Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

1990 • 157 minutes

About this movie

Director/screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola brings his definitive edit and restoration of the final film in his epic Godfather trilogy—Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now in his 60s, seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire. That successor could be fiery Vincent (Andy Garcia)... but he may also be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence. The film’s meticulously restored picture and sound, under the supervision of American Zoetrope and Paramount Pictures, includes a new beginning and ending, as well as changes to scenes, shots, and music cues. The resulting project reflects author Mario Puzo and Coppola’s original intentions of The Godfather: Part III, and delivers, in the words of Coppola, “a more appropriate conclusion to The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II.”

Ratings and reviews

I haven't watched the original release in years but i think this cut makes more sense than the first release did. everything about this film is weird. it's like a separate film from a separate universe where it just so happens that some people have the same name. i still liked it though.

I rented this but I can't watch it on YouTube because its not in my library