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Running time 177 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $6–7 million Box office $245–286 million The Godfather is a 1972 American directed by and produced by, based on 's best-selling of the same name. It stars and as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the under the patriarch (Brando), focusing on the transformation of (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless. Obtained the rights to the novel for the price of $80,000, before it gained popularity.
Studio executives had trouble finding a director; their first few candidates turned down the position. They and Coppola disagreed over who would play several characters, in particular, Vito and Michael. Filming was done on location and completed earlier than scheduled.
The musical score was composed primarily by with additional pieces. The film was the and was for a time the. It won the for, (Brando) and (for Puzo and Coppola). Its seven other Oscar nominations included Pacino, and for and Coppola for. The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the and one of the most influential, especially in the genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. Of the in 1990, being deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' and is ranked the (behind ) by the.
It was followed by sequels (1974) and (1990). Contents. Plot In 1945, at his daughter Connie's wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests in his role as the Godfather, the of a New York crime family. Vito's youngest son, who was a during, introduces his girlfriend, to his family at the reception. Johnny Fontane, a famous singer and Vito's, seeks Vito's help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his, to Los Angeles to persuade the obnoxious studio head, Jack Woltz, to give Johnny the part.
Woltz refuses until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized. Shortly before Christmas, drug baron Virgil 'The Turk' Sollozzo, backed by the Tattaglia crime family, asks Vito for investment in his narcotics business and protection through his political connections. Wary of involvement in a dangerous new trade that risks alienating political insiders, Vito declines. Suspicious, Vito sends his enforcer, to spy on them. However, a Tattaglia button man Brasi during Brasi's first meeting with Bruno Tattaglia and Sollozzo. Later Sollozzo has Vito gunned down in the street, then kidnaps Hagen. With Corleone first-born in command, Sollozzo pressures Hagen to persuade Sonny to accept Sollozzo's deal, then releases him.
The family receives fish wrapped in Brasi's bullet-proof vest, indicating that Luca 'sleeps with the fishes.' Vito survives, and at the hospital Michael thwarts another attempt on his father; Michael's jaw is broken by Captain Marc McCluskey, Sollozzo's bodyguard. Sonny retaliates with a on Bruno Tattaglia. Michael plots to murder Sollozzo and McCluskey: on the pretext of settling the dispute, Michael agrees to meet them in a restaurant.
There, retrieving a planted handgun, he kills both men. Despite a clampdown by the authorities, the erupt in open warfare and Vito's sons fear for their safety. Michael takes refuge in and is sheltered by in. Sonny attacks his brother-in-law Carlo on the street for abusing his sister and threatens to kill him if it happens again. When it does, Sonny speeds to their home, but is ambushed at a highway toll booth and riddled with submachine gun fire. While in Sicily, Michael meets and marries Apollonia Vitelli, but a car bomb intended for him takes her life. Devastated by Sonny's death, Vito moves to end the feuds.
Realizing that the Tattaglias are controlled by the now-dominant Don, Vito assures the Five Families that he will withdraw his opposition to their heroin business and forgo avenging his son's murder. His safety guaranteed, Michael returns home to enter the family business and marry Kay, promising her that the business will be legitimate within five years. Kay gives birth to two children by the early 1950s, and with his father at the end of his career and his brother too weak, Michael takes the family reins.
He insists Hagen relocate to Las Vegas and relinquish his role to Vito because Tom is not a 'wartime consigliere'; Vito agrees Tom should 'have no part in what will happen' in the coming battles with rival families. Michael travels to Las Vegas to buy out Greene's stake in the family's casinos. Michael is dismayed to see that Fredo has fallen under Greene's sway.
Vito suffers a fatal. At the funeral, a Corleone, asks Michael to meet with Don Barzini, signalling the betrayal that Vito had forewarned. The meeting is set for the same day as the christening of Connie's baby.
While Michael stands at the altar as the child's godfather, Corleone assassins murder the other New York dons and Moe Greene. Tessio is executed for his treachery and Michael extracts Carlo's confession to his complicity in setting up Sonny's murder for Barzini. A Corleone capo, garrotes Carlo with a wire. Connie accuses Michael of the murder, telling Kay that Michael ordered all the killings. Kay is relieved when Michael finally denies it, but, when the capos arrive, they address her husband as Don Corleone, and she watches as they close the door on her.
Was selected as director, as Paramount wanted the picture to be directed by an to make the film 'ethnic to the core'. Evans wanted the picture to be directed by an to make the film 'ethnic to the core'.
Paramount's latest mafia based movie, had been a box office bomb; Evans believed that the reason for its failure was its almost complete lack of cast members or creative personnel of Italian descent (the director and star were both Jewish). Was Paramount's first choice to direct the film. Leone turned down the option to work on his own gangster film.
Was then approached but he also declined the offer because he was not interested in the mafia. In addition, and were all offered the position and declined. Evans' chief assistant Peter Bart suggested, as a director of Italian ancestry who would work for a low sum and budget after the poor reception of his latest film. Coppola initially turned down the job because he found Puzo's novel sleazy and sensationalist, describing it as 'pretty cheap stuff'. At the time Coppola's studio, owed over $400,000 to for budget overruns with the film and when coupled with his poor financial standing, along with advice from friends and family, Coppola reversed his initial decision and took the job.
Coppola was officially announced as director of the film on September 28, 1970. Paramount had offered twelve other directors the job with The Godfather before Coppola agreed. Coppola agreed to receive $125,000 and six percent of the gross rentals. Coppola and Paramount Before The Godfather was in production, Paramount had been going through an unsuccessful period. In addition to the failure of The Brotherhood, the studio had usurped their budget for their recent films:, and. The budget for the film was originally $2.5 million but as the book grew in popularity Coppola argued for and ultimately received a larger budget.
Paramount executives wanted the movie to be set in then modern-day and shot in the studio backlot in order to cut down on costs. Coppola objected and wanted to set the movie in the same time period as its eponymous novel, the 1940s and 1950s; Coppola's reasons included: Michael Corleone's Marine Corps stint, the emergence of corporate America, and America in the years after World War II. The executives eventually agreed to Coppola's wish as the novel became increasingly successful. The studio heads subsequently let Coppola film on location in New York City and Sicily. Gulf & Western executive was frustrated with Coppola over the number of screen tests he had performed without finding a person to play the various roles. Production quickly fell behind because of Coppola's indecisiveness and conflicts with Paramount, which led to costs being around $40,000 per day. With the rising costs, Paramount had then Vice President Jack Ballard keep a close eye on production costs.
While filming, Coppola stated that he felt he could be fired at any point as he knew Paramount executives were not happy with many of the decisions he had made. Coppola was aware that Evans had asked to take over directing the film, because he feared that Coppola was too inexperienced to cope with the increased size of the production.
Coppola was also convinced that the film editor, and the assistant director, Steve Kestner, were conspiring to get him fired. Avakian complained to Evans that he could not edit the scenes correctly because Coppola was not shooting enough footage. Evans however was satisfied with the footage being sent to the west coast, and authorized Coppola to fire them both. Coppola later explained: 'Like the godfather, I fired people as a preemptory strike. The people who were angling the most to have me fired, I had fired.'
Brando threatened that he would quit if Coppola were fired. Paramount wanted The Godfather to appeal to a wide audience and threatened Coppola with a 'violence coach' to make the film more exciting. Coppola added a few more violent scenes to keep the studio happy. The scene in which Connie smashes after finding out Carlo has been cheating was added for this reason.
Writing On April 14, 1970, it was revealed that Puzo was hired by Paramount for $100,000, along with a percentage of the film's profits, to work on the screenplay for the film. Working from the book, Coppola wanted to have the themes of culture, character, power, and family at the forefront of the film, whereas Puzo wanted to retain aspects from his novel and his initial draft of 150 pages was finished on August 10, 1970. After Coppola was hired as director, both Puzo and Coppola worked on the screenplay, but separately. Puzo worked on his draft in Los Angeles, while Coppola wrote his version in.
Coppola created a book where he tore pages out of Puzo's book and pasted them into his book. There, he made notes about each of the book's fifty scenes, which related to major themes prevalent in the scene, whether the scene should be included in the film, along with ideas and concepts that could be used when filming to make the film true to Italian culture. The two remained in contact while they wrote their respective screenplays and made decisions on what to include and what to remove for the final version. A second draft was completed on March 1, 1971, and was 173 pages long. The final screenplay was finished on March 29, 1971, wound up being 163 pages long, 40 pages over what Paramount had asked for.
