The Don agrees to have his men punish the young men responsible in return for future service if necessary. The Don's wife is godmother to Bonasera's shamed daughter, a relationship the Don uses to extract new loyalty from the undertaker. The Don is disappointed in Bonasera, who'd avoided most contact with the Don due to Corleone's criminal dealings. Vito, the head of the Corleone Mafia family, is known to friends and associates as "Godfather." He and Tom Hagen ( Robert Duvall), the Corleone family lawyer and Vito's adopted son, are hearing requests for favors because, according to Italian tradition, "no Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day." One of the men who asks the Don for a favor is Amerigo Bonasera, a mortician and acquaintance of the Don, whose daughter was brutally beaten by two young men for refusing their advances the men received minimal punishment. In late summer 1945, guests are gathered for the wedding reception of Don Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) daughter Connie ( Talia Shire) and Carlo Rizzi ( Gianni Russo). 4.3.1 Marlon Brando and Al Pacino boycott.The success spawned two sequels: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990. Its nominations in seven other categories included Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor and Coppola for Best Director. It won three Oscars that year: for Best Picture, for Best Actor (Brando) and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. The film was for a time the highest grossing picture ever made, and remains the box office leader for 1972. Now ranked as the second greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990. The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema -and as one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. The story, spanning the years 1945 to 1955, centers on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss while also chronicling the Corleone family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando). Based on Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name, the film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a powerful New York crime family. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.0068646 " I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." ― Vito Corleone An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. The Godfather I – latest movies streaming