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Starring:
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Richard Conte, Richard S. Castellano, Abe Vigoda, Alex Rocco, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Al Lettieri, Sofia Coppola, Al Martino, Morgana King
Directed By:
Francis Ford Coppola
Written By:
Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
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The Godfather (1972)
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Movie Review by AJ 
April 14th, 2006
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Ah, a true masterpiece of American cinema, and undoubtedly one of the finest gangster flicks ever made. Marlon Brando gives what is quite possibly the greatest performance ever committed to film as Don Vito Corleone, and the rest of the cast, especially Al Pacino and Diane Keaton, are nearly on par. Much like Coppola's later Apocalypse Now (his last good film), The Godfather romanticizes its subject and creates an almost mythical reproduction of its time period, ripe with all kinds of great mythology ("Luca Brazzi sleeps with the fishes," the horse head, etc.). It may not be as genuine or realistic as something like Goodfellas, but, as he often did when he was great, Coppola paints in broad strokes that manage to capture the realism and essence of the Mafia in an oddly more genuine way. Ah, how I cherish this film. No matter that Coppola's talent dissolved after 1979; we can always remember him with this, an offer I can't refuse.
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 | Jessica
Jan 31, 2007 10:37 PM
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| I disagree ... this is crap !!! |
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