The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, as well as a landmark of the gangster genre. [3] The film stars an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton.

Mar 24, 1972 · The Godfather: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano. The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, you made a good living. The police protected you and there were courts of law. So you didn't need a friend like me. Now you come and say "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me "Godfather."

Sep 10, 2023 · Marlon Brando's starring turn as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather is considered one of the best performances of his career, and his age in the role will surprise fans who may have naturally assumed the venerated actor was much older.

Sep 9, 2022 · Through his physical and emotional work, Marlon Brando crafts an entire life for Vito Corleone beyond what we see on screen. This method style approach is what makes his performance so...

Dec 9, 2024 · The Godfather is an American gangster epic film (1972) starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also cowrote the screenplay. In 2002 it was named one of the National Society of Film Critics’ 100 Essential Films.

May 27, 2024 · Marlon Brando became part of the cast of “The Godfather” thanks to the persistence of director Francis Ford Coppola and the author of the novel “The Godfather,” Mario Puzo. Although the executives at Paramount Pictures were skeptical, Coppola and Puzo insisted that Brando be chosen for the role of Vito Corleone.

Don Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando) is the aging Godfather of a mafia family. He has three sons - Sonny (James Caan), Fredo (John Cazale) and Michael (Al Pacino). Sonny is his natural successor but is impulsive, short-tempered and not much of a thinker.

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in films spanning over half a century. Dick Smith applying Brando's make-up for the Vito Corleone character. Brando having make up done. He was only 47 when cast as Vito.

Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star as Vito Corleone and his youngest son, Michael, respectively. It is the late 1940s in New York and Corleone is, in the parlance of organized crime, a “godfather” or “don,” the head of a Mafia family.