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'''''The Godfather''''' is a critically acclaimed [[United States|American]] feature film from 1972. The film follows the Corleone crime family, a fictional Italian-American criminal organization in the style of a [[mafia]].  It was directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and based on the book of the same name by [[Mario Puzo]]. It won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture, and is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time. The [[American Film Institute]] ranks ''The Godfather'' as the second-best movie of the last century, after ''[[Citizen Kane]]''.
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'''''The Godfather''''' is novel by [[Mario Puzo]] written in 1969. In 1972 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] directed a movie based on the novel.
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The film follows the Corleone crime family, a fictional Italian-American criminal organization in the style of a [[mafia]].  It was directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and based on the book of the same name by [[Mario Puzo]]. It won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture, and is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time. The [[American Film Institute]] ranks ''The Godfather'' as the second-best movie of the last century, after ''[[Citizen Kane]]''.
    
The film was followed by two sequels, ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974) (which also won Best Picture) and ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990) (which was nominated for Best Picture).
 
The film was followed by two sequels, ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974) (which also won Best Picture) and ''[[The Godfather Part III]]'' (1990) (which was nominated for Best Picture).
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