"Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Oscar winner Marlon Brando as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Coppola paints a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. He masterfully balances the story between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged." Along with Marlon Brando, the cast includes Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, and Robert Duvall. 
 

Nominated for Ten Academy Awards 
Produced in 1972 
Directed by Fancis Ford Coppola 
Screenplay by Mario Puzo & Francis F. Coppola 
Music by Nino Rota 
171 minutes 
Rating = R (graphic violence, sexual content, language)