The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977– ) 8.5
The first two Godfather films were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added. |
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| Marlon Brando | ... |
Don Vito Corleone
(4 episodes, 1977)
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| Al Pacino | ... |
Don Michael Corleone
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| Robert Duvall | ... |
Tom Hagen
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| James Caan | ... |
Santino 'Sonny' Corleone
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| Diane Keaton | ... |
Kay Adams Corleone
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| Robert De Niro | ... |
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The first two Godfather films were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.
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12 November 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This thing is just ridiculous; saw it on home video as my first Godfather experience and couldn't figure out why it was so plodding. Turns out it edits everything into chronological order, so you start with all the De Niro scenes from G-2, then see G-1 (minus some R-stuff but plus some deleted scenes), and then get the rest of G-2. The De Niro scenes, out of context, are just repetitive and make little sense. The one bonus was getting to see the deleteds back when such opportunities were rare. It's not quite BAD, because the underlying material is still beautiful, but it could easily lead one to go through life thinking The Godfater was No Big Deal because you'd endured or walked out on this.
There are films I'd be interested to to see a chronological cut of (Pulp Fiction, Memento). Godfather 2 is not one of them.