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New 35mm restorations of THE GODFATHER and THE GODFATHER, PART II, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpieces, will run at Film Forum, in an exclusive New York three-week engagement, from Friday, September 12 through Thursday, October 2.
More than three decades after they both won the Academy® Award for Best Picture, Coppola’s iconic classics have been meticulously restored by Paramount Pictures, overseen by Coppola himself. Both movies underwent extensive frame-by-frame examination and restoration using state-of-the-art digital technology. Robert A. Harris of the Film Preserve supervised the restorations under the direction of Coppola and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
Ranked at the very top of both critics’ and audiences’ “Best Of” lists, and the recipients of a total of nine Academy Awards, The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II will be shown exclusively in NY at Film Forum for a single week each, with back-to-back screenings scheduled for the third and final week. Paramount Pictures will be presenting both films theatrically in a limited number of cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, in advance of the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Godfather, The Coppola Restoration collection on September 23.
“Possibly the greatest movie ever made.”
– Stanley Kubrick on THE GODFATHER
“The daring of Part II is that it enlarges the scope and deepens the meaning of the first film. Visually, Part II is far more complexly beautiful than the first, just as it’s thematically richer, more shadowed, fuller… An epic vision of the corruption of America.”
– Pauline Kael on THE GODFATHER, PART II
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3-WEEK PUBLIC SCREENING SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 12 through Thursday, Sept. 18
THE GODFATHER (175 min)
Daily at 1:00, 4:30, 8:00
Friday, Sept. 19 through Thursday, Sept. 25
THE GODFATHER, PART II (200 min)
Daily at 1:00, 4:45, 8:20
Friday, Sept. 26 through Thursday, Oct. 2
THE GODFATHER
Fri/Sun/Tues 1:00, 8:00
Mon/Wed/Thurs/Sat 4:45
THE GODFATHER, PART II
Fri/Sun/Tues 4:30
Mon/Wed/Thurs/Sat 1:00, 8:20
MARATHON SCREENINGS
Note: These Marathon Screenings present
Parts I & II back-to-back on the following days: |
Fri, Sept 26 1:00 (I) and 4:30 (II)
Sat, Sept 27 4:45 (I) and 8:20 (II)
Sun, Sept 28 1:00 (I) and 4:30 (II)
Mon, Sept 29 4:45 (I) and 8:20 (II) |
Tues, Sept 30 1:00 (I) and 4:30 (II)
Wed, Oct 1 4:45 (I) and 8:20 (II)
Thurs, Oct 2 4:45 (I) and 8:20 (II)
(Separate Admissions) |
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THE GODFATHER (1972) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Produced by Albert S. Ruddy. Written by Coppola & Mario Puzo, based on Puzo’s novel. Cinematography: Gordon Willis. Edited by William Reynolds & Peter Zinner. Production Design: Dean Tavoularis. Music composed by Nino Rota. With Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), James Caan (Sonny Corleone), Diane Keaton (Kay Adams), John Cazale (Fredo Corleone), Richard Castellano (Peter Clemenza), Sterling Hayden (Capt. McCluskey), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone Rizzi), Richard Conte (Don Barzini), Alex Rocco (Moe Green), John Marley (Jack Woltz). A Paramount Pictures Release.
THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974) Produced and Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by Coppola & Mario Puzo, based on characters created by Mario Puzo. Cinematography: Gordon Willis. Edited by Barry Malkin, Richard Marks, Peter Zinner. Production Design: Dean Tavoularis. Music composed by Nino Rota. With Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Diane Keaton (Kay Corleone), Robert De Niro (Vito Corleone), John Cazale (Fredo Corleone), Talia Shire (Connie Corleone), Lee Strasberg (Hyman Roth), Michael V. Gazzo (Frank Pentangeli), Dominic Chianese (Johnny Ola), G.D. Spradlin (Senator Pat Geary), Bruno Kirby (young Peter Clemenza). A Paramount Pictures Release.
Repertory calendar programmed by Bruce Goldstein.
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