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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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The Godfather (Wikipedia)
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    The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel.
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    The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel.
  • Created By: Francis Ford Coppola, Wikipedia intro
    The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel.
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