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Looking for reviews of John Cazale movies? Cinafilm has a total of 4,142 reviews across 7 movies.
Movies starring John Cazale have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 82%.
The Godfather - released in 1972 - is John Cazale's highest rated movie, with a score of 93% based on 948 reviews.
The lowest rated film from John Cazale is The Freshman - released in 1990 - with a score of 67% based on 173 reviews.
John Holland Cazale was an American actor. He appeared in five films during six years that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III, also nominated for Best Picture, making him the only actor to have this multi-film distinction. From his start as a theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather and its 1974 sequel. Cazale chose to continue acting despite being diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in New York City on March 12, 1978, shortly after completing his role in The Deer Hunter.
Theatre producer Joseph Papp called Cazale "an amazing intellect, an extraordinary person and a fine, dedicated artist".
John Cazale has acted in films with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall and Gianni Russo.
John Cazale has worked with these film directors: Francis Ford Coppola, Sidney Lumet, Michael Cimino and Richard Shepard.
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