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The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset (The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III) [Blu-ray]
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| Part No: | B000NTPDSW |
| Manufacturer: | Paramount Home Entertainment |
| MFG Part: | 097361386447 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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The complete saga of the Corleone family, from Don Vito Corleone's childhood in Sicily to his son Michael's rise to power, and the organization's even
On the DVD People used to say this was Frank Sinatra's world, and the rest of us just lived in it. After watching the multiple special features in the box set
The Godfather - Coppola Restoration, one might conclude it's actually time for a cultural and historical revision: This is the Corleone family's world. The rest of us better tread lightly. Actually, the point of the half-dozen or so features crammed onto a disc accompanying the beautifully restored
The Godfather, The Godfather II and
The Godfather III, is that
The Godfather movies have penetrated popular culture in such a deep and meaningful way that they are second-nature to everything. David Chase, creator of and writer on
The Sopranos, for example, describes in the featurette "Godfather World" that his hit HBO series was intended to be the story of the first generation of mobsters actually influenced by Francis Ford Coppola's hit trilogy. Joe Mantegna calls the three films "the Italian
Star Wars." (Mantegna co-stars in
The Godfather III.) Alec Baldwin says no matter what one is doing, one is compelled to stop and watch the films if they're on television. Richard Belzer calls the films "a religion." And so on. A number of people similarly testify in "Godfather World" to the importance and ubiquitousness of
The Godfather and its sequels in American life. There's no point in arguing, so its best to move on to the other featurettes, including "The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't," reviewing in detail much of what has been said about Paramount's mistreatment of Coppola, about casting fights (Steve McQueen as Michael?), about the studio's assumption they were getting a quick-and-dirty B-movie, and about producer Robert Evans' determination to keep his choice of director and unlikely actors under his wing. Fresh information within the special features, however, begins with "… When the Shooting Stopped," a fine study of post-production on
The Godfather, with several surprising and fascinating facts. Among emerging details is an explanation of why Michael Corleone's scream toward the end of The Godfather III is silenced out. (Hint: it was meant to be the inverse of a sound effect in the first movie.) "Emulsional Rescue: Revealing
The Godfather" talks about the painstaking work of restoring the first two films, beginning with a phone call from Coppola to Steven Spielberg (after the latter's DreamWorks studio became part of the Viacom family) asking if he'd request money from Paramount for restoration work. "
The Godfather On the Red Carpet is a negligible series of fawning statements about the movie from hot young actors, while "Four Short Films" are brief and enjoyable takes on different aspects of
The Godfather's impact on modern living.
--Tom Keogh Stills from The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset (Click for larger image)
| Wish it were in 2.35 | 2010-08-23 | 4 / 5 |
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| I could not wait to replace my dvd set with the bluray version. The listing by said it was in 2.35 aspect ratio. Great, I ordered it. And it was not. I complained and they sent me another copy. Of course the same. It release is in 16:9. I am keeping it, it is good, but sure would have wished it was in the cinemascope version |
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This was a great collection on Blu-Ray and was worth every penny! My review is just to say that the Blu-Ray restoration played very well and was significantly clearer than the original DVD presentation (which I own). It plays very nicely on a 52" HDTV and even better on smaller HDTV screens. If you love these three films you can buy this restoration version with no reservations about the picture quality.
The box set contains numerous interesting specials on the making of the Godfather series as well as footage which had to be removed to reduce the playing time. All this footage is now available with this collection with a description of why each scene was shot, why it was removed and what its place was in the story line. This footage is not in high definition but still very interesting. Many other interesting special features included. |
| Content and Image | 2010-08-06 | 4 / 5 |
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The films are just awesome, as all of you might know. There is not a doubt about it.
As it was filmed in the 70s, obviously it's upscaled. Not a bad upscaling job, actually it was done very nicely.
A must buy for every Coppola fan. |
| A great gift | 2010-07-29 | 5 / 5 |
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| I purchased this as a birthday present for a friend. He loves the Godfather, so how could he not love this: all three movies, plus all of the extras and it's in blu-ray format. The response: A kiss on each cheek and a giant thumbs up. |
| Not worth the Blu-Ray | 2010-07-14 | 3 / 5 |
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| Dont get me wrong. I love the godfather! I owned all 3 on VHS and DVD. When I went from VHS to DVD, there was a HUGE difference in picture and sound quality. I loved it! So I decided, well since I got the blu-ray, let me get the blu-ray version of one of my all time favorite trilogies! Heck it is the The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration set, so the picture has to be UNREAL. Popped it in and the title menu was pretty grainey. So that was disappointing but I figure, just the title, no big deal. So I site back, get ready to experience my godfather flick in Blu-Ray, hit play and......WOW! STILL GRAINEY!! So really I was not sure why I just got rid of the DVD version to get the Blu-ray version!? But it is still the Godfather, I love the flick and can never get enough. If you have the DVD version, dont waist your money to get the blu-ray. There is not much of a change in picture quality. |
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