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Rating:  - If there was ever an offer you couldn't refuse, it's this!
Francis Ford Coppola and Paramount Home Entertainment held a press conference and street fair in Brooklyn, and yours truly was there! The exciting news, of course, was announcing the release of THE GODFATHER DVD COLLECTION on October 9, 2001! If the preview of the set is any indication, then I must say this will be the crown jewel in any DVD collection! The three films will only be released together in this set. The Godfather and The Godfather Part III will each be on one disc, and The Godfather Part II will take two discs. The first of the good news? Francis Coppola has recorded full-lenth audio commentaries for all three films! But wait, there's a fifth disc that will blow your socks off! Check this out -- the bonus disc contains 3+ hours worth of special features, including: > "The Godfather Family: A Look Inside" documentary > "Francis Coppola's Notebook", an inside look at taking the book to screen! > "On Location" with production designer Dean Tavoularis! > "The Godfather Behind The Scenes" 1971 featurette! > "The Cinematography of The Godfather"! > "The Music of The Godfather" -- two featurettes! > "Coppola and Puzo on Screenwriting"! > Storyboards from GF2 and GF3! > "The Corleone Family Tree" character and cast bios! > Academy Award® acceptance speeches! > Photo galleries with captions! > Theatrical trailers! > Filmmaker bios! > Corleone Family timeline, with real-life events mixed in! > Never-seen alternate opening of GF3! > And "all" of the extra footage found in the televised Godfather Saga! The picture quality looked fantastic -- Coppola's American Zoetrope did a wonderful job restoring the films! From what I could tell, the sound quality was perfect, and the on-screen menus looked great. And the DVD packaging looks very nice. All three films are in widescreen format with English 5.1 surround sound, French mono, and English subtitles. Perhaps the only "bad" news I heard was that there were no plans at this point to release the chronological version on DVD. Francis said that the films were meant to be seen with the flashbacks, and I tend to agree. The biggest plus of having The Godfather Trilogy or Epic on tape, or watching The Godfather Saga on TV, was all the extra footage included. Well, the bonus disc in The Godfather DVD Collection contains "all" of the extra footage, and even something we've never seen anywhere before: an alternate opening for The Godfather Part III. Francis didn't give a firm "no" though; he cited technical reasons for not being able to include all the extra footage on DVD: the different scenes are in various levels of production ("they weren't mixed and scored"), making it difficult to add them seemlessly with today's technology. Maybe, but they seemed to be okay in the boxed sets and on TV to me. Do yourself a favor and order the biggest DVD release of all time!
Rating: - Here's the scoop ...
This is gonna be great!! I can't wait! Amazon doesn't tell you what you're getting, so here is the scoop as I know it ...The Godfather Trilogy is ONLY going to be released as a box set! (though I suspect that down the road you will be able to buy them individually) The trilogy will run across four discs, with GODFATHER II on two discs, and all are in anamorphic widescreen with running audio commentary from Francis Ford Coppola. The fifth disc will feature 3+ hours worth of bonus material, including Coppola's notebook on adapting the Mario Puzo novel for the screen * A Documentary on the Making of the Films (73 minutes)
* Additional Scenes
* Cast Rehearsals
* Filming Locations Featurette
* Storyboards
* Cinematography of The Godfather
* The Music of The Godfather
* The Corleone Family Tree
* The Godfather Historical Time Line
That's what I know so far!!! Good stuff huh? Well what are you waiting for? ORDER IT !!!
Rating: - Paramount Made An Offer I Could'nt Refuse!
In films of recent memory, none has such chewable dialogue as The Godfather. Everyone of my friends (including me) have quoted these films until we are blue in the face...And guess what? Were still breathing! This eagerly anticipated DVD Set delievers all the goods. This "Bonus" disc has absolutely everything you ever wondered about the series of movies. The deleted scenes were just as good as the movie, so that proves that Francis Ford Coppola is a pure genius. The DVD has deleted scenes from part one, two, and three. They have the theatrical trailers (which are absolutely dreadful in quality as well as the deleted scenes) which is kind of weird to watch seeing I was born in 1979. The timeline is also good, along with the interviews with Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan and Robert DeNiro. But they don't have one thing to play back for all Fredo (John Cazale) fans. The DVD transfers on the DVD are not of the best quality, but you got to keep in mind the first and second were made in the early 1970's. The DVD widescreen was the most annoying thing. I love the "2:35:1" widescreen, but this has the "1:85:1" which is basically a full screen version on DVD! This triology is about the rise, fall, rise, fall, ect. of the Corleone mob family. It has blistering performances from Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Robert DeNiro. The third is the one most disappointing, but hey for the 1st & 2nd plus the bonus disc you get, the deal evens out. Also another bad thing is that the 2nd film is on 2-discs just like Pearl Harbor. But who does'nt have time to change the disc to see The Godfather Part II? For all loyal fans, the rumors on the market is that Coppola is remaking the box set. Which might add a better transfer, a better widescreen, and maybe more Godfather goodies? Lets Hope. If you have'nt seen The Godfather Triology, then what are you waiting on? If you love mob movies like Casino, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco and Once Upon A Time In America, then you cant miss these.
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