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Overview

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Writers:
Mario Puzo (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 December 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 6 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations more
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(20 articles)
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One of the Best Sequels Ever more

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA) (complete title)
Son of Godfather (USA) (working title)
The Second Godfather (USA) (working title)
El padrino II (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Der Pate 2 (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Крёстный отец 2 (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
A keresztapa 2. (Hungary) [hu]
Baba 2 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
El padrí II (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
El padrino. Parte II (Spain) [es]
Gudfadern del II (Sweden) [sv]
Il padrino parte seconda (Italy) [it]
Kmotr II (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) [cs]
Krstný otec II (Czechoslovakia: Slovak title) [sk]
Kum 2 (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) [sr]
Kummisetä, osa II (Finland) [fi]
Le parrain II (Canada: French title) [fr]
Le parrain, 2ème partie (France) [fr]
O Padrinho: Parte II (Portugal) [pt]
O Poderoso Chefão II (Brazil) [pt]
O Poderoso Chefão: Parte 2 (Brazil) [pt]
O nonos, meros 2o (Greece) [el]
Ojciec chrzestny II (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
200 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The door to Vito's olive oil business was rigged so that it would not open if a nail was inserted into the lock. Coppola kept this a secret from Leopoldo Trieste, who played Signor Roberto, and his difficulty in opening the door was real. Coppola wanted to film Trieste, a known Italian comedian, improvising his way through the scene. When Genco opens the door, Frank Sivero surreptitiously pulls the nail out. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Michael is talking to Connie and Merle about their getting married, he says to Connie, "Your oldest boy Victor was picked up on some petty larceny". Connie's first child was Michael Francis Rizzi. The priest at the baptism In The Godfather clearly says the name. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Title Card: The godfather was born Vito Andolini, in the town of Corleone in Sicily. In 1901 his father was murdered for an insult to the local Mafia chieftain. His older brother Paolo swore revenge and disappeared into the hills, leaving Vito, the only male heir, to stand with his mother at the funeral. He was nine years old.
[gunshots and screams]
Woman: [subtitled from Italian] They've killed the boy! They've killed young Paolo! They've killed your son Paolo!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Dream Studio (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Heart And Soul more

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Roth was dying, why did Michael need to kill him?
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120 out of 155 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the Best Sequels Ever, 2 August 2004
10/10
Author: ve3idl from Canada, ontario

You can count on one hand the movie sequels that measure up to the original; GODFATHER II makes the cut. This movie is just as fine as GODFATHER I. Here the director goes back and forth between the early days of the young Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro, and the family after the action in GODFATHER I in the 1950's just before Castro came to power. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) has moved the family and most of his business to Nevada. Once again the acting is flawless. Diane Keaton as Michael's wife who quickly becomes disillusioned with her life with him and the lies he continues to tell her, assuring her that he is going legitimate soon; Robert Duvall as Michael's adopted brother and adviser; and Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth all give outstanding performances; but the film really is Al Pacino's. We see him become a ruthless, cold-blooded killer who alienates himself from his family in ways his father would never have done. He has come so far from the idealistic young man in "GODFATHER I, who joined the Marines in World War I to serve his country and die for it if necessary, to a lonely, paranoid tragic man. There are many poignant scenes concerning his wife and children-- the drawing his son leaves for him in his bedroom, the gift that Tom buys the child because Michael is too busy, his wife Kay's being kept a virtual prisoner at his orders in the family compound, etc.

Once again many acts of violence are interwoven with religion: Michael's son's first communion, the religious parade in New York, Fredo's repeating the Rosary in order to catch a fish, for example.

The cinematography is stunning; the footage from Sicily and New York around the turn of the century and the snow scenes from the American West are beautiful and rich in detail. Mr. Coppola has directed yet another masterpiece.

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