Part of our Classic Trilogies series
Sunday, December 7, 2025, Million Dollar Theater
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater, 307 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
630p THE GODFATHER PART THREE (1990, dir by Francis Ford Coppola, w/ Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Paramount 162 mns, USA, 35mm)
For any screenings with 35mm prints, always be prepared that we may have to use a DCP.digital backup just in case.
You can get two for one (two tickets for the price of one) to any individual movie or get the GODFATHER TRILOGY All-Day pass (all movies, best deal) while supplies last.
630p THE GODFATHER PART 3. Coppola was (rightfully) convinced he had told the entire story of Michael Corleone when he finished The Godfather Part 2. But through a series of unexpected events, he accepted the challenge to make a final chapter The Godfather Part 3. Initially Coppola didn't even want to call the movie Part 3. He insisted it be called: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. But Paramount ultimately squashed the title. Neverthelss that is exactly what The Godfather Part 3 is. Coppola and writer Mario Puzo had the brilliant idea to center this final chapter in the late 1970's around the real world mysterious events of corruption at the Vatican bank and the strange death (some say murder) of Pope John Paul 1 just a few weeks into his papacy. Michael Corleone, now in his late sixties like his father in the first movie, is trying to buy his way to redemption by financing the Vatican bank and taking all the Corleone interests legitimate. But you can't buy God's forgiveness or redemption. At the same time, Michael's nephew, the hot headed Vincent (a live wire Andy Garcia), Sonny's illigetimate son, is making moves without his Uncle's permission. Including falling in love with Michael's only daughter, Mary (Sofia Coppola, Coppola's own daughter).
The Godfather Part 3 is an unjustly sometimes overlooked necessary piece of the trilogy. A movie that accomplishes the near impossible task of feeling necessary and strong after a 16 year break, Godfather Part 3 may wobble from some of its shortcomings (most noticeably the absence of Robert Duvall as final brother Tom Hagen) but it manages to deliver a devastating and definitive final blow to the notion that violence wielded as power can yield anything but destruction and more violence.
Come watch The Godfather trilogy all in one day and experience the Shakespearean power of the entire piece.
All on glorious 35mm archive prints.
Today, we screen all 3 Godfathers. Come for one or come for all for the full experience. Go to next door's historic Grand Central Market for breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks as we take in an American classic.
*Come to 1, 2, or all 3. Take advantage of our 2-1 ticket deals for any one individual movie or get a GODFATHER TRILOGY all-day pass (best deal) for all 3 movies, save money, enjoy breakfast lunch or dinner at next door's historic Grand Central Market.