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The Godfather

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A 1972 American crime drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted from Mario Puzo's novel, chronicling the Corleone crime family's transfer of power from patriarch Vito to his reluctant son Michael. Its influence on the gangster genre and on American cinema's visual and narrative style has been called foundational.

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1972 1
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35mm color film 1
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    A 1972 American crime drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted from Mario Puzo's novel, chronicling the Corleone crime family's transfer of power from patriarch Vito to his reluctant son Michael.
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