The Godfather II
1974 USA Color 200 minutes
Release date: December 12, 1974
The film was shot in: New York city, Long island, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Nevada, Italy, Sicily, California, Connecticut, Florida, Dominican republic
Oscars:
Best Picture:
Best Director -> Francis Ford Coppola:
Best Screenplay Adaptation -> Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo:
Best Supporting Actor -> Robert de Niro:
Best Original Music Score -> Carmine Coppola:
Best Art Direction/Set Decoration
The Godfather II was the first American film that did not have a special title for the sequell. Source / More (Book)
The Coppola family:
Father Carmine composed a part of the score
Sister Talia Shire played the daughter of the don
Daughter Sofia Coppola was the three year old daughter of Michael Corleone
Son Roman Coppola played the role of the young Sonny Corleone
Paramount wanted Brando to reappear as Vito Corleone´s younger self, but he wanted far to much money.
Al Pacino was paid only $40,000 for his role in The Godfather. He was offered twenty times that salary for part II
Lee Strasberg played Hyman Roth after a specific request from Al Pacino. He was unwilling at first, but agreed to do it after a meeting with Carmine Coppola.
Originally it was to be Clemenza who agrees to testify against the Corleones. However, Richard Castellano (who was the highest paid actor in The Godfather) wanted to write his own lines and wanted a large salary increase. Consequently he was replaced by Michael V. Gazzo).
Marlon Brando and Robert de Niro are the only two actors to date, to win an Academy award for playing the same character.
The flashback sequences with Young Vito were part of Mario Puzo’s original Godfather novel, but not used for the first film.
Both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
The town Corleone became famous for its Mafia, being the town in which some familiar clans had their basis and are named Clan dei Corleonesi. One of the known mafiosi is Toto Riina.
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August 17, 1943
Robert De Niro was born and grew up in New York City (USA). He was trained for the stage by Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. In the sixties De Niro appeared in several low-budget Brian de Palma movies but first gained fame for his role in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973).
His incisive performance as a simple minded hood in Scorsese's Mean streets started an ongoing working relationship between the actor and the director. De Niro’s breakthrough role was that of the young Vito Corleone in the flashback sequences of The Godfather II (1974). In 1980, De Niro gained 50 pounds to play boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese's Raging Bull.
For the next 10 years, he branched out into a number of different types of films. Robert made his directional debut in 1993 with A Bronx Tale. In 2006 he directed the historic epic The Good Shepherd starring Matt Damon. De Niro will work again with Michael Mann. Mann is likely to direct Robert in Frankie Machine, a new mob flick that Martin Scorsese was to direct before dropping out.
1992 Nominated Leading Role for: Cape Fear (1991)
1991 Nominated Leading Role for: Awakenings (1990)
1981 Won Oscar Leading Role for: Raging Bull (1980)
1979 Nominated Leading Role for: The Deer Hunter (1978)
1977 Nominated Leading Role for: Taxi Driver (1976)
1975 Won Oscar Supporting Role for: The Godfather: Part II (1974)
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