Premise: The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola , and directed by Coppola . The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events : the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981 -- 82 , both linked to Michael Corleone 's business affairs . Part III received mixed reviews compared to the critical acclaim that the first two films received .
Hypothesis: The Godfather Part III is an artistic work.
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