Day 5: The Godfather (1972)

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It’s Day 5 on our Marlon Brando spotlight and we’re talking about one of the best, if not the best, film of all time, The Godfather!! It’s the story of an Italian-American crime family (led by Brando’s Don Vito Corleone) and a war that breaks out between them and the other “families” of New York. It’s about the American Dream, family, Hollywood, corruption, capitalism and so much more. Scene after scene is fantastic, with each one somehow topping the last. Here’s the opening one that sets up the story so perfectly: Currently, it sits at #2 on IMDB’s Top 250 list (with The Shawshank Redemption at #1) while its sequel …

CharlesDay 5: The Godfather (1972)