Remastered and restored in 4K UHD with HDR-10 and Dolby Vision, this collection includes Best Picture Oscar®* winners for Best Picture The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, alongside the acclaimed conclusion Mario Puzo's The Godfather Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone. Bonus discs include both the Theatrical and 1991 cuts of The Godfather Part III, as well as a special features Blu-ray featuring all-new content. landscape, featuring more suitable balance and brilliance than found in previous releases. Whites are gorgeous. There are some exemplary shots and

that character. Just like the original, it was a huge success winning multiple awards and accolades and has the distinction of being both an origin and conclusion story – if only it had stayed that way.The only thing on the UHD itself is a new intro from Francis Ford Coppola and his commentary. Additional bonuses reside on a separate disc inside this trilogy box set. The third installment in the trilogy opens with the Corleone family in decline. Their lavish Reno estate has been abandoned, and Michael is trying to legitimize his family by connecting its finances to the Vatican. Meanwhile, Sonny’s illegitimate son, Vincent, wants to continue a life of crime, much to Michael’s consternation. And, yes, there’s a bit of comparing and contrasting going on between the mob and the Catholic Church.

Capturing the Corleones: Through the Lens of Photographer Steve Schapiro—In this reflective and frank discussion, special photographer Steve Schapiro shares his unique perspective and cherished memories as a witness to the making of this seminal film. Commentary on curated archival images makes for a fascinating, never-before-seen addition to the production’s history. Audio Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola (on The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III – 1991 Cut) An amazing array of talent once again reteamed to bring this film together. Not only do we have Oscar-worthy turns from Pacino, Keaton, and Duvall, we also see the arrival of Robert De Niro in an Oscar-winning turn as the young Vito Corleone. However, as great as everyone is in this film, it’s John Cazale who always stands out for me. The Godfatherfranchise is often cited as the rise and fall of Michael Corleone - but an equally important and perhaps more tragic character is Cazale’s Fredo. Maybe it’s also because Cazale only made five films in his sadly short life, but this round as Fredo guts me. The middle child, he represents inept potential. He never gets to shine. He failed to protect his father. He failed at casinos. He’s too meek to be Sonny and he’s not clever enough to be Michael. He desperately wants to leave his mark within the family but he’s always the one that needed to be taken care of. We never got to see Fredo achieve anything resembling greatness and we never got to fully appreciate Cazale’s full breadth of talent. With five incredible performances (in five Best Picture nominated films) - I feel this is Cazale’s best role and deserved far more recognition than it got. Together, the films tell the epic story of the Corleone family, one of five that control organized crime in America in the mid-1940s. The Godfather opens with patriarch Vito (Marlon Brando) at the height of his power, celebrating the wedding of his daughter Connie (Talia Shire) and the return of his youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) home from fighting in World War II. Vito’s eldest, Sonny (James Caan), is poised to step into his father’s shoes with the help of Vito’s adopted son and consigliere, Tom (Robert Duvall). The idealistic Michael has just met the girl (Diane Keaton) he plans to marry, and has ambitious plans for a legitimate career in business or politics. Meanwhile, Fredo (John Cazale) is also there, quietly undervalued by all of them. But when Vito denies rival families involved in the narcotics trade the protection of his paid-for political connections (because he believes drugs are dishonorable), they try to assassinate him, and Michael is drawn ever more deeply into a life his father had hoped he’d escape.

Vito’s trusted consigliere, Tom Hagen, is the unofficial son: a brilliant, atypically self-effacing performance from Robert Duvall. It is quiet Tom who is to supervise, off-camera, the film’s most diabolical act of violence: kidnapping the racehorse (Godfather superfans will know the horse’s name) belonging to a Hollywood producer who has to be intimidated into giving a role to the Don’s Sinatra-esque godson Johnny Fontane (Al Martino), drugging it, cutting off its head and placing it in the sleeping man’s bed. Eerily, this producer (played by Cassavetes veteran John Marley) had the night before given an impassioned speech denouncing Fontane’s ruination of an innocent actress, a weird echo of the undertaker’s speech to the don about his daughter. thousands of hours" of careful, scrutinizing work that has today resulted in this glorious UHD which is "the most pristine presentation" of the

The Filmmakers: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Gordon Willis, Dean Tavoularis, Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola brute force to get their way. Don Vito's refusal to enter into the drug business, against the better Restoration Comparisons (1080p): Revealing the stark differences between the 2007 and 2022 restorations. Restoration Comparisons – If viewing the films wasn’t revolutionary enough, here you can see the clear differences and the work done; titled The Godfather: Scan Element Comparisons, and The Godfather II: Scan Element Comparisons, 5 minutes each.Now with Coppola’s new preferred cut Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part IIIdoes gain some semblance of redemption and actually fits a little better within the greater story established by the first two films. For starters, the editing is far less clunky. Before this review, I’d only ever seen the 1991 Director’s Cut and I always felt like the edits were uncomfortably abrupt as each scene just smashed into the next. The rearrangement of specific scenes at the outset and some of the later segments in Sicily feels more organic and natural and actually has a richer dramatic flow. A little tighter editing around some of the more stilted line reads feels more even-handed and actually helps the weaker performances in the film. There are no digital issues and the original source is pristine, maintaining the well resolved grain structure that simply makes the film – a stunning transfer. Death Wish (2018 – via MGM) ( US/UK) – BD/DVD on 6/5/18, but no US physical 4K UHD release is currently planned – N4K Capturing the Corleone’s: Through the Lens of Photographer Steve Schapiro – A 13 minute piece with the photographer as he discusses his take on the films, their themes and legacy. The Godfather Part II – Audio: English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, English Restored 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital, Latin Spanish, French, and Japanese 5.1 Dolby Digital, and French and Japanese 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital, Subtitles: English, English for the Hearing Impaired, Danish, Latin Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, and Swedish

The Godfather CODA: The Death of Michael Corleaone: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround,Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazilian, Russian, Spanish - Castilian, Spanish - Latin American Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround,Polish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo L/R Restoration Comparisons (10.5 minutes): Some of this is shown in the Full Circle extra, but here we have uninterrupted examples of various restored scenes from the first two films, with the 2007 version compared against the new one. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) ( US via MPI/ UK) – 4/24/23 (US date 3/28 via MPI) – N4K, DV, DA Over 1,000 hours were spent on rigorous color correction to ensure the high dynamic range tools were respectful of the original vision of Swamp Thing* (1982) (includes International & PG Theatrical Versions) ( US/UK) – 7/25/23 – REVIEWinclude The Godfather, Part II, The Godfather, Part III (interestingly included as one of the two bonus discs), Dune (1984) (Steelbook) ( Germany) – 10/14/21 (delayed from 8/26 – licensed from Universal) – N4K, DV per se but rather returned to full, original glory for home viewing in a presentation that is certainly befitting of one of cinema's most valued and The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. These sets include the standard and deluxe presentations.