Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
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- Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 6 wins & 23 nominations total
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- TriviaAl Pacino was offered $5 million to reprise his role as Michael. But Pacino wanted $7 million plus a percentage of the gross. Francis Ford Coppola refused. He threatened to rewrite the script by starting the story with Michael's funeral sequence instead of the film's introduction. Pacino agreed to the $5 million offer.
- GoofsWhen Cardinal Lamberto hears Michael Corleone's confession, he is not wearing the purple stole all priests wear during the sacrament. There is no reason why he wouldn't have one, since all priests carry one on their person at all times in case of emergency (such as giving absolution during last rites).
- Quotes
Michael Corleone: Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
- Crazy creditsThe original theatrical and home entertainment releases had the 1987 Paramount Pictures logo with the 1989 Paramount Communications byline, the pre-2020 Blu-Ray releases meanwhile had the 2002 Paramount logo with the 1995 Viacom byline tinted in sepia, and the post-2020 home entertainment releases and current streaming releases had the current Paramount logo with 2020 ViacomCBS byline.
- Alternate versionsThe VHS release is called "Final Director's Cut" and features 9 minutes of additional footage not included in theatrical version.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
Featured review
Not as good as the first 2
Definitely not my favorite of the 3 but it's hard when the first 2 were just that good. It still portrays well, from my historical knowledge, much of the struggle of the mob families to legitimize their business dealings and try to enjoy life in the later age of the mafia in America. Al Pacino performs brilliantly and I enjoyed Joe Mantegna in his roll. Definitely worth the watch if you were a fan of the previous 2 films.
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- Godfather: The Tragedy of Michael Corleone
- Filming locations
- Mare Chiaro bar "Toni's nut house", 179 Mulberry street, Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Actual owner Toni sat in background smoking cigar as always..)
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- Budget
- $54,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,761,392
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,387,271
- Dec 25, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $136,861,392
- Runtime2 hours 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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