The follow-up to the Best Picture of 1972, The Godfather, the winner of the Best Picture in 1974 is The Godfather Part II. This sequel follows the life of Vitto Corleone as he makes his way from Italy to New York in 1901. This story is paralleled with the story of Michael Corleone as he is adjusting to his new role of the Don of New York's most infamous families.
Paramount made history with The Godfather Part II. Not only was the movie nominated for 11 Academy Awards, it was also the first sequel to ever win Best Picture. It was the first sequel to use numbered parts in the movies. The studio did not want to call it "Part II" because they thought people would not want to come and knowingly watch more of a movie that they already watched. Due to its massive success, having sequels name in numbers became the new standard. Paramount basically outshined at the 47th Academy Awards because they had three movies nominated for Best Picture that year. The other two they had were Chinatown and The Conversation. The other films that he beat out were United Artist Lenny and 20th Century Fox's The Towering Inferno. This film made such a splash that it was selected for preservation in 1993.
I really could just copy and paste my statement about The Godfather and put them here. After watching the first one and being disappointed I knew this one was not going to change my mind. Shocker, it didn't.
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