Celebrating 50 years of "The Godfather Part II"

To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of "The Godfather Part II" hitting theaters, Michelle Miller looks at how the movie made an indelible mark on cinema and brought star power to a struggling part of New York City.
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[@steveconn]

One of the top five movies of the 20th century. Masterpiece. Lived near that section of Little Italy, pleasant area.

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 WHAT IS THIS JUNK????

[@NoPawn]

RIP John Aprea, who played a young Tessio in this movie and passed away a few days before this report aired.

[@carolbenson6524]

Al Pacino and Robert Deniro are the greatest two actors of my time!

[@maryjones0147]

i'm 70 and still every time is on tv I will watch glued to the screen. I saw it for the first time when I was 17 years old it is a masterpiece, a real jewel. 🥰🥰🥰

[@orpheus9037]

Definitely a favorite film of mine and easily one of the great landmark films of the 1970s. It is just about perfect.

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 NO ITS NOT.

[@aaronkohlhoff]

Movie was released on 12 December 1974

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

I was in Tsuen Wan. Grew up in Alphabet City in NYCHA Pedro Ibizu Campos plaza on losaida Avenue in Alphabet City in Manhattan.

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 TERRIBLE MOVIE

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

@@paulyricca3881 Elaborate, explain? No Brando. All Pacino.

[@freedom_rock18]

20th*

[@sassyone82]

Such an immaculate cast; one of the best movies of all time.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@greatsajby9266]

Don't forget Diane Keaton on your list at the end, old timer.

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 DIANE KEATON COULD NOT ACT

[@WeWiLLRefuse]

Wow, this guy they are interviewing, Foster Hirsch, he was my film professor a few years ago! That's wild he's on a big show like this!

[@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed]

Happy Anniversary!

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 FOR WHAT????

[@GaryDelabate]

“ I’m smart, not dumb, like everyone says. I’m smart and I want respect!”

[@angelthman1659]

I love G2, but this report is lame. Basically talking about method acting and neighborhood politics. Should have been more about the making of the movie.

[@rasat4829]

The Godfather and an Indian movie called Sholay is my all time favorite movies, they are time less, I have watched them like a hundred times! Hahahahaha!

[@paulyricca3881]

👴🏻🥃 MY FAVORITE MOVIE IS BAMBI

[@yskim2636]

It's not a trilogy. It was strong-armed into a third one. It was never the intent. We must stop referring to the saga that way. There is part one and part two.

[@12345682900]

"Strong-armed" isn't really quite accurate. It was really more about money than anything else; at any rate, however, Part III makes the Godfather-series a trilogy. As a picture, GF-3 isn't that bad, but obviously nowhere near the standards set by the 2 prior films. Three main reasons for this are: 1) The absence of R. Duvall; producers should've paid him what he wanted. 2) Joe Mantegna as Joey Zasa was ill-cast. 3) Pacino's raspy voice, as Michael Corleone, didn't make any sense.

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 GLORIFYING GANGSTER MOVIES WTH WAS DAT

[@paulyricca3881]

@@12345682900 🥃👴🏻 THE MOVIE WAS A PAIN IN THE

[@12345682900]

@@paulyricca3881 2 up C onnie6 4by, all youz of the!

[@jerriotglencamp7562]

Greatest hits of all time. Better then the first one: "Keep your friends close yet your enemies closer".

[@gathrightcrystal]

Documented and saved

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 STUD TERKEL WAS BETTER

[@redcomet0079]

The movie doesn’t turn 50 until December

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 SOOO HOWS YO MOTHER DOIN?

[@redcomet0079]

@@paulyricca3881 you like guys Stop fooling around 🤣

[@johndonovan5752]

I recently heard that John Cazale (1935-1978) had been in some wonderful films: The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, The Conversation, and of course, Godfather I and II. He really did some great work.

[@johnmatuszak1958]

Don't forget the incredible Michael V. Gazzo as Frankie "Five Angels" - "Your father worked with Hyman Roth, your father respected Hyman Roth, but your father never trusted Hyman Roth!"

[@frankcross6958]

Godfather 1+2 all time great films but Godfather 3 is underrated

[@billevansimagineer6339]

Michelle Miller, a great reporter and, well...wow.

[@emeraldkimble7602]

The baby being baptized was his daughter Sofia who became famous chef

[@freedom_rock18]

Well now they need to show the second one in theaters

[@josecarranza7555]

The greatest movie ever.

[@blackamerican40]

I still play the abortion scene between Al Pacino and Diane Keaton all the time. I have it downloaded.

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Happy weekend of love for cinema shows, untill every evil will be there on cinema screens and no further gangster will ever dare to mess up our lives anymore. Violence on ..the other side of life, the parallel universe created by movies and fiction is very worthy, it worths gold. In the real life, violence is a pathetic losers illusion, it damages all of us and nobody must tollerate it. Let's encourage everybody get involved in movie productions and never let any evil dare to harm us anymore. Happy cinema entertainment guys

[@paulyricca3881]

🗣 THE GREATEST MOVIE WAS PUBLIC ENEMY 1931

[@Carousel5883]

Was part 3 necessary?the whole thing between Mary and Vincent was redundant,it seemed something from an Indian movie..

[@georgialerangis2123]

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@StillTheVoid]

It's not even DECEMBER 12th, 1974 yet! 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@barrymorgenstein201]

Two liberals try to shut down the movie . Figured . Loud mouths

[@thomashannan3006]

1 and 2 amazing. 3 not so much.

[@robertlevinson9188]

Dimitri. Hod!

[@adamquiles2468]

Nahhh didnt really like this sequel too much nor the third neither surpass the original enjoyed that one was best!!!

[@gathrightcrystal]

Keep on media because everyone has security like a Biden