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The Godfather Screenplay
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162 pages, PDF
First published May 11, 1971
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Francis Ford Coppola
69 books74 followersFrancis Ford Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier. He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he studied theatre. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is most renowned for directing the highly-regarded Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.
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August 10, 2022
عندما شاهدت فيلم الاب الروحي فكرت ان اتوقف "
عن الاخراج فكيف لي ان اتفوق علي هذا الكمال الذي رأيته لقد حطم هذا الفيلم ثقتي في نفسي" ا
مقولة للمخرج ستيفين سبيلبيرج
من الافلام القليلة التي تنافس الرواية في الجودة بل تتخطاها احياناَ باخراج متفوق و رؤية تعقد بلاد؛
و اصبح العراب ١ و٢ منبع لالاف الافلام و المسلسلات عبر العالم بلا مبالغة؛ بكادرات و زوايا و مشاهد يتم تدريسها غي معاهد السينما؛ و تفاصيل تمت دراستها بعشق استثنائي من كل المشاركين ممن توحدوا مع ادوارهم و بالطبع علي راسهم براندو
الذي رفض الأوسكار الذي فاز به عن دوره كالاب الروحي ؛ في واقعة غير مسبوقة
سيظل من افضل َما تم تقديمه عن صعوبة طريق السلطة الوعر و الثمن الباهظ للحفاظ عليها؛ مع رؤية تعتبر حديثة وقتها لمفهوم العائلة الكبيرة و الصغيرة و ثمن خسارتها؛ المستحيل تخطيه
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عن الاخراج فكيف لي ان اتفوق علي هذا الكمال الذي رأيته لقد حطم هذا الفيلم ثقتي في نفسي" ا
مقولة للمخرج ستيفين سبيلبيرج
من الافلام القليلة التي تنافس الرواية في الجودة بل تتخطاها احياناَ باخراج متفوق و رؤية تعقد بلاد؛
و اصبح العراب ١ و٢ منبع لالاف الافلام و المسلسلات عبر العالم بلا مبالغة؛ بكادرات و زوايا و مشاهد يتم تدريسها غي معاهد السينما؛ و تفاصيل تمت دراستها بعشق استثنائي من كل المشاركين ممن توحدوا مع ادوارهم و بالطبع علي راسهم براندو
الذي رفض الأوسكار الذي فاز به عن دوره كالاب الروحي ؛ في واقعة غير مسبوقة
سيظل من افضل َما تم تقديمه عن صعوبة طريق السلطة الوعر و الثمن الباهظ للحفاظ عليها؛ مع رؤية تعتبر حديثة وقتها لمفهوم العائلة الكبيرة و الصغيرة و ثمن خسارتها؛ المستحيل تخطيه
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January 29, 2024
CONNIE
Michael! You lousy bastard you killed my husband! You waited until Papa died so nobody could stop you, and then you killed him. You blamed him for Sonny. You always did. Everybody did. But you never thought about me. You never gave a damn about me. Now what am I going to do?
KAY
Connie...
CONNIE
(to Kay, after Kay puts her arms around her)
Why do you think he kept Carlo at the mall? All the time he knew he was gonna kill'im.
(to Michael)
And you stood Godfather to our baby you lousy cold-hearted bastard. Want to know how many man he had killed with Carlo? Read the papers - read the papers! (after she picks up and slams down a newspaper)
That's your husband! That's your husband!
Connie goes toward Michael. Neri holda her back until Michael motions it's okay.
MICHAEL
(taking Connie'a arms as she cries)
Come on...
CONNIE
(struggling out of Michael':
arms)
No! No! No!
MICHAEL
(to Neri)
Get her upstairs. Get her a doctor.
Neri takes Connie out of the room.
MICHAEL
(to Kay)
She'a hysterical. Hysterical.
KAY
Michael, is it true?
MICHAEL
Don't ask me about my business, Kay.
KAY
Is it true?
MICHAEL
Don't ask me about my business!
(as he slams his hand on the desk)
Alright then. One time. (Michael points his finger) This one time I'll let you ask me about my affairs.
KAY
Is it true?
MICHAEL
(quietly, shaking his head)
No.
KAY
(after a sigh of relief and Michael kisses and hugs her)
I guess we both need a drink, huh?
Kay leaves the room to fix Michael a drink. At the same time Rocco, Clemenza, and Neri enter the office. Clemenza shakes Michael's hand. Kay turns her head to watch them. They embrace Michael, then kiss his hand.
CLEMENZA
(kissing Michael's hand)
Don Corleone..
Rocco kisses Michael's hand as Neri shuts the door blocking Kay's view.
FADE OUT
THE END
[The screenplay, novel and film speak for themselves. You can see the power of the work. I’ll only add that Puzo joined Coppola in the writing of the screenplay. He’d never put his hand to one before. This is how strong movie scripts look.]
Michael! You lousy bastard you killed my husband! You waited until Papa died so nobody could stop you, and then you killed him. You blamed him for Sonny. You always did. Everybody did. But you never thought about me. You never gave a damn about me. Now what am I going to do?
KAY
Connie...
