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The Godfather Saga is a 1977 American television miniseries that combines The Godfather and The Godfather Part II into one film. It originally aired on NBC over four consecutive nights (one three-hour segment and three two-hour segments) in November 1977. The Godfather Saga is also known as The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television, The Godfather: A Novel for Television, The Godfather Novella, The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic, and The Godfather Epic (on HBO). The television version was the basis for a shorter, 1981 video release known as The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic. Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, a third unified version was released to video in 1992 entitled The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980.

The Godfather Saga
Written byMario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola
Directed byFrancis Ford Coppola
StarringMarlon Brando
Al Pacino
Robert Duvall
James Caan
Diane Keaton
Robert De Niro
Sterling Hayden
John Cazale
Talia Shire
Lee Strasberg
Music byNino Rota
Carmine Coppola
Original languageEnglish
Sicillian
Production
ProducersAlbert S. Ruddy
Francis Ford Coppola
CinematographyGordon Willis
EditorBarry Malkin
Running time434 minutes
Production companiesParamount Television
American Zoetrope
DistributorTrifecta Entertainment and Media
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseNovember 12 (1977-11-12) 
November 15, 1977 (1977-11-15)

Film structure


Francis Ford Coppola asked his editor Barry Malkin to make a seven-hour version for television; Coppola reportedly did this project to raise money for Apocalypse Now, which was severely over-budget at the time.[1] The resulting film was in chronological order. The Godfather Part II had cut back and forth between scenes in the early 1900s and the late 1950s, and was therefore both a prequel and a sequel to The Godfather.[2] Malkin also toned down the violence, sex, and language for a television audience.[3]

The television film incorporated additional footage not included in the original films, including Don Fanucci being attacked by street thugs, Vito Corleone's first encounter with Hyman Roth, Vito killing two of the mafiosi who worked for Don Ciccio and were instrumental in his family's death, Michael Corleone's reunion with his father after his return from Sicily, Sonny Corleone's taking charge of the family after his father is severely wounded, and Michael's vengeance upon Fabrizio for killing Apollonia. The previously deleted scenes totaled almost 75 minutes.[3]

Hal Erickson summarized the results as follows, "While this rearrangement was reasonably coherent, the rhythm and pacing of the original theatrical versions of the two films was severely damaged. The inclusion of scenes previously removed from the theatrical prints also stretched out what was already an overlong project. Even allowing for the achievement of pulling off this gargantuan editing assignment, The Godfather Saga is a lumpy affair which seems to stop and start at irregular intervals and never truly picks up momentum."[1]


Nielsen ratings


According to the entry in Les Brown's Encyclopedia of Television, the Nielsen ratings for the special were supposedly not as high as expected, possibly because both films had already aired (albeit separately) on NBC in previous years.


Re-release


On March 3, 2012, the American cable television channel AMC marked the 40th anniversary of the original theatrical release of The Godfather by re-broadcasting The Godfather Saga. It marked the first time the Saga was broadcast in high definition.[4] This showing also reinstated the violence that had previously been removed for its original broadcast.


The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic


The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of The Godfather Saga (434 minutes) that was released to video in 1981.[5][6] Unlike the Saga, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. Lucia Bozzola wrote of this version, "With the freedom of home video, The Complete Epic reinstated the violence that had been edited for television; free of commercial breaks, the narrative drive of Part I was mostly restored, but the impact of Part II was still muted by the separation of Vito's rise from Michael's descent."[7] In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms.[8] The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes. This version carries the title Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901-1959. It was available to watch through Amazon under the title The Godfather Epic, but is currently unavailable to purchase.[9] To date, this version has never been released to DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K UHD disc.


The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980


The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980
Directed byFrancis Ford Coppola
Written byMario Puzo
Francis Ford Coppola
Produced byAlbert S. Ruddy
Francis Ford Coppola
StarringMarlon Brando
Al Pacino
Robert Duvall
James Caan
Diane Keaton
Robert De Niro
John Cazale
Talia Shire
CinematographyGordon Willis
Edited byBarry Malkin
Walter Murch
Music byNino Rota
Carmine Coppola
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
583 minutes
LanguagesEnglish
Sicillian

Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological order to make the film The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980. As had the earlier compilations, this film incorporated scenes that are not part of the theatrical releases.[10] It was released on VHS and laserdisc in 1992; it has not been released on DVD, and is now rare.[10] The total run time for this version is 583 minutes (9 hours, 43 minutes). There were reviews of this version of the film that were favorable.[11][12] A Time review reads, "This trilogy has a novelistic density, a rueful, unhurried lyricism and a depth that, singly, the films could not achieve. Altogether glorious."[12]


Additional scenes


Several additional scenes not shown in theaters were added to the Saga, Epic, and Trilogy.[13]


The Godfather additional scenes



The Godfather Part II additional scenes


The following scenes are listed chronologically.


The Godfather Part III additional scenes



References


  1. Erickson, Hal. "The Godfather Saga: Critics' Reviews". AllMovie Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  2. Phillips, Gene D. (2004). Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-0-8131-2304-2. Coppola points out in his DVD commentary on Godfather II that when the film was edited for TV in straight chronology, according to his specific instructions, the story of the young Vito and the story of Michael were not as compelling alone as when they were intercut in the original movie. ... It is the juxtaposition of scenes like these that caused Coppola to decide to 'keep the parallel structure in Godfather II ever since, even now when the three films make one saga. '
  3. Cowie, Peter (1994). Coppola: A Biography. Da Capo Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-306-80598-1.
  4. "An Offer You Shouldn't Refuse - The Godfather Saga in HD on AMC". AMC Blog. AMCtv.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  5. Maltin, Leonard, ed. (October 2003). Leonard Maltin's 2004 Movie & Video Guide. p. 538. ISBN 9780451209405. Reports a runtime of 386 minutes.
  6. Malta, J. Geoff (2006). "The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic". Copies of the credits and other materials that accompanied the video release.
  7. Bozzola, Lucia. "The Godfather 1902–1959: The Complete Epic: Critics' Reviews". All Movie Guide. msn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  8. DiClaudio, Dennis (22 January 2016). "A special 7-hour chronological cut of The Godfather is now on HBO Go". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  9. "Amazon.com: Watch The Godfather Epic". Amazon. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. Malta, J. Geoff (2006). "The Godfather Trilogy: 1901–1980". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. This webpage reproduces material originally distributed with the "home video" release.
  11. Burr, Ty (October 30, 1992). "Video Review: The Godfather Trilogy 1901–1980 (1992)". Entertainment Weekly.
  12. "Short Takes". Time. March 1, 1993. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010.
  13. "The Godfather Trilogy". thegodfathertrilogy.com.



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- [en] The Godfather Saga

[ru] Крёстный отец. Трилогия. 1901—1980

«Крёстный оте́ц. Трило́гия. 1901—1980» (англ. The Godfather, Trilogy, 1901-1980) — выпущенный в 1992 году на видео фильм-спецпроект Фрэнсиса Форда Копполы, представляющий собой все три серии саги «Крестный отец», перемонтированные в хронологическом относительно действия фильма порядке с добавлением удаленных сцен.



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