The Godfather



Directed by	Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by	Albert S. Ruddy
Screenplay by	Mario Puzo Francis Ford Coppola
Based on	The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Starring	Marlon Brando Al Pacino James Caan Richard Castellano Robert Duvall Sterling Hayden John Marley Richard Conte Diane Keaton
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Gordon Willis
Edited by	William Reynolds Peter Zinner
Production company	Alfran Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 15, 1972 (Loew's State Theatre) March 24, 1972 (United States)
Running time	175 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6–7 million^[1]^[2]
Box office	$245.1–286 million^[1]^[3]^[4]

This article is about the 1972 film. For the novel on which the film is based, see The Godfather (novel). For different uses, see Godfather (disambiguation). The Godfather is a 1972 American wrongdoing film coordinated by Francis Ford Coppola and created by Albert S. Bronzed from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. Featuring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the pioneers of the anecdotal Corleone New York wrongdoing family, the story compasses the years 1945-55, focusing on the change of Michael Corleone from hesitant family pariah to savage Mafia supervisor while chronicling the family under the patriarch Vito. In view of Puzo's smash hit novel of the same name, The Godfather is broadly viewed as one of the best movies in world cinema[5]—and as a standout amongst the most powerful, particularly in the hoodlum genre.[6] Ranked second to Citizen Kane by the American Film Institute in 2007,[7] it was chosen for safeguarding in the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990 as being "socially, truly, or stylishly huge". The film was the movies pioneer for 1972 and was, for a period, the most elevated netting picture ever constructed. It won three Academy Awards for that year: Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando) and in the class Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. Its assignments in seven different classifications included Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor and Coppola for Best Director. The achievement brought forth two spin-offs: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 19.