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Film Title: The Godfather

 Best for ages: ADULTS

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Year Released: 1972

Rated: R (US)

SYNOPSIS

 THE GODFATHER is about the Corleone Family, a well organized family of mobsters who are in charge of organized crime such as booze and gambling in New York.  "Don" Vito Corleone or as they all like to call him "GODFATHER"  (Marlon Brando) is in charge of the family.  He has three sons,  Fredo (John Cazale), Sonny (James Caan) and Michael (Al Pacino) as well as his adapted son/lawyer Tom Hagan (Robert Duvall) .  The Godfather is well respected, and all the crime familes come to him for advice, and to do business. But when a Drug dealer named Virgil Sollozzo comes looking for Mafia Families to offer him protection in exchange for a profit of the drug money. The Godfather declines to help him, because he does not care for what drugs do to people.  Because of the this Sollozzo tries to have the Godfather killed, which starts a war. His younger son, Michael, who wants to live a normal life, somehow gets himself involved in the family business and begins to fill has father shoes.  With the Godfather's age catching up with him, he soon realizes that one of his sons will have to fill his shoes one day, and with war between the families about to begin in the streets, lives will be taken and someone new will end up becoming the next Godfather.

The Review

   I can sit here are write a lot of detail on how great of a film this is. Honesty films like this rarely get made so well that they not only leave you speechless, but make you want to re-watch the film after you just spent almost three and half hours in front of the television watching it.  THE GODFATHER is a film that no matter how hard you try to pick it apart you can't come up with one negative thing to say about the film.  The script is perfect, the directing is perfect, the acting is out of this world and the overall production value is flawless.  The film won best picture at the Academy Awards in 1973 as well as best actor in a leading role (Marlon Brando) and Best Screenplay. It was also nominated in seven other categories and  James Caan, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall were all nominated for best supporting actor, but all lost out to Joel Grey for his performance in CABARET. Director Francis Ford Coppela was also nominated but lost out to the director of CABARET as well, but would get it for THE GODFATHER PART II in 1975.

   Overall, THE GODFATHER is one of the best films ever made, and one of the best films I have ever seen.  Its no wonder the film is ranked the number two film of all time on IMDB.com (Behind SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION for some odd reason)  and is considered by many to be the number one film of all time.  While I can't say it's my favorite film of all time it is up there on my top ten list. This film also hits me on a personal level as well. My mother is 100% Italian, and I grew up spending a lot of time with my grandparents who were true Italian Americans who live in the time that the mob was active. But it's not the violence and crime that I can relate too, but the emotions of the family that makes the Corleones so great in the film. I can relate to the good times they have as a family. The Big parties, the great food, and having every single family member from your cousins to your forth and fifth cousins all together under one roof or in one big yard having a great time together.  That doesn't happen anymore, but it's something I miss. And if there is one thing I take from this film over all it's violence is how it express the importance of family, and how anyone will do anything to protect their family and their interests.

   THE GODFATHER DVD comes in the box set or can be bought separately.  Your best bet is to buy the box set. All three films are part of the Coppola Restoration box set.  It comes with all three films with the original directors commentary, and a  two disc supplements DVD, which includes all the goodies related to the making of all three GODFATHER films.  The supplements discs come with all the original behind the scenes footage, additional scenes, Filming locations, Corleone Family Tree, The music of THE GODFATHER, Historical timeline, profiles on the filmmakers as well as Photos and storyboards.  The second disc. is full of all new features such as The world of THE GODFATHER, a featurette titled The Masterpiece that Almost Wasn't; When Shooting Stopped, Emulsional Rescue Revealing THE GODFATHER,  THE GODFATHER on the red Carpet, and four short films on THE GODFATHER.

What makes this film for adults only....

Violence:

Fighting: YES

Killing: YES

Guns: YES

Gun Fights: YES

People/Animals being shot (by gun ,arrow or other projectile weapons): YES

Stabbing/Strangling: YES

Bombings: YES

Women harmed/killed: YES

Children harmed/killed: NO

Domestic Violence: YES

Animated Violence: (Cartoon Violence similar to Looney Toons) NO

Graphic Content:

Sex: NO

Nudity: NO

Partial Nudity (Underwear/bra/bikini): YES

Revealing Clothes (Cleavage/low cut shorts/pants): YES

Blood: YES

Shootings: YES

Gore: YES (Horses head in placed in a man's bed)

Sickness: YES

Death: YES

People Dying: YES

Drowning: NO (Although it's hinted that someone does sleep with the fishes)

Suicide: NO

Police Brutality: YES

Corruption: YES

Drug Use: NO (But it's talked about, and is one of the main reasons for the mob war.)

Alcohol Use: YES

Smoking: YES

Greed: YES

Gambling: YES

Language:

Insults (Jerk, Idiots etc..) YES

Cursing: YES

Crude Language: YES

Sexual Innuendos: NO

Sexual Insults: NO

Sexual Come-ons: NO

Adult Conversations: YES

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