The Godfather
Release: March 15, 1972

Generally acknowledged as a bona fide classic, this Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfectly right from beginning to end--almost as if everyone involved had been born to participate in it. Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel about a Mafia dynasty, Coppola's Godfather extracted and enhanced the most universal themes of immigrant experience in America: the plotting-out of hopes and dreams for one's successors, the raising of children to carry on the good work, etc. In the midst of generational strife during the Vietnam years, the film somehow struck a chord with a nation fascinated by the metamorphosis of a rebellious son (Al Pacino) into the keeper of his father's dream. Marlon Brando played against Puzo's own conception of patriarch Vito Corleone, and time has certainly proven the actor correct. The rest of the cast, particularly James Caan, John Cazale, and Robert Duvall as the rest of Vito's male brood--all coping with how to take the mantle of responsibility from their father--is seamless and wonderful.

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Don Vito Corleone: "YOU CAN ACT LIEK A MAN! WHAT`S THE MATTER WITH YOU!?"
Clemenza: "Leave the gun. Take the cannolis"
sunny: "so you want get mixed up in the famliy business."
Michael: "frato you’re my brother and I love you, but don’t ever side with anyone against the family again. Got it?"
Michael: "Now who approached you, Di Tallia or Barzinni?"
Carlo: "It was Barzinni."
Michael: "There's a car waiting to take you to the airport, I'll tell your wife what flight you're on."
Carlo: "Micha---"
Michael: "Get out of my sight!"
Clamenza: "Hello Carlo..."
Vito Corleone: "Never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking again."
tony: "Got to the matress. Take the canoli and leave the gun. -tony"
-Marlon Brando: "Maybe, maybe they made a offer he couldn't refuse. --Marlon Brando"
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