Work · Film · 1972

The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola, director / screenwriter · Mario Puzo, screenwriter (based on his novel)

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Units: 1 film
imdb: tt0068646

Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation follows the Corleone Family's 1945-1955 war of succession, keeping the novel's central spine and violence while dropping several named subplots and closing on an image, Michael accepted as the new Don as a door shuts on Kay, invented for the screen.

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Novel 1969 → Film 1972 · Direct adaptationThe GodfatherThe film keeps 18 of the novel's 25 source units, drops Vito's Sicilian origin, the Lucy Mancini subplot, and Kay's conversion, reduces Johnny Fontane's Hollywood arc to one favor and its payoff, and ends on a closed door instead of Kay's closing prayer.76composite · editorial

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