The Godfather Part II

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Overview

Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream. In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito (Robert De Niro) struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy, killing the local Black Hand Fanucci (Gastone Moschin) after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's communal stature grows, but it is his family (past and present) who matters most to him -- a familial legacy then upended by Michael's (Al Pacino) business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that allies like Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay (Diane Keaton) and turned his brother, Fredo (John Cazale), against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael turns his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/09/2017
UPC:	0032429272164
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	R
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:22:00
Sales rank:	16,134

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Al Pacino	Michael Corleone
Robert De Niro	Vito Corleone
Robert Duvall	Tom Hagen
Diane Keaton	Kay
Talia Shire	Connie Corleone
John Cazale	Fredo Corleone
Lee Strasberg	Hyman Roth
G.D. Spradlin	Sen. Pat Geary
Michael V. Gazzo	Frankie Pentangeli,Frankie Pentangeli
Richard Bright	Al Neri
Gastone Moschin	Fanucci
Frank Sivero	Genco
Joe Spinell	Willie Cicci
Tom Rosqui	Rocco Lampone
Morgana King	Mama Corleone
Marianna Hill	Deanna
Troy Donahue	Merle Johnson
Abe Vigoda	Tessio
Fay Spain	Marcia Roth
Maria Carta	Vito's Mother
Oreste Baldini	Vito Andolini as a boy
Francesca De Sapio	Young Mama Corleone
James Caan	Sonny Corleone
Leopoldo Trieste	Signor Roberto
Dominic Chianese	Johnny Ola
Amerigo Tot	Michael's Bodyguard
John Aprea	Young Tessio
Gianni Russo	Carlo
Guiseppe Sillato	Don Francesco
Mario Cotone	Don Tommasino
James Gounaris	Anthony Corleone
Ezio Flagello	Impresario
Peter Donat	Questadt
Tere Livrano	Theresa Hagen
Carmine Caridi	Carmine Rosato
Danny Aiello	Tony Rosato
Carmine Foresta	Bartender
Nick Discenza	Bartender
Livio Giorgi	Tenor
Joseph Medeglia	Father Carmelo
Saveria Mazzola	Signora Colombo
Johnny Naranjo	Translator
William Bowers	State Committee Chairman
Joe Della Sorte	Michael's Buttonman,Michael's Buttonman #1
Carmen Argenziano	Michael's Buttonman
Joe Lo Grippo	Michael's Buttonman
Kathleen Beller	Girl in `Senza Mamma'
Tito Alba	Cuban President
Elda Maida	Pentangeli's Brother
Ignazio Pappalardi	Mosca
Andrea Maugeri	Strollo
Peter La Corte	Abandando
Vincent Coppola	Vendor,Composer,Young Sonny Corleone (uncredited),Conductor
Tom Dahlgren	Corngold
Paul B. Brown	Sen. Ream
Yvonne Coll	Yolanda
J.D. Nichols	Attendant at Brothel
Edward Van Sickle	Ellis Island Doctor
Gabria Belloni	Ellis Island Nurse
Richard Watson	Customs Official
Venancia Grangerard	Cuban Nurse
Erica Yohn	Governess
Theresa Tirelli	Midwife
Nino Rota	Composer
David Baker	FBI Agent
Herkulis E. Strolia	Tahoe Band Leader
Ignazio Pappalardo	Mosca
Phil Feldman	Senator #1
Giuseppe Sillato	Don Francesco

Technical Credits

Mario Puzo

Francis Ford Coppola

Mario Puzo	Screenwriter
Francis Ford Coppola	Screenwriter,Producer
A.D. Flowers	Special Effects
Gray Frederickson	Producer
Joe Lombardi	Special Effects
Fred Roos	Producer
Robert Evans	Executive Producer
Kevin Chaja	Special Effects
Howard Beals	Sound Effects
Mark Berger	Sound Effects
Nathan Boxer	Sound Effects
James Fritch	Sound Effects
Patrick Jackson	Sound Effects
Jane Feinberg	Casting
Vic Ramos	Casting
Walter Murch	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Godfather Part II
1. Funeral In Sicily [:24]
2. It's Not His Words I'm Afraid Of [3:16]
3. Ellis Island, 1901 [3:04]
4. Party At Lake Tahoe [:44]
5. You Can Have My Answer Now [4:34]
6. Frankie Pentangeli's Complain [4:13]
7. Bedroom Shooting [3:16]
8. New York City, 1917 [6:32]
9. Vito Meets Clemenza [1:30]
10. Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer [5:37]
11. I Remember She Was Laughing [1:12]
12. Welcome To Havana [6:11]
13. I Know It Was You, Fredo [2:59]
14. Was It A Boy? [3:39]
15. Fanucci Wants To Wet His Beak [2:12]
16. Murder Of Fanucci [4:14]
17. You Can Never Lose Your Family [6:02]
18. The Dog Stays [7:01]
19. Senate Hearing [5:59]
20. You're Nothing To Me Now [4:21]
21. Pentangeli Sees His Brother [2:31]
22. Michael, You Are Blind [6:33]
23. My Father's Name Was...Antonio Andolini [7:41]
24. Mama Corleone's Funeral [5:47]
25. You Can Kill Anyone [:35]
26. Like The Roman Empire [4:10]
27. Kay With Her Children [2:47]
28. Hail Mary, Full Of Grace [2:05]
29. Surprise Party [:44]
30. End Credits [5:19]

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Editorial Reviews

Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 sequel to The Godfather is an audacious tour de force believed by many critics and movie fans to be superior to the original film -- and with good reason. Coppola resisted the urge to make a conventional sequel; instead he crafted a film with dual story lines that bookend the events of the first Godfather. In one narrative Al Pacino returns as Michael Corleone, now deeply entrenched as the leader of a Mafia “family” whose influence extends to the lavish casinos of Eisenhower-era Las Vegas. Locked in a desperate struggle with shrewd Jewish mobster Hyman Roth (played brilliantly by veteran acting teacher Lee Strasberg), Michael also clashes with those closest to him, including wife Kay (Diane Keaton) and brother Fredo (John Cazale). The alternate plot features Robert De Niro as Michael’s father, Vito -- the character played by Brando in the first movie -- who is seen as a young man coming to New York from Sicily and locking horns with a fellow countryman, the neighborhood crime boss. Coppola develops the parallel stories with equal vigor and intensity, although the showdown between Michael and Roth, quite properly, forms the film’s unforgettable climax. More atmospheric and introspective than The Godfather, Part II is less a slam-bang gangster film than a Greek tragedy in contemporary settings. Michael Corleone grapples with the consequences of his decision to lead the family “business,” sacrificing his most intimate relationships -- and even his very soul -- to the compulsive desire to retain power and destroy his enemies. With their dual-story concept, Coppola and co-writer Mario Puzo make certain we realize that Michael’s fate was, to a large extent, sealed by the choices his father made decades before. Thirty years after it was made, this extravagant, epochal sequel remains vital and gripping, and it may well be the greatest film Coppola has ever made.