It's not personal. It's strictly business. America has made my fortune. The Godfather is a trilogy of American crime films based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name , each directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The films revolve around a fictional Italian-American crime family , the Corleone Family, who have roots in Sicily ; and, more specifically, trace the odyssey of the youngest son Michael, from reluctant accomplice to the family's deeds to the mastermind of the entire operation.
Coppola and Puzo co-wrote all three films, with Nino Rota composing the musical scores for the first two. The first two films are widely considered to be among the greatest films of all time and the flagship works of the New Hollywood cinema, due to being the first films to portray gangsters seriously, as dramatic figures of real complexity with true depth of character, and tell the story from their perspective.
The franchise was also the critical and commercial breakthrough for Coppola and provided the star-making roles for many of its cast members β including Al Pacino , Robert De Niro , Diane Keaton , James Caan , Robert Duvall , and John Cazale β while Marlon Brando 's performance as Vito Corleone in the first film is renowned as one of the most iconic in the history of cinema. The scale of achievement is such that it not only defined the image of gangster culture in the popular consciousness but also influenced real gangsters and mafiosi to imitate the film's characters in style and manner of speech.
Coppola later admitted that he did very little actual research into the gangster culture, and that to him the film was a stylistic "modern myth" about the Italian-American immigration experience. Content related to the video games goes here. A β H Abortion Fallout Drama : Kay's revelation that she aborted what would have been their third child blows up her marriage to Michael.
Abuse Discretion Shot : The greater part of Carlo beating Connie in both instances is not shown in the film; only the aftermath is shown and the beat down Carlo receives from Sonny in response.
