Obedlala ku Godfather Ingxenye II
Context:I-Godfather Part II yifilimu yamafilimu yaseMelika ka-1974 ekhiqizwa futhi iqondiswe nguFrancis Ford Coppola. Le filimu isuselwa encwadini ka-1969 ethi The Godfather ebhalwe nguMario Puzo, owabhala i-screenplay noCoppola, futhi iyisiqephu kanye ne-prequel yefilimu ka-1972 ethi The Godfather, enikeza amadrama ahambisanayo: eyodwa ithatha indaba ka-1958 kaMichael Corleone (Al Pacino), uDon omusha womndeni wakwaCorleone, evikela ibhizinisi lomndeni ngemuva kokuzama ukubulala impilo yakhe; i-prequel ihlanganisa uhambo lukayise, uVito Corleone (uRobert De Niro), kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe baseSicilian kuze kube sekusungulweni kwebhizinisi lomndeni wakhe eNew York City. Iqembu labadlali libuye libe noRobert Duvall, uDiane Keaton, uTalia Shire, uMorgana King, uJohn Cazale, uMariana Hill, noLee Strasberg.
Ngemva kokuphumelela kwefilimu yokuqala, iParamount Pictures yaqala ukukhiqiza ifilimu elandelayo, iningi labadlali nabasebenzi libuyile. UCoppola, owayenikwe amandla engeziwe okudala, wayefuna ukwenza kokubili ukulandelana nokulandelana kweThe Godfather okwakuzolandisa indaba yokukhuphuka kukaVito nokuwa kukaMichael. Ukuthwebula izithombe kwaqala ngo-Okthoba 1973 futhi kwaphela ngoJuni 1974. I-Godfather Part II yaqala ukukhonjiswa eNew York City ngoDisemba 12, 1974, futhi yakhishwa e-United States ngoDisemba 20, 1974, ithola ukubuyekezwa okuhlukanisiwe kubagxeki; idumela layo, nokho, lathuthuka ngokushesha, futhi ngokushesha laba yisihloko sokuhlolwa kabusha. Le filimu yathola amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-120 e-United States naseCanada futhi yathola amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-93 emhlabeni wonke ngesabelomali samaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-13. Le filimu yaqokelwa ama-Academy Awards ayishumi nanye, futhi yaba ukulandelana kokuqala ukuwina i-Best Picture. Ama-Oscar ayo ayisithupha nawo ahlanganisa uMqondisi Omuhle kaCoppola, uMlingisi Omuhle Osekelayo kaDe Niro kanye ne-Best Adapted Screenplay kaCoppola noPuzo. UPacino wathola umklomelo weBafta Wokuba Umlingisi Omuhle Kakhulu futhi waqokelwa ama-Oscar.  Njengefilimu eyandulelayo, i-Part II ihlala iyifilimu enethonya elikhulu, ikakhulukazi ohlotsheni lwama-gangster. Kubhekwa njengenye yamafilimu amahle kakhulu kuwo wonke umlando, kanye nesibonelo esingavamile sesiqephu esingaba ngcono kunesandulelayo. Ngo-1997, i-American Film Institute yayibeka njengefilimu engu-32 enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni wamafilimu aseMelika futhi yagcina lesi sikhundla eminyakeni eyi-10 kamuva. Yakhethwa ukuba igcinwe e-U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress ngo-1993, yathathwa "njengebalulekile ngokwesiko, ngokomlando, noma ngobuhle". I-Godfather Part III, ingxenye yokugcina yalolu chungechunge, yakhululwa ngo-1990.