The Godfather Trilogy (50th Anniversary Special Collector's Edition)

Five-disc set includes: The Godfather (1972)Director Francis Ford Coppola's landmark adaptation of Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of Mafia life in 1940s New York earned Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor. Marlon Brando stars as aging mob boss Don Vito Corleone, who weighs the appointment of a rightful successor to head his "family business" from among his three sons: hot-headed first-born son Sonny (James Caan), weak-minded Fredo (John Cazale), and college-educated war hero Michael (Al Pacino). With Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Richard Castellano 177 min. C/Rtg: R The Godfather, Part II (1974)Director Francis Ford Coppola and novelist Mario Puzo's story of the Corleone clan continues, as new boss Michael (Al Pacino) launches a violent campaign to extend his family's power, while flashbacks of a young Vito (Robert de Niro) depict his arrival at Ellis Island to his rise to Mafia prominence and his return to Sicily on a mission of vengeance. The superb sequel film that earned six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor co-stars Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg. 3 1/3 hrs. C/Rtg: R Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone (2020)Francis Ford Coppola's painstaking 30th anniversary restoration/re-edit of "The Godfather, Part III," the stunning third installment in his crime saga, finds a weary 60-year-old Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) attempting to go straight for his family's sake and to finalize a complex business deal with the Vatican. However, as Corleone tries to get out, "they pull [him] back in," with tragic consequences. Co-stars Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire, Sofia Coppola, Eli Wallach, George Hamilton, Joe Mantegna. 157 min. C/Rtg: R Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Dolby Digital Restored mono, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French. Also includes the theatrical and 1991 cuts of "The Godfather, Part III." Exclusive to this collectible set are three exclusively commissioned illustrated portraits and a hardcover book featuring extensive photography and an introduction from Francis Ford Coppola, housed in a beautiful foil-embossed box.