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Vincent Canby The Godfather

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I am fascinated by the most influential political leader of the world and the president of the United States of America Barack Obama which is one of his number one movie chooses in his life The Godfather for Humanities 1315 class of 2016. The Godfather is one of the best crime drama movie which is full of mafia activities scene with three parts of long history of in a wealthy family and mafia groups. This the academic award winner movie in 1972 was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. According to, The New York Times news paper was published on March 16,1972 under the movie reviewed the title the Godfather by Vincent Canby. Mr. Canby was critic deeply a lot of issues based the movie formal techniques and thematic contents as well as plot too.

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