the godfather

THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_godfather.html The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by

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THE GODFATHER

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CONTENTS

Listening / Reading Script 2 Mark The Spaces 9

Insert The Vowels 8

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THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT

From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_godfather.html

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by

Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S Ruddy The screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola was based on Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name The film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a powerful New York crime family The story spans the years 1945 to 1955 and centers on the rise of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from a shy family outsider to a ruthless Mafia boss It also reports the experiences of the Corleone family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) Everyone who sees it remembers the scene with the horse’s head in the bed The film cost $6.5 million and grossed $268,500,000 at the box office

The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in

world cinema It is also considered to be one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre It is ranked as the second greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute, and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990 for being

"culturally significant." The film's success spawned two sequels:

The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in

1990 It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (for Brando) and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola The film was released in English and Sicilian It has

a running time of 175 minutes

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather

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TRAILER AND POSTER

POSTER

1 SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it Share the words with your partner(s) Why did you choose them?

You can find posters for this movie at www.wikipedia.com or www.imbd.com - just type the name of the movie in the search field

beginning, end, etc Change partners and share stories

3 CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4 MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie

about your role with your movie star partner(s)

TRAILER

You can watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com

you saw to your partner(s)

3 QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s) Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions

4 VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear Talk about them with your partner(s)

might be good or bad Share your ideas with your partner(s)

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MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

PHRASE MATCH

1 based on Puzo's 1969 novel a outsider

2 The story spans the b English and Sicilian

3 a shy family c at the box office

4 the scene with d as one of the greatest

5 grossed $268,500,000 e of the same name

6 widely regarded f two sequels

7 the gangster g years 1945 to 1955

8 The film's success spawned h time of 175 minutes

9 The film was released in i the horse’s head

10 It has a running j genre

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LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

The Godfather is a 1972 American (1)

directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S Ruddy The screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola was based on Puzo's 1969 (2) name The film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a powerful New York crime family The story (3) 1945 to

1955 and centers on the rise of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from a shy family (4) _ Mafia boss It also reports the experiences of the Corleone family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) Everyone who sees it remembers (5) horse’s head in the bed The film cost $6.5 million and grossed $268,500,000 at the box office

The Godfather is widely (6) of the greatest

films in world cinema It is also considered to be one of the most influential, especially in (7) It is ranked

as the second greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute, (8) preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990 for being "culturally significant." The film's (9) _

sequels: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part

III in 1990 It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (for

Brando) and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola The film was released in English and Sicilian It has

a (10) 175 minutes

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CORRECT THE SPELLING

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1 eeicrdtd by Francis Ford Coppola

2 The story nsaps the years 1945 to 1955

3 a shy family esirdtou

4 a usthlser Mafia boss

5 the neces with the horse’s head

6 sseodgr $268,500,000

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7 widely rgeaddre

8 one of the most linenlfauit

9 culturally itafignnsic

10 The film's success spawned two ssleuqe

11 Best tpeddAa Screenplay

12 It has a nguninr time of 175 minutes

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PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

the godfather is a 1972 american epic crime film directed by

francis ford coppola and produced by albert s ruddy the screenplay by mario puzo and coppola was based on puzo's 1969 novel of the same name the film stars marlon brando and al pacino as the leaders of a powerful new york crime family the story spans the years 1945 to 1955 and centers on the rise of michael corleone (pacino) from a shy family outsider to a ruthless mafia boss it also reports the experiences of the corleone family under the patriarch vito corleone (brando) everyone who sees it remembers the scene with the horse’s head in the bed the film cost $65 million and grossed $268500000 at the box office

the godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in

world cinema it is also considered to be one of the most influential especially in the gangster genre it is ranked as the second greatest film in american cinema (behind citizen kane) by the american film institute and was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry in 1990 for being

"culturally significant" the film's success spawned two sequels the

godfather part ii in 1974 and the godfather part iii in 1990 it won

three oscars for best picture best actor (for brando) and in the category best adapted screenplay for puzo and coppola the film was released in english and sicilian it has a running time of 175 minutes

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INSERT THE VOWELS (a,e,i,o,u)

