His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather ( 1972 ), a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from critics and public alike.

A biopic based on the life of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker ' 48, Coppola had originally conceived the project as a musical with Marlon Brando after the release of The Godfather Part II.

Following the release of these soundtracks, Brown acquired a self-styled nickname, " The Godfather of Soul ", which remains his most popular nickname.

Meanwhile, concentrating on hot films, Paramount was met with critical success with the release of The Godfather, based on the popular novel.

Coppola created The Godfather Saga expressly for American television in a 1975 release that combined The Godfather and The Godfather Part II with unused footage from those two films in a chronological telling that, because it toned down the violent, sexual, and profane material, received a rating of TV-14 for its NBC debut on November 18, 1977.

Coppola returned to the film again in 1992 when he updated that release with footage from The Godfather Part III and more unreleased material.

This home viewing release, under the title The Godfather Trilogy 1901 – 1980, had a total run time of 583 minutes ( 9 hours, 43 minutes ), not including the set's bonus documentary by Jeff Werner on the making of the films, " The Godfather Family: A Look Inside ".

The film was referred to as Godfather prior to release but entertainement tax exemption changes led to the film being renamed.

The filming of Godfather began in November 2004, with Ravikumar initially announcing a release date of April 2005.

This, coupled with the advent of television and the attendant drop in movie ticket sales, brought about a severe slump in the movie business, a slump that would not be reversed until 1972, with the release of The Godfather, the first modern blockbuster.

Shyne responded in kind on his 2004 release Godfather Buried Alive, with a track entitled " For the Record ".

The television version was the basis for a shorter, 1981 video release known as The Godfather 1902 – 1959: The Complete Epic.

Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, a third unified version was released to video in 1992 entitled The Godfather Trilogy: 1901 – 1980.

On March 3, 2012, the American cable television channel AMC marked the 40th anniversary of the original theatrical release of The Godfather by re-broadcasting The Godfather Saga.

Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological order to make the film The Godfather Trilogy: 1901 – 1980.

* The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, debuted in five cinemas in New York City, and would set a record ( which stood until 1975 ) for the highest grossing film in history, taking in $ 87, 500, 000 in its first release.

" American Pie " reached number one on the U. S. Billboard magazine charts for four weeks in 1972, and remains McLean's most successful single release.

The earliest association between anime and adult animation occurred prior to the 1972 release of Fritz the Cat when American distributors attempted to cash in on the publicity garnered from the rating by rushing out dubbed versions of two other adult animations from Japan, both of which featured an X rating in their advertising material: Senya ichiya monogatari and Kureopatora, retitled One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, respectively.

* 1972 – Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

The company announced the release of Pong on November 29, 1972.

Virgin Records was scheduled to release a box-set entitled Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 on 6 August, celebrating 40 years since the release of the band's debut album in 1972.

The improvement in traction and performance was so immense that from the wheel's release in 1972 the popularity of skateboarding started to rise rapidly again, causing companies to invest more in product development.

The first official release under the name of The Residents was in 1972, and the group has since released over sixty albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects and ten DVDs.

Throughout the 1970s, electro-mechanical arcade games were gradually replaced by electronic video games, following the release of Pong in 1972.

In the UK the single reached No. 2 on its original 1972 release and a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12.

Garth Wolfendale was the project leader for RSX-11D from 1972 – 1976 and led the redesign and commercial release of the operating system as well as adding support for the 22-bit PDP-11 / 70 system.

Mick Rock directed and edited four clips, all originally shot on 16 mm colour film, to promote four consecutive David Bowie singles —" John, I'm Only Dancing " ( May 1972 ), " The Jean Genie " ( Nov. 1972 ), the December 1972 US re-release of " Space Oddity " and the 1973 release of the single " Life On Mars " ( lifted from Bowie's earlier album Hunky Dory ).

" 2003 also saw the release of Hourglass, the first album of new material by Glass Harp since 1972.

The DVD is the first official release of their 1972 PBS concert, and includes rare outtakes, home movie footage, and a commentary by the band.

* Prior to the 1972 release of Fritz the Cat, Austrian journalist Georg Stefan Troller ( see German Wikipedia ) interviewed Crumb for a 30-minute documentary entitled Comics und Katerideen on Crumb's life and art, as an episode of Troller's Personenbeschreibung (" Personality account ") documentary format broadcast on German ZDF.

Upon This Rock received increased sales due to its distribution in Christian bookstores, and " became Benson's most acclaimed release ", selling 23, 000 copies when it was eventually released in England in 1972 through Key Records.

It was only after its successes with other series that the company was profitable enough to complete " Journey " for theatrical release in 1972.

The city's name is used on Veneta, Oregon, 8 / 27 / 72, a 2004 release by New Riders of the Purple Sage, which is a live recording of the group's opening performance at the 1972 Field Trip.

In the US, " Nights in White Satin " did not make the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 ( although it would reach No. 2 on re-release in 1972 ); " Tuesday Afternoon " however was more successful on initial release Stateside, peaking at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In late 1972, a re-issue of the five-year-old Nights in White Satin became the Moody Blues ' biggest US hit, soaring to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a certified million-seller ; the song had " bubbled under " the Hot 100 charts on its original release.

The revival of garage rock can be traced to the release of the two disk Nuggets compilation in 1972 by future Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye, which drew together both commercially successful and relatively obscure tracks from the mid-1960s and whose sleeve notes helped coin the phrase " punk rock " to describe the phenomenon.

It was to him that Barton had sent Carl Dill on Dill's release from the prison.

Its second press release was on January 15, 1958, and it recommended that the secret papers be destroyed.

He claimed that the release of the preliminary findings was ' prejudicial to his position ' ''.

He was aware of insistent inner beatings, as if prisoners within sought release from his rigid body.

Our last joint venture, Sainted Lady, a deeply religious film based on the life of Mother Cabrini, and timed so that its release date would coincide with the beatification of America's first saint in November, 1938, was a fiasco from start to finish.

Even as the conviction of truth roared through him, shattering his last hope of safety, he was reaching to release the hand brake, to head up the road for home, doing her bidding.

A port was in development for the 5200 and advertised as a launch title but never officially released, although an unofficial release was produced by AtariAge.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

A port was also included on Atari's Cosmos system, but the system never saw release.

His revenge was to trap her in a magic throne, and then to demand Aphrodite's hand in return for Hera's release.

At the time of the movie's release, however, author J. K. Rowling said that it was her personal favorite from the series so far.

1987's Gaudi was the Project's last release, though they planned to record an album called Freudiana next.

Arista's refusal to release the album had two known effects: the negotiations led to a renewed contract and the album was never released.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first remixed in 1987 for release on CD, and included narration by Orson Welles which had been recorded in 1975, but arrived too late to be included on the original album.

The crew's next task, after jettisoning the Lunar Module ascent stage, was to release a sub-satellite into lunar orbit from the CSM's Scientific Instrument Bay.

After losing 7 straight games, the decision was made to release head coach Dan Reeves.

With its release, AppleTalk Personal Network was renamed LocalTalk.

Exactly-once mode was essential for operations which were not idempotent ; in this mode, the responder kept a copy of the response buffers in memory until successful receipt of a release packet from the requestor, or until a timeout elapsed.

It was similar to the Apple Macintosh and its simple design allowed the ST to precede the Commodore Amiga's commercial release by almost two months .< ref name =" amigaos ">

The 5200 was created to compete with the Intellivision, but wound up more directly competing with the ColecoVision shortly after its release.

However, as the system was reaching completion, the personal computer revolution was starting with the release of machines like the Commodore PET, TRS-80 and Apple II.

This was changed to a cable-based networking system before the final release.