The Godfather (film series)

The Godfather film series consists of three featurelength crime films directed by Francis Ford Coppola inspired by the novel of the same name by Italian American author Mario Puzo.

The Godfather, the first film in the franchise, was released on March 15, 1972. The featurelength film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon Mario Puzos novel of the same name. The plot begins with Don Vito Corleone declining an offer to join in the narcotics business with notorious drug lord Virgil Sollozzo, which leads to an assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Vitos oldest son Sonny takes over the family and Michael strikes back for the assassination attempt by killing Sollozzo and a corrupted police captain, forcing Michael to go to Sicily in hiding. While in Sicily, Michael travels around the country and meets a young woman whom he marries, but who is eventually killed in a car bombing. Michael returns to America after the news of his brother Sonnys murder. After returning, Vito turns over the reins of the family to Michael. Michael plans to move the family business to Las Vegas but before the move, he plots the killing of the heads of the five families on the day of his nephews baptism. Other subplots include Vitos daughters abusive marriage, Johnny Fontaines success in Hollywood, and Vitos second oldest son Fredos role in the family business in Las Vegas.The Godfather Part II, the second film in the franchise, was released on December 20, 1974. The featurelength film was again directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based upon Mario Puzos novel of the same name. The film is in part both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, presenting two parallel dramas. The main storyline, following the first films events, centers on Michael Corleone, the new Don of the Corleone crime family, trying to hold his business ventures together from 1958 to 1959 the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone, from his childhood in Sicily in 1901 to his founding of the Corleone family in New York City. ........

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