When filming, Coppola referred to the notebook he had created over the final draft of the screenplay. Screenwriter did uncredited work on the script, particularly on the Pacino-Brando garden scene. Despite finishing the third draft, some scenes in the film were still not written yet and were written during production. The Italian-American Civil Rights League wanted all uses of the words 'mafia' and 'Cosa Nostra' to be removed from the script, in addition to feeling that the film emphasized stereotypes about Italian-Americans. The league also requested that all the money earned from the premiere be donated to the league's fund to build a new hospital. Coppola claimed that Puzo's screenplay only contained two instances of the word 'mafia' being used, while 'Cosa Nostra' was not used at all. Those two uses were removed and replaced with other terms, which Coppola felt did not change the story at all.
The league eventually gave its support for the script. (pictured above in ) was chosen to portray Puzo was first to show interest in having portray Don Vito Corleone by sending a letter to Brando in which he stated Brando was the 'only actor who can play the Godfather.' Despite Puzo's wishes, the executives at Paramount were against having Brando, partly due to the poor performance of his recent films and also his short temper. Coppola favored Brando or for the role, but Olivier's agent refused the role claiming Olivier was sick; however, Olivier went on to star in later that year. The studio mainly pushed for to receive the part. Other considerations were, and.
After months of debate between Coppola and Paramount over Brando, the two finalists for the role were Borgnine and Brando, the latter of which Paramount president required to perform a screen test. Coppola did not want to offend Brando and stated that he needed to test equipment in order to set up the screen test at Brando's residence. For make-up, Brando stuck cotton balls in his cheeks, put shoe polish in his hair to darken it, and rolled his collar. Coppola placed Brando's audition tape in the middle of the videos of the audition tapes as the Paramount executives watched them. The executives were impressed with Brando's efforts and allowed Coppola to cast Brando for the role if Brando accepted a lower salary and put up a bond to ensure he would not cause any delays in production. From the start of production, Coppola wanted to play the part of Tom Hagen. After screen testing several other actors, Coppola eventually got his wish and Duvall was awarded the part of Tom Hagen., a then famed singer in nightclubs, was notified of the character Johnny Fontane by a friend who read the eponymous novel and felt Martino represented the character of Johnny Fontane.
Martino then contacted producer, who gave him the part. However, Martino was stripped of the part after Coppola became director and then awarded the role to Italian singer. Damone eventually dropped the role because he did not want to play an anti-Italian American character, in addition to being paid too little. According to Martino, after being stripped of the role, he went to his godfather and crime boss Russ Bufalino who then orchestrated the publication of various news articles that talked of how Coppola was unaware of Ruddy giving Martino the part; that, when coupled with pressure from the mafia who felt Martino deserved the role, led Damone to quit as Fontane.
Either way, the part of Johnny Fontane ended up with Martino. (pictured in 1976) was chosen to play originally was given the part of Paulie Gatto.
A spot in opened up after Al Pacino quit the project in favor of The Godfather, which led De Niro to audition for the role and leave The Godfather after receiving the part. After De Niro quit, was given the role of Gatto. Coppola cast for the role of Kay Adams due to her reputation for being. Was given the part of Fredo Corleone after Coppola saw him perform in an Off Broadway production. Was given the role of Carlo Rizzi after he was asked to perform a screen test in which he acted out the fight between Rizzi and Connie.
Nearing the start of filming on March 29, had yet to be cast. Paramount executives wanted a popular actor, either. Producer Robert Evans wanted to receive the role in part due to his recent success in. Pacino was Coppola's favorite for the role as he could picture him roaming the Sicilian countryside, and wanted an unknown actor who looked like an Italian-American. However, Paramount executives found Pacino to be too short to play Michael., and also auditioned.
Caan was well received by the Paramount executives and was given the part of Michael initially, while the role of was awarded to. Coppola still pushed for Pacino to play Michael after the fact and Evans eventually conceded, allowing Pacino to have the role of Michael as long as Caan played Sonny.
