Some people say this was better than the original. Some people say this was the best sequel ever made. Even though I am illiterate, I actually read this book when I was in Grade 9 (or maybe somebody read it to me, I can't remember, but that would make more sense.) This was Robert DeNiro's breakout performance...it's great to go back and watch all his stuff from the 70s and 80s, you know...back when he was cool and stomped people's guts out in every show and didn't resort to being in movies like Analyze This and Meet the Parents. The scenes in Cuba really drag, but the Vito Corleone flashback scenes more than make up for it.
Francis Ford Coppola took some of the deep background from the life of Mafia chief Vito Corleone and built around it a stunning sequel to his Oscar-winning, 1972 hit film. Robert De Niro plays Vito as a young Sicilian immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York City's Little Italy. Coppola weaves in and out of the story of Vito's transformation into a powerful crime figure, contrasting that evolution against efforts by son Michael Corleone to spread the family's business into pre-Castro Cuba.The Godfather Part II was nominated for eleven Oscars and won six, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Robert DeNiro).
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