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In the early 1900s, the young Vito flees Sicily for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy. There he kills the local Black Hand Fanucci after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's stature grows. The family legacy is upended by Michael's business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in the Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that even his allies are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay and turned his brother Fredo against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael decides to turn his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption.… (meer)
2008, 1974 English Visual Material : Videorecording : DVD video 1 videodisc (202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, ; ISBN: 141574050X 9781415740507 Portrays the maintenance of the Corleone family by the aging Michael and its founding by young Vito. Includes fully restored film and the original and provocative Director's commentary.
A crime boss defends his empire, and flashbacks show how his father got into The Family Business.
It's a fine movie, but I do not understand how people can compare it to the original (much less claim it's better). There's no real protagonist (Vito's too small a character to count, and Michael did all his developing in the first movie and is now just a heartless villain). There's only one scene with any emotional impact (the one between Michael and Kay), and that feels disconnected, like it's been transplanted form a different movie. There's no suspense. There's nothing to get me at all involved in the main story. What's all the fuss about?
Concept: C Story: C Characters: B Dialog: B Pacing: D Cinematography: B Special effects/design: A Acting: A Music: B
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.(IMDb) ( )
In the early 1900s, the young Vito flees Sicily for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy. There he kills the local Black Hand Fanucci after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's stature grows. The family legacy is upended by Michael's business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in the Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that even his allies are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay and turned his brother Fredo against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael decides to turn his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption.
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English Visual Material : Videorecording : DVD video 1 videodisc (202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, ; ISBN: 141574050X 9781415740507
Portrays the maintenance of the Corleone family by the aging Michael and its founding by young Vito. Includes fully restored film and the original and provocative Director's commentary.