THE GODFATHER THEME

from my old channel… this is my fav video of all of them! is not properly a cover so I supose I can upload it here 😛 my admiration for Slash, and my italian blood (lol), made me want to play this theme’s song in this way… wish u will like it :))) NOTE from www.filmsite.org The superb, three-part gangster saga was inaugurated with this film from Italian-American director Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (1972). The first two parts of the lush and grand saga are among the most celebrated, landmark films of all time. Many film reviewers consider the second part equal or superior to the original, although the first part was a tremendous critical and commercial success – and the highest grossing film of its time. This mythic, tragic film contributed to a resurgence in the American film industry, after a decade of competition from cinema abroad. One of the original “Movie Brats” who had not had a hit after seven films, director Coppola collaborated on the epic film’s screenplay with Mario Puzo who had written a best-selling novel of the same name about a Mafia dynasty (the Corleones). The Godfather catapulted Francis Ford Coppola to directorial superstardom, and popularized the following euphemistic phrase (of brutal coercion): “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” The almost three hour, R-rated saga film (for violence and graphic language) won three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando refused to accept the award) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Mario …
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