The Godfather Wins Best Picture: 45th Oscars (1973)

"The Godfather" producer Albert S. Ruddy winning the Oscar® for Best Picture at the 45th Annual Academy Awards® in 1973. Introduced by Rock Hudson and presented by Clint Eastwood.
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The Godfather Wins Best Picture: 45th Oscars (1973)
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[@StarfieldRailway]

Thank you, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, and Francis Ford Coppola!

[@lukacalov1988]

And Robert de Niro

[@iblamelance5350]

Luka Calov Robert played in Godfather 2, not this one. This was part 1

[@lukacalov1988]

@@iblamelance5350 yes i know but godfather 2 is better

[@footballnotsooccer600]

@@lukacalov1988 No its not. It is a masterpiece but this is better.

[@erichodge567]

I would also say that Godfather 2 was better, but for the fact that Brando was in Godfather 1. It took me twenty years to fully realize the greatness of his performance, because he never really appears to be acting.

[@jebnazrin2860]

Who else is here after watching the offer

[@redeagleproductions9822]

Me

[@kwekow]

😅

[@quinnholland5977]

Affirmative!

[@dannymozz4809]

Here 😂

[@DeschainTc]

Haha same

[@LSF45]

I’m here after watching The Offer’s most recent episode. Good for Al. Even if half of the stuff in the show is made up, he went above and beyond to make The Godfather happen. Thank you, Al!

[@samazwe]

Me, too!

[@VICKELRENOVABLE]

Me too!

[@ahmedal-awadhi3315]

What was made up?

[@joemckim1183]

@@ahmedal-awadhi3315 Ruddy being off the hook for owing Joe Gallo money because he got killed. The Godfather was released in March 1972, Gallo got killed in April 1972.

[@SerpentNight]

Same. And actually most of the things in the show did happen or at least have a basis in reality. They weren't all as intricately connected as the show implies but I enjoyed it all the same.

[@meditationmountainbyrishab919]

All I noticed about this speech is that he forgot to Thank the most deserving Francis Ford Coppola, the man who's extraordinary vision and perseverance made this film happen.

[@darkogalic5422]

@@Eudaimaniac44 Lol, cynicism at it's best

[@FrankIsAlwaysRight]

Yep

[@Got2Lindy]

@@sherlockholmes2497 Coppola cowrote the script with Mario Puzo, the author of the novel.

[@evanpeltier]

@@sherlockholmes2497 Yes he did. He co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, the author of the book.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

@@Eudaimaniac44 Fun fact: Coppola did not win Best Director for The Godfather. It went to Bob Fosse for Cabaret(Witch was expected to win picture that night not godfather )

[@0804reba]

The Godfather - the best movie EVER!! Leave the gun, take the canoli

[@Pazuzu82]

R Thomas Second one is better, just by a threadhair.

[@bobthebear1246]

Raven I agree. Both are among the greatest films ever - way up there.

[@joeygonzo]

No, first one is better .

[@nicksketch7122]

Jack Ridge Nahh..second is slightly better

[@HAL-vm3wn]

R Thomas that's it? That is the only quote you use?

[@PaulRietvoorn]

This was immediately after Marlon Brando refused his Oscar and let the native American woman make her speech. That's why Clint made the joke of all cowboys shot in westerns.

[@gaelgarciabernal2434]

Clint Eastwood looks disheveled and drunk here. His sarcasm is typical of the entitled jerk that he is.

[@xpaige]

What an A hole

[@nikokaapa]

That's a bad look

[@jimmycakes7158]

Sending an Indian to collect your Oscar, damn that's some privilege the libs have

[@Acillatem1995]

@@jimmycakes7158 how about you look up on why he did it back then, you idiot

[@Grissha]

The Godfather producers were a bunch of assholes. They were against casting Brando and Pacino. They were against Nino Rota's score. They were against Gordon Willis' dark photography. They tried to have Coppola fired several times. If The Godfather is one of the best movies ever made, it is in spite of its producers, not thanks to them.

