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The Godfather Part II, 1974

The Godfather Part II

English, Italian, Spanish, Latin

USA

Rating:9.0
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Profile of The Godfather Part II

The mood of The Godfather Part II is stylized, captivating, and rough. The plot centers around blind ambition, immigrants, and a rise to the top. It is a crime, drama, and period movie. Stylistically, The Godfather Part II is a saga, features an all-star cast, and involves multiple stories. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is New York, Sicily, and Las Vegas. The Godfather Part II happens in the 1920s, in the 1950s, and in the 1960s. The musical score is orchestral. The movie is known for being a classic, a masterpiece, and an Oscar winner. The Godfather Part II is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes .

Summary of The Godfather Part II

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.

Details

Language: English, Italian, Spanish, Latin
Country: USA
Release date: 12 December 1974
Runtime: 200 min
Awards: Academy Awards

Awards

Dean Tavoularis for Best Art Direction at the 1974 Academy Awards
Angelo Graham for Best Art Direction at the 1974 Academy Awards
George Robert Nelson for Best Art Direction at the 1974 Academy Awards
Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director at the 1974 Academy Awards
Awarded Best Original Score at the 1974 Academy Awards
Nino Rota for Best Original Score at the 1974 Academy Awards
Awarded Best Picture at the 1974 Academy Awards
Francis Ford Coppola for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material at the 1974 Academy Awards
Mario Puzo for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material at the 1974 Academy Awards
Robert De Niro for Best Supporting Actor at the 1974 Academy Awards

Cast and Crew

Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II
Al Pacino

as Don Michael Corleone

Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II
Robert De Niro

as Vito Corleone

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Clips

The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II: Trailer

Critics Reviews

TV Guide
Cinematographer Willis superbly captures the turn-of-the-century period, applying a seriographic tint to flashback scenes for a softer, richer look than the sharp image of the ongoing contemporary story.
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  • by: Staff (Not Credited)
The New York Times
The only remarkable thing about Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II is the insistent manner in which it recalls how much better his original film was...Even if Part II were a lot more cohesive, revealing, and exciting than it is, it...
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  • by: Vincent Canby

Users Reviews

AMAZING ,again
They do it again, but better! Things have gotten better than in the first installment of The Godfather – the mafia, the action, the emotions and mostly the power!! We watch Al Pacino grow into the most influential mobster. It is not often that a...
  • 01.September.2010
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  • by: roland
  • roland rated this movie10/10Must See
I've always heard that Godfather II was the one example of a film where the sequel was better than the original. For me, no. I didn't even finsih this one. I was bored. It felt as if we were going mechanically from plot point A to plot point B,...
  • 02.July.2009
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  • by: Michael Cain
  • Michael Cain rated this movie0/10
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