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Storyline
When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorable successor being finally chosen. Written by
J. S. Golden
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Plot Synopsis
Taglines:
The Godfather is now a movie.
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Details
Release Date:
24 March 1972 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Mario Puzo's The Godfather
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Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$223,758
(USA)
(4 April 1997)
Gross:
$134,821,952
(USA)
(2 May 1997)
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
Color:
Color
(Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The mansion of Jack Woltz was also used as the mansion of Alan Stanwyk in
Fletch (1985).
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Goofs
At the airport at night, a swept tail Cessna 182 is shown. Production of this airplane didn't start until approximately the mid-1960s.
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Quotes
[
first lines]
Bonasera:
I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom but I taught her never to dishonor her family. She found a "boy friend," not an Italian. She went to the movies with him. She stayed out late. I didn't protest. Two months ago he took her for a drive, with another boy friend. They made her drink whiskey and then they tried to take advantage of her. She resisted. She kept her honor. So they beat her. Like an animal...
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Crazy Credits
Other than Mario Puzo's name there are no opening credits.
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Connections
Referenced in
The Middle: Hecking Order (2011)
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Soundtracks
Mall Wedding Sequence
(1972)
Music by
Carmine Coppola See more »
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