Film Forum
209 W Houston St
212.727.8110
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The Godfather
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Sep 12, 2008 – Oct 2, 2008
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$11 (separate admission)
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Paramount has done cinephiles a favor by restoring the one-two punch that is Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather I and II. Coppola and cinematographer Gordon Willis oversaw the frame-by-frame process, and now the sprawling, six-hour Aristotelian tragedy — which chronicles the rise (in cash and clout) and fall (in morals) of the mafia's first famiglia, the Corleones — is handsomer than ever. Although women receive short shrift in the boys-will-butcher-boys storyline, everyone can appreciate the beautiful sets and legend-stacked cast, which contains method acting's Mount Rushmore: Brando, De Niro, Pacino, and Lee Strasberg. Drifting above the back-room dealings, Nino Rota's indelible theme tints the American dream with a romantic, funereal glow.
