The Godfather
(1972)
Synopsis
Best Picture chronicles the epic tale of a 1940's mobster family in New York City, where the father builds an organized-crime empire and his three sons, to varying degrees, follow in his footsteps. Marlon Brando won Best Actor as the head of the "family."
Directors
Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Albert S. Ruddy, Gordon Willis, Gray Frederickson, Peter Zinner, William Reynolds, Paul Baxley, Joe Lombardi, Louis DiGiaimo, Andrea Eastman, Fred Roos, Nino Rota, Robert Evans, Gray Frederickson, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Robert Evans, Paul R. Baxley Jr., Christopher Newman, Richard Portman
Production year
1972
Rating
R
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Runtime
177 minutes
Cast
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall