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The Godfather premiered at the Loew's State Theatre on March 14, 1972, and was widely released in the United States on March 24, 1972. It was the highest-grossing film of 1972, and was for a time the highest-grossing film ever made, earning between $250 and $291 million at the box office.
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The Godfather, American gangster epic film, released in 1972, that was adapted from the 1969 best-selling novel by Mario Puzo and has been regarded as a masterpiece since its release. Its creative cinematography, haunting score, and unforgettable performances by such actors as Marlon Brando and Al Pacino made the multigenerational saga an enduring cultural touchstone.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
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The Godfather is set in the 1940s and takes place entirely within the world of the Corleones, a fictional New York Mafia family. It opens inside the dark office of the family patriarch, Don Vito Corleone (also known as the Godfather and played by Brando), on the wedding day of his daughter, Connie (Talia Shire). Vito’s youngest son, Michael (Pacino), who has distanced himself from the family business, attends the festivities with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton).
A few months later, Vito is nearly killed by gunmen sent by a rival family, and Michael saves him from another attempt while he is recovering in the hospital. Michael then takes revenge, killing a corrupt police captain as well as the man who ordered the hit on Vito, after which he flees to Sicily as a gang war breaks out. Vito’s eldest son, Sonny (James Caan), is gunned down, and the violence eventually reaches Michael when his Sicilian wife is killed during an attempt on his life.
•Studios: Paramount Pictures and Alfran Productions
•Director: Francis Ford Coppola
•Writers: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
•Music: Nino Rota
•Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone)
•Al Pacino (Michael Corleone)
•James Caan (Sonny Corleone)
•Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen)
•Diane Keaton (Kay Adams)
•Talia Shire (Connie)
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•Lead actor (Marlon Brando)*
•Supporting actor (James Caan)
•Supporting actor (Robert Duvall)
•Supporting actor (Al Pacino)
•Costume design
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- The Godfather Filmed On Location In Sicily. After killing Captain McCluskey and Virgil Sollozzo, Michael Corleone flees the U.S. and takes refuge in Sicily.
- Beverly Estate — Beverly Hills, California. Originally owned by newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, the Beverly Estate was used in the scenes featuring Jack Woltz, the fictional movie producer who ends up on the wrong side of the Corleone family (which is never a good place to be).
- Mitchel Field — Uniondale, New York. The Godfather is filled with gruesome violence, of mobsters getting back at each other, with the characters killing and threatening one another as a full-on war erupts between the Five Families.
- Calvary Cemetery — Queens, New York. Queens’ Calvary Cemetery is the location of Don Vito Corleone’s final resting place. Corleone’s funeral takes place within the cemetery, which is notable for being the resting place of several governors, senators, and New York mayors, among others.
- Corleone Mansion, Staten Island. Located at 110 Longfellow Avenue on a cul-de-sac in the Emerson Hill neighborhood of Staten Island, the home that served as the Corleone mansion looks much different now than it did during filming.
- Radio City Music Hall, Manhattan. Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan (1260 Avenue of the Americas) is no stranger to the silver screen, serving as the backdrop for endless films, including Annie, Rosemary’s Baby and Rocky III.
- St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan. Also located in Midtown and a half-mile walk northeast of Radio City Music Hall sits the St. Regis (2 E. 55th St.). Built by business magnate John Jacob Astor IV, the 18-story Beaux-Arts building was one of the city’s earliest skyscrapers and has served as a luxury accommodation since its opening in 1904.
- Mietz Building and Fruit Stand, Manhattan. In the film, the Corleones start a company called Genco Pura Olive Oil that serves as a front to hide the family’s shady business dealings.
The Godfather was released into theaters on March 14th, 1972. Filming locations include Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Ross, Ca. and Bronx, Brooklyn, Garden City, New York City, Pleasant Plains, Queens and Staten Island, NY.
This might come as a surprise, seeing as how the movie revolves around a New York City gang trying to make their way from the Bronx’s Van Cortlandt Park to Brooklyn’s Coney Island, but filming only took place in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
