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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

1977 · 1 season

A slow, immersive plunge into a family's moral descent, rich with detail and quiet menace.

Created by: Francis Ford Coppola
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro

Tagline: The Complete Epic
Overview: A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America.

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Created by: Francis Ford Coppola
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
power
crime
betrayal
loyalty
Places: big city
single country house
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Romance	3
Tension	7
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Genres: crime, drama
Created by: Francis Ford Coppola
Written by: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, James Caan, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire
Music: Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes, 423 min each
Network: NBC
Country: United States of America
Languages: Italian, Latin, English, Spanish

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