The Godfather Part II is a 1974 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, continuing 1972's The Godfather with a dual narrative that follows Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino, consolidating and defending his criminal empire in the late 1950s while intercutting scenes of his father Vito's youth in early twentieth-century Sicily and New York, played by Robert De Niro. Its parallel structure let Coppola trace how the family's corruption deepened across a generation even as Vito's own rise is shown with more sympathy than Michael's ruthless present. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 47th Academy Awards, becoming the first sequel to do so, and De Niro won Best Supporting Actor; it is frequently cited alongside its predecessor as among the greatest films ever made.
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How many Academy Awards did The Godfather Part II win?
It won six Oscars in 1975, including Best Picture, directing, adapted screenplay and supporting actor.
The Godfather Part II won six Academy Awards at the ceremony held on April 8, 1975, honoring films released in 1974. Besides Best Picture, which went to Francis Ford Coppola as producer with Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos as co-producers, Coppola won for directing and, with Mario Puzo, for the adapted screenplay. Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor. The film also won for art direction, credited to Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham with set decoration by George R. Nelson, and for the original dramatic score, credited to Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola.
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The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic gangster film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola.
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The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic gangster film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola.
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The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic gangster film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola.
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