Michael returns to America after the news of his brother Sonny s murder and marries his former girlfriend Kay Vito then turns over the reins of the family to Michael Michael plans to move the family business to Las Vegas but before the move his father dies and he plots the killing of the heads of the five families on the day of his nephew s baptism Other subplots include Vito s daughter s abusive marriage Johnny Fontane s success in Hollywood and Vito s second son Fredo s role in the family business in Las Vegas The Godfather Part II Edit Main article The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II was released on December 20 1974 The feature length film was again directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon Mario Puzo s novel of the same name The film is in part both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather presenting two parallel dramas The main storyline following the first film s events centers on Michael Corleone the new Don of the Corleone crime family trying to hold his business ventures together from 1958 to 1959 the other is a series of flashbacks following his father Vito Corleone from his childhood in Sicily in 1901 to his founding of the Corleone family in New York City The Godfather Part III Edit Main article The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III was released on December 25 1990 Francis Ford Coppola returned as director for the feature length film while also writing the screenplay with the help of the author Mario Puzo In his audio commentary for Part II Coppola stated it was his belief in the first two films having told the complete Corleone saga with nothing more to add that led him to decline multiple requests from Paramount to make a third installment for over a decade until severe financial difficulties caused by the critical and commercial failure of One from the Heart 1982 compelled him to accept the long standing offer 2 The Godfather Part III completes the story of Michael Corleone who is now trying to legitimize his criminal empire and shows the rise of Sonny Corleone s illegitimate son Vincent Corleone as Michael s successor The film also portrays a fictionalized account of real life events including the death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981 and 1982 linking them together and with the affairs of Michael Corleone Coppola has stated he intended for Part III to be an epilogue to the first two films 3 The film co stars Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone whose performance was received negatively by critics Leonard Maltin said of the film that the casting of Sofia Coppola was an almost fatal flaw 4 Recut version Edit On December 4 2020 a recut version of the film titled The Godfather Coda The Death of Michael Corleone was released in a limited number of theatres as well as being released on Blu ray and streaming platforms 5 6 Coppola said the film is the version he and Puzo had originally envisioned and it vindicates its status among the trilogy and his daughter Sofia s performance 7 Cancelled fourth film EditCoppola stated that he and Puzo had discussed the potential of a fourth installment The fourth film was intended to be a prequel and a sequel told in a similar narrative to Part II 8 They had discussed a potential script seeing Vito Corleone and Sonny gaining the families political power and racketeering empire during the 1930s and with Vincent Corleone in the 1980s haunted by Mary s death running the family business through a ten year destructive war and eventually losing the families business interests respect and power seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death completing the 100 year story of the Corleone family s rise and fall 9 Many actors were rumoured to be cast in the film Robert De Niro Andy Garcia and Talia Shire were suggested to be reprising their roles 10 Leonardo DiCaprio was discussed as being cast as a young Sonny Corleone 11 12 13 In June 1999 The Hollywood Reporter had reported that a fourth film was in the works with Garcia in the lead role Garcia has since claimed the film s script was nearly produced 9 but following Puzo s death on 2 July Coppola decided to retire the film series indefinitely 14 Puzo s contribution to the potential sequel dealt with the Corleone family in the early 1930s and was eventually expanded into a novel by Ed Falco and released in 2012 as The Family Corleone 15 The estate of Puzo had sought to keep Paramount Pictures from producing the film based on The Family Corleone 16 Now resolved Paramount has gained the rights to make more Godfather films 17 Cast EditList indicator s This section shows characters who will appear or have appeared in the film series An empty dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film or that the character s official presence has not yet been confirmed A indicates an appearance through archival footage E indicates an appearance not included in the theatrical cut Y indicates a younger version of the character Character FilmThe Godfather 18 The Godfather Part II 19 The Godfather Part III 20 Michael Corleone Al PacinoKay Adams Corleone Diane KeatonAl Neri Richard BrightConnie Corleone Talia ShireTheresa Hagen Tere LivranoFrancesca Corleone Jeanne Savarino PeschKathryn Corleone Janet Savarino SmithDon Tommasino Corrado Gaipa Mario Cotone Vittorio DuseAnthony Corleone Anthony Gounaris James Gounaris Franc D AmbrosioFredo Corleone John Cazale John CazaleAVito Corleone Marlon Brando Robert De NiroTom Hagen Robert