Scenes like the gunning down of Don Corleon, the showdown at the hospital, the death of Sonny, and the killing of the rival families all demonstrate a great sense of style and editing.
The godfather 1 and 2 in chronological order movie#
Coppola helped clean up Puzo’s story and tighten it into a strong movie with some very tense moments. The movie is gritty and a great period piece. While I don’t have the nostalgia for The Godfather, it is one of the greatest films made. I actually did not see it until much later into my movie watching period (high school) and see the movie with less nostalgia (I actually saw it the first time as the combined film The Godfather Saga which put The Godfather and The Godfather Part II in chronological order). The movie is the mob movie in which all other mob movies are compared to.
The movie was one of the biggest moneymakers of all time and was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1990. The score was originally nominated for Best Score but it was deemed ineligible due to some use in Fortunella (1958). Critically acclaimed upon its release, the film received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando who famously had his statue collected by Sacheen Littlefeather aka Maria Cruz), and Best Adapted Screenplay with nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Pacino, Caan, Duvall), Best Director, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, and Best Editing. The film was adapted from the 1969 best-selling Mario Puzo novel. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather is the crime-mob movie.