The Godfather

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American film crime film film gangster film

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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The Godfather canonical 56
The Godfather (1972 film) 13
The Godfather (film) 4

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
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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