CONNIE
(to Kay, after Kay puts her arms around her)
Why do you think he kept Carlo at the mall? All the time he knew he was gonna kill'im.
(to Michael)
And you stood Godfather to our baby you lousy cold-hearted bastard. Want to know how many man he had killed with Carlo? Read the papers - read the papers! (after she picks up and slams down a newspaper)
That's your husband! That's your husband!
Connie goes toward Michael. Neri holda her back until Michael motions it's okay.
MICHAEL
(taking Connie'a arms as she cries)
Come on...
CONNIE
(struggling out of Michael':
arms)
No! No! No!
MICHAEL
(to Neri)
Get her upstairs. Get her a doctor.
Neri takes Connie out of the room.
MICHAEL
(to Kay)
She'a hysterical. Hysterical.
KAY
Michael, is it true?
MICHAEL
Don't ask me about my business, Kay.
KAY
Is it true?
MICHAEL
Don't ask me about my business!
(as he slams his hand on the desk)
Alright then. One time. (Michael points his finger) This one time I'll let you ask me about my affairs.
KAY
Is it true?
MICHAEL
(quietly, shaking his head)
No.
KAY
(after a sigh of relief and Michael kisses and hugs her)
I guess we both need a drink, huh?
Kay leaves the room to fix Michael a drink. At the same time Rocco, Clemenza, and Neri enter the office. Clemenza shakes Michael's hand. Kay turns her head to watch them. They embrace Michael, then kiss his hand.
CLEMENZA
(kissing Michael's hand)
Don Corleone..
Rocco kisses Michael's hand as Neri shuts the door blocking Kay's view.
FADE OUT
THE END
[The screenplay, novel and film speak for themselves. You can see the power of the work. I’ll only add that Puzo joined Coppola in the writing of the screenplay. He’d never put his hand to one before. This is how strong movie scripts look.]
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February 8, 2021
"America has made my fortune. I raised my daughter in the American fashion; I gave her freedom, but
taught her never to dishonor her family... Then I said to my wife, for Justice, we must go to The Godfather."
What an opening–and what characters. Shocking moments of betrayal and bloodshed. I know that must of The Godfather's cult-classic iconic-ness must have been diminished without seeing its visuals, but I still felt the tension as Michael raced to the hospital and saw the entire hospital deserted. The turf wars is as classic a trope as any, and yet the conflicts are tinged with the family pride of the Corleones, which leads me to root for Michael despite his misplaced omerta becoming a ruthlessness. Even after reading the entire screenplay, I must say that my favorite pages were still the ones from the very first scene, as Bonasera pleads for Vito's help.
I don't know what it is about it. I think it leads with "America has made my fortune," which creates a happy set-up. But within the paragraph of dialogue, it shifts to an unhappy, pleading tone, antagonizing the country which was once such a boon for Bonasera–and by the third paragraph, we know that Don Corleone is justice himself, greater than the courtrooms, and perhaps more sinister. I'm amazed by this well-written introduction and how efficiently and artfully every main theme is introduced. The subsequent exchange in which Vito is so offended by the offer to pay him, and then the agreement for a future favor, is so elegant.
This is one of my favorite openings of any story I've ever read.
taught her never to dishonor her family... Then I said to my wife, for Justice, we must go to The Godfather."
What an opening–and what characters. Shocking moments of betrayal and bloodshed. I know that must of The Godfather's cult-classic iconic-ness must have been diminished without seeing its visuals, but I still felt the tension as Michael raced to the hospital and saw the entire hospital deserted. The turf wars is as classic a trope as any, and yet the conflicts are tinged with the family pride of the Corleones, which leads me to root for Michael despite his misplaced omerta becoming a ruthlessness. Even after reading the entire screenplay, I must say that my favorite pages were still the ones from the very first scene, as Bonasera pleads for Vito's help.
I don't know what it is about it. I think it leads with "America has made my fortune," which creates a happy set-up. But within the paragraph of dialogue, it shifts to an unhappy, pleading tone, antagonizing the country which was once such a boon for Bonasera–and by the third paragraph, we know that Don Corleone is justice himself, greater than the courtrooms, and perhaps more sinister. I'm amazed by this well-written introduction and how efficiently and artfully every main theme is introduced. The subsequent exchange in which Vito is so offended by the offer to pay him, and then the agreement for a future favor, is so elegant.
This is one of my favorite openings of any story I've ever read.
March 1, 2021
I think this would make a great movie ... someone should look into getting it produced ❤️
January 12, 2019
Is the best movie of all time
Read
September 26, 2019“Leave the gun, take the cannoli” is an improvised line
The OG script ends with Connie lighting candles in a church, the same thing Vito Corleone’s wife did when her husband died. This scene (among others, such as Fabrizio’s death) was cut.
The OG script ends with Connie lighting candles in a church, the same thing Vito Corleone’s wife did when her husband died. This scene (among others, such as Fabrizio’s death) was cut.
March 17, 2021
U dare review my screenplay.... on the day of my daughter’s wedding...
July 30, 2025
Arrepiei-me no final
August 14, 2021
as delicious as the godfather movie franchise itself. and extra scenes too
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