Francis Ford Coppola film

The Francis Ford Coppola films were an arduous process for everyone involved. Dick Smith the makeup artist did a brilliant job making the forty-seven year old Marlon Brando look and sound like the old mob boss he played by adding liquid latex to his skin. Brando also wore hearing aids and weights on his feet to give him the appearance of an elderly man. Robert De Niro's performance as Vito Corleone and Robert Duvall's performance as Tom Hagen add extraordinary texture to the Francis Ford Coppola film. After all the tiresome work on shooting, Coppola returned to San Francisco with ninety hours of film. Coppola eventually cut the film down to the 175-minute version we see today that has garnered many awards. The Godfather Trilogy acquired twenty-three Academy Award nominations and nine Oscars to buttress critics quickly acclaiming it as a classic film. There were many scenes in the first two films that were memorable. A graphic scene occurs in the first film when Mr. Woltz wakes up in his bed and sees that his prized horse's head has been severed.

A great scene in the first Francis Ford Coppola film occurs when Johnny Fontane (Al Martino) visits the Don's office and asks the Don to get him a part in a movie. Johnny whines and the Don slaps him on the face. After telling Johnny that a real man is a family man, Don Corleone says, "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" (Greatest Francis Ford Coppola movies, http://www.filmsite.org/godf.html). This was one of many great moments of dialogue and acting in the Francis Ford Coppola film but my favorite occurs in the second the film when Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) slaps his wife Kay Adams (Diane Keaton) in a rage. They start arguing about custody of the kids and Kay says, "There would be no way, Michael, that you could ever forgive me. Not with this Sicilian thing that's been going on for two thousand years." Michael then strikes her in a brilliant scene of direction and cinematography. Michael's reply, "You won't take my children." "I will." Michael in rage shouts, "You won't take my children" (Greatest Films, http://www.filmsite.org/godf2.html). If you like the scene where Charles Foster Kane slaps his wife because he knows it's the truth, you will like this scene in The Godfather: Part II despite the spousal abuse. This Francis Ford Coppola film trilogy is a classic for anyone

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