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Godfather trilogy box coming to Blu-ray...this should win some adopters

Jazz Inmate

I would be perfectly happy with just the first and second film, but it looks like Paramount put a lot of effort into a fourth disc with tons of bonus material.
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Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring a newly restored and remastered versions of the Francis Ford Coppola's classic 'The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Blu-ray Collection' to Blu-ray on September 23rd, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. The first two Godfather films received frame-by-frame restoration by Blu-ray.com friend Rober A. Harris under direction of Coppola and cinematographer Gordon Willis, and new special features were developed by another Blu-ray.com friend, Kim Aubry.

The films will be available individually, or as a the four disc Blu-ray set. Video will be presented in 1080p and accompanied by English Dolby TrueHD soundtracks. The disc-by-disc breakdown is as follows:
Disc 1
The Godfather feature film
Commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola

Disc 2
The Godfather, Part II feature film
Commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola

Disc 3:
The Godfather, Part III feature film
Commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola

Disc 4:
Godfather World (HD)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (HD)
... when the shooting stopped (HD)
Emulsional Rescue-Revealing The Godfather (HD)
The Godfather on the Red Carpet (HD)
Four Short Films on The Godfather
The Godfather vs. The Godfather, Part II (HD)
Cannoli (HD)
Riffing on the Riffing (HD)
Clemenza (HD)
The Family Tree
Crime Organization Chart
Connie and Carlo's Wedding Album
Behind the Scenes
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
On Location
Francis Coppola's Notebook
The Music of the Godfather
Coppola & Puzo on Screenwriting
Gordon Willis on Cinematography
Storyboards from The Godfather, Part II
Storyboards from The Godfather, Part III
The Godfather Behind the Scenes 1971
The Filmmakers
Francis Ford Coppola
Mario Puzo
Gordon Willis
Dean Tavoularis
Nino Rota
Carmine Coppola
Additional Scenes
Acclaim & Response
Trailers (HD)
Photo Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
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Topic - Godfather trilogy box coming to Blu-ray...this should win some adopters - Jazz Inmate 10:14:02 06/30/08 (16)

I could do w/o the 3rd one too. But the individual films in blu-ray are only available as a set (nt) - townsend 13:12:30 06/30/08 (0)

I don't get why this would be a big draw on Blu Ray - sjb 11:47:40 06/30/08 (10)

I don't get why this would be a big draw. I've never seen it and prob never will. ..nt - late 15:00:52 06/30/08 (5)

Nothing stronger than a closed mind. Mafia films are - Wendell Narrod 14:50:52 07/01/08 (0)

Godfather and Godfather Part II are currently #1 and #3 in the Top 250 Best Films at IMDB - Jazz Inmate 17:11:49 06/30/08 (0)

Which means you don't know what you are missing.... nt - oscar 15:20:56 06/30/08 (2)

I don't like and don't watch mafia movies ... nt - late 18:03:01 06/30/08 (1)

They're traditional "tragedies", just modernized from Shakespeare's time - Jazz Inmate 10:48:21 07/02/08 (0)

Because people will want to see two of the most popular films ever made on their HDTVs NT - Jazz Inmate 12:31:53 06/30/08 (3)

They can't see the regular DVD's on their HD TV's? - sjb 12:34:59 06/30/08 (2)

Yeah.. even this HD fanatic might pause at getting another copy of the Godfather trilogy. - oscar 15:20:11 06/30/08 (1)

The third is a turd. Stick with the first two. nt - tinear 18:18:24 06/30/08 (0)

At $120, not as many will adopt as we would like. (nt) - Jack G 11:44:05 06/30/08 (2)

Be interesting to see which sells more--the DVD box at $73 or the BD box at $120 NT - Jazz Inmate 11:58:00 06/30/08 (1)

Just to muddy up the water... - Jack G 12:07:12 06/30/08 (0)

My wife practically worships The Godfather I never watched them - Brian A 10:22:22 06/30/08 (0)

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