GODFATHER PART 2 (DVD) (WS/2DISCS)-NLA DVD

The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream. In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito (Robert De Niro) struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy, killing the local Black Hand Fanucci (Gastone Moschin) after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's communal stature grows, but it is his family (past and present) who matters most to him -- a familial legacy then upended by Michael's (Al Pacino) business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that allies like Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay (Diane Keaton) and turned his brother, Fredo (John Cazale), against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael turns his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Cast Al Pacino as Michael Corleone Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen Diane Keaton as Kay Adams Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone John Cazale as Fredo Corleone Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth Talia Shire as Connie

Crew Angelo P. Graham - Art Director Jane Feinberg - Casting Mike Fenton - Casting Vic Ramos - Casting Carmine Coppola - Conductor Theadora Van Runkle - Costume Designer Chuck Myers - First Assistant Director Newt Arnold - First Assistant Director Alan Hopkins - First Assistant Director Burt Bluestein - First Assistant Director Henry J. Lange, Jr. - First Assistant Director Francis Ford Coppola - Director Peter Zinner - Editor Barry Malkin - Editor Richard Marks - Editor Nino Rota - Composer (Music Score) Carmine Coppola - Composer (Music Score) Carmine Coppola - Musical Direction/Supervision Dick Smith - Makeup Charles Schram - Makeup Dean Tavoularis - Production Designer Gordon Willis - Cinematographer Michael S. Glick - Production Manager Gray Fredrickson - Producer Francis Ford Coppola - Producer Fred Roos - Producer George R. Nelson - Set Designer Joe Lombardi - Special Effects A.D. Flowers - Special Effects Walter Murch - Sound/Sound Designer Francis Ford Coppola - Screenwriter Mario Puzo - Screenwriter Frank Campanella - Dialogue Coach Mario Puzo - Book Author

The Godfather Part II
Both sequel and prequel to The Godfather (1972), Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II (1974) delves further into the dark side of the capitalist American dream by paralleling the young Vito Corleone's 1910s rise with his son Michael's 1950s spiritual fall. To create a more contemplative view of the Corleones' American success story, Coppola cross-cut between Vito's story (in subtitled Italian) and Michael's, revealing how the honorable aim of protecting the family degenerates into an excuse for wielding lethal power, for the sake only of business. Images of Vito's parental concern and immigrant neighborhood dealings dissolve to Michael's familial disintegration and U.S. Senate subterfuge. Cinematographer Gordon Willis' warm sepia tones for the Vito sequences recall period photographs, contrasting sharply with the crass brightness and cold shadows of 1950s Lake Tahoe and Havana. With the memory of The Godfather present in Robert De Niro's uncanny evocation of Marlon Brando and in flashbacks to 1942, Coppola underlines how much The Godfather's potentially alluring myth of family unity begat horrific violence; the film becomes both a critique of responses to the first film that may have glorified its family-oriented violence and a more explicit and mournful allegory of American corporate violence and corruption across the 20th century. These aspects, together with the unique cross-cut narrative, give the movie a richer dimension and a wider scope than the first one's family drama, and it was hailed by most observers as the rare sequel that equaled, or even surpassed, the original. A box-office hit, it was nominated for ten Oscars and won six, including Best Picture, the Director prize denied Coppola in 1972, Supporting Actor for De Niro, Art Direction, and Score. Years of sequel plans finally produced The Godfather Part III in 1990; and parts I and II were later cut together in chronological order for TV as The Godfather Saga, eliminating this film's cross-cut structure. Often equated with Citizen Kane (1941), The Godfather Part II remains one of the most artistically challenging popular films ever made. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Al Pacino: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (nominated) Al Pacino: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Actor (winner) Al Pacino: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) Angelo P. Graham: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) Carmine Coppola: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Dramatic Score (winner) Carmine Coppola: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (nominated) Dean Tavoularis: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) Francis Ford Coppola: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Adapted Screenplay (winner) Francis Ford Coppola: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (winner) Francis Ford Coppola: Golden Globe, Best Director (nominated) Francis Ford Coppola: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (nominated) George R. Nelson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) Lee Strasberg: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Lee Strasberg: Golden Globe, New Star of the Year - Male (nominated) Mario Puzo: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Adapted Screenplay (winner) Mario Puzo: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (nominated) Michael Vincente Gazzo: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Nino Rota: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Dramatic Score (winner) Nino Rota: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (nominated) Robert De Niro: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Talia Shire: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Theadora Van Runkle: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Costume Design (nominated)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (winner) American Film Institute, 100 Greatest American Movies (winner) Golden Globe, Best Picture - Drama (nominated) Library of Congress, U.S. National Film Registry (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: cc Commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs Theatrical trailer Dolby Digital English 5.1 surround French 2.0 English subtitles MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 2 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 200 min Part of Series: Widescreen Paramount Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Godfather Part II, Disc 1 1. Funeral in Sicily [3:23] 2. It's Not His Words I'm Afraid Of [3:47] 3. Ellis Island, 1901 [4:36] 4. Party at Lake Tahoe [4:13] 5. You Can Have My Answer Now [3:55] 6. Frankie Pentangeli's Complaint [:27] 7. Bedroom Shooting [1:27] 8. New York City, 1917 [2:10] 9. Vito Meets Clemenza [3:19] 10. Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer [6:49] 11. I Remember She Was Laughing [9:11] 12. Welcome to Havana [5:52] 13. I Know it Was You, Fredo [10:17] 14. Was it a Boy? [6:02] 15. Fanucci Wants to Wet His Beak [6:58] 16. Murder of Fanucci [4:21] Side #2 -- Godfather Part II, Disc 2 1. You Can Never Lose Your Family [6:21] 2. The Dog Stays [7:33] 3. Senate Hearing [7:43] 4. You're Nothing to Me Now [5:05] 5. Pentangeli Sees His Brother [4:20] 6. Michael, You Are Blind [6:11] 7. My Father's Name Was...Antonio Andolini [7:01] 8. Mama Corleone's Funeral [5:36] 9. You Can Kill Anyone [4:45] 10. Like the Roman Empire [3:47] 11. Kay With Her Children [2:05] 12. Hail Mary, Full of Grace [4:35] 13. Surprise Party [4:45] 14. End Credits [4:02]