Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #332 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-10-27
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 549 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
There’s been some suspicion about the way some studios have shovelled back catalogue movies onto the Blu-ray format without taking the time to genuinely enhanced the picture and sound quality of the productions to make such a format upgrade worthwhile. You can aim no such qualms at Paramount Pictures with its sublime Godfather Trilogy box set, which takes arguably cinema’s most acclaimed trilogy of films (well, the first two anyway), and gives them a useful lick of paint.

The highlight of the set, as you’d expect, remains Francis Ford Coppola’s astounding trilogy itself, a studious, gripping, cross-generational tale of the Corleone family. The first two films richly deserved their many Oscar wins, and while the third is considerably weaker, it’s still not short of many impressive moments. The Godfather Trilogy is certainly one of cinema’s most impressive achievements to date.

The Blu-ray set reflects the muted palette that director Francis Ford Coppola opted for in making the films, and inevitably contrasted with a modern day big-budget blockbuster, the visual transfer isn’t going to be listed as a 1080p poster child. Yet, in perspective, this is still an excellent transfer, offering a sizable upgrade over the DVDs and making the film look and sound better than ever before. Genuine care has clearly been taken here to balance Coppola’s original intentions with high definition media, and with a solid pack of extra features to back the films up, this is an excellent box set, and set to be a very treasured one. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
THE GODFATHER is a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo. THE GODFATHER – PART II continues the saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Rounding off this epic trilogy, THE GODFATHER - PART III sees Michael searching for his successor and a way of freeing his family from a life of crime.

Customer Reviews

This Box Set Is Faulty - DO NOT BUY
The second disc of this set is faulty and won't play properly on some players (particularly the PS3). Amazon knows about this, and will email you a week after your order to advise you to contact Rebecca Sparrow at Technicolor by email to request an exchange disc. Unfortunately, four weeks after contacting Technicolor this hasn't happened, and Ms. Sparrow claims to be waiting for a freepost address to be setup for to facilitate the returns.

My advice is to save yourself the hassle, and avoid buying this until there is fresh stock in the marketplace.

It is an absolute disgrace that Amazon are still shipping this faulty product.

Which language?
Soundtracks are in English, French and German for the film discs; English only for the Bonus Disc.
Film sub-titles are English, English SDH, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch and Turkish.
Commentary sub-titles are: English, French and German.
Bonus disc sub-titles are: Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Hungarian.

It's time people understand Blu Ray
I've read a few reviews now from people complaining about the transfer and while I can understand why they are saying what they are saying it is a lack of understanding that is behind this opinion.
The transfer on these discs is EXCEPTIONAL and it cannot get any better than this. The grain and muted colours that have displeased some people, were deliberate choices of the directer and cinematographer at the time of filming. They are as much a part of the Godfather as Brando's speech; They may not be to your taste but they are what the directer wanted.
I can understand that people see blu-ray and expect crisp, saturated visuals but that is not what the format is about. It is allowing film makers the opportunity to present their films to the home audience they way that they always wanted them to be.
The actual Transfer is outstanding and looks Exactly as it was always meant to look.
If you are a Godfather fanatic then don't hesitate to pick up this box set.