Powerful, Stunning, Astonishing, Outstanding, Brilliant, etc.

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2000)

This movie has some of Hollywood's top performancesand is a classic on every level on filmaking.
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Cann, and Diane Keaton star in this brilliant mafia movie about Al Pacino taking over the business when Marlon Brando, playing his father brilliantly, is wounded. Diane Keaton plays his wife and James Cann plays his brother Sonny.
Classic Hollywood films can't and don't get much better than this movie. Deserved every oscar it won plus it's nominations. Oscar winners were Marlon Brando for Best Actor, Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture of '72. Nominations include Best Costume Design, Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, and Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and James Cann for Best Supporting Actor of '72. Followed by an equally brilliant sequel.