The Godfather [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents ; an Albert S. Ruddy production ; screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola ; directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Publisher: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004]
ISBN: 0792173295
Description: 1 videodisc (175 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Widescreen DVD collection
Subject: Mafia Drama.
Organized crime Drama.
Italian Americans Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Gordon Willis ; editors, William Reynolds, Peter Zinner ; music, Nino Rota ; costume designer, Anna Hill Johnstone ; production designer, Dean Tavoularis.
Performers: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
Notes: English or French language dialogue; closed-captioned.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
Based on Mario Puzo's novel, The Godfather.
Special features: commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola.
Summary: The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