Evans preferred Caan over Caridi because Caan was seven inches shorter than Caridi, which was much closer to Pacino's height. Despite agreeing to play Michael Corleone, Pacino was contracted to star in MGM's The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, but the two studios agreed on a settlement and Pacino was signed by Paramount three weeks before shooting began. Coppola gave several roles in the film to family members.
He gave his sister, the role of Connie Corleone. His daughter played Michael Francis Rizzi, Connie's and Carlo's newborn son., his father, appeared in the film as an extra playing a piano during a scene. Coppola's wife, mother, and two sons all appeared as extras in the picture.
Several smaller roles, like, were cast after the filming had started. Filming Before the filming began, the cast received a two-week period for rehearsal, which included a dinner where each actor and actress had to assume character for its duration. Filming was scheduled to begin on March 29, 1971, with the scene between Michael Corleone and Kay Adams as they leave in New York City after shopping for Christmas gifts. The weather on March 23 predicted snow flurries, which caused Ruddy to move the filming date forward; however snow never materialized and a snow machine was used. Principal filming in New York continued until July 2, 1971.
Coppola asked for a three-week break before heading overseas to film in Sicily. Following the crew's departure for Sicily, Paramount announced that the release date would be moved from December to spring 1972.
The Don Barzini assassination scene was filmed on the steps of the building on in Cinematographer initially turned down the opportunity to film The Godfather because the production seemed 'chaotic' to him. After Willis later accepted the offer, he and Coppola agreed to not use any modern filming devices, helicopters, or zoom lenses. Willis and Coppola chose to use a 'tableau format' of filming to make it seem if it was viewed like a painting.
He made use of shadows and low light levels throughout the film to showcase psychological developments. Willis and Coppola agreed to interplay light and dark scenes throughout the film. Willis underexposed the film in order to create a 'yellow tone.' The scenes in Sicily were shot to display the countryside and 'display a more romantic land,' giving these scenes a 'softer, more romantic' feel than the New York scenes. 1941 featured in The Godfather One of the film's most shocking moments involved an actual, severed, horse's head. Coppola received some criticism for the scene, although the head was obtained from a dog-food company from a horse that was to be killed regardless of the film. On June 22, the scene where Sonny is killed was shot on a runway at in Mineola, where three tollbooths were built, along with guard rails, and billboards to set the scene.
Sonny's car was a 1941 Lincoln Continental with holes drilled in it to resemble bullet holes. The scene took three days to film and cost over $100,000. Coppola's request to film on location was observed; approximately 90 percent was shot in New York City and its surrounding suburbs, using over 120 unique locations. Several scenes were filmed at the Filmways Studio in.
The remaining portions were filmed in California, or on-site in Sicily, except for the scenes set in because there were insufficient funds to travel there. And were the Sicilian towns featured in the film. The opening wedding scene was shot in a neighborhood using almost 750 locals as extras.
The house used as the Corleone household and the wedding location was at 110 Longfellow Road in the neighborhood of Staten Island. The wall around the Corleone compound was made from. Scenes set in and around the Corleone olive oil business were filmed on.
After filming had ended on August 7, post-production efforts were focused on trimming the film to a manageable length. In addition, producers and director were still including and removing different scenes from the end product, along with trimming certain sequences. In September, the first rough cut of the film was viewed. Many of the scenes removed from the film were centered around Sonny, which did not advance the plot.
By November, Coppola and Ruddy finished the semi-final cut. Debates over personnel involved with the final editing remained even 25 years after the release of the film.
The film began to be shown to Paramount staff and exhibitors in late December and going into the new year. The famous theme, composed by Larry Kusic and. Problems playing this file?
Coppola hired Italian composer to create the underscore for the film, including the main theme, '. For the score, Rota was to relate to the situations and characters in the film. Rota synthesized new music for the film and took some parts from his score, in order to create an Italian feel and evoke the tragic film's themes. Paramount executive Evans found the score to be too 'highbrow' and did not want to use it; however, it was used after Coppola managed to get Evans to agree. Coppola believed that Rota's musical piece gave the film even more of an Italian feel. Coppola's father, created some additional music for the film, particularly the music played by the band during the opening wedding scene.
