Mario Puzo
Author
Series
Godfather series (Mario Puzo) volume 1
Description
A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. With its themes of the seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and family allegiance, it resonated with millions of readers across the world-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains...
2) Omertá
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
346 pages
Description
"Tras toda una vida consagrada al mundo del crimen, Don Raymonde Aprile decide ceder el testigo al joven Astorre, su mano derecha. De esta manera, pretende preservar la intachable trayectoria de sus hijos, que han vivido al margen de la Mafia, y dedicarse a supervisar los bancos internacionales que posee. Sin embargo, el agente Cilke, del FBI, verá con recelo la jubilación de Don Aprile."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
436 p.; 23 cm.
Description
A prequel to "The Godfather" continues the saga of the Corleone family during the Great Depression, when Vito hides the truth of his occupation from his children and engages in violent measures to secure his family's fortunes at the end of the Prohibition Era.
Series
Formats
Description
In the early 1900s, the young Vito flees Sicily for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy. There he kills the local Black Hand Fanucci after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's stature grows. The family legacy is upended by Michael's business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001], c1972, c1974, c1990
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 730 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Coppola paints a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. He masterfully balances the story between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family. Tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In a parallel story, Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Description
As an infant, Superman is sent to earth from the doomed planet Krypton. As he grows up, he learns he has super powers which he must hide from the ordinary mortals around him. But the time comes when Superman's powers for good are revealed to the world. Superman battles with supercriminal Lex Luthor and his cohorts as they attempt to destroy California by activating the San Andreas fault.
12) Superman II
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This epic takes up where Superman, the movie leaves off. Superman deals witha trio of villians whose powers rival Superman's own.
13) The Godfather
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (175 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
14) The Godfather
Formats
Description
"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (294 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A child from a dying planet is sent to Earth, where he is brought up by human parents and poses as a newspaper reporter, becoming Superman when necessary to use his special powers to save others.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A child from a dying planet is sent to Earth, where he is brought up by human parents and poses as a newspaper reporter, becoming Superman when necessary to use his special powers to save others.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter....