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Mario Puzo received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first Godfather film in..

  • 1970

  • 1972

  • 1975

  • 1980

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In 1972, Mario Puzo won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his adaptation of his own novel, The Godfather. The film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, went on to become a critical and commercial success, winning a total of three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Puzo's screenplay was praised for its faithfulness to the novel and its deft handling of the complex characters and themes of the story.
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