The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Coming to DVD and Blu-ray This Fall

Posted by on July 3rd, 2008   Filed under: Drama, DVD and Blu-ray
Source: DVD Active

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We’ve known for a while that Francis Ford Coppola has been overseeing a restored version of The Godfather trilogy, but now at long last we have all the details and an official release date for this tempting package on DVD and Blu-ray. Paramount has announced The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Collection as a 5-disc set with the remastered versions of all three movies (The Godfather Part II once again spans two discs) plus a 5th bonus disc of all new extras. All of the features that appeared on the previous box set will also be included.

The new features are as follows:

  • Featurette: Godfather World
  • Featurette: The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn’t
  • Featurette: …When the shooting stopped
  • Featurette: Emulsional Rescue Revealing The Godfather
  • Featurette: The Godfather on the Red Carpet
  • 4 short films: The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II, Cannoli, Riffing on the Riffing, Clemenza

Look for it in stores on September 23rd with a suggested price tag of $72.99 US (DVD) and $119.99 (Blu-ray). Unfortunately, there is no mention of the theatrical re-release that was previously rumoured, so I think Paramount may have changed their mind on that particular detail.



  • I feel like I’ve been jerked off by the whole Godfather/Coppola dvd debacle. The original boxset should have been the definitive one– I guess when “Youth Without Youth” only makes a sawbuck in the states, you have to draw money from something in your past that was actually good. What’s next, a fourth re-issue of apocalypse now?

  • From my understanding, the original prints of the first two Godfather films were in pretty bad condition so Coppola wanted to find a way to preserve them. Obviously no one was going to foot the bill unless they could make money back from it (and apparently Paramount was reluctant even then).

    I do agree that it would suck to rebuy them on DVD, but if you have a Blu-ray player at least it kind of makes sense.

  • Ryan M.

    I’m glad I never bought the previous DVD boxset so I can have no reservations about buying the Blu-ray. I do have a problem with them releasing Blu-rays that have less special features than previous DVD releases.

  • I think I have resentment toward all of the Godfathers because it is given so much credit. Rightfully earned respect for sure, but when a film is #1 on every “Best Films” list, it’s bound to wear thin. Look at “The Shawshank Redemption.” I think these films should be put in a pantheon… maybe I just don’t like the best of lists…

  • O.D

    Well i own the R2 version of this package which has been out for a few months, and a couple of details are incorrect. It is indeed a 5 disc set but Godfather Part II comes on a single disc. However there are TWO extras discs. One is exactly the same which was included in the original boxset (with the deleted scenes etc’) and the other is a brand new one which contains the featurettes described in the article.