There are a total of nine instances within the film where incidental music can be heard. There was a soundtrack released for the film in 1972 in vinyl form by, on CD in 1991 by, and digitally by Geffen on August 18, 2005. The album contains over 31 minutes of music coming from the movie, with most being composed by Rota, along with a song from Coppola and one by Johnny Farrow and. Gave the album five out of five stars, with editor Zach Curd saying it is a 'dark, looming, and elegant soundtrack.' An editor for Filmtracks believed that Rota did a great job of relating the music to the core aspects of the film, which the editor believed to be 'tradition, love, and fear.' Release The world premiere for The Godfather took place in New York City on March 14, 1972, almost three months after the planned release date of Christmas Day in 1971, with profits from the premiere donated to The Boys Club of New York. Before the film premiered, the film had already made $15 million from rentals from over 400 theaters.
The following day, the film opened in New York at five theaters. Next was at two theaters on March 22. The Godfather was commercially released on March 24, 1972, throughout the rest of the. The film reached 316 theaters around the country five days later. Box office The Godfather was a, breaking many box office records to become the. It earned $81.5 million in in the USA & Canada during its initial release, increasing its earnings to $85.7 million through a reissue in 1973, and including a limited re-release in 1997 it ultimately earned an equivalent exhibition gross of $135 million. It displaced to claim the record as the top rentals earner, a position it would retain until the release of in 1975.
News articles at the time proclaimed it was the first film to gross $100 million in North America, but such accounts are erroneous; this record belongs to, released in 1965. The film repeated its native success overseas, earning in total an unprecedented $142 million in worldwide theatrical rentals, to become the. Profits were so high for The Godfather that earnings for, which owned Paramount, jumped from 77 cents per share to $3.30 a share for the year, according to a article, dated December 13, 1972. To date , it has grossed between $245 million and $286 million in worldwide box office receipts, and adjusted for ticket price in North America, ranks among the top 25. Critical response The Godfather has received critical acclaim and is seen as one of the most influential films of all time, particularly in the genre.
On, the film has a 98% rating based on 87 reviews with an average rating of 9.2/10 and the site's critical consensus reads, ' One of Hollywood's greatest critical and commercial successes, The Godfather gets everything right; not only did the movie transcend expectations, it established new benchmarks for American cinema'. Assigned the film an average score of 100% based on 14 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be 'universal acclaim'. The film is ranked at the top of 's top 100 list, and is ranked 7th on ' all-time best list (100% 'Certified Fresh'). Of the praised Coppola's efforts to follow the storyline of the eponymous novel, the choice to set the film in the same time as the novel, and the film's ability to 'absorb' the viewer over its three-hour run time. While Ebert was mainly positive, he criticized Brando's performance, saying his movements lacked 'precision' and his voice was 'wheezy.' The 's gave the film four out of four stars, commenting that it was 'very good.' 's Andrew Sarris believed Brando portrayed Vito Corleone well and that his character dominated each scene it appeared in, but felt Puzo and Coppola had the character of Michael Corleone too focused on revenge.
In addition, Sarris stated that Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, and James Caan were good in their respective roles. Desson Howe of called the film a 'jewel' and wrote that Coppola deserves most of the credit for the film. Writing for, felt that Coppola had created one of the 'most brutal and moving chronicles of American life' and went on to say that it 'transcends its immediate milieu and genre.' Director thought the film had the best cast ever and could be the best movie ever made.
Of The New Republic wrote negatively of the film in a contemporary review, claiming that Pacino 'rattles around in a part too demanding for him,' while also criticizing Brando's make-up and Rota's score. Previous mafia films had looked at the gangs from the perspective of an outraged outsider. In contrast, The Godfather presents the gangster's perspective of the Mafia as a response to corrupt society. Although the Corleone family is presented as immensely rich and powerful, no scenes depict prostitution, gambling, loan sharking or other forms of racketeering.
Some critics argue that the setting of a criminal counterculture allows for unapologetic gender stereotyping, and is an important part of the film's appeal ('You can act like a man!' , Don Vito tells a weepy Johnny Fontane). Remarking on the fortieth anniversary of the film's release, film critic praised The Godfather as 'arguably the great American work of popular art' and 'the summa of all great moviemaking before it'. Two years before, wrote in his journal that it 'comes closest to being a film everyone agrees. Is unquestionably great.' Accolades The Godfather was nominated for seven awards at the:, for, and for, and.
