The Godfather (2:55) 1972

The Godfather is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first of the highly regarded trilogy's release. The Corleones, one of New York's  crime family is headed by Vito played by Marlon Brando. His son Santino is machine gunned to death, leaving one of other sons, Michael (Al Pacino) as heir apparent. Michael originally desires a life to be a honest, law abiding citizen but is drawn into the family business after Vito narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. Michael builds up the family business by expanding to Nevada.  The Godfather is one of America's most highly regarded and popular films having earned an Oscar for Best Picture and Best Actor. Every once in awhile, one of the networks will have a weekend special and broadcast the trio. And I invariably will sit down and watch some, most or all of this classic.