The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

Mario Puzo (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 December 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba.

Plot Keywords:

Cuba | New York | 1910s | 1950s | Lake Tahoe Nevada

Awards:

Won 6 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Al Pacino	...	Don Michael Corleone
Robert Duvall	...	Tom Hagen
Diane Keaton	...	Kay Corleone
Robert De Niro	...	Vito Corleone (as Robert DeNiro)
John Cazale	...	Fredo Corleone
Talia Shire	...	Connie Corleone
Lee Strasberg	...	Hyman Roth
Michael V. Gazzo	...	Frankie Pentangeli
G.D. Spradlin	...	Senator Pat Geary
Richard Bright	...	Al Neri
Gastone Moschin	...	Don Fanucci (as Gaston Moschin)
Tom Rosqui	...	Rocco Lampone
Bruno Kirby	...	Young Peter Clemenza (as B. Kirby Jr.)
Frank Sivero	...	Genco Abbandando
Francesca De Sapio	...	Young Mama Corleone (as Francesca de Sapio)
Morgana King	...	Mama Corleone
Marianna Hill	...	Deanna Corleone (as Mariana Hill)
Leopoldo Trieste	...	Signor Roberto
Dominic Chianese	...	Johnny Ola
Amerigo Tot	...	Michael's Bodyguard
Troy Donahue	...	Merle Johnson
John Aprea	...	Young Sal Tessio
Joe Spinell	...	Willi Cicci
James Caan	...	Sonny Corleone
Abe Vigoda	...	Sal Tessio
Tere Livrano	...	Theresa Hagen
Gianni Russo	...	Carlo Rizzi
Maria Carta	...	Vito's mother
Oreste Baldini	...	Vito Andolini - as a boy
Giuseppe Sillato	...	Don Francesco 'Ciccio'
Mario Cotone	...	Don Tommasino
James Gounaris	...	Anthony Vito Corleone
Fay Spain	...	Mrs. Marcia Roth
Harry Dean Stanton	...	FBI man #1
David Baker	...	FBI man #2
Carmine Caridi	...	Carmine Rosato
Danny Aiello	...	Tony Rosato
Carmine Foresta	...	Policeman
Nick Discenza	...	Bartender
Father Joseph Medeglia	...	Father Carmelo
William Bowers	...	Senate committee chairman
Joseph Della Sorte	...	Michael's buttonman #1 (as Joe Della Sorte)
Carmen Argenziano	...	Michael's Buttonman #2
Joe Lo Grippo	...	Michael's buttonman #3
Ezio Flagello	...	Impressario
Livio Giorgi	...	Tenor in 'Senza Mamma'
Kathleen Beller	...	Girl in 'Senza Mamma' (as Kathy Beller)
Saveria Mazzola	...	Signora Colombo
Tito Alba	...	Cuban President Batista
Johnny Naranjo	...	Cuban translator
Elda Maida	...	Pentangeli's wife
Salvatore Po	...	Vincenzo, Pentangeli's brother
Ignazio Pappalardo	...	Mosca
Andrea Maugeri	...	Strollo
Peter LaCorte	...	Signor Abbandando
Vincent Coppola	...	Street vendor
Peter Donat	...	Questadt
Tom Dahlgren	...	Fred Corngold
Paul B. Brown	...	Senator Ream
Phil Feldman	...	Senator #1
Roger Corman	...	Senator #2
Ivonne Coll	...	Yolanda (as Yvonne Coll)
Joe De Nicola	...	Attendant at brothel (as J.D. Nicols)
Edward Van Sickle	...	Ellis Island doctor
Gabriella Belloni	...	Ellis Island nurse (as Gabria Belloni)
Richard Watson	...	Custom official
Venancia Grangerard	...	Cuban nurse
Erica Yohn	...	Governess
Teresa Tirelli	...	Midwife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Italia Coppola	...	Mama Corleone's body (uncredited)
Roman Coppola	...	Sonny Corleone, as a boy (uncredited)
Sofia Coppola	...	Child on ship (uncredited)
Julie Gregg	...	Sandra Corleone (uncredited)
Larry Guardino	...	Vito's uncle (uncredited)
Shô Kosugi	...	Passerby dressed in a large coat with a cap pulled down over his eyes (uncredited)
Gary Kurtz	...	Photographer in court (uncredited)
Laura Lyons	...	(uncredited)
Connie Mason	...	Extra (uncredited)
Richard Matheson	...	Senator #3 (uncredited)
John Megna	...	Young Hyman Roth (uncredited)
Frank Pesce	...	Extra (uncredited)
Victor Pujols	...	Cuban guerilla with grenade (uncredited)
Jay Rasumny	...	Street vendor (uncredited)
Tony Sirico	...	Extra (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Filomena Spagnuolo	...	Extra in Little Italy (uncredited)
Julian Voloshin	...	Sam Roth (uncredited)

Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola

Writing credits
Mario Puzo		(novel "The Godfather")
Francis Ford Coppola		(screenplay) and
Mario Puzo		(screenplay)

Produced by
Francis Ford Coppola	....	producer
Gray Frederickson	....	co-producer
Fred Roos	....	co-producer
Mona Skager	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Nino Rota

Cinematography by
Gordon Willis

Film Editing by
Barry Malkin
Richard Marks
Peter Zinner

Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton		(as Michael Fenton)
Vic Ramos

Production Design by
Dean Tavoularis

Art Direction by
Angelo P. Graham		(as Angelo Graham)

Set Decoration by
George R. Nelson

Costume Design by
Theadora Van Runkle

Makeup Department
Naomi Cavin	....	hair stylist
Charles H. Schram	....	makeup artist (as Charles Schram)
Dick Smith	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mario Cotone	....	unit manager: Sicily
Valerio De Paolis	....	production supervisor: Sicily (as Valerio DePaolis)
Michael S. Glick	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Newt Arnold	....	assistant director (as Newton Arnold)
Burt Bluestein	....	second assistant director
Tony Brandt	....	assistant director: Sicily
Alan Hopkins	....	second assistant director
Michael Kusley	....	second assistant director (as Mike Kusley)
Henry J. Lange Jr.	....	second assistant director
Charles Myers	....	second assistant director (as Chuck Myers)

Art Department
Joe Chevalier	....	assistant set decorator: Sicily
Douglas E. Madison	....	property master (as Doug Madison)
V.R. Bud Shelton	....	property master (as V. Bud Shelton)

Sound Department
Howard Beals	....	sound effects editor
Mark Berger	....	sound montage associate
Nathan Boxer	....	production sound recordist
James Fritch	....	sound effects editor (as Jim Fritch)
Pat Jackson	....	sound montage associate
James J. Klinger	....	sound effects editor (as Jim Klinger)
Walter Murch	....	sound montage
Walter Murch	....	sound re-recordist
Charles M. Wilborn	....	production sound recordist (as Chuck Wilborn)
James Perdue	....	playback sound (uncredited)
Ben Sobin	....	playback sound (uncredited)
Mel Zelniker	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
A.D. Flowers	....	special effects
Joe Lombardi	....	special effects

Stunts
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
William Gereghty	....	assistant camera (as Bill Gereghty)
Ralph Gerling	....	camera operator
George Holmes	....	gaffer
Bob Rose	....	key grip
Robert D. McBride	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Emy DeSica	....	casting: Sicily
Maurizio Lucci	....	casting: Sicily
Maurice Schell	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandra Burke	....	wardrobe
Nancy McArdle	....	wardrobe
George Newman	....	wardrobe
Marie Osborne	....	wardrobe
Marilyn Putnam	....	wardrobe
Eric Seelig	....	wardrobe
Thomas Welsh	....	wardrobe (as Tommy Welsh)

