An offer you can’t refuse: relatively untested director Coppola fought the studio at every step of the way as he transformed Mario Puzo’s pulp bestseller into an impossibly rich, deeply personal meditation on family, power, violence and other ties that bind. Featuring Oscar-winner Marlon Brando in his immortal performance as Don Vito Corleone and newcomer Al Pacino (in his third feature film appearance) as youngest son Michael, getting his indoctrination into the family business.