The Godfather Part II

Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale & Lee Strasberg Director: Francis Ford Coppola Rated:

I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies.

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Rated: R
Run Time: 3 hours, 20 minutes
Video: Color
Released: February 2, 2010
Originally Released: 1974
Label: Paramount
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
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Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale & Lee Strasberg
Performer:		Troy Donahue, Bruno Kirby, Richard Bright, Talia Shire, Michael V. Gazzo, G.D. Spradlin & Dominic Chianese
Directed by		Francis Ford Coppola
Edited by		Peter Zinner, Richard Marks & Barry Malkin
Screenwriting by		Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo
Composition by		Nino Rota
Cinematography by		Gordon Willis
Art Direction by		Angelo Graham
Produced by		Francis Ford Coppola

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Art Direction: Angelo Graham & Dean Tavoularis

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration: George Robert Nelson

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Original Score: Carmine Coppola & Nino Rota

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Picture

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material: Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo

Academy Awards 1974 - Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro

Entertainment Reviews:

Chicago Sun-Times - 10/02/2008
"The musical score plays an even greater role in THE GODFATHER: PART II than it did in the original film. Nostalgic, mournful, evoking lost eras, it stirs emotions...."

Product Description:

The sequel to THE GODFATHER tells the story of both a young Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), newly arrived in America, and his son Michael (Al Pacino) 40 years later, running the family empire. On the streets of Hell's Kitchen in 1917 New York City, Vito is initiated into the ways of the local Cosa Nostra by his friend Clemenza (Bruno Kirby). After killing the local mafioso in a towel-wrapped gun, Vito becomes the new man to be respected and feared. Meanwhile, a dour Michael Corleone negotiates with business partner Hyman Roth (legendary Method-acting teacher Lee Strasberg in his first film role) in Cuba and testifies in front of a Washington Senate committee. Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Diane Keaton (Kay Corleone), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone), and John Cazale (Fredo Corleone), reprising their roles from THE GODFATHER, are outstanding as the people forced to watch the new godfather's moral destruction. De Niro, speaking in Italian, captures the mannerisms of Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone from the first film brilliantly. THE GODFATHER PART II is one of the only major sequels ever made that might just surpass the original.

Plot Synopsis:

Francis Ford Coppola's compelling sequel lives up to--and even eclipses--the brilliance of THE GODFATHER, contrasting the life of Corleone father and son. In parallel story lines the movie traces the problems of a matured Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958 and that of young immigrant Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) in 1917's Hell's Kitchen. Vito is introduced to a life of crime by two-bit hood Clemenza (Bruno Kirby) while Michael survives an attempt on his life, familial betrayals, and Senate hearings...but at a cost. De Niro, speaking almost completely in Italian, is charismatic as the young Don, a Robin Hood-type figure.

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Production Notes:

The film premiered on December 12, 1974.
THE GODFATHER PART II is number 32 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
THE GODFATHER PART II was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1993.
Francis Ford Coppola's mentor, Roger Corman, makes a brief appearance in the film at the head table at Michael Corleone's Senate hearings.
Troy Donahue has a bit part as Connie's boyfriend, a character named Merle Johnson, Donahue's real name.
"If history has taught us anything, it's that you can kill anyone."--Michael Corleone
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."--Michael Corleone

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