The 2022 Oscars took a moment during Sunday night’s broadcast to pay tribute to "The Godfather" film series. Director Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro took the stage at the 94th Annual Academy Awards to celebrate the iconic crime-drama’s 50th anniversary.
After Sean "Diddy" Combs introduced the three stars, Coppola, 82, Pacino, 81, and DeNiro, 79, all joined together on stage to thank the "legends" that brought the film together years ago.
Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola and Robert DeNiro took the stage at the 2022 Oscars to celebrate "The Godfather's" 50th year anniversary. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) "I feel moments like this should be sincere and brief, and I'm so grateful for my wonderful friends to come here to help me celebrate with you," the film's director, Coppola, said of Pacino and DeNiro. "This project that we began 50 years ago with really the most extraordinary collaborators, many of them legends and so many of them that I can't take the time to list them all, but you know them all well," he continued.
Coppola went on to recognize Maria Puzo, the author of the "Godfather" novels, and the late producer, Robert Evans. "So I'm going to only thank two from the bottom of my heart," he said. "The Godfather" first premiered in New York City in March 1972. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) Coppola concluded his speech with, "Thank you.
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