The Godfather: Quick Facts

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Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1973)

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Salvatore Corsitto leans in to speak to Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in a dimly lit scene from the film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Still from The Godfather showing Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in a tuxedo with a red rose, having his hand kissed by a man, with Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the background.

Robert Redford as Bill McKay stands at a microphone in a suit and striped tie, with a large campaign poster of himself in the background, in the film The Candidate.

Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, wearing a fedora and vest, sits on the bumper of a vintage car holding a gun in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.

Jack Nicholson, wearing work clothes and holding a hard hat, crouches on an oil rig with other workers in the background in a scene from Five Easy Pieces.

Sofia Coppola smiling at the camera with shoulder-length wavy hair, wearing a sparkly top at the premiere of The Bling Ring in Los Angeles.

Still from The Godfather showing Diane Keaton as Kay Adams in a straw hat and red dress, sitting at a table and talking to Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in military uniform.

Still from The Godfather, Part II, showing Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino, holding Fredo Corleone, played by John Cazale, by the face at a crowded party.

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