Godfather: Part III; The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Roundabout is proud to have worked on Francis Ford Coppola's recut of Godfather: Part III; The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, done in part to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary.
Showing in Select Theatre’s starting December 4th 2020!
Roundabout did the HDR and SDR Home Theater, as well as Digital Cinema Color Correction, and some of the 4K scanning.
Colorist: Roundabout’s Gregg Garvin
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
DP: Gordon Willis
Paramount Pictures
‘Wowwie!! Great job, guys!!’
Nikki Jee, Paramount Pictures Archives
Image/Sound
While re-cutting the film, Francis Ford Coppola restored it from the negative, and the resultant transfer looks richer and more film-like even than the most recent home-video issues. The rich chiaroscuro of the cinematography looks better than ever, with deep black levels offset by the luminescent golden tones of the color grading. Grain is omnipresent and well-distributed, making for natural textures and fine detail on actors’ faces and background objects alike. The soundtrack is pristine, with Carmine Coppola’s score voluptuously filling the surround channels while dialogue is always clear and separated in the middle speaker.
https://www.doblu.com/2020/12/01/godfather-coda-blu-ray-review/
Hefty grain asks the encode to work overtime. Kudos to Paramount’s compressionists for keeping things organic, preserving the film stock without concerns. Clean-up and restoration long since kept the print flawless, and that carries over here. Hardly a scratch, speck, or dust spot remain.
Generous resolution pulls constant fidelity, dazzling at times given the level of evident texture. Facial definition far surpasses expectations, even in mid-range shots. No question this comes from a 4K source. The sharpness alone confirms that, let alone the detail.
While leaning dark and occasionally falling to crush, the resulting dimensionality makes it worthwhile. It seems clear Paramount prepped this for HDR, the bold contrast equal in fierceness to the shadows. Highlights excel, emboldening light sources, few as they often are.