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The Godfather Part II [DVD] [The Coppola Restoration]

1 disc
Region 1 USA/CA (info)

The sequel to THE GODFATHER tells the story of both a young Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), newly arrived in America, and his son Michael (Al Pacino), forty years later, running the family empire. On the streets of Hell's Kitchen in 1917 New York City, Vito is initiated into the ways of the local cosa nostra by his friend Clemenza (Bruno Kirby). After killing the local mafioso in a towel-wrapped gun, Vito becomes the new man to be respected and feared. Meanwhile, a dour Michael Corleone negotiates with business partner Hyman Roth (legendary method actor Lee Strasberg in his first film role) in Cuba and testifies in front of a Washington Senate committee. Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Diane Keaton (Kay Corleone), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone), and John Cazale (Fredo Corleone), reprising their roles from THE GODFATHER, are outstanding as the people forced to watch the new godfather's moral destruction. Robert De Niro, speaking in Italian, captures the mannerisms of Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone from the first film brilliantly. THE GODFATHER PART II is one of the only major sequels ever made that might just surpass the original.
Academy Awards Best Picture 1974
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor 1974 Robert De Niro Oscar Winning Actor/Director/Producer
Academy Awards Best Director 1974 Francis Ford Coppola American Director, THE GODFATHER SAGA
Academy Awards Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material 1974 Francis Ford Coppola American Director, THE GODFATHER SAGA
Academy Awards Best Original Score 1974 Carmine Coppola American Composer/Conductor
Academy Awards Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material 1974 Mario Puzo Oscar-winning novelist, screenwriter, THE GODFATHER
Academy Awards Best Art Direction 1974 Dean Tavoularis Production Designer
Academy Awards Best Original Score 1974 Nino Rota Composer, AMARCORD, THE GODFATHER
Academy Awards Best Art Direction 1974 Angelo Graham
Academy Awards Best Art Direction - Set Decoration 1974 George Robert Nelson Set Decorator
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 132924
Credits

Al Pacino, Alfredo James Pacino, Robert De Niro
Critic Reviews

"The musical score plays an even greater role in THE GODFATHER: PART II than it did in the original film. Nostalgic, mournful, evoking lost eras, it stirs emotions...."
Chicago Sun-Times