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The Godfather: A Novel for Television

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1977
  • 1h 49m
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9.5/10
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The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.

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    • Harry Dean Stanton
    • Abe Vigoda
    • Danny Aiello
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    • Stars
      • Harry Dean Stanton
      • Abe Vigoda
      • Danny Aiello
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Trivia
      Director Francis Ford Coppola agreed to re-edit The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) into one, in order to raise money for his beleaguered production Apocalypse Now (1979).
    • Alternate versions
      A 1981 video release was titled The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic (in Japan it was titled The Godfather 1901-1959: The Epic). This version reportedly contains less additional scenes but has all the R rated stuff that was taken out of the broadcast version reinstated. In 1992, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) was released. It features "The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic" and The Godfather Part III (1990) edited in chronological order with more additional scenes then the epic but still not all the deleted scenes from the broadcast version. (The complete Godfather Saga with all deleted scenes from the broadcast version included was never released on home video).
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      Edited from The Godfather (1972)

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    10/10

    The Best Version of the First Two Films

    This has been released on home video as "The Godfather Epic". It took the first 2 films and reditied them in chronological order. It also added over an hour worth of footage that was never seen theatrically.

    The resulting film was in chronological order. The Godfather Part II had cut back and forth between scenes in the early 1900s and contemporary scenes, and was therefore both a prequel and a sequel to The Godfather.

    This is my preferred version to watch because it thrown all the Robert Derio scenes in the first hour.

    This Epic version is a total of seven hours but it a great way to spend 2 two night watching television.

    Movies do not get better than this!!!
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    • Release date
      • November 12, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Mario Puzo's The Godfather: A Novel for Television
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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