Blu-Ray The Godfather Part II 2

Al Pacino
Francis Ford Coppola

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The Godfather Part II is een epische Amerikaanse gangsterfilm uit 1974, geproduceerd en geregisseerd door Francis Ford Coppola.

De film is zowel een vervolg als een prequel op The Godfather uit 1972 en presenteert twee parallelle drama's: één volgt het verhaal van Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958, de nieuwe Don van de Corleone-familie, die de familiezaak beschermt na een moordaanslag op zijn leven; de andere behandelt de reis van zijn vader, Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), van zijn Siciliaanse jeugd tot de oprichting van zijn familiebedrijf in New York City.

De ensemblecast bestaat verder uit Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Marianna Hill en Lee Strasberg.

De film won zes Oscars, waaronder Beste Film, Beste Regisseur en Beste Mannelijke Bijrol voor Robert De Niro.


The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic gangster film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola.

It is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather, presenting two parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the other covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City.

The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Marianna Hill and Lee Strasberg.

The Godfather Part II

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay by
Francis Ford Coppola
Mario Puzo
Based on
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo

Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola
Starring
Al Pacino
Robert Duvall
Diane Keaton
Robert De Niro
Talia Shire
Morgana King
John Cazale
Mariana Hill
Lee Strasberg
Gastone Moschin
Giuseppe Sillato

Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
Peter Zinner
Barry Malkin
Richard Marks
Music by
Nino Rota
Production
companies
Paramount Pictures
The Coppola Company

Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
December 12, 1974 (Loew's Astor Plaza Theatre)
December 20, 1974 (United States)
Running time
205 minutes[1]
Country
United States

Languages
English
Sicilian
Budget
$13 million
Box office
$93 million

Following the first film's success, Paramount Pictures began developing a follow-up, with many of the cast and crew returning. Coppola, who was given more creative control, had wanted to make both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather that would tell the story of Vito's rise and Michael's fall.

Principal photography began in October 1973 and wrapped up in June 1974. The Godfather Part II premiered in New York City on December 12, 1974, and was released in the United States on December 20, 1974.

It grossed $48 million in the United States and Canada and up to $93 million worldwide on a $13 million budget. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and became the first sequel to win Best Picture.

Its six Oscar wins also included Best Director for Coppola, Best Supporting Actor for De Niro, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Coppola and Puzo. Pacino won Best Actor at the BAFTAs and was nominated at the Oscars.

The Godfather Part II is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time, as well as a rare example of a sequel that rivals its predecessor.

Like its predecessor, Part II remains a highly influential film, especially in the gangster genre. In 1997, the American Film Institute ranked it as the 32nd-greatest film in American film history and it retained this position 10 years later.

It was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1993, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6] Pauline Kael wrote: "The Godfather was the greatest gangster picture ever made, and had metaphorical overtones that took it far beyond the gangster genre.

In Part II, the wider themes are no longer merely implied. The second film shows the consequences of the actions in the first; it's all one movie, in two great big pieces, and it comes together in your head while you watch."[7]

The Godfather Part III, the final installment in the trilogy, was released in 1990.

Plot

The film interweaves events some time after The Godfather (1972) and the earlier life of Vito Corleone.
Vito

In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family.

An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917 Vito is married in Little Italy and has an infant son, Sonny.

Black Hand extortionist Don Fanucci preys on the neighborhood, costing Vito his grocery store job. He begins stealing for a living with his neighbor Peter Clemenza and has two more children: Fredo and Michael.

Vito, Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio sell stolen dresses door-to-door. Fanucci demands payoffs of $200 from Vito and his partners. Vito doubts Fanucci's muscle and decides to offer less.

He meets Fanucci and offers $100, which Fanucci grudgingly accepts. Emboldened, Vito tracks Fanucci back to his apartment and kills him. Vito's reputation spreads, and neighbors ask him to defend them from other predatory figures.

In 1922, Vito and his family travel to Sicily to start an olive oil importing business. He and business partner Don Tommasino visit an elderly Don Ciccio. He obtains Ciccio's blessing for their business, then reveals his identity and slices Ciccio's stomach, killing him and avenging the Andolini family.

Michael

In 1958, Don Michael Corleone has several meetings at his Lake Tahoe compound during the First Communion of his son Anthony. Johnny Ola, representing Jewish Mob boss Hyman Roth, promises support in taking over a Las Vegas casino.

Corleone capo Frank Pentangeli asks for help defending Bronx territory from Roth affiliates, the Rosato brothers. Michael refuses, frustrating Pentangeli. Senator Pat Geary demands a bribe to secure the casino license and insults Michael's Italian heritage. That night, Michael narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. Suspecting a traitor in the family, he puts consigliere Tom Hagen in charge and leaves the compound.

