The Godfather is returning to cinemas for its 50th anniversary
The entire series is also getting a new collector's edition, including the re-edited third film
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Good news for all fans of The Godfather: The film is getting a new limited theatrical release to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Starting Feb. 25, Americans can catch the film at Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres. The theaters will screen the recent 4K transfer that Francis Ford Coppola, who wrote and directed the films, supervised.
But if you can’t make it to the theater for some reason, don’t fear. Paramount is also releasing a new 4K ultra HD collector’s edition of all three films on March 22.
The third movie in the box set will not be the original, much-maligned The Godfather Part III, but rather the new, re-edited version, The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, which Coppola released at the end of 2020.
“I am very proud of The Godfather, which certainly defined the first third of my creative life,” Coppola said in a statement. “With this 50th anniversary tribute, I’m especially proud Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is included, as it captures Mario and my original vision in definitively concluding our epic trilogy. It’s also gratifying to celebrate this milestone with Paramount alongside the wonderful fans who’ve loved it for decades, younger generations who still find it relevant today, and those who will discover it for the first time.”
The Godfather originally hit theaters on March 24, 1972, and was immediately a critical and commercial hit. The Godfather Part II followed two years later. The third was released in 1990. The series, which made household names of Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Diane Keaton, was nominated for twenty-nine Academy Awards, winning nine.
Paramount has other Godfather content waiting in the wings. In April, Paramount+ is set to release The Offer, a miniseries about the creation of the first film. Dan Fogler will play Coppola. The show also stars Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, and Juno Temple.
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Ever since this came out, it’s the only way I can ever see/hear/speak “Robert Duvall!”
Also using “that is my answer to that statement”.
I’ve gotten mileage out of “it insists upon itself” when not being able to articulate why I don’t care for something.
Godfather II had so many great scenes removed from the theatrical cut, sadly.
I hope the edits have Sonny trying to garrotte Peter Clemenza first. While saying “MacClunkey!” for some reason.
You of course mean Carlo, not Sonny.
And people are already complaining because in the trailer it’s a little less shadowy and you can make things out more than previously.It looks good though.
Did they say how many piss breaks we’d get?
Comes with an empty chianti bottle.
Can they edit out Sofia Coppola and replace her with a now-deceased Christopher Plummer?
My guess is that they’ll bring in somebody younger to get the kiddies interested, so they’ll replace her with either Zendaya or Selena Gomez
There’s a bit of misinformation here. The 4k sets contain three versions of the third movie: the Coda edit, the original theatrical cut, and the slightly longer cut that’s been the standard home video release since the 1991 VHS.
All the faults of Part 3 (clunky story, Sofia Coppola, etc) never really bothered me that much. The thing that bothers me the most about it is the lack of Robert Duvall’s Tom Hagen. They should have made it work. He played such a huge part in the first two films that I just can’t get over Tom not being around in Part 3 that it completely takes me out of the movie.
That was a major problem with Part III ultimately being Paramount’s call and not Coppola’s- they just wouldn’t pony up to pay him more.Like I think it’s a good movie, I haven’t seen the new cut. I always did kinda like how it ended, with Michael’s failure being absolute.