Editorial Department
George Berndt	....	assistant editor
Lisa Fruchtman	....	assistant editor
Bobbe Kurtz	....	assistant editor
Michael Kirchberger	....	apprentice editor (uncredited)

Music Department
George Brand	....	music editor
Carmine Coppola	....	composer: additional music
Carmine Coppola	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)
Hugh Kelly	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
B.J. Bjorkman	....	script supervisor (as B.J. Bachman)
Serena Canevari	....	script supervisor: Sicily
Randy Carter	....	location assistant
Ronald Colby	....	location supervisor: New York (as Ron Colby)
Jack English	....	location coordinator
Deborah Fine	....	researcher
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
John Franco	....	script supervisor
Sonya Friedman	....	subtitler
Edward Guthmann	....	advisor: senate hearings (as Ed Guthman)
Mona Houghton	....	location assistant
Melissa Mathison	....	location assistant
Tammy Newell	....	coordinator: Miami
Bruno Perria	....	production assistant: Sicily
Eileen Peterson	....	unit publicist
Romano Pianti	....	translator: Sicilian
Nanette Siegert	....	production secretary
Carl Skelton	....	location auditor
Peter Zinner	....	foreign post-production
Stephen A. Glanzrock	....	production assistant: New York (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
James Caan	....	thanks: The producers would like to thank, for his special participation in this film
Tracey Cuesta	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• The Coppola Company (as A Coppola Company Production)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinéma International Corporation (CIC) (1974) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1974) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1977) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1992) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• Pioneer (1993) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Award Winning Collection)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (DVD)
• Prem'er Video Fil'm (Russia) (VHS)

Other Companies

• American Zoetrope  production facilities furnished through

Also Known As:

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA) (complete title)
Son of Godfather (USA) (working title)
The Second Godfather (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

200 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | Spanish | Latin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A | Brazil:14 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:PG | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Israel:PG | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Poland:15

Filming Locations:

6th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Francis Ford Coppola considered bringing Marlon Brando back to play Vito Corleone as a young man, convinced that he could play at any age. As he worked on the script, though, he remembered Robert De Niro's exceptional audition for the first "Godfather" and cast him without offering the part to Brando.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Michael and Kay are in their bedroom after the party, Michael is looking out the window, and below him is a mirror that shows Kay's reflection. When Michael ducks to avoid the wave of bullets that comes through the window, Kay's reflection disappears.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Title Card: The godfather was born Vito Andolini, in the town of Corleone in Sicily. In 1901 his father was murdered for an insult to the local Mafia chieftain. His older brother Paolo swore revenge and disappeared into the hills, leaving Vito, the only male heir, to stand with his mother at the funeral. He was nine years old.
[gunshots and screams]
Woman: [subtitled from Italian] They've killed the boy! They've killed young Paolo! They've killed your son Paolo!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Gordon Willis on Cinematography (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Mr. Wonderful

Great ensemble acting, great story, greatest sequel ever made.

The Godfather Part 2 is the finest sequel ever made and is arguably a finer film than the original Godfather. The film is divided into two main parts - the story of a young Vito Corleone (flawlessly acted by Robert De Niro and a worthy Oscar winner) and the rise to power of Michael as the head of the family. Francis Coppola recollaborated with many of the crew members of the first film and again achieves a quite superb period piece thanks to the cinematography of Gordon Willis and set design of Dean Tavoularis. The acting performances are outstanding, hence three supporting oscar nominations for acting guru Lee Strasberg (Hyman Roth), Michael Gazzo (Frank Pentangeli) and Robert De Niro (young Vito Corleone). Duvall, Keaton, Cazale and Shire all provided first rate performances but it is the performance of Al Pacino which steals the show, expertly portraying Michael as a cool, calculating, suspicious Don Corleone. The film expands upon the original movie and brings us into the family's activities in Nevada, Florida and Havana. Arguably the finest movie of the 70s, a cinematic masterpiece with the greatest ensemble acting you will probably see.