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The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film

directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by


Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling
novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and
Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York
crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955,
chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito
Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of
Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family
outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

Paramount Pictures obtained the rights to the novel


for the price of $80,000, before it gained popularity.
[3][4] Studio executives had trouble finding a director;
their first few candidates turned down the position.
They and Coppola disagreed over who would play
several characters, in particular, Vito and Michael.
Filming took place on location, primarily around New
York and in Sicily, and was completed ahead of
schedule. The musical score was principally
composed by Nino Rota, with additional pieces by
Carmine Coppola.
The film was the highest-grossing film of 1972[5] and
was for a time the highest-grossing film ever made.
[4] It won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor
(Brando) and Best Adapted Screenplay (for Puzo and
Coppola). Its seven other Oscar nominations included
Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall (Best Supporting
Actor), and Coppola for Best Director.

The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the


greatest films in world cinema and one of the most
influential, especially in the gangster genre.[6] It was
selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film
Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being
deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant" and is ranked the second-greatest film in
American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the
American Film Institute. It was followed by sequels
The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part
III (1990).

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