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The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo.The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton and Sofia Coppola.
Along with a newly edited beginning and ending, the film will also have a new title that rivals the running time of Coppola's epics: "Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone."
The film, which bowed in 1990, has been retitled “Mario Puzo’s The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.” ‘The Godfather Part III’ new edit, complete with different ending ...
In "The Godfather Part III," recut and retitled "The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone," the flashes of greatness periodically illuminate the general, frustrating fog of not-badness.
What follows in Vincent's story, according to author Mario Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola, is unknown.In The Godfather Part III DVD commentary, Coppola explains that both he and Puzo had envisioned a story depicting Vincent's reign as head of the Corleone family during the 1980s, still haunted by Mary's murder.
Mark Winegardner's novel The Godfather Returns further expands upon the character of Fredo Corleone. It includes explanations for some questions left open by the films, such as the details of Fredo's betrayal of Michael in The Godfather Part II, and how, as was revealed in The Godfather Part III, Anthony knew the truth about Fredo's death.
In The Godfather Part III, set in 1979–1980, he is said to have died some years before in an unspecified manner. His role in the story between the second and third films, including his death, is described in Mark Winegardner's sequel novels, The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge.
At the time, it wasn’t known that Francis Ford Coppola was preparing a new version of the movie, one that would be retitled “Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.”