Picks and Pans Review: Mario Puzo's the Godfather: the Complete Novel for Television Part I

UPDATED 08/29/1983 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 08/29/1983 at 01:00 AM EDT

NBC (9-11 p.m. ET)

Here is an offer movie fans can't refuse: the chance to ogle Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Al Pacino and Diane Keaton in a resplicing of the two Oscar-winning epics, The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather, Part II (1974). Based on Mario Puzo's best-seller about the roots of the modern Mafia, the nine-hour marathon spans four nights, but the time is worth it—director Francis Coppola has created an indelible screen masterpiece. (Repeat)

MONDAY, AUGUST 29