The 'Godfather' Mansion Is on Sale for $2.9 Million

The mansion and four-acre estate featured in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film The Godfather is up for sale — for $2.9 million.

Owner Jim Norton said he put the eight-bedroom, five-bathroom Staten Island home on the market after his father recently passed away. The English Tudor estate, set in the enclave connecting Todt Hill and Emerson Hill, is where the film opens: the aging Vito Corleone accepting requests for favors during his daughter Connie's wedding reception.

The estate features a four-car garage, two fireplaces, an English pub, and an in-ground swimming pool, Norton said. His mother had collected behind-the-scenes mementos from the shoot — pictures and autographs from cast and crew.

Realtor Connie Profaci said the location was suggested by neighbor and co-star Gianni Russo, who played Corleone's son-in-law Carlo Rizzi in the film. "His family lived near the home and was familiar with the English Tudor enclave," Profaci said. "Paramount producer Al Ruddy agreed and the rest was history."

For $2.9 million, the buyer gets a house — and one of the most recognizable opening scenes in American cinema thrown in.