[@Grissha]

In what concerns the production of The Godfather, I'm pretty sure he was, yes.

[@pudgeuncle]

I can see why they were against the dark photography. All that brown in all of the Godfather movies bores me to death.

[@bkavanaugh863]

Many times the actors who played the most brilliantly in their roles and even won awards were not the first or even second choices of the producers/directors. People reject a movie offer so they have to move on. This happens often I have found and the one they get eventually down the line is perfect. Cannot imagine this movie without the perfect Al Pacino. He made those films..Another, Fred MAcMurray in Double indemnity and the Apartment. He was great in both and was not their first choice in either.

[@pudgeuncle]

And Bette Davis in All About Eve...the last choice and only because Claudette Colbert had an accident.

[@longmemory1620]

crowe in state of play only reason he was cast pitt dropped out

[@star-lorddavid-1015]

The Godfather is one of the greatest films I've ever watched in my lifetime! And it should've won more oscars!

[@star-lorddavid-1015]

Like for Example, Al Pacino or Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor!

[@tonnyrodrigueznunez]

+Star-LordDavid-101 completely agree with you, Watching the film was one of the most amazing experiences in my life and is the reason of why I love cinema , Unfortunately they don't make films like these anymore, they only do sequels, remakes, everything that has been done before, it's like they don't have creativity anymore.

[@gauravv_lebowski]

+Jose Antonio Rodriguez Nùñez I agree man !!!

[@technodroog]

Pacino didn't attend this ceremony in '73 because he was offended for getting the Supporting nomination and not the Leading one

[@bobthebear1246]

Culprit LA Which he was 100% right about. We all know that Brando still would have won for Best Actor, but there is no question that Pacino had more screen-time than Brando, and his role was just as important, although not being quite as iconic.

[@aniketrudraksha]

background looks like it's taking place in a parking lot

[@wolfen337]

+Aniket Rudraksha actually it took place in a parking lot!

[@krupasindhunaik2253]

@@wolfen337 😂

[@zuzuspetals2003]

Weird. This is probably the only time in the acceptance speech for Best Picture that the producer did not even mention the director.

[@jackrenglish]

YEP

[@MPresheva]

Neither writer. Cheap kind of guy.

[@waykool698]

Mustafa Preşeva Then how do you know what this man was thinking from watching a Four minute video clip?

[@johnwright2911]

@@Eudaimaniac44 That film was awful, GTFOH with that nonsense!

[@louiegarcia9388]

The director who lost to the Cabaret Director which deserves the BEST PICTURE of 1973.

[@BCS1105]

I remember thinking that “This producer sounds like such a prick”. I guess I wasn’t wrong. Turns out that The Godfather might not have happened as the producers were trying to get Coppola fired and tried to stop Brando & Pacino from getting their roles.

[@Regi869]

yep, and this idiot takes all the credit when it won

[@hypolyxa7207]

Don't forget the mob.

[@Zetsuke4]

Explain.

[@gman2010ification]

As good as Cabaret was, The Godfather has truly stood the test of time and is one of the best pictures of all time.

[@rosebud8175]

Ben Hill it’s not the godfather but cabaret is still a very good film. Bad films don’t win 8 Oscars

[@lizclegg7556]

So has Cabaret.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

@Film Buff Cabaret is still beloved in the film world and is still consdierd one of the greatest movie musicals of all time. Its just no longer main stream

[@Hugatree1]

@@notchuckproductions5029 I’ve watched Cabaret multiple times over the years and it is more relevant now than ever. Godfather may be an epic but I found it impossible to sit through even after several attempts. I think Apocalypse Now was his true masterpiece

[@angelcastaneda529]

@@Hugatree1, I see The Godfather multiple times and those three hours don’t feel long.

[@JunebugPresents]

32 years later they both win the same award together for producing Million Dollar Baby. Life is so beautiful...

[@lynnturman8157]

+Junebug Presents Yeah, if you're Clint Eastwood...

[@JunebugPresents]

For us all...

[@JWSen]

+Junebug Presents Now that's one hell of a bit of trivia. Pretty cool, too.

[@cha5]

I hope if Ruddy came out on stage to accept his statue he wasn’t wearing that same outfit. God the seventies was a horrible fashion decade.

[@vipset87]

but what about the cowboys?

[@Casarzino]

was this staged at an abandoned warehouse?

[@georgeec3]

Dude, it was 1973 jaja

[@joshthomas9165]

jorge arce That's not a good reason lol I saw Oscar clips from the 50's looking better than this.

[@bobthebear1246]

Danilo Pochini Unbelievably enough, good question.

[@jonjones4129]

+Danilo Pochini no, it's the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where the Academy has organized the the Oscar from 1969 to 1987, 1990, 1992 to 1994, 1996, and 1999. See 2:58 and compare it with the 1974 cerimony (see kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJm1eGSFr8d3gNU at 1:48), it's the same. The "problem" is not the stage but the poor scenography

[@gargantuaism]

I think it's supposed to look like back stage at a theater or behind the scenes of a movie set? Well they nailed it if that is what they wanted to do.

[@Milestonemonger]

Just watched the series: "The Offer". I have a new appreciation for the hard work it took to make the greatest masterpiece, The Godfather.

[@chrisstone6078]

so he didnt bother thanking mario Puzo or Coppola? LOL wtf????

[@Dragan_xo]

***** the producer shouldn't get the award for best picture, the director should.

[@chrisstone6078]

Dragan the director gets the best director award.

[@Dragan_xo]

***** I know, but the producer isnt worth it.

[@chrisstone6078]

Dragan yeah its like when singers win for video of the year! they didnt even direct it!

[@lynnturman8157]

+Chris Stone Simple. He thinks he did it all himself.

[@StevieStitches]

"Go ahead and flip the card, man. I'm still here." I love Clint Eastwood's bluntness about reading from the Oscars cue cards.

[@scottlebrun6782]

so awesome

[@bobthebear1246]

Stephen Frankenstein That part was great.

[@frippertonics6421]

Vintage Clint.

[@OriginalPuro]

Clint is class no matter what he does.

[@TK0S3]

@@OriginalPuro lol ok then

[@bookeblade]

100% deserved, one of my favorite best picture wins. The Godfather is a true cinematic masterpiece, and one of my favorite film ever made.

[@tpampouk]

My respect to the unforgettable Rock Hudson. Clint Eastwood, the last living old school legend who is still active in movies ( both as actor and director) . Godfather is my favourite movie of all time. Big love and respect to Cabaret and Deliverance

[@jackrenglish]

ROCK WAS ONE OF THE VERY BEST..JE

[@roybatty9663]

Look at that Godfather producer sitting their smirking and taking all the credit... he very well knows that he could've ruined the movie and that it was great because Coppolla was persistent on his choices and worked smart - along with great performances from the cast

[@Angelah2528]

The Godfather, best film of all time!

[@MrTommyUdo]

A hungover Rock, a surly afroed Clint, and one of the worst suits this side of Barnum and Bailey. God, I love the 70's.

[@rolandosantiago2149]

Tommy Udo I

[@bobthebear1246]

Tommy Udo 100% right on the mark

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

I can't think of an uglier looking decade than the 70s. Everthing looked hideous, from the hair to the platform shoes, ridiculously wide lapels, checkered bellbottoms etc to the orange shag carpeting to the brown and green kitchen appliances and on and on and on

[@marty9660]

far out groovy right on

[@Krrrimmi]

Agree, But I love long hair & bellbuttoms. \m/

[@dan4894]

"I don't know weather to present this award because of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford westerns over the years....That was a shot at Brando.

[@lynnturman8157]

Hmm....I thought it was maybe cause john ford had just died. But I think you're right.

[@DryNox]

***** I'd also say a wisecrack, to reduce the tension. It's funny though that Clint's character in "The Eiger Sanction" says "Screw Marlon Brando" precisely because of this native American thing :D

[@elizabethf1591]

Dan Roberts Eastwood pretty arrogant here, looks like his oscar he won the previous year went to his head.

[@danielfronc4304]

Elizabeth F Nah, if you've followed Eastwood off the screen for over 40+ years as I have, you'd recognize that it's just his personality. He doesn't mince words, suffer fools gladly or bend to the will of others if he doesn't want to do something. Here he was likely pissed at having to maneuver the stupid death trap of lighting lamps and cords. I'm betting that the sound that made Hudson turn around was Eastwood tripping over the oh so chic artful background "scenery". Even if he didn't trip over it I'd be pissed at having to find my way through it.

[@thealaskan1635]

You know, Marlon Brando was right not to accept the Oscar, because of the way Hollywood portrayed Native Americans. The night the Oscar aired, Native American men, women and children were fighting for their lives at the Oglala Nation, where the FBI and their goons illegally attacked them. The FBI had no legal business trespassing on Indian Country. So fuck all you white people that criticize Marlon Brando for speaking the truth

[@bennyvega100]

He should have also won an award for the ugliest tux ever worn at the Oscars lol

[@jackrenglish]

HA

[@nirmalyachakraborty7544]

It doesn't matter what he is wearing,He is Clint Eastwood after all.

[@sebdob9708]

Its hella 70s and hes hella 70s. I fw it

[@bigdrew565]

Hey, my father got married in one of those.... 70s man, you can't explain it...lol

[@alohaforeveryone]

He is talking about the winner

[@JerseySurvivor]

I remember this moment. And Rock's reaction to that exploding kleig is classic!

[@thicknjustrite]

"Klieg"

[@thicknjustrite]

@MUFC Soccer has been around long enough for it to become a popular sport in the states, as well as other places, & it's not even close yet. It's not even as popular as Tennis in the states, where Tennis is the 4th most popular sport, after Football, Basketball & Baseball. And tennis is no longer carried at all on any of the 3 major networks. One of them always broadcast at least the finals of the majors. That ended a few years ago. It's a distant 4th as well. What do you strongly feel will change to make Soccer all that you claim it will be?

[@thicknjustrite]

@MUFC I'm not reading anything this long on a Social media platform, especially about a sport myself & all of my 200 co-workers never discuss. You must be obsessed with them or something, & have a lot of time on your hands, Lol. But hey, thanks for making my comment so important!

[@KrisVic91]

@MUFC "Soccer" "football" is soooooooo boring now dude. You've been brainwashed, it's crap. I'm from Uk, watched it/played my whole life, I'm 29. Discovered NHL ice hockey in lockdown. It's not even comparable. I'd fall asleep watching a soccer game now and get pisssed off at how much they dive, moan and whine like babies. It's embarrassing. Soccer is popular because it's cheap to play.

[@KrisVic91]

@@thicknjustrite think Ice hockey is 4th dude.

[@jorgealmeyda5222]

Great speech by Mr. Ruddy. doubt that anyone would give a speech with those sentiments in today’s Academy Awards.

[@WTFG78]

The Offer brought me here (partly because they didn’t show the speech in the show). ;)

[@jamillalynn]

brought me here too. Great show!

[@kylebucheri9370]

Saw this after watching “the offer”

[@kenny87ification]

Who is watching this after The Offer?

[@zforce32]

Best Italian/Mafia film ever made

[@choff56]

best movie ever made , period

[@bkavanaugh863]

Gone With THE Wind was good too.

[@choff56]

Brooke Kavanaugh Patton was pretty close also

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

zforce32 The Godfather is a better movie overall but Goodfellas is a better mob movie

[@bobthebear1246]

BennyNeb 100% agree, because The Godfather Saga was far more sweeping than just a "mob movie." I love GoodFellas, and it is also among the greatest films ever made, but yeah, when it comes down to it, it's still "30 years in the life of the Mafia," whereas The Godfather is "The Saga Of An American Family."

[@PixelBoy-sw2ln]

Not only this is the best Motion Picture Movie of all time, this is the #1 best movie of all time

[@TimeIdle]

The second sentence is redundant to the first. :)

[@haveatyou1]

u wot m8?

[@danielfronc4304]

A little clarification is necessary. While held in early 1973, this is for best picture of 1972, ie. The Godfather. The Best Picture of 1973 was The Sting.

[@sauron2000000]

Was perhaps not needed.

[@TheinterfaceTvSeries]

Came here after watching “The Offer!”

[@gonstotwriter]

He's 90 now and still kickin'. Wow.

[@joedellaselva1251]

My Dad, too! (No relation to Mr. Eastwood.)

[@imsorryyoutube6774]

@@joedellaselva1251 hope your dad is well. One of my favorite customers back in the day was this 98 year old man who came in often, I thought he was 70 MAX, and a good looking 70 year old at that. One day he mentioned he was 98 and I just waved it off as a joke. Then he pulled out his ID to prove it. Blew my mind and really made me want to take care of myself, this is off topic but just wanted to mention it

[@broonsdad]

No Thank You to the cast, the crew or to the man that made the film, Francis Ford Coppola?

[@alanFconrad]

AMEN

[@mysterytrain3]

I have a book that I keep in my nightstand that I like to re-read every now and then. It's called, "The Godfather Legacy" by Harlan Lebo. For those who enjoyed "The Godfather" films and who still like to read, this book is filled with detailed information about the making of "The Godfather". It's a joy to read, over and over again.

[@rujekonyamande469]

Noted😊

[@arneyoga1204]

One of the most deserved Oscars of all time for one of the greatest films of all time.

[@Autostade67]

I frickin' love the set design for this Oscar's telecast...time to go back to this smart ass minimalism.

[@gauravv_lebowski]

+Autostade67 hell yeah minimalism ftw

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Why couldn't they just let Copolla get up there and accept the Oscar? The movie deserved to win Best Picture but god I hate this speech Albert S Ruddy gives. You wouldn't even know what movie he won for. Doesn't mention Copolla or Mario Puzo or Brando or Pacino or James Caan or Robert Duvall or Talia Shire or Diane Keaton or Nino Rota or Gordon Willis or fuckin' ANYONE who really made this movie what it is.

[@sauron2000000]

Cause he was unfortunately not the producer.

[@talalTC10]

I'm here after I finished the best TV Series of 2022, The Offer 🔥

[@parsa127sadri3]

My favourite best picture winners The Godfather One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest The Deer Hunter Platoon The Silence Of The Lambs Unforgiven Schindler’s List Forrest Gump American Beauty No Country For Old Men 12 Years A Slave

[@kickflipperland12]

shawshank should of beat forrest gump for sure

[@MatauReviews]

Amadeus was also amazing.

[@blackcharles1996]

Parsa 127 Sadri I agree, less that 12 years a slave, and I would have chosen Gladiator, Braveheart, Amadeus, The departed or A beautiful mind

[@TheObbyblobby]

Parsa Sadri Platoon should not have won best picture tbf

[@eln5343]

Chilché

[@normancarter5419]

See THE OFFER on Paramount +, will explain the making of The Godfather, Ruddy was one of the good guys, it was the guys he thanked that were the assholes. But Ruddy was an asshole for not thanking BOTH FRANCIS FOR COPPOLA AND MARIO PUZO, as well as the actors.

[@mightisright]

His final thought was better than anything I've heard at the Oscars in decades.

[@oscarfun100]

I guess this was a surprise win? Cabaret won 8 Oscars that night and The Godfather won 2, before Eastwood announced the winner. And back in those days, when your movie won most of the awards, it meant your movie gonna get the big one as well. Well, most of the time.

[@almanook3005]

Longtime pundits and historians of the day felt the two pictures were separated by just a few votes. Hedda Hopper, a still, at the time, powerful columnist for The Los Angeles Times, said as much.

[@alirish1]

Just passed the last week watching the Godfather Triology for the first time (at 44). Why I waited so long I’ll never know!

[@impCaesarAvg]

We remember Brando, too.

[@nuwandakoh]

your speech gives me goosebumps even in 2020!! Thank you for this amazing film!!!!

[@WriterusAeternus]

Miles Teller now playing Al in The Offer. Crazy behind the scene shenanigans.

[@TheWoud]

One of the greatest films in movie history!

[@comedyfish]

here because of The Offer

[@RicG23]

RIP Mr. Ruddy for your part in changing cinema history

[@petrfrizen6078]

When Mario Puzo's novel was first published in USSR in the second half of 1980s I read it all in two or three days (actually, evenings - nights)... It was such a page turner. My Dear Mama gave me this magazine to read... Mia MAMA... Mia Cara Cara MAMA

[@pipis920]

Those were the times of good music, acting, fashion, style and charm ... of living in general, when an amateur was a class. Now are hard times for all of the above

[@dawsondjodvorj2408]

No movies has ever deserved as much as the godfather did.

[@marcin5690]

Who is here after watching The Offer?

[@davidedg3293]

Hi

[@DEMfilmsJWalsh]

Hey there!!

[@ivanmarano859]

Hello there

[@pandemits]

First time I've watched this. I just loved the "OK. Whatever what that was, the scene is still intact, I don't hear anyone screaming, so I will just go on" look on Rock Hudson's face.

[@judacia]

the jab at Marlon Brando has been noted o_O

[@yes350yes]

+judacia Way to go Clint , loved it.

[@romansoto9644]

Ikr

[@hislord1]

where was the jab?

[@Thatguywholikesthing]

hislord1 Brando sent an American Indian on stage to accept his award for a good message about the status of Indian tribes and people began to boo etc. so Eastwood made a joke if he should be onstage accepting an award for all the cowboys shot in western movies

[@billanthony7896]

Angellee Hayes- Yeah, but didn't it turn out that the young woman wasn't even a Native American? I believe that was the case. Oh well... Only in Hollyweird... lol!

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Still, "Best Picture" of that year to this date. Great selection of films.

[@movieandseriesguy7389]

R.I.P. Albert S. Ruddy 💔🪦

[@yoboinicossman]

One of the most deserved wins of all time for one of the most UNdeserved winners of all time

[@danieldobrosky8378]

Watch the Offer Ruddy had his back the whole way

[@ConcreteObelisk]

This film wouldn't even be nominated after the latest inclusion requirements for best picture nominees.

[@bigman-em7cc]

@Markus RER Always has been.

[@sauron2000000]

What inclusion requirements?

[@alienlv426ify]

"The Godfather" is my favourite movie.

[@michaeljohn1462]

Sergio Ramón Rodríguez Cajiga Mine too.

[@jonreylen3166]

Me too

[@nnstudio1]

Magical music! Thank you! I want to show you more talented musicians @

[@bloodycinpehile]

"I'll make you an offer you can't refuse." And the Oscar goes to...

[@Beatleslvr4ever]

LOL i guess back then they didn't have much creativity for the staging..

[@vinniemoran7362]

True, they reserved it for their films.

[@robtatum383]

Clint dont mess with me eastwood Only man who ever looked good in a poncho

[@fdfac]

Not sure what's worse, the comb over or the tux.

[@michaelr3316]

Anyone else here because of the offer? :-)

[@jimmyl324]

The Godfather is a masterpiece

[@tripjet999]

How many "polyesters" were sacrificed to make that suit?

[@jamesalexander5623]

All of Them!

[@juliendunand6409]

Clint looks great. It sucks getting old.

[@Nues0302]

Just saw this movie for the first time today! Masterpiece!

[@masterninjary2319]

How can this NOT be considered the greatest movie in history? It's hard to believe that this film won a mere THREE awards!

[@jakealhalabi8194]

Because it had stiff competition with Cabaret and Bob Fosse doing an excellent job with it. Maybe not on the level of The Godfather but it certainly gave it competition

[@boanstvanov1057]

Ruddy's speech was very good and from the heart..

[@kippergc1]

Marlon Marlon you done it again! GOOD BOY!👍😊

[@tomloft2000]

that was a funny expression by Rock Hudson.

[@AC-gw4qu]

Fun fact 1: Ruddy's win for The Godfather was the last time that a single person won the Best Picture Oscar as a producer, every year since it's been a team of people because it's like doing 4-5 jobs at once, from pre-production planning through to marketing and distribution. Fun fact 2: Ruddy's Canadian.

[@alanFconrad]

great intro speech Clint..........The Godfather.....greatest movie of all time

[@blinkzone1]

Wow...that is a good damn speech. Albert S. Ruddy's got my respect.

[@DBFilms.]

Clint Eastwood should read out every nomination, he makes the whole thing so tense!

[@ViceCityVacation]

Yeah "Go ahead, flip the card man...I'm still here..." what with that eyebrow thing he does too! Imagine if the only presenters were Clint, John Wayne & Charles Bronson...nobody would dare fucking dispute their announcements of the winners. And Jack Palance & Robert Mitchum as the stage ushers/security

[@whatuautado]

ViceCityVacation I think with those guys presenting the winner would just say "Keep it." because they'd be too afraid to accept it.

[@bkavanaugh863]

I like the way Clint announced this. Perfect. His timing and presence.

[@lizclegg7556]

He can barely read! He is struggling to read the manual auto cue and tripping over his words. Its no wonder he's such a mediocre actor.

[@lizclegg7556]

@@bkavanaugh863 Bollocks. Stuttering over the auto cue.

[@McSt0re]

Best actor and film

[@nirmalyachakraborty7544]

Good Evening, I have seen Godfather( the movie) when I used to study in school ( 1979-80) I suppose in Kolkata. I liked the character of Michael Corleone so much ,that I purchased Godfather ( the book ),I have read Godfather nearly 30-40 times & seen the movie the same number of times, every time I see or read ,I like the story a shade better. Thanks to Mr Mario Pujo for detailing each and every character of the story so meticulously & of course thanks to the super acting by all actors, specially Mr Marlon Brando as Godfather & Mr Al Pacino as Michael Corleone.

[@mohank6035]

Back then the audience did not clap after every nominee was announced

[@raulaviles4386]

Probably the most deserved oscars of all time

[@richardkennedy8481]

One of the greatest movies of all time and when it wins one, guy gets up to get the Oscar. Today when a movie wins best picture twenty people get on stage and get an Oscar.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

What was going on with the set this year? Did it just not arrive?

[@houseofthedragonbestshowof2659]

The Godfather is the greatest movie ever made in the history of cinema!

[@gokayvural1871]

Efsane adamlar hiç bir zaman unutulmayacak. Sende efsanelerin başında gelen aktörsün. Western filmlere aşık olmamı sağlayan adamsın.

[@toddgrogg8005]

Don't forget about Mario puzzo, the author of the godfather __ if it wasn't for him writing the book we would have the movies. Thankyou mr.puzzo.

[@Chillton]

Wow! Those crazy '70s :D

[@branagain]

What a great year in film.

[@joaofaria6547]

Para mim um dos melhores de sempre sem duvida

[@nationalcoasternews5798]

I swear every timeless classic that has won best picture has had clint eastwood presenting

[@Euroviking86]

What was the deal with that year's Oscars? Did the set just not arrive or was it held in a warehouse somewhere?

[@funnyguy9397]

That's awesome I like Clint Eastwood even more now.

[@scotnick59]

You can see why so many American boys looked up to this man: "this is the way to be one" = Clint of Eastwood!!

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

It's always nice to see clips from ancient history, when films didn't have 27 producers. Mr. Ruddy's thank-you list was, as others have pointed out, centered on those who provided the money. Though he mentions audiences, he doesn't recognize that no one goes to the movies to see a pile of $100 bills that reaches to the moon, necessary though they may be, but to admire and be entertained by the efforts of the creative artists.

[@karenwinston2833]

Clint Eastwood in his heyday!! SO handsome!! When men were truly, well, MEN!! 😉👍🏽

[@debbierazavi5353]

Beautiful man ❤️🎬🎥👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@entourage26]

He should of thanked Joe Colombo also.