Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
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- Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 6 wins & 23 nominations total
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Storyline
In the final installment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protege's love affair with his daughter. —ahmetkozan
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- All the power on earth can't change destiny.
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence and language
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- TriviaAl Pacino was offered $5 million to reprise his role as Michael. But Pacino wanted $7 million plus a percentage of the gross. Francis Ford Coppola refused. He threatened to rewrite the script by starting the story with Michael's funeral sequence instead of the film's introduction. Pacino agreed to the $5 million offer.
- GoofsThe Opera Cavalleria Rusticana is shown out of chronological order. The prologue is shown first (Anthony singing backstage), followed by a scene near the end. The procession scene shown next, is actually in the middle of the opera. Then the conclusion is shown.
- Quotes
Michael Corleone: Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
- Alternate versionsVideo release is called "Final Director's Cut" and features 9 minutes of additional footage not included in theatrical version.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
Top review
A Passionate Requiem
I finally saw it ! As a total devotee of the two previous installments, I avoided seeing the third one, on purpose, people I respect had told me about the disappointment and, quite honestly, I didn't go there. Last night I did and surprise, surprise, it moved me no end. Maybe because I haven't seen the other two in four years. Yes at times is more Ken Russell than Francis Ford Coppola and in my book that's not a bad thing. I was, however, a bit taken aback by the healing in Pacino's Michael as far as Keaton's Kay is concerned. As it nothing had ever happened, while in Diane Keaton the memory of that pain is always present. Talia Shire is a lot of fun as a sort of Madame Sin. Raf Vallone, superb as the doomed Pope John Paul I and then a bit puzzling casting choices that I think they me code for something. George Hamilton, for instance, takes over from where Rubert Duvall left off. Helmut Berger plays the head of the Vatican Bank. Helmut Berger! Just as curious as to find Troy Donahue in The Godfather Part II - All in all, I'm really glad I've seen it and I'm sure I'll see it again.
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- The Death of Michael Corleone
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- Budget
- $54,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,761,392
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,387,271
- Dec 25, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $136,861,392
- Runtime2 hours 42 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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