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g r _ _ t _ s t f _ l m s _ n w _ r l d c _ n _ m _ _ t _ s _ l s _ c _ n s _ d _ r _ d

t _ b _ _ n _ _ f t h _ m _ s t _ n f l _ _ n t _ _ l , _ s p _ c _ _ l l y _ n t h _

g _ n g s t _ r g _ n r _ _ t _ s r _ n k _ d _ s t h _ s _ c _ n d g r _ _ t _ s t

f _ l m _ n _ m _ r _ c _ n c _ n _ m _ ( b _ h _ n d C _ t _ z _ n K _ n _ ) b y

t h _ _ m _ r _ c _ n F _ l m _ n s t _ t _ t _ , _ n d w _ s s _ l _ c t _ d f _ r

p r _ s _ r v _ t _ _ n _ n t h _ _ n _ t _ d S t _ t _ s N _ t _ _ n _ l F _ l m

R _ g _ s t r y _ n 1 9 9 0 f _ r b _ _ n g " c _ l t _ r _ l l y s _ g n _ f _ c _ n t "

T h _ f _ l m ' s s _ c c _ s s s p _ w n _ d t w _ s _ q _ _l s : T h _ G _ d f _ t h _ r

_ t w _ n t h r _ _ _ s c _ r s f _ r B _ s t P _ c t _ r _ , B _ s t _ c t _ r ( f _ r

B r _ n d _ ) _ n d _ n t h _ c _ t _ g _ r y B _ s t _ d _ p t _ d S c r _ _ n p l _ y

f _ r P _ z _ _ n d C _ p p _ l _ T h _ f _ l m w _ s r _ l _ _ s _ d _ n

_ n g l _ s h _ n d S _ c _ l _ _ n _ t h _ s _ r _ n n _ n g t _ m _ _ f 1 7 5

m _ n _ t _ s

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MARK THE SPACES

TheGodfatherisa1972AmericanepiccrimefilmdirectedbyFrancisFord

CoppolaandproducedbyAlbertS.Ruddy.ThescreenplaybyMarioPuzo andCoppolawasbasedonPuzo's1969novelofthesamename.Thefilms tarsMarlonBrandoandAlPacinoastheleadersofapowerfulNewYorkcri mefamily.Thestoryspanstheyears1945to1955andcentersontherise ofMichaelCorleone(Pacino)fromashyfamilyoutsidertoaruthlessMafia boss.ItalsoreportstheexperiencesoftheCorleonefamilyunderthepatr iarchVitoCorleone(Brando).Everyonewhoseesitremembersthescen ewiththehorse’sheadinthebed.Thefilmcost$6.5millionandgrossed$ 268,500,000attheboxoffice

TheGodfatheriswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestfilmsinworldcine

ma.Itisalsoconsideredtobeoneofthemostinfluential,especiallyintheg angstergenre.ItisrankedasthesecondgreatestfilminAmericancinem a(behindCitizenKane)bytheAmericanFilmInstitute,andwasselectedf orpreservationintheUnitedStatesNationalFilmRegistryin1990forbei

ng"culturallysignificant."Thefilm'ssuccessspawnedtwosequels:The

GodfatherPartIIin1974,andTheGodfatherPartIIIin1990.Itwonthree

OscarsforBestPicture,BestActor(forBrando)andinthecategoryBestA daptedScreenplayforPuzoandCoppola.ThefilmwasreleasedinEnglish andSicilian.Ithasarunningtimeof175minutes

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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THE GODFATHER SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about The Godfather in the table Do this in pairs Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper

When you have finished, interview other students Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 _

STUDENT 2 _

STUDENT 3 _

Q.1

Q.2

Q.3

Q.4

Q.5

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out Change partners often

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings

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WRITING

Write your own movie review Show your partner your letter Correct each other’s work

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HOMEWORK

the text Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word

about “The Godfather” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson

Godfather” What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors’ performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your articles

Godfather” Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics’ reviews, why people should see it, etc Show it to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your posters

“The Godfather” Make sure there is a good mix of things to do Find some good online activities Read what you wrote to your classmates

in the next lesson Give each other feedback

movie Imagine you are that character Write your story about what you did in the movie Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback

stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on “The Godfather” Share your findings with the class

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