Saturday, January 11, 11:00 a.m. | Committed Settle In audiences asked us: when will we do a trilogy? It felt fitting—nay, perfect!—that for our third year we welcome a trio into the endurance club, and what a set it is. Francis Ford Coppola’s epic trilogy is, yes, about the mob, but of course we all know Coppola and novelist and screenwriter Mario Puzzo are far more interested in the loyalties and betrayals of family than in the intricacies of organized crime. In THE GODFATHER (1972, USA, 175 min. In English and Italian and Latin with English subtitles / Format: Digital), we are introduced to the young Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), who, at first reluctant to get involved with his father Vito’s (Marlon Brando, in an Academy Award-winning performance) criminal enterprise, steps into power, despite great cost to his relationships and perhaps his very soul. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974, USA, 202 min. In English and Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Sicilian with English subtitles / Format: Digital), serves as both a sequel and a prequel to THE GODFATHER, picking up where the first installment left off, with Michael now the Don of the Corleone family; and providing the origin story of his father Vito (Robert De Niro, also in an Academy Award-winning performance). Spanning decades, THE GODFATHER PART II–considered by many fans to be the best of the trilogy–won Coppolla his first, and only, Best Director Academy Award. Expectations were exceptionally high for THE GODFATHER PART III (1990, USA, 157 min. In English and Italian, German, Latin, and Persian with English subtitles), and reviews were exceptionally dismissive, with critics quick to single out and jeer the performance of Coppola’s daughter Sofia, who, at the last minute, stepped in to replace Winona Ryder and play Mary, the naive daughter of the now elderly Michael. For Settle In, we present the 2020 reedit of PART III, THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE, hailed by The New Yorker as “the masterpiece it already was.” When the trilogy’s brutal, Shakespearian conclusion arrives, the tragedy of the Corleone family seems almost predestined and impossible to prevent, despite all the power, influence, and money in the world. Program contains two intermissions. 

Admission is $20 for Film Center members and $40 for general audiences. Tickets include bottomless refills on popcorn and coffee with purchase. Option to add a boxed lunch, courtesy of our friends at Goddess And The Baker ($13–15). *Tickets with boxed lunch must be ordered at least 72 hours in advance of individual screenings.

THE GODFATHER Play Trailer

1972, USA, 175 min. In English and Italian and Latin with English subtitles / Format: Digital

“There is simply not a character introduced or exchange of words or looks that doesn't inform or add.” - Adam Kempenaar, Filmspotting

“In scene after scene Coppola crafted an enduring, undisputed masterpiece.” - Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

Awards & Nominations
Winner - Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards
Nominee - Best Supporting Actor (James Caan), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall), Best Supporting Actor (Al Pacino), Best Directing, Best Editing, Best Costume, Best Sound, Best Score, Academy Awards

THE GODFATHER PART II Play Trailer

1974, USA, 202 min. In English and Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Sicilian with English subtitles / Format: Digital

“It’s an epic vision of the corruption of America.” - Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

“At times as beautiful, as harrowing, and as exciting as the original.” - Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune

Awards & Nominations
Winner - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Al Pacino), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert De Niro), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume 
Nominee - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael V. Gazzo), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Lee Strasberg), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Talia Shire), Best Score

PART III, THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE Play Trailer

1990, USA, 157 min. In English and Italian, German, Latin, and Persian with English subtitles 

“It's often gripping, sometimes masterful, and almost never betrays its history as the work of a wayward giant scrambling back toward respectability after a long decade lost in the wilderness.” - David Ehrlich, Indiewire

“Coppola's themes of redemption and regret, hubris and fate, seem more clearly delineated, in ways that conjure Greek myth and in ways that are frail and life-sized.” - Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Settle In: Binge watching a television show or catching a double feature? Child’s play. Prove your passion for pacing with four films that test the limits of runtimes, that lean into their length, and that invite you to Settle In. Ticket price listed in individual descriptions, all tickets include bottomless refills on popcorn and coffee (with purchase), and bathroom and stretching breaks (feel free to bring a pillow). Ticket holders have the option to add a boxed lunch to their experience, courtesy of our friends at Goddess And The Baker* ($13-$15) Read more

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu