Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola

Overview

Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now in his 60s, seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire. That successor could be fiery Vincent, but he may also be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence. Francis Ford Coppola brings a definitive new edit and restoration of the final film in his epic Godfather trilogy.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/08/2020
UPC:	0032429350121
Original Release:	2020
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:37:00
Sales rank:	29,645

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Al Pacino	Michael Corleone
Andy Garcia	Vincent Mancini
Eli Wallach	Don Altobello
Joe Mantegna	Joey Zasa
Diane Keaton	Kay Adams
Talia Shire	Connie Corleone Rizzi
George Hamilton	B.J. Harrison
Bridget Fonda	Grace Hamilton
Sofia Coppola	Mary Corleone,Composer
Raf Vallone	Cardinal Lamberto
Franc D'Ambrosio	Anthony Corleone
Donal Donnelly	Archbishop Gilday
Richard Bright	Al Neri
Helmut Berger	Frederick Keinszig
Don Novello	Dominic Abbandando
John Savage	Andrew Hagen
Franco Citti	Calo
Mario Donatone	Mosca
Vittorio Duse	Don Tommasino
Enzo Robutti	Licio Lucchesi
Michele Russo	Spara
Al Martino	Johnny Fontane
Robert Cicchini	Lou Pennino
Rogerio Miranda	Armand, Twin Bodyguard,Francesco, Twin Bodyguard
Vito Antuofermo	Anthony `The Ant' Squigliaro
Maggie Goz	Cafe Woman No. 2
Robert Vento	Father John
Beppe Pianiti	Keinszig Killer
Willy Brown	Party Politician,Party Politician
Geanne Savarino	Rosary and Anne Mane
Jeannie Linero	Lucy Mancini
Remo Remotti	Camerlengo Cardinal
Jeanne Savarino Pesch	Francesca Corleone
Janet Savarino Smith	Kathryn Corleone
Tere L. Baker	Teresa Hagen
Carmine Caridi	Albert Volpe
Don Costello	Frank Romano
Al Ruscio	Leo Cuneo
Mickey Knox	Matty Parisi
Brett Halsey	Douglas Michelson
Gabriele Torrei	Enzo the Baker
John Abineri	Hamilton Banker
Brian Freilino	Stockholder
Gregory Corso	Unruly Stockholder
Marino Mase	Lupo
Dado Ruspoli	Vanni
Rick Aviles	Mark #1
Michael Bowen	Mark #2
Valeria Sabel	Sister Vincenza
Santo Indelicato	Guardia del Corpo
Francesco Paolo Bellante	Autista di Don Tommasino
Paco Reconti	Gesu
Mimmo Cuticchio	Puppet Narrator
Richard Honigman	Party Reporter
Nicky Blair	Nicky the Casino Host
Anthony Guidera	Anthony, the Bodyguard
Frank Tarsia	Frankie, the Bodyguard
Luigi Laezza	Keinszig Killer
Diane Agostini	Woman With Child at Street Fair
Jessica DiCicco	Child
Joseph Drago	Party Security,Party Security
David Hume Kennerly	Party Photographer
James D. Damiano	Son Playing Soccer
Michael Boccio	Father of Soccer Player
Catherine Scorsese	Woman in Cafe
Ida Bemardini	Woman in Cafe
Simonetta Stefanelli	Apollonia (uncredited)

Technical Credits

Francis Ford

Mario Puzo

Francis Ford Coppola	Director,Producer
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh	Special Effects
Gray Frederickson	Producer
Buddy Joe Hooker	Stunts
Charles Mulvehill	Producer
Fred Roos	Producer
R. Bruce Steinheimer	Special Effects
Fred Fuchs	Executive Producer,Producer
Francis Ford	Screenwriter
Mario Puzo	Screenwriter
Nicholas Gage	Executive Producer,Producer
Renato Agostini	Special Effects
Steve M. Davison	Stunts
Marina Gefter	Producer
Danilo Bollettini	Special Effects
Franco Ragusa	Special Effects
Chad Randall	Stunts
Pat Romano	Stunts
Alessandro Borgese	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Derided by some as upon its theatrical release in 1990, the second Godfather sequel has weathered the intervening years quite gracefully, and it no longer seems as contrived or overwrought as its detractors maintained. The story begins in 1979, as Michael Corleone (Al Pacino again), having divested himself of his illegal operations, finds himself being honored by the Catholic Church for his various charitable contributions. Michael hopes to repair his fractured relationships with ex-wife Kay (Diane Keaton) and daughter Mary (Sofia Coppola, daughter of writer-director Francis Ford Coppola), but he gets sucked back into the vortex of Mob mayhem thanks to the machinations of ruthless Joey Zaza (Joe Mantegna), whose minions include Vincent (Andy Garcia), the illegitimate son of Michael’s late brother Sonny. Also involved in the intrigue is an old Italian don played by Eli Wallach, and the film’s third act brings Michael and family to their ancestral homeland for an extended confrontation that climaxes explosively against the backdrop of a colorful ballet performance. Pacino, not unexpectedly, is magnificent as the aging Godfather -- weary, physically ill, but still very much a force to be reckoned with. Despite his cold-blooded ruthlessness, Michael has finally become a sympathetic character, and Coppola takes pains to make him a tragic protagonist whose last great triumph occurs simultaneously with his most heartbreaking defeat. Garcia, whose trademark intensity rivals Pacino’s, hasn’t got all that much to do, but he acquits himself handily and contributes several memorable moments. The film’s only weak link -- and the one mentioned by critics in review after review -- is Sofia Coppola, whose performance as Mary is hopelessly inadequate. But a single supporting character doesn’t mean all that much in a movie of such epic scope, and Part III brings the Corleone saga to an altogether satisfactory conclusion.