Michael separately tells Pentangeli and Roth that he suspects the other of planning the hit, and arranges a peace meeting between Pentangeli and the Rosatos.

At the meeting the brothers attempt to strangle Pentangeli. A police officer drops in, forcing the brothers to flee. Hagen blackmails Geary into cooperating with the Corleones by having him framed for the death of a prostitute.

Roth invites Michael to Havana to invest in his activities under the Batista government. Michael expresses reservations, given the growing Cuban Revolution.

Later Roth becomes angry when Michael asks who ordered the Rosatos to kill Pentangeli, reminding Michael he did not question his order to kill his friend, Moe Greene.[b] Michael and Ola attend a New Year's Eve party where Fredo pretends not to know Ola but later slips.

Michael realizes that Fredo is the traitor and orders both Roth and Ola killed. He sends an assassin to the hospital where Roth resides to suffocate him with a pillow. The assassin fails and is killed by Roth's guard. Batista resigns and flees amid rebel advances, and Michael, Fredo and Roth separately escape Cuba. Back home, Hagen tells Michael that his wife Kay miscarried.

Roth uses his connections to arrange a Senate committee on organized crime to investigate the Corleone family. Pentangeli agrees to testify against Michael and is placed under witness protection.

On returning to Nevada, Fredo tells Michael that he did not realize Roth was planning an assassination, then lashes out over being excluded from the family business. Michael disowns Fredo but orders that he should not be harmed while their mother Carmela is alive. Michael attends the committee hearing with Hagen and Pentangeli's brother Vincenzo.

Pentangeli, upon seeing Vincenzo, retracts his testimony, and the hearing dissolves in an uproar. Kay tells Michael that she actually had an abortion and intends to leave him and take their children. Michael strikes her in rage and banishes her.

A year later, Carmela passes away. At her funeral, a mourning Fredo embraces Michael and befriends Anthony over fishing. While Michael is away, Kay visits her children with Connie's help but she takes too long to leave and is discovered by Michael; he coldly closes the door in her face without a word. Roth returns to the United States after being refused entry to Israel.

Corleone capo Rocco Lampone assassinates him at the airport and is shot dead trying to escape. Hagen visits Pentangeli at the army barracks where he is held and remarks that conspirators against a Roman emperor could commit suicide to save their families. Pentangeli is later found dead in his bathtub, having slit his wrists. Corleone enforcer Al Neri takes Fredo fishing on the lake and shoots him as Michael watches from the compound.

A flashback depicts Vito's 50th birthday party on December 7, 1941. While the family waits for Vito, Michael announces that he has dropped out of college and joined the Marines, angering Sonny and surprising Hagen. Only Fredo supports his decision. When Vito is heard arriving, Michael remains at the table while the others welcome him in surprise.

In the present, Michael sits alone by the lake at the family compound.

Cast

See also: List of The Godfather characters
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen
Diane Keaton as Kay Adams-Corleone
Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone
Oreste Baldini as young Vito Corleone
John Cazale as Fredo Corleone
Talia Shire as Connie Corleone
Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth
John Megna as young Hyman Roth
Michael V. Gazzo as Frank Pentangeli
G. D. Spradlin as Senator Pat Geary
Richard Bright as Al Neri
Gastone Moschin as Don Fanucci
Tom Rosqui as Rocco Lampone
Bruno Kirby as young Peter Clemenza
Frank Sivero as Genco Abbandando
Morgana King as Mama Carmela Corleone
Francesca De Sapio as young Carmela Corleone
Marianna Hill as Deanna Corleone
Leopoldo Trieste as Signor Roberto
Dominic Chianese as Johnny Ola
Troy Donahue as Merle Johnson[c]
Giuseppe Sillato as Don Francesco 'Ciccio
Joe Spinell as Willi Cicci
Danny Aiello as Tony Rosato
Carmine Caridi as Carmine Rosato
Amerigo Tot as Bussetta
Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Tessio
John Aprea as young Tessio
Gianni Russo as Carlo Rizzi
James Caan as Sonny Corleone
Julie Gregg as Sandra Corleone
Ivonne Coll as Yolanda
Peter Donat as Questadt
Fay Spain as Mrs. Marcia Roth
Maria Carta as Vito's mother
Roger Corman as senator #2
Harry Dean Stanton as F.B.I. agent #1
James Murdock as F.B.I. agent #2
Tommy Lasorda as military officer (uncredited)
Tony Sirico as Rosato brothers' hood (uncredited)
Roman Coppola as boy (uncredited)
Sofia Coppola as a child on a ship (uncredited)

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