DuvallSonny Corleone James CaanPeter Clemenza Richard S Castellano Bruno KirbySalvatore Tessio Abe Vigoda John ApreaAbe VigodaCarmela Corleone Morgana King Morgana KingFrancesca De SapioCarlo Rizzi Gianni RussoSandra Corleone Julie GreggRocco Lampone Tom RosquiWilli Cicci Joe SpinellGenco Abbandando Franco CorsaroE Frank SiveroJohnny Fontane Al Martino Al MartinoCalo Franco Citti Franco CittiLucy Mancini Jeannie Linero Jeannie LineroEnzo Aguello Gabrielle Torrei Gabrielle TorreiApollonia Vitelli Corleone Simonetta Stefanelli Simonetta StefanelliAFabrizio Angelo InfantiCaptain McCluskey Sterling HaydenJack Woltz John MarleyEmilio Barzini Richard ConteVirgil Sollozzo Al LettieriCarmine Cuneo Rudy BondLuca Brasi Lenny MontanaPaulie Gatto Johnny MartinoAmerigo Bonasera Salvatore CorsittoMoe Greene Alex RoccoBruno Tattaglia Tony GiorgioNazorine Vito ScottiPhilip Tattaglia Victor RendinaVitelli Saro UrziVictor Stracci Don CostelloDon Zaluchi Louis GussMary Corleone unknown actress Sofia CoppolaHyman Roth Lee StrasbergJohn MegnaYFrank Pentangeli Michael V GazzoPat Geary G D SpradlinFabrizio Fanucci Gastone MoschinDeanna Dunn Corleone Marianna HillSignor Roberto Leopoldo TriesteJohnny Ola Dominic ChianeseBussetta Amerigo TotMerle Johnson Troy DonahueVito s mother Maria CartaFrancesco Ciccio Giuseppe SillatoMarcia Roth Fay SpainFBI Man Harry Dean StantonCarmine Rosato Carmine CaridiTony Rosato Danny AielloVincenzo Pentangeli Salvatore PoMosca Ignazio PappalardoStrollo Andrea MaugeriVincent Corleone Andy GarciaOsvaldo Altobello Eli WallachJoey Zasa Joe MantegnaB J Harrison George HamiltonGrace Hamilton Bridget FondaCardinal Lamberto Raf ValloneArchbishop Gilday Donal DonnellyFrederick Keinszig Helmut BergerDominic Abbandando Don NovelloAndrew Hagen John SavageMosca Mario DonatoneLicio Lucchesi Enzo RobuttiSpara Michele RussoLou Pennino Robert CicchiniArmand Rogerio MirandaFrancesco Carlos MirandaAnthony Squigliaro Vito AntuofermoAlbert Volpe Carmine CaridiFrank Romano Don CostelloLeo Cuneo Al RuscioMatty Parisi Mickey KnoxReception EditBox office performance Edit Film U S release date Box office gross BudgetU S and Canada Other territories WorldwideThe Godfather March 15 1972 134 966 411 111 154 563 246 120 974 287 258 196 N 2 6 7 2 million N 1 The Godfather Part II December 20 1974 47 834 595 45 435 594 93 270 189 N 3 13 million 32 33 The Godfather Part III December 25 1990 66 666 062 70 100 000 136 766 062 34 54 million 34 Total 249 467 068 226 690 157 476 157 225 517 294 647 73 74 2 millionCritical response Edit The films appear in many Top film lists such as AFI s 100 Years 100 Movies Time magazine s All Time 100 Movies the IMDb Top 250 Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association s Top 10 Films and James Berardinelli s Top 100 35 The Godfather Trilogy was ranked at No 5 in Empire magazine s The 33 Greatest Movie Trilogies in 2010 36 The Independent ranked it at No 6 on its list of 10 greatest movie trilogies of all time 37 Screen Rant ranked it at No 4 on its list of The Best Movie Trilogies Of All Time 38 Film Rotten Tomatoes MetacriticThe Godfather 97 9 4 10 average rating 149 reviews 39 100 16 reviews 40 The Godfather Part II 96 9 7 10 average rating 123 reviews 41 90 18 reviews 42 The Godfather Part III 68 6 4 10 average rating 66 reviews 43 60 19 reviews 44 The Godfather Coda The Death of Michael Corleone 86 7 5 10 average rating 57 reviews 45 76 14 reviews 46 Accolades Edit Academy Awards Edit The three films together were nominated for a total of 28 Academy Awards of which they won nine The Godfather is the first trilogy to have had all three of its films nominated for Best Picture The Lord of the Rings is the only other series to achieve this it is the only film series with two Best Picture winners with The Godfather and The Godfather Part II winning the award in their respective years The Godfather Part II is the first sequel film to win Best Picture The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King is the only other film to achieve this For the Best Supporting Actor award both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II had three actors nominated for the award which is a rare feat The Godfather Part II won the most Academy Awards with six to its credit The Godfather Part III was nominated for seven Oscars but won none The Godfather Nominations 10 Wins 3 The Godfather Part II Nominations 11 Wins 6 The Godfather Part III Nominations 7 Wins 0The Godfather film series at the Academy Awards 47 48 49 Award Awards wonThe Godfather The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part IIIPicture Won Won NominatedDirector Nominated Won NominatedActor Won NominatedSupporting Actor Nominated a Won b NominatedSupporting Actress NominatedAdapted Screenplay Won WonArt Direction Won NominatedCinematography NominatedCostume Design Nominated NominatedFilm Editing Nominated NominatedOriginal Dramatic Score WonOriginal Song NominatedSound Nominated Received three nominations in this category Received three nominations in this category winning one Golden Globe Awards Edit The three films together were nominated for a total of 20 Golden Globe Awards of which they won five The Godfather Nominations 7 Wins 5 The Godfather Part II Nominations 6 Wins 0 The Godfather Part III Nominations 7 Wins 0The Godfather film series at the Golden Globe Awards 50 51 52 Award Awards wonThe Godfather The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part IIIPicture Drama Won Nominated NominatedDirector Motion Picture Won Nominated