The Godfather Trilogy 4k Ultra HD £59.25 Amazon UK

That’s an offer I can refuse

rhysd8929/05/2022 21:08

Really wish they would release the NBC Godfather recut where they put 1&2 …Really wish they would release the NBC Godfather recut where they put 1&2 in chronological order and include am hour's worth of deleted scenes.Read lessRead more

Butchery of Coppllas vision, horrible

Not much of a spaghetti western.......they could only afford a bit of a horse

Mikeonfreeserve29/05/2022 18:15

Not much of a spaghetti western.......they could only afford a bit of a …Not much of a spaghetti western.......they could only afford a bit of a horseRead lessRead more

Watch the TV show The Offer.Really enjoying it with one episode left.Revolves around Paramount Pictures,The Mafia & making The Godfather movie.

Still too much for 4k only. 45 I'll bite.

Seen The Godfather at the cinema the other month for the 50th Anniversary, looked really good on the big screen. Then watched part 2 which is my favourite

Really wish they would release the NBC Godfather recut where they put 1&2 in chronological order and include am hour's worth of deleted scenes. (edited)

dobo29/05/2022 23:12

Anyone else struggling with disk space for their 4K collection? 50 films …Anyone else struggling with disk space for their 4K collection? 50 films per 4tb disk, it's a real challenge...Read lessRead more

It's a constant battle. Disks get bigger and cheaper but then movies get bigger and better (resolution wise) 8k anyone?

Like less movies, build a disc storage room, compress the average movies borrow from friends

There are hard drives pushing 20+ tb and a nas that you can add more disks too can be a (expensive) option.

16tb deals on hotdeals at around £275

It's a shame that like on many occasions, us brits got shafted with inferior packaging compared to the US release

60 quid. Absolutely mental.

Only just come out, so not a bad price. Will be £40 or less on black Friday

Brilliant..bought

Is this not at 8k

Shame they couldn't do the godfather duo. The third film, even with the different cut, is still totally rubbish compared with the first two!

Newco187229/05/2022 18:42

Watch the TV show The Offer.Really enjoying it with one episode …Watch the TV show The Offer.Really enjoying it with one episode left.Revolves around Paramount Pictures,The Mafia & making The Godfather movie.Read lessRead more

Saw a trailer for this. Looked good but the reviews weren't great. Maybe it's one for fans of these movies?

rhysd8929/05/2022 21:08

Really wish they would release the NBC Godfather recut where they put 1&2 …Really wish they would release the NBC Godfather recut where they put 1&2 in chronological order and include am hour's worth of deleted scenes.Read lessRead more

Got it on VHS. It's the only reason I keep a working video recorder.

Frank.Rizzo29/05/2022 18:15

60 quid. Absolutely mental.

When it came out it was £75

Anyone else struggling with disk space for their 4K collection? 50 films per 4tb disk, it's a real challenge...

Keith_Moon29/05/2022 21:45

Butchery of Coppllas vision, horrible

Coppola had full involvement in it, it's not as if some TV exec did it without him knowing about it.

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Chubber30/05/2022 09:05

Coppola had full involvement in it, it's not as if some TV exec did it …Coppola had full involvement in it, it's not as if some TV exec did it without him knowing about it. https://godfathermuseum.blogspot.com/2012/05/brief-history-of-chronological-cuts-fan.htmlRead lessRead more

Coppola needed cash, it's not his vision for the Godfather. His vision for the Godfather 1&2 are the films. The tv edits are unbelievably dumbed down

If you watch any interview with Coppola he has said repeatedly the films are the truest pure form of the Godfather saga

All these ed edits etc are just curios

The theory that he was forced into doing it just because he ran out of cash on Apocalypse Now doesn't hold up. The idea of a chronological version is something Coppola came up with in 1971 and talked about publicly in 1973. He didn't have the gift of foresight to know that in 1976 he'd start shooting a movie and run out of money. In fact, his original rough cut of Godfather Part II didn't even have the flashback narrative, it was all the young Vito scenes followed by all the Michael scenes. The flashback narrative was an afterthought.

Sure his original idea was a theatrical release of the saga and not a TV event, and it was NBC who came up with the idea of doing it on TV, but the saga was Coppola's idea and he edited it. When you say the TV edits are dumbed down I assume you are talking in terms of censorship - but Coppola wouldn't have censored it that would have been the network. There have been version iterations of the saga on TV and each time there is less censorship so the network must be working off a uncut version Coppola provided. In fact his original saga cut was nine hours and included more violence that was even in the theatrical versions, including the beating of Bonasera's daughter's attackers and the death of Fabrizio.

Obviously the saga is not very well thought of so I'm not surprised if Coppola is now distancing himself from it. And of course I'm not say it's better than the theatrical edits or that people are wrong for disliking it - but I do think it's worthy of some form of physical media release for those that want to see it - especially the original unseen 9 hour cut. There have been various TV re-edits that have been done without the involvement of the director, like Lynch's Dune and Friedkin's Guardian, both of which were Alan Smithee'd in their extended form. But The Godfather Saga was not like that at all, Coppola wanted to do it and not just because he was out of cash.