The Godfather Trilogy Blu Ray – Talia Shire, Richard S. Castellano

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play. THE GODFATHER is 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. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo. THE GODFATHER – PART II continues the saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Rounding off this epic trilogy, THE GODFATHER – PART III sees Michael searching for his successor and a way of freeing his family from a life of crime.

Collection of all three movies of the award-winning trilogy ‘The Godfather’, directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the successful novel by Mario Puzo. Beginning with ‘The Godfather’ (1972), in late 1940s New York, Mafia ‘Godfather’ Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) gathers his three sons around him for daughter Connie (Talia Shire)’s wedding; the hot-headed Sonny (James Caan), ineffectual Fredo (John Cazale) and war hero Michael (Al Pacino), who chooses to distance himself from the family ‘business’. When Vito is shot and wounded for refusing to sanction a rival family’s heroin sales on his territory, Sonny temporarily takes over and embarks on bloody gang warfare. This results in him being killed in an ambush, and Michael finds himself nominated to succeed the ailing Vito. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando) and Best Adapted Screenplay. In ‘The Godfather: Part II’ (1974), it is 1958 and Michael has now fully embraced the trappings of a mafia boss, leading to conflict with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton). As he attempts to expand his crime empire, he thinks of his late father Vito’s rise to power in New York during the 1920s, but all of Michael’s attempts to emulate Vito and do the best for his family only pulls them further apart. Robert De Niro plays the young Vito in flashbacks to his early life. Both a prequel and sequel to the first movie, the film was nominated for eleven Oscars, winning five awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (De Niro). Finally, in ‘The Godfather: Part III’ (1990), it is 1979, and Michael donates $100 million to the Vatican as a signal that his family intend to go legitimate. Unfortunately, the hot-headed Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia), illegitimate son of Michael’s late brother, Sonny, has taken an interest in both business affairs and Michael’s daughter, initiating a violent and bloody power struggle. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Cinematography.

The Godfather: (1972) Considered by many to be the greatest movie ever made Francis Ford Coppola’s epic masterpiece features Oscar winner Marlon Brando as the head 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 a father to a son who was previously uninvolved in the business. Godfather Part II: (1974) The Godfather Part II is one of the rare breed of cinematic sequels which is as good as and perhaps better than the original. Al Pacino heads the star cast as Michael Corleone heir to the criminal empire established by his Mafioso father the late Don Corleone. Michael is now in charge of all gambling activities in Nevada making certain that any and all political or mob enemies are quickly bought off compromised or disposed of. Throughout the film Michael’s travails are paralleled with the early experiences of his father played in flashbacks by Robert DeNiro. The Godfather III: (1990) In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimise his crime family’s interests and remove himself from the violent underworld. Now in his sixties Michael is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That successor could be fiery Vincent (Andy Garcia)… but he may also be the spark that turns Michael’s hopes of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence.