Godfather Part III, A Must Watch

Added: 11/09/2007

After a long waiting of 15 years The Godfather part III was on the cinema directed by Francis Ford Coppola a dazzling and capable director who has many god movies directed, produced and written by him. The movie was as luminous as his directing keeping the pace from The Godfather I and Godfather II. The movie was the besting its time and still is a great classic to watch.

Francis Ford Coppola born April 7, 1939 is a five time Academy Award winner. The awards he won included the Best American film director, screenwriter and producer. Coppola is also a vintner, hotelier and magazine publisher. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He has pretty great movies directed, produced and written in his career some of them that are highly regarded are Godfather part III, The Conversation, and Lost in Translation. Some of the films directed by Francis are The Godfather Part III, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now. Films that he produced which are remarkable are The Good Shepherd, Lost in Translation , Marie Antoinette, The Godfather Part II , Haunted and The Secret Garden .

After a break of more than 15 years, director Francis Ford Coppola and writer Mario Puzo returns to write the third and the final part of The Godfather part III. It is basically about a fictional Corleone crime family. Two decades have passed, and crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now divorced from his wife Kay (Diane Keaton), has nearly succeeded in keeping his promise that his family would one day be utterly lawful. A humanitarian devoted to public service, Michael is in the news as the recipient of a special award from the Pope for his good works, a notorious move given his checkered past. Determined to buy redemption, Michael and his lawyer B.J. played by George Hamilton are working on a complicated but legal deal to bail the Vatican out of looming financial troubles that will ultimately reap billions and put Michael on the world stage as a major financial player. However, trouble looms in several forms: The press is hostile to his intentions. Michael is in failing health and suffers a mild diabetic stroke. Stylish mob underling Joey Zaza played by Joe Mantegna is muscling into the Corleone turf. The Commission of Mafia family units, represented by patriarch Eli Wallach as Altobello doesn't want to let Corleone out of the Mafia as he is their cash cow, though he has made a generous financial offer in exchange for his release from la cosa nostra. Then there's Vincent Mancini played by Andy Garcia, the illegitimate and equally volatile son of Michael's long-dead brother Sonny. Vincent badly wants in to the family (both literally and figuratively), and at the urging of Talia Shire as his sister Connie, Michael welcomes the young man and allows him to take up the Corleone name. However, a flirtatious attraction between Vincent and his cousin, Michael's naпve daughter Mary (Sofia Coppola) develops, which eventually turns into a serious relationship threatening the future plans of the godfather.

Regardless of the few blunders, The Godfather Part III packs enough of a punch to deserve a place alongside its precursors. The Godfather part III just does not come to a solution but it keeps a pace and remains realistic to the parts made earlier. With this chapter included the Godfather movies correspond to one of the most solid, emotionally-rich tales ever dedicated to film.

The names of some of the similar movies to the Godfather are listed below:
The Sopranos [TV Series] (1999)
Carlito's Way (1993, Brian De Palma)
The Freshman (1990, Andrew Bergman)
The Cotton Club (1984, Francis Ford Coppola)
Bugsy (1991, Barry Levinson)
The Last Don II (1998, Graeme Clifford)

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