The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. It is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather, presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the other covers the journe

1.4M views · 28K reactions | 45 years before 'The Irishman', Robert De Niro and Al Pacino starred in The Godfather Part II - which first premiered on this day in 1974. Happy Anniversary. | Rotten Tomatoes | Facebook