When the winners were announced on January 28, 1973, the film had won the categories for: Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor - Drama, Best Original Score, and Best Picture – Drama. The Godfather won a record five Golden Globes, which was not surpassed until 2017. Rota's score was also nominated for at the. Rota was announced the winner of the category on March 3 at the Grammys' ceremony in. When the nominations for the were revealed on February 12, 1973, The Godfather was nominated for eleven awards.
The nominations were for:, Marlon Brando for, and for, Pacino, Caan, and for, for, Coppola for, and. Upon further review of Rota's, the Academy found that Rota had used a similar score in 's 1958 comedy. This led to re-balloting, where members of the music branch chose from six films: The Godfather and the five films that had been on the shortlist for best original dramatic score but did not get nominated. 's score for Sleuth won this new vote, and thus replaced Rota's score on the official list of nominees. Going into the awards ceremony, The Godfather was seen as the favorite to take home the most awards.
From the nominations that The Godfather had remaining, it only won three of the Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture. Brando, who had also not attended the Golden Globes ceremony two months earlier, boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony and refused to accept the Oscar, becoming the second actor to refuse a Best Actor award after in. Brando sent American Indian Rights activist in his place, to announce at the awards podium Brando's reasons for declining the award which were based on his objection to the depiction of American Indians by Hollywood and television.
In addition, Pacino boycotted the ceremony. He was insulted at being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor award, noting that he had more screen time than his co-star and Best Actor winner Brando and thus he should have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
The Godfather had five nominations for awards at the. The nominees were: Pacino for, Rota for the, Duvall for, and Brando for, the film's costume designer Anna Hill Johnstone for.
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The Godfather An action game based on the novel by Mario Puzo and its movie adaptation by Francis Ford Coppola. You play as a thief, who makes his way into the world of the Corleone family.
By doing various tasks for them, he climbs up the mafia career ladder and earns growing respect from other criminals. The game is set in New York, at the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s. The non-linear character of the gameplay allows you to choose the order of missions to complete as you wish. Like the Grand Theft Auto series, The Godfather features an open world, and the game is full of spectacular pursuits and shootouts, as the Corleone family has many enemies, e.g. Tattagalia, Cuneo or Stracci.
The characters in the game are based on their movie counterparts, and are voiced by actors such as Marlon Brando, James Caan and Robert Duvall. The game features high-quality visuals and the music based on that from the movie. Time to end your career as a petty thief and engage in serious business. The most renowned Mafia family of the United States has just accepted you into its ranks and will let you take part in much more dangerous, but also more profitable jobs. If you prove yourself, you will soon advance in the criminal hierarchy and gain the respect you deserve. Play your cards right and who knows, maybe you can even become a Don?
The Godfather is an action game based on the famous novel by Mario Puzo and the 1972 movie, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. As the lowest-ranking solider of the Don Corleone family, you will be performing special tasks commissioned by your superiors and slowly make your way to the top. Shoot-outs, heists, pursuits – you may have seen it all in Grand Theft Auto and Mafia: The City of the Lost Heaven, but never before has the story been so elite in character.
The story takes place in New York at the turn of 40s and 50s of the 20th century. Thanks to the non-linear character of the gameplay, you will be able to perform a number of movie related missions, in any order. All main characters have their visual counterparts in the Coppola's movie. To better reflect the specific atmosphere of the production, the developers of The Godfather convinced many actors starring in the movie (Marlon Brando, James Caan, Rober Duvall, among others) to take part in the character voice over. The player can gain respect among his superiors in three ways: brutal methods, diplomacy, or a unique combination of the two. The decisions you make will have a significant impact on your attempt to take over New York. Moreover, it is necessary to remember that you have some contenders for the criminal throne of the city: the families Tattagalia, Cuneo, Sollozzo, Brazini, and Stracci.
The game offers modern 3D graphics and a movie inspired soundtrack. The script was written by Mark Winegarden, the author of Godfather Returns.