vhs THE GODFATHER 1972/1980 FIRST PRINT NO UPC GATEFOLD Double Cassette HTF RARE

Description: Private collection item of original Rare Hard to FIRST PRINTING 1980 in GATEFOLD STYLE from Paramount Home Video, COMPLETE & UNCUT in its original TWO PART TWO TAPE First Edition Release. A TRUE VIDEO COLLECTIBLE in very good condition. Hard to Find rare video collectible from earliest days of the home video entertainment industry. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY. 1972. Directed & co-Written by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, co-Written & Story by MARIO PUZO. - The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son. The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart. ELEVEN Academy Award Nominations including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Al Pacino) Best Supporting Actor (James Caan), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall), Best Musical Score. WON THREE OSCARs including BEST PICTURE, Best Actor (Marlon Brando) and Best Adapted Screenplay. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : Lenny Montana (Luca Brasi) was so nervous about working with Marlon Brando that in the first take of their scene together, he flubbed some lines. Director Francis Ford Coppola liked the genuine nervousness and used it in the final cut. The scenes of Luca practicing his speech were added later. Marlon Brando wanted to make Don Corleone "look like a bulldog," so he stuffed his cheeks with cotton wool for the audition. For the actual filming, he wore a mouthpiece made by a dentist. This appliance is on display in the American Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York. The cat held by Marlon Brando in the opening scene was a stray that Coppola found while on the lot at "Paramount Pictures," and was not originally called for in the script. So content was the cat that its purring muffled some of Brando's dialogue and, as a result, most of his lines had to be looped. James Caan improvised the part where he throws the FBI photographer's camera to the ground. The actor's frightened reaction is genuine. Caan also came up with the idea of throwing money at the man to make up for breaking his camera. As he put it, "Where I came from, you broke something, you replaced it or repaid the owner." Richard S. Castellano ad-libbed the line "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." CAST includes Marlon Brando, James Caan, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Abe Vigoda, Richard S Castellano, John Marley, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Gianni Russo, Morgana King, Lenny Montana, Al Martino, Rudy Bond, John Martino, Alex Rocco, Vito Scotti, Tony Giorgio, Richard Bright, Julie Gregg, Simonetta Stefanelli, Franco Citti, Saro Urzi, Frank Albanese, Carmine Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Tony King, Tony Lip, Joe Spinell. A library of 20,000 to 30,000 video items from 1978 forward, including multiples, is being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL inventory is OFFSITE from eBay listing center, so singular items may not be described individually, but in general to the collection. Some images may be representative. The quality of playback and visual presentation is GOOD to VERY GOOD to FINE. Some items may be Brand New Factory Sealed, while a few may slip through in a lesser quality. These items are inspected but individual items slip through occasionally, and we apologize for this inconsistency. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

Price: 555.96 USD

Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-13T18:46:34.000Z

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