The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with a running time of 3h 22m. It stars Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton.
Two lives run in parallel. In 1950s Nevada, Michael Corleone tightens his grip on the family empire, pushing into Las Vegas and Havana while the people closest to him drift out of reach. Decades earlier, a young Vito Corleone flees Sicily for the tenements of New York and builds the power his son inherits. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo set the rise of the father against the cost paid by the son. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall anchor a grave study of loyalty, ambition, and everything a man loses to keep control.
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What is The Godfather Part II about?
Two lives run in parallel. In 1950s Nevada, Michael Corleone tightens his grip on the family empire, pushing into Las Vegas and Havana while the people closest to him drift out of reach. Decades earlier, a young Vito Corleone flees Sicily for the tenements of New York and builds the power his son inherits. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo set the rise of the father against the cost paid by the son. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall anchor a grave study of loyalty, ambition, and everything a man loses to keep control.
When was The Godfather Part II released?
The Godfather Part II was released on 20 December 1974.
How long is The Godfather Part II?
The Godfather Part II runs 3h 22m.
Who made The Godfather Part II?
The Godfather Part II was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Where can I watch The Godfather Part II?
The Godfather Part II is available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, fuboTV, Amazon and AppleTV.
Where to watch The Godfather Part II
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Cast
- Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone
- Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen
- Diane Keaton as Kay Corleone
- Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone
- John Cazale as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
- Talia Shire as Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone
- Lee Strasberg as Hyman Roth
- Michael V. Gazzo as Frank Pentangeli
- G.D. Spradlin as Senator Pat Geary
- Richard Bright as Al Neri
- Gastone Moschin as Don Fanucci
- Tom Rosqui as Rocco Lampone
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A few thoughts on The Godfather Part II
The source is right here: Mario Puzo's The Godfather novel gives the family its blood and mythology. For an interactive crime epic with the same weight of loyalty and consequence, Red Dead Redemption 2 follows an outlaw gang unraveling from the inside. On screen, The Sopranos carries the Corleone shadow into suburban New Jersey.
Crime dynasties passed from one generation to the next
The Godfather Part II tracks power passing from Vito to Michael across two eras of one family. The Sopranos and The Many Saints of Newark carry that same generational mob inheritance to New Jersey, the original novel fills in the family's backstory, and Once Upon a Time in America follows immigrant criminals aging into empire too. Red Dead Redemption 2 does it with an outlaw gang instead.
Mob movies based on real organized-crime figures and events
The Godfather Part II builds its fiction close to real Mafia history, and this pool leans into the true stories behind it. The Alto Knights and The Valachi Papers dramatize actual figures like Vito Genovese and the informant who broke omerta. American Gangster and Casino do the same for Harlem heroin and Vegas skimming, and Goodfellas turns Henry Hill's real testimony into a rise-and-fall arc.
Gangster stories about loyalty bending until it breaks
Michael Corleone pays a steep personal price for control in The Godfather Part II, and these films dig into that same trade. Carlito's Way and State of Grace watch men who want out get pulled back by old loyalties, A Bronx Tale weighs a father's decency against a mob boss's pull on a son, and Q & A and The Funeral trace how far loyalty bends before it breaks.