What is The Godfather?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox movie | name = The Godfather | image = The Godfather.png | caption = The movie's logo | director = [[Francis Ford Coppola]] | producer = [[Albert S. Ruddy]]<br>[[Gray Frederickson]] (associate) | writer = [[Mario Puzo]] (also novel)<br>Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) | music = [[Carmine Coppola]]<br>[[Nino Rota]] | editing = [[William Reynolds]]<br>[[Peter Zinner]] | cinematography = [[Gordon Willis]] | starring = [[Marlon Brando]]<br>[[Al Pacino]]<br>[[James Caan]]<br>[[Richard Castellano]]<br>[[Robert Duvall]]<br>[[Sterling Hayden]]<br>[[John Marley]]<br>[[Richard Conte]]<br>[[Diane Keaton]] | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] | released = March 24, 1972 | runtime = 175 [[minute]]s | country = [[United States]] | language = English / Italian / Latin | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]6,000,000 | gross = $287 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godfather.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |title=The Godfather, Box Office Information |access-date=January 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128142949/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godfather.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=live |quote=Worldwide Gross: $245,066,411}}</ref> }} '''''The Godfather''''' is a 1972 [[United States|American]] [[Crime movie|crime]] [[movie]] directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]. It is based on [[Mario Puzo]]'s [[novel]] of the same name. [[Mario Puzo]] and Francis Ford Coppola wrote the [[screenplay]]. Its lead stars are [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Al Pacino]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Coppola|first=Francis Ford|title=The Godfather|date=1972-03-24|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/|type=Crime, Drama|publisher=Paramount Pictures, Albert S. Ruddy Productions, Alfran Productions|access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref> The movie is about the history of the Corleone crime family. It takes the story up to Michael Corleone