It was released fifty years ago one of the most popular and classic movies of all time: “The Godfather”, Also known as “The Godfather”.
On the occasion of this celebration, Paramount Pictures has announced that Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 will have a limited theatrical release starting next 25 February.
Considered one of the most influential of the genre of gangster cinema, there are many people who did not have the opportunity to see it on the big screen of the cinema. That is why the production company Paramount and Coppola’s production company, American Zoetrope, have carried out a meticulous restoration of the three films over three years.
“I am very proud of ‘The Godfather’, which certainly defines the first third of my creative life,” Coppola said in a statement.
“With this tribute to 50 anniversary, I am especially pleased that the Coda of ‘The Godfather’ by Mario Puzo: The Passing of Michael Corleone’, has been included, as it captures the original vision Mario and I had for the ultimate conclusion to our epic trilogy,” he added.
The masterful film adaptation made by the American director on the novel by Mario Puzo
tells the chronicle of the rise and fall of the Corleone family, and the trilogy of films has earned, in its own right, the consideration of being one of the best in the history of the cinema.
“It has been a privilege to restore these films, in a task that filled us with admiration every day we dedicated to the process”, said Andrea Kalas, senior vice president of Paramount Archives.
“We have seen first-hand how brilliant photography, the score, the production design, the costume design, the editing, the performances and, of course, the writing of the script and the direction became much more than the sum of its parts,” he said.
The statement details that, for the realization of the new master, more than 214 boxes of film reels, to find the best resolve ution possible for each frame of each movie.
More than 4 were dedicated,000 hours to repair various anomalies, such as stains and tears, and more than 1, hours for a color correction to match, all supervised by Coppola and director of photography Gordon Willis.
