Posted on 01/14/2022 2:12:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
The Godfather will return to select movie theaters in honor of its 50th anniversary.
Paramount Pictures said in a press release Thursday that the 1972 film will have a limited theatrical release at AMC Theatres in the United States.
The Godfather will screen in Dolby Vision and Dolby Cinema beginning Feb. 22.
In addition, The Godfather trilogy -- The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990) -- has been restored and will be available in 4K Ultra HD for the first time beginning March 22. The films are based on Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.
"I am very proud of The Godfather, which certainly defined the first third of my creative life," director Francis Ford Coppola said in a statement. "With this 50th anniversary tribute, I'm especially proud Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is included, as it captures Mario and my original vision in definitively concluding our epic trilogy."
"It's also gratifying to celebrate this milestone with Paramount alongside the wonderful fans who've loved it for decades, younger generations who still find it relevant today, and those who will discover it for the first time," he added.
The Godfather stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton. Pacino and Keaton went on to star in The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, both also directed by Coppola.
I agree, seeing it in a theater is different from watching at home. I don’t have a wide screen TV, haven’t kept up with the latest home entertainment technology.
And it still stinks.
But, that doesn’t affect the lustre of I & II.
Han shot first.
Love the first two but how they ever cast that whining liberal biatch Keaton is beyond me. I cringe every time she’s on screen. They couldn’t have blown her up in a car instead of Apollonia?
The Original Godfather movie is the only time I saw Abe Vigoda smile!
Was that in the director’s cut?
Oh, I didn’t break any of those sorts of rules. Certain Italian gals could get quite worked up and break things and scream over not meeting her schedule, not being able to drop everything and deal with a trifle, etc., and brothers and parents don’t get involved on that stuff.
LOL, every red-blooded male who has ever watched The Godfather has thought that very same thing.
Casablanca may not be the best movie ever made, but it’s my favorite.
Did they have any transgender Mafiosi? There will be if there is ever a remake of the film. Thinking Al Pacino is the right age to reprise his role of Michael Corleone - now the age of Don Vito.
Three - not so much.
“In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.”
Coppala re-edited GFIII -CODA, and I was shocked at how much better it was, and once again, right at the end he screwed it up when Micheal dies. It was was better in the original GFIII
NBC once presented the first two Godfather movies, along with the deleted scenes, in chronological order instead of bouncing between 1900 Sicily and 1950s Lake Tahoe. Really made the whole story easier to follow. I wish that were available on DVD somewhere.
Pencil me in and damn the cost. I’ll spring for peanut M&Ms. giant sodas and that monster tub of popcorn with the greasy fake butter.
It’ll be interesting to see what the audience demographics are.
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