on this day 3-15
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:22 pm
1972-- Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" opens on this day. The film swept the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Actor (for Marlon Brando) and Best Screenplay (Coppola and Mario Puzo, author of the best-selling novel). It's sequel, "The Godfather, Part II, was released in 1974 and won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.