The Godfather is a crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo, who also worked on the screenplay. It tells the story of the Corleone family, an Italian-American mafia dynasty in New York, as the aging patriarch Vito, played by Marlon Brando, hands control to his reluctant son Michael, played by Al Pacino. The film was a huge commercial success and won the Academy Award for best picture, along with awards for Brando and the screenplay. Its cinematography by Gordon Willis and its score by Nino Rota are widely admired. It was followed by two sequels, and it is often named among the greatest films ever made.
Before and after
- 30 January 1972Bloody Sunday
- 1 February 1972Birth of Leymah Roberta Gbowee
- 29 February 1972Birth of Pedro Sánchez
- 3 March 1972Launch of Pioneer 10
- 15 March 1972Release of The Godfather
- 27 March 1972Launch of Venera 8
- 16 April 1972Launch of Apollo 16
- 16 April 1972Death of Yasunari Kawabata
- 17 April 1972Birth of Jennifer Garner
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The era
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