The Godfather: A Novel for Television
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The Godfather: A Novel for Television

The Godfather: A Novel for Television

The Godfather: A Novel for Television

1977
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Mini-Series
The first two Godfather films were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added. (imdb)

Directed by:

Francis Ford Coppola
Francis-Ford-Coppola
77 total credits
A director, composer and writer who is, luckily enough, more well known for his massive box office successes rather than his numerous failures. His landmark films, including The Godfather Trilogy, Patton and Apocalypse Now, have won Mr. Coppola a mountain of money, as well as 5 Oscars.

Writers:

Francis Ford Coppola
Francis-Ford-Coppola
77 total credits
A director, composer and writer who is, luckily enough, more well known for his massive box office successes rather than his numerous failures. His landmark films, including The Godfather Trilogy, Patton and Apocalypse Now, have won Mr. Coppola a mountain of money, as well as 5 Oscars.
,
Mario Puzo
Mario-Puzo
15 total credits
Mario Puzo has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Godfather: Part III, Superman: The Movie and Superman II

Starring:

Robert De Niro
Robert-De-Niro
137 total credits
Robert De Niro is an American actor. He gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first of 8 films with director Martin Scorsese. In 1974, De Niro received an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and received another 4 nominations for best actor. He won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull. He also received 8 Golden Globes nominations. De Niro currently heads his own production company, Tribeca Film Center.
,
Al Pacino
Al-Pacino
81 total credits
Alfredo James Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon, Tony Montana in Scarface, Carlito Brigante in the 1993 film Carlito's Way, Frank Serpico in Serpico, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman, and Roy Cohn in Angels in America. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 for his role in Scent of a Woman after receiving seven previous nominations.
,
Marlon Brando
Marlon-Brando
60 total credits
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in 1949... (imdb)
,
Robert Duvall
Robert-Duvall
121 total credits
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards over the course of his career. He began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small, supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH (1970) and THX 1138 (1971). (Wikipedia)
,
James Caan
James-Caan
103 total credits
James Caan has 103 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, Elf, Misery, Dogville and Get Smart
,
John Cazale
John-Cazale
8 total credits
John Cazale has 8 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter and The Conversation
,
Diane Keaton
Diane-Keaton
73 total credits
Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor...(Wikipedia)
,
Richard S. Castellano
Richard-S-Castellano
10 total credits
Bronx born, stocky Italian-American actor who only appeared in a handful of films, yet earned some degree of immortality for his role as the loyal Corleone capo "Peter Clemenza" teaching Al Pacino how to shoot a crooked police captain in the iconic gangster film "The Godfather."
,
Talia Shire
Talia-Shire
45 total credits
Talia Shire has 45 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Rocky, The Godfather: Part III and Rocky IV

Franchise:

The Godfather

AKAs:

The Godfather 1901-1959: The Epic, The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic, The Godfather Saga

Country:

USA

The Godfather: A Novel for Television

1977
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 82.28% from 246 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(245)
Compact view
Compact view
Rated 01 May 2020
100
97th
Essential viewing for fans of the theatrical cuts.
Rated 20 Dec 2016
100
98th
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" : "OH COME ON BABY, I'LL SUCK YO DIIIIIICK"
Rated 18 Oct 2015
90
92nd
He looks like an icecream
Rated 14 May 2010
88
97th
Has a different feel than watching the two original cuts, and works great really. The chronological order really is evocative of a novel's linear narrative. The added footage does not seem redundant, the film is taut, fat-free, and riveting.
Rated 28 Aug 2012
95
96th
This is how I saw The Godfather for the first time, and watching the two films separately has never been as good for me. Powerful filmmaking.
Rated 22 Oct 2024
94
93rd
My ★★★★½ review of Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/7CoRaf
Rated 07 Feb 2017
60
47th
An epic, vigorous tale of the old days.
Rated 25 Mar 2015
80
95th
Excellent.
Rated 17 Aug 2013
9
93rd
Unnecessary but impossible to screw up
Rated 20 Mar 2012
85
91st
I understand Coppola needed the money for Apocalypse Now but besides that it doesn't make it any sense... Don't get me wrong, the editing works fine, but this version just doesn't deliver the same mood as the original films.
Rated 19 Jan 2012
90
95th
Simply love it.
Rated 06 Dec 2011
80
75th
It was great but very long
Rated 24 Oct 2011
90
94th
Solid edit (it would be really hard to fuck up), but nonetheless better viewed as two separate films.
Rated 03 May 2010
80
68th
One question...why? The first two Godfather movies are among the best films ever made. It makes no sense to re-edit everything together to fit a TV audience.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Francis Ford Coppola
Francis-Ford-Coppola
77 total credits
A director, composer and writer who is, luckily enough, more well known for his massive box office successes rather than his numerous failures. His landmark films, including The Godfather Trilogy, Patton and Apocalypse Now, have won Mr. Coppola a mountain of money, as well as 5 Oscars.

Writers:

Francis Ford Coppola
Francis-Ford-Coppola
77 total credits
A director, composer and writer who is, luckily enough, more well known for his massive box office successes rather than his numerous failures. His landmark films, including The Godfather Trilogy, Patton and Apocalypse Now, have won Mr. Coppola a mountain of money, as well as 5 Oscars.
,
Mario Puzo
Mario-Puzo
15 total credits
Mario Puzo has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Godfather: Part III, Superman: The Movie and Superman II

Starring:

Robert De Niro
Robert-De-Niro
137 total credits
Robert De Niro is an American actor. He gained his reputation as a volatile actor in Mean Streets (1973), which was his first of 8 films with director Martin Scorsese. In 1974, De Niro received an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and received another 4 nominations for best actor. He won the best actor award in 1980 for Raging Bull. He also received 8 Golden Globes nominations. De Niro currently heads his own production company, Tribeca Film Center.
,
Al Pacino
Al-Pacino
81 total credits
Alfredo James Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon, Tony Montana in Scarface, Carlito Brigante in the 1993 film Carlito's Way, Frank Serpico in Serpico, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman, and Roy Cohn in Angels in America. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 for his role in Scent of a Woman after receiving seven previous nominations.
,
Marlon Brando
Marlon-Brando
60 total credits
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in 1949... (imdb)
,
Robert Duvall
Robert-Duvall
121 total credits
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards over the course of his career. He began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small, supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH (1970) and THX 1138 (1971). (Wikipedia)
,
James Caan
James-Caan
103 total credits
James Caan has 103 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, Elf, Misery, Dogville and Get Smart
,
John Cazale
John-Cazale
8 total credits
John Cazale has 8 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter and The Conversation
,
Diane Keaton
Diane-Keaton
73 total credits
Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor...(Wikipedia)
,
Richard S. Castellano
Richard-S-Castellano
10 total credits
Bronx born, stocky Italian-American actor who only appeared in a handful of films, yet earned some degree of immortality for his role as the loyal Corleone capo "Peter Clemenza" teaching Al Pacino how to shoot a crooked police captain in the iconic gangster film "The Godfather."
,
Talia Shire
Talia-Shire
45 total credits
Talia Shire has 45 credits at Criticker, including: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Rocky, The Godfather: Part III and Rocky IV

Franchise:

The Godfather

AKAs:

The Godfather 1901-1959: The Epic, The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic, The Godfather Saga

Country:

USA
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