Godfather, The
(1972) a violent US film, based on the book by Mario Puzo, and made by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Marlon Brando appears as the leader of a powerful mafia family, the Corleone family, and Al Pacino appears as his son. Brando’s character is remembered for saying ‘I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse’, and he organizes murders and other crimes using his family and friends. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

god‧fa‧ther /ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə $ ˈɡɑːdˌfɑːðər/ noun [countable]

1. a male godparent

2. informal the head of a criminal organization such as the mafia

3. the godfather of something someone who began or developed something such as a type of music:
Afrika Bambaataa, the Godfather of hip hop

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

Godfather, The
(1972) a violent US film, based on the book by Mario Puzo, and made by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Marlon Brando appears as the leader of a powerful mafia family, the Corleone family, and Al Pacino appears as his son. Brando’s character is remembered for saying ‘I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse’, and he organizes murders and other crimes using his family and friends. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family.

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