An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
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The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
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Dir: Francis Ford Coppola.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Al Lettieri, John Cazale
Description: Godfather Don Corleone presides over the wedding of his daughter Connie. The entire father is in attendance including sons Sonny, Fredo and Michael, the latter with new girlfriend Kay on his arm. Divisions appear when the don refuses to enter into business with drug supplier Sollozzo. As tensions heighten, Don Corleone tries to keep a tighter rein on his crumbling empire with the help of his lieutenant, Tom Hagen.
Country: US. 1971. 175mins
Devastating debut: Al Pacino as Michael Corleone - his first major role
Time was when Francis Ford Coppola’s first Godfather film was considered inferior to his second, a much more pessimistic view of the world of the Mafia and decidedly less commercial.
But now the virtues of the 1971 original have been better recognised. While taking nothing away from the extraordinary follow-up — which is reportedly the picture that Coppola really wanted to make — the first stands up as a near perfect example of classical film-making.
No matter that it pleased the Mafia — whose representatives were often on hand during the shooting — here is a generational saga with superb performances, a tight grip despite its 175 minutes and a darkly ironic commentary from within and without the Corleone family’s personal history.
Restored and reissued, it is without doubt a masterpiece even if some still prefer the moral disgust of Godfather II. With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall.
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