NominatedActor Drama Won a Nominated NominatedSupporting Actor Motion Picture Nominated NominatedScreenplay Won Nominated NominatedOriginal Score Won Nominated NominatedOriginal Song NominatedMost Promising Newcomer Male Nominated Received two nominations in this category winning one Home media and television EditCompilations were created by Coppola and editors Barry Malkin and Walter Murch with two released to home media The Godfather Saga 1977 434 minute television miniseries based on the first two films in chronological order and incorporating additional footage that was not included in the theatrical releases with violence and language toned down for a television audience The Godfather 1902 1959 The Complete Epic 1981 386 minute uncensored version of The Godfather Saga that was released directly to video VHS format 53 A 423 minute version aired on HBO in 2016 and was released to streaming services 54 The Godfather Trilogy 1901 1980 1992 583 minute uncensored version of The Godfather Saga released directly to video VHS and LaserDisc formats encompassing all three films and incorporating additional footage that the Saga and Epic releases had included Other box sets were released in DVD and Blu ray formats The Godfather DVD Collection 2001 Includes all three films commentaries a documentary entitled The Godfather Family A Look Inside additional scenes originally contained in The Godfather Saga a Corleone family tree and a Godfather timeline The Godfather The Coppola Restoration 2008 Includes all three films commentaries and a bonus features disc with new content and extras from Paramount s 2001 DVD release Also included is an interview with David Chase the creator of The Sopranos discussing the cultural significance of the films The Godfather Trilogy Omerta Edition 2017 A special 45th anniversary box set edition produced in the limited quantity of 45 000 copies consisting of the Coppola Restoration versions of all three films on Blu ray a bonus feature Blu ray disc and various jacket liner materials including quote cards word play magnets and scene notes anatomy of a scene The Godfather Trilogy 2022 A 50th anniversary Blu ray box set consisting of The Godfather The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Coda The Death of Michael Corleone along with old and new bonus materials The Ultra HD Blu ray version includes remastered and restored versions of all three films in 4K resolution plus all three cuts of the third film the original theatrical cut previously unreleased on home video the 1991 director s cut and the 2020 Coda cut Video games EditA side scrolling shooter The Godfather 1991 was the first video game based on the series The Godfather The Game 2006 was based on the first film 55 56 Duvall Caan and Brando supplied voiceovers and their likenesses 57 but Pacino did not 57 Francis Ford Coppola openly voiced his disapproval of the game 58 The Godfather II 2009 was based on the second film A mobile game The Godfather Family Dynasty 2017 was released for iOS and Android devices Notes Edit a b Sources disagree on both the amount of the original budget and the final budget of the first film The final budget has been named at 6 million 21 22 23 6 5 million 24 25 7 million 26 and 7 2 million 27 a b c Sources disagree on the amount grossed by the first film 1974 Newsweek Vol 84 1974 p 74 The original Godfather has grossed a mind boggling 285 million 1991 Von Gunden Kenneth 1991 Postmodern auteurs Coppola Lucas De Palma Spielberg and Scorsese McFarland amp Company p 36 ISBN 978 0 89950 618 0 Since The Godfather had earned over 85 million in U S Canada rentals the worldwide box office gross was 285 million a sequel according to the usual formula could be expected to earn approximately two thirds of the original s box office take ultimately Godfather II had rentals of 30 million Releases The Godfather 1972 Box Office Mojo Retrieved January 22 2020 Original release 243 862 778 1997 re release 1 267 490 2009 re release 121 323 2011 re release 818 333 2014 re release 29 349 2018 re release 21 701 Budget 6 000 000 a b c Sources disagree on the amount grossed by the second film Releases 28 29 Some sources claim an original release of 88 million 30 31 References Edit The Godfather Part II Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Media Archived from the original on May 12 2019 Retrieved June 11 2019 DVD commentary featuring Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II DVD 2005 The Godfather Part III makes a little more sense in the streaming era sfchronicle com December 26 2019 Maltin Leonard 2009 Leonard Maltin s 2009 Movie Guide New York City Penguin Group p 530 ISBN 978 0 452 28978 9 Francis Ford Coppola Recutting Godfather Part III For 30th Anniversary hollywoodreporter com September 3 2020 Archived from the original on September 4 2020 Retrieved September 3 2020 Brueggemann Tom December 6 2020 Croods and Half Brothers Lead Universal Dominated Box Office Weekend to Less Than 9 Million IndieWire Retrieved February 10 2021 Ryan Parker December 3 2020 Francis Ford Coppola Says Godfather Part III Recut Vindicates Film Daughter Sofia The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved December 3 2020 Long Lost The Godfather Prequel Revived HuffPost May 5 2011 a b www gq magazine co uk https web archive org web 20120308111813 http www gq magazine co uk entertainment articles 2011 03 15 gq film godfather part four mario puzo Archived from the original on March 8 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