Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play The first part of Francis Ford Coppola&s multi-Oscar winning Godfather trilogy adapted from Mario Puzo&s novel examining the workings of the Mafia from the perspective of one family is (along with the sequel) Hollywood&s greatest cinematic achievement since the Second World War With a cast of relative unknowns at the time Al Pacino (Godfather part II & III Scarface Heat Carlito&s Way Donnie Brasco) James Caan (Mickey Blue Eyes Misery) Robert Duvall (Godfather Part II Apocalypse Now) & Diane Keaton (Manhattan Annie Hall) & a known risk Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront) Coppola managed to construct a masterpiece that perfectly depicted the Mafia lifestyle without glamorising it The rise of the young Michael Corleone who is slowly forced to take control of the &family business& is a powerful & terrifying study of moral decay political corruption & the breakdown of the family unit Pacino gives a performance that literally sucks the audience in & slowly reveals the personal horror of the American-dream gone bad From the opening wedding scene to a severed horse&s head in a Hollywood movie-mogul&s bed & exile in peasant Sicily the arc of the film is as grand beautiful & dramatic as an opera The exquisitely designed scenes haunting musical score & superlative cast cement The Godfather in film history as one of the greatest films ever made For evident reason The Godfather won several awards including three Oscars for Best Picture Best Screenplay & Best Actor (Marlon Brando) nominated for 8 more; one BAFTA nominated for four more; & five Golden Globes nominated for two more Actors Marlon Brando Al Pacino James Caan Robert Duvall & Diane Keaton Director Francis Ford Coppola Certificate 15 years & over Year 1972 Languages English