

Added new memory montage at the end that shows each Corleone family

Several shots from the LaserDisc version were used. All Deleted Scenes from the DVD Collection were used. Used the Alternate Opening for Godfather Part III

Added new Title Card: "The Godfather Part II" Created new musical interludes between each film. Added Kay praying and lighting the candles and at end of Part IĪnd dissolved to Michael having his hand kissed in Part II. Added new Date Title Cards as the story progress through the years. Added new title card at beginning: "The Godfather Part I" This is intended to be longest and most complete chronological version of the Saga. This Chronological Epic remains a "fanedit" due to the addition of Deleted Scenes not in the 1992 LaserDisc cut, new title cards and date title cards between the films, the inclusion of the Alternate Opening for Godfather Part III and a new Alternate Ending Montage. To re-create The Godfather Chronological Saga using all available footage with the Widescreen Restoration Versions + Deleted Scenes + LaserDisc. New film name : The Godfather Chronological Epic 1901-1980ĭate Original Film Was Released : 1972/1974/1990 Original film name: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III While many new scenes appeared in this version, several from the TV SAGA were still not included. This version was released to VHS and LaserDisc in 1992 and is out-of-print. After the release of THE GODFATHER PART III, Coppola and editors Barry Malkin and Walter Murch constructed a new chronological edit called THE GODFATHER TRILOGY 1901-1980 (583 minutes). Due to television restrictions at the time, many scenes of violence and language were censored.Ī shorter version of THE GODFATHER SAGA (386 minutes) was released on VHS tape in 1982.

To expand the length over four nights, Coppola added over 75 minutes of new scenes into the film, including several outtakes used for additional opening/ending title sequences. In 1977, while trying to secure funds for APOCALYPSE NOW, Francis Ford Coppola convinced the NBC TV Network to run a new version of THE GODFATHER and THE GODFATHER PART II edited together into a chronological order called THE GODFATHER SAGA - A NOVEL FOR TELEVISION (434 minutes). THE GODFATHER CHRONOLOGICAL EPIC 1901-1980Ĭlocking in at 9 hrs and 43 minutes, The Chronological Edit of Francis Ford Coppola's classic films has finally been restored in Widescreen 16x9 DVD's.
