The Godfather DVD Collection - (2001) 4 DVD's - Widescreen - 5.1 Retail
 

The Godfather DVD Collection - (2001) 4 DVD's - Widescreen - 5.1 Retail
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Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic, "The Godfather," is to gangster films what Cecil B. DeMille’s "The Ten Commandments" is to super spectaculars. It’s among the grandest of the lot in scope and vision, a film eclipsed in this regard only by Coppola’s own 1974 sequel, "The Godfather, Part II." Yet "The Godfather" tells a uniquely personal story that places it in a league of its own. It’s no wonder, then, that the American Film Institute voted it their third best American film in history or that it is sometimes even considered THE best, as "Entertainment Weekly" praised it in their book, "The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time." It would be over a dozen years before Coppola attempted a third installment in the series with 1990’s "The Godfather, Part III," which didn’t quite live up to expectations but turned out to be a pretty good movie, anyway. Why the "Godfather" films (or "Citizen Kane" for that matter) had to wait so long to see the light of silver disc is anybody’s guess, but here they are, "Godfathers I, II, and III," looking better than we’ve ever seen them before in the home, packaged together in a grand, five-disc boxed set that also includes a whole mob of extra materials. "The Godfather Collection" is required viewing for motion-picture buffs, gangster-movie buffs, home-theater buffs, and just about anybody else who values good filmmaking.

The "Godfather" Original Film won Oscars, by the way, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando) and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Caan, Duvall and Pachino), Best Director, costumes, editing and sound (which has been re-vamped by Dolby for this 25th anniversary release)!!
    
Features/Specifications
  • Attractive Retail Box
  • Genres: Crime, Drama
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Rating Reason: For Violence and Language.
  • Starring: Bodge, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando, James Caan, John Cazale, Talia Coppola, Talia Rose Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Robert De Niro, Robert DeNiro, Robert Duvall, Bridget Fonda, Andy Garcia, Diane Hall, Sterling Hayden, Diane Keaton, Al Pacino, Alfredo James Pacino, Talia Shire, Eli Wallach
  • Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Release Information:
  • Studio: Paramount Home Video
  • Theatrical Release Date: 2001
  • DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
  • Run Time: 725 minutes
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Package Type: Box Set
  • Number of Discs: 5 Disc Set
  • DVD Features:
  • Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
  • Aspect Ratio(s):
  • Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
  • Available Audio Tracks:
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
  • French (Mono)
  • Available Subtitles: English
  • Closed Captioned: Yes
  • Bonus Features:
  • Includes All Three (3) Godfather Films plus an Additional DVD Containing over Three (3) hours of Special Bonus Materials
  • Feature Length Audio Commentary Tracks by Director Francis Ford Coppola
  • "The Godfather" is accompanied by twenty-three scene selections; "Part II" by thirty scene selections; and "Part III" by twenty-five scene selections. Oh, and click around on the various menus for "extra" extras not mentioned
  • Bonus Disc:
  • A Seventy-Three (73) minute Documentary Called "The Godfather Family: A Look Inside" that takes us behind the scenes. It’s comprised of interviews and clips from around 1970 through 1991. It’s a genuinely informative work of filmmaking and not a mere fluff piece. Coppola calls "The Godfather" the "biggest home movie in history."
  • Seven (7) minute Featurette, "On Location," detailing the locales of the first Two (2) Films.
  • Then, there are an amazing thirty-four additional scenes that had to be cut from the movies, each with its own introduction and each following a timeline in sequence. Some of the deleted material is in widescreen, some in full-frame, all of it is fascinating.
  • In Addition, the Bonus Disc brings us footage of the various Academy Award acceptance speeches for the films; Francis Coppola's notebook, a ten-minute narration; and a valuable Corleone family tree to help us keep track of all the characters in the movies.
  • Finally, there are segments on Gordon Willis’s cinematography, Nino Rota’s and Carmine Coppola’s music, Coppola and Mario Puzo’s screenplays
  • Plus the usual assortment of storyboards, photo galleries, and theatrical trailers for each of the three films.
  • Interactive Features:
  • Dynamic Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection
Product Requirements
  • DVD Player
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