The Godfather

(1972)

Synopsis

Best Picture chronicles the epic tale of a 1940's mobster family in New York City, where the father builds an organized-crime empire and his three sons, to varying degrees, follow in his footsteps. Marlon Brando won Best Actor as the head of the "family."

Directors

Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Albert S. Ruddy, Gordon Willis, Gray Frederickson, Peter Zinner, William Reynolds, Paul Baxley, Joe Lombardi, Louis DiGiaimo, Andrea Eastman, Fred Roos, Nino Rota, Robert Evans, Gray Frederickson, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Robert Evans, Paul R. Baxley Jr., Christopher Newman, Richard Portman

Production year

1972

Rating

R

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Runtime

177 minutes

Cast

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall