The Godfather is one of the most iconic films ... women like Apollonia are more dangerous than the shotgun that Calo so ably wields. Michael still ends up marrying Apollonia (tragically, she ...

The Corleone family in The Godfather theoretically begins with ... Signora Andolini allowed him to escape before being blasted away with a shotgun. This is the last that Vito's Italian family ...

Family is very important to the Corleones, and this is made very clear early in The Godfather when Vito (Marlon Brando) tells his godson Johnny Fontaine that it is important to spend time with them.

For example, just a few bars of “The Godfather’s” opening theme immediately transports viewers to New York’s organized crime underground circa 1945. The solo trumpet draws listeners in ...