The Godfather

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The Godfather is a landmark 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola that chronicles the powerful Corleone mafia family and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in cinema history.

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instanceOf American film
crime film
film
gangster film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
basedOn The Godfather self-link
basedOnAuthor Mario Puzo
character Connie Corleone
Kay Adams
Michael Corleone
Sonny Corleone
Tom Hagen
Vito Corleone
cinematographyBy Gordon Willis
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Francis Ford Coppola
distributor Paramount Pictures
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Peter Zinner
William Reynolds
followedBy The Godfather Part II
genre crime
drama
hasSequel The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part III
musicBy Nino Rota
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableRanking AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
surface form: AFI 100 Years...100 Movies

Sight & Sound critics' poll
surface form: Sight & Sound greatest films poll
originalLanguage English
partOf The Godfather trilogy
precedes The Godfather Part III
premiereCity New York City
premiereLocation Loew's State Theatre
producer Albert S. Ruddy NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate 1972-03-15
releaseYear 1972
runningTimeMinutes 175
screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola
Mario Puzo
setIn New York City
Sicily
settingEvent World War II
surface form: World War II era
starring Al Pacino
Diane Keaton
James Caan
Marlon Brando
Richard Castellano
Robert Duvall
Talia Shire
theme family
organized crime
power
timePeriod 1940s
1950s

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