The Godfather Trilogy

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather (1972)

Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall

Plot Outline: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Ten Academy Awards nominations and the winner of 3 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars; the top-grossing film of the year, and a $134 million box-office hit; set in the mid to late 1940s NYC with Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, head of the crime family; it was filmed as a modern version of Shakespeare's King Lear (featuring a king and three sons: Sonny, Michael, and Fredo)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

The Godfather, Part II (1974)

Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale

Plot Outline: The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revoltion 1958 Cuba.

Eleven Academy Awards nominations, and the winner of 6 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Robert DeNiro as the young Don Corleone), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, and Best Score Oscars; the first sequel to win Best Picture - and considered an equal to the original; $57 million in box-office business; both a sequel-continuation and a pre-quel to the 1972 film; now Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) serves as the family's don in Part II, interspersed with the tale of his father Don Vito's (Robert DeNiro) rise to power in New York's Little Italy

The Godfather Part III (1990)

The Godfather, Part III (1990)

Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach

Plot Outline: In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to vow for his sins while taking a young protégé under his wing.

With seven Academy Awards nominations (including the first for cinematographer Gordon Willis in this trilogy) and zero Oscars, but $66 million in box-office business; the story begins in 1979, about 20 years after Michael Corleone (Pacino) (now in his 60s and in Nevada attempting to legitimize the business) gave the order to have his older brother killed and eight years since Michael and Kay have seen each other; the only film

External link:
# The Godfather - Wikipedia
# The Godfather Part II - Wikipedia
# The Godfather Part III - Wikipedia