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The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset (The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III) [Blu-ray] | ![The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset (The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ek%2BlM5IIL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $124.99
Buy Used: $48.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 33
Format: Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 840
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.4 x 0.8
MPN: 138644
UPC: 097361386447
EAN: 0097361386447
ASIN: B000NTPDSW
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1990
Release Date: September 23, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Condition: Complete and guaranteed to play like new. APO's welcome,internationals under $50 and expedited shipping available.
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THE GODFATHER: Popularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather (1972) is a touchstone of cinema: one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star as Vito Corleone and his youngest son, Michael, respectively. It is the late 1940s in New York and Corleone is, in the parlance of organized crime, a "godfather" or "don," the head of a Mafia family. Michael, a free thinker who defied his father by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II, has returned a captain and a war hero. Having long ago rejected the family business, Michael shows up at the wedding of his sister, Connie (Talia Shire), with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton), who learns for the first time about the family "business." A few months later at Christmas time, the don barely survives being shot by gunmen in the employ of a drug-trafficking rival whose request for aid from the Corleones' political connections was rejected. After saving his father from a second assassination attempt, Michael persuades his hotheaded eldest brother, Sonny (James Caan), and family advisors Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) and Sal Tessio (Abe Vigoda) that he should be the one to exact revenge on the men responsible. After murdering a corrupt police captain and the drug trafficker, Michael hides out in Sicily while a gang war erupts at home. Falling in love with a local girl, Michael marries her, but she is later slain by Corleone enemies in an attempt on Michael's life. Sonny is also butchered, having been betrayed by Connie's husband. As Michael returns home and convinces Kay to marry him, his father recovers and makes peace with his rivals, realizing that another powerful don was pulling the strings behind the narcotics endeavor that began the gang warfare. Once Michael has been groomed as the new don, he leads the family to a new era of prosperity, then launches a campaign of murderous revenge against those who once tried to wipe out the Corleones, consolidating his family's power and completing his own moral downfall. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and winning for Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay, The Godfather was followed by a pair of sequels. THE GODFATHER PART II: This brilliant companion piece to the original The Godfather continues the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Coppola tells two stories in Part II: the roots and rise of a young Don Vito, played with uncanny ability by Robert De Niro, and the ascension of Michael (Al Pacino) as the new Don. Reassembling many of the talents who helped make The Godfather, Coppola has produced a movie of staggering magnitude and vision, and undeniably the best sequel ever made. Robert De Niro won an Oscar; the film received six Academy Awards, including Best Picture of 1974. THE GODFATHER PART III: One of the greatest sagas in movie history continues! In this third film in the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises the role of powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his 60's, Michael is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That successor could be fiery Vincent (Andy Garcia)... but he may also be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence. Francis Ford Coppola directs Pacino, Garcia, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Eli Wallach, Sofia Coppola, Joe Montegna and others in this exciting, long-awaited film that masterfully explores the themes of power, tradition, revenge and love. Seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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 The Classic classic October 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I was in college I went to the theatre and watched Francis Ford Coppola's brilliant interpretation of Mario Puzo's bestseller The Godfather. The stunning photography and sound transformed a very good Mafia story into an iconic piece of American culture. Over the years I have watched the Godfather and its brilliant sequel in various formats, film, VHS and DVD. But finally when the trilogy was restored by Coppola and his brilliant cinematographer Gordon Parks, I broke one of my cardinal rules about acquiring Blu-ray versions of movies I already own in DVD.
I watched on my Mitsubishi LT-46149 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with Integrated Sound Projector, which fully optimizes Blu-ray disks in a 1080p format. Just to be sure I compared it with the original triologyThe Godfather DVD Collection (The Godfather/ The Godfather - Part II/ The Godfather - Part III) on the same set using a Sony BDP-S301 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player BD/DVD/CD Playback with Bonus HDMI Cable which "upverts" standard DVDto 1080i.
There is no comparison.The colors are deep and rich in Blu-ray, while they are faded and scratchy on the "upverted" DVD. The overall effect of the restoration is to bring that original movie onto that original theatre screen into my house. Even though Godfathers I and II have never lost their place in the pantheon of American film, we have for years been watching these films under less than ideal conditions. The darkness that surrounds Don Corleone and then Michael became more dark gray than near-black. In its 1080p restoration the vermillion Statute of Liberty rises from the flat marsh grasses looking more like amber waves of grain than a neutral killing field. Taillights twinkle against the buffed exteriors of post-war automobiles as Michael exits the restaurant.
This classic is worth having in your library.
This is an offer you can't refuse!! October 5, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of my top 10 in blu!!!!, now give me TLOTR Trilogy, Braveheart, Gladiator, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, HEAT, Jason Bourne Trilogy, The good, the bad and the ugly, and 7 Samurai and i will be complete.
well done October 5, 2008
just wanted to say i recieved my copy on friday, i only put it on to see what the quality was like and i have to say good job, once i put it on i didn't want to turn it off. notn only was it nice and clear but it was full screen. it's not often i can sit down and watch an old movie, its good how the picture quality makes all the difference.
 The video quality is just OK October 4, 2008
I was really looking forward to this title. I haven't seen the Godfather in a while and when I heard that the Blu-Ray version had gotten a hand makeover I thought it's time to buy it.
I was very disappointed in the quality of the picture, the colors were just OK and a lot of things just faded into black throughout the scenes.
All in all it was a good buy but I really believe it could've been so much better. This film deservers it!
 Anticipation turned into massive Disappointment October 4, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I ordered this on blu ray after hearing about its release and seeing the good price on Amazon. What a complete waste of money. I've seen better quality on non blu ray. This is one of the most grainy blu ray movies ive ever seen. Not worth the money or the effort. I cannot believe this is the best they could do with this movie. Its all hype and no sustenance. Save your money and dont buy this.
Since I first received this I have bought a few "older" movies as well to see how they compare to this. I picked up A Clockwork Orange and also The Shining. How could they have messed up Godfather so bad in comparison? Both of those movies in Blu Ray are not even in the same ballpark as the Godfather "restoration". To me the studio and Coppola are doing nothing but ripping off the public with this version as it is just horrible. I stand by my original review and marvel at the loss of $62 on crap.
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