PUZO, Mario [Francis Ford Coppola].
The Godfather.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons , 1969.
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"Great men are not born great, they grow great": FIRST EDITION OF THE GODFATHER; SIGNED BY MARIO PUZO and director Francis Ford Coppola
First edition of Puzo's definitive novel of the Mafia underworld, signed by Mario Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola. Octavo, original half black cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola on the front free endpaper. Puzo and Coppola formed a rare and highly productive writer–director partnership that helped reshape the gangster genre. Puzo’s novel, grounded in themes of power, family loyalty, and the moral ambiguities of the American dream, provided the narrative and psychological depth that Coppola expanded into an operatic cinematic vision. Their collaboration extended across all three films in The Godfather trilogy, with Puzo co-writing the screenplays and contributing key structural and thematic ideas—most notably the interweaving of familial ritual with violence. The creative synergy between Puzo and Coppola is widely regarded as instrumental to the trilogy’s success. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with creasing and damp staining to the verso of the jacket. Jacket art by Neil Fujita Studio. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable.
A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. "A voyeur's dream, a skillful fantasy of violent personal power" (New York Times). It was made into the 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. It was the highest-grossing film of 1972 and was for a time the highest-grossing film ever made. It won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando) and Best Adapted Screenplay (for Puzo and Coppola). Its seven other Oscar nominations included Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor and Coppola for Best Director. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema and one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute. It was followed by sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990).
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