A true Hollywood classic!!!

Rating: Null/10 (6 December 1998)

Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" is an excellent, epic story in the life of an organized crime family. Marlon Brando plays Vito Corleone, the head of the family, with such brilliance that we forget "it is Brando who is portraying Vito!" As the film progresses, Vito is critically wounded in a mob hit. Eventually, his son, Michael (Al Pacino), assumes control of the family business. The movie is so authentic in how it relates to the mafia that we, as the viewer, feel as if we are eavesdropping into the lives of a "real" mob family. The film made stars of Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and James Caan. Francis Coppola directs magnificently and Nino Rota's score is a masterpiece.