Godfather Saga

The Godfather (1972) tells the story of the end of Don Vito Corleone's reign as head of the family in the late 1940s. The Godfather, Part II (1974) continues this story with his son Michael's transfer of the family business to Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas in the 1950s, and is intercut with the early years of Don Vito, from his childhood in Sicily to his rise to power in New York City. The Godfather, Part III (1990) presents the aging Michael and his struggle to legitimize the family's business while powerful forces, including his nephew Vincent Mancini, try to pull him back into crime. Throughout the three films there is a progressive geographic movement as the family moves farther and farther away from the roots of the activities that, initially, provided them with some measure of justification. As they move from Sicily to Manhattan to Long Island to Lake Tahoe they get farth

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derlines the difference between a practical pursuit of the protection of the family and its interests by any means (Don Vito), a completely amoral, practical, and businesslike approach to this problem (Tom Hagen), and a lack of understanding of either element coupled with a devotion to both ideas on the part of Sonny, who is played by Caan as a combination of childish brutality and temper that are too strong a match for his basic intelligence and ability. But the conflicts are resolved by the fact that Michael finds himself in a position where his wounded, hospitalized father is reduced to the helplessness of a baby. The absolute necessity of protecting his father draws Michael into the family business. As he leads the planning for the murder of the Sicilian drug promoter Pacino begins to adopt the characteristic posture, sitting erect with his hands on the arms of an armchair, that comes to characterize Michael whenever he is in his role of commander of his forces. Michael is drawn into the business as a direct result of the need to protect the family and this need is then manipulated by the family's enemies when Sonny is tricked into responding recklessly and furiously to the planned beating of his sister Connie by her husb
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)

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