The Godfather Part II 1974

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 165 min

genre: drama

theme: gangster

director: Francis Ford Coppola

Score: 9 / 10

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 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.

Plot

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.

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author	Francis Ford Coppola Mario Puzo
award	Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
contentLocation	Havana New York City
director	Francis Ford Coppola
editor	Barry Malkin Peter Zinner Richard Marks
events	organized crime
genre	crime drama
keywords	al neri assassination attempt batista battle of santa clara birthday party black hand bronx business partner capo caporegime carmela carmela corleone consigliere corleone crime boss cuban revolution don don fanucci entry to israel family business fish frame frank pentangeli fredo fredo corleone fulgencio batista godfather grocery store hear hyman roth jewish mob kay kay adams-corleone kill kingdom of italy lake tahoe las vegas law of return little italy marine married meet michael michael corleone mob boss moe greene new year peter clemenza plan police officer rebel advances salvatore tessio senate committee sonny sonny corleone steal ''the godfather'' (1972) the king tom hagen trying to escape u.s. marines united states congressional committee united states federal witness protection program vito andolini vito corleone witness protection
musicBy	Nino Rota
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Francis Ford Coppola
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Florida Las Vegas Valley Miami New York City Sicily
theme	gangster prequel sequel