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Show Monday, December 24, ne IV mm m THE GODFATHER PART EQ -FCoppola's operatic rancis Ford Movie Review upbringing dominates his best Elms. The first two "Godfathers" were jammed with lush music and violent drama. The most memorable part of "Apocalypse Now" was the helicopter raid accompanied by Duvall, James Caan and others, the new film relies primarily on Al Pacino. He plays the aging don as a tragic Hamlet, brooding and indecisive, reluctant to order bloody deeds. In 1979, the Corleone family has gone legit, abandoning its shady enterprises though not its ties to the "Association." The most gripping sequence comes when a renegade upsets an Association meeting, this time in Atlantic City, not Appalachia. After the upstart is dispatched in another brilliantly staged scene of violence, the story shifts to Italy. Vatican finances have been looted by the Italian mafia, and Don Corleone is enlisted to straighten things out. The power struggle slows the pace, but all is settled in the climax. Andy Garcia, as Sonny bastard son, is adopted by Pacino as his chief lieutenant, and the young actor confirms his star status. He is magnetic on the screen. Less so is Sofia Coppola, who plays Pacino's daughter. The tragic love between her and Garcia Richard Wagner. ' Coppola reaches his operatic height with the climax of "The Godfather Part ILL" While "Caval-leii- a Rustkana" thunders on a Palermo stage, assassinations take place at the theater, in a mafia headquarters and deep within the Vaitcan. Even the Pope is not spared. This is Coppola at his demonic best, combining sublime music, brutal murder and miraculous editing for the ultimate film experience. What goes before will please some "Godfather" devotees and disappoint others. Taken alone, "Godfather HT could be considered film storytelling of the highest order. 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