Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 12/11/1974(USA)
Release Date: 09/23/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 202 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
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
