Great Origin Stories from Movies & TV7 of 12
Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 masterpiece The Godfather centered on the magisterial mafia kingpin Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), an aging patriarch looking for the right son upon whom to rest the mantle of his dynasty -- but how did Corleone become the powerful man he was?
In what's arguably one of the best sequels ever made, Coppola dove into both the present time of the Corleone family and its past, contrasting the machinations of new mafia head Michael (Al Pacino) with the origins of Don Vito, born in Sicily and then an immigrant to America, where he established himself as one of the most powerful mafia men in 1920s New York. A young Robert De Niro portrayed the young Don Vito, and won an Oscar for his Italian-language performance; Brando and De Niro became the only two actors to ever win separate Oscars for playing the same character.
In what's arguably one of the best sequels ever made, Coppola dove into both the present time of the Corleone family and its past, contrasting the machinations of new mafia head Michael (Al Pacino) with the origins of Don Vito, born in Sicily and then an immigrant to America, where he established himself as one of the most powerful mafia men in 1920s New York. A young Robert De Niro portrayed the young Don Vito, and won an Oscar for his Italian-language performance; Brando and De Niro became the only two actors to ever win separate Oscars for playing the same character.