Don Corleone : Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me.But until that day, consider this justice a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
“You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.
Shortly afterwards, on July 29, 1955, Vito dies of a heart attack in his garden while playing with his grandson, Michael's son Anthony. In the novel, his last words are, "Life is so beautiful."
'I believe in America. ' “I believe in America.” These four words — spoken in a clipped, lilting rush over a pitch-black screen — are the first thing you hear in “The Godfather” after a short moan of music.
From a naive & stoic war-hero, Michael becomes a cold, heartless and vengeful mafia don. The tragedy for Michael is that he couldn't escape the inevitable doom of succession, despite his prior knowledge.
“The only wealth in this world is children. More than all the money, power on Earth, you are my treasure.” “I swear on the lives of my children. Give me one last chance to redeem myself, and I will sin no more.”
In 1971, The New York Times reported that Ruddy removed the words mafia and la cosa nostra from the film's script, which was written by Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola.
Frank Pentangeli : I don't like this C-note, Rosato. I take that as an insult. Tony Rosato : [wraps a garrote around Pentangeli's neck] Michael Corleone says "Hello"! Tony Rosato : [shouts] Get his head in!
“You see, The Godfather is more entertaining. Godfather II is this study, this personal thing for Francis [Ford Coppola],” Pacino continued. “Godfather I, I saw it recently, it's always got two or three things going on in a scene. You're always in the story, you're going.
There's a scene in "Godfather II" where Vito Corleone is in his dimly lit apartment worried about his son Fredo. Fredo has pneumonia and is being tended to by his mother and a nursemaid using a glass tumbler with a flame underneath. The thought was it would suck the illness out of his tiny body.
Clemenza. No one was more loyal to the Corleone Crime Family than the first capo, Clemenza. Among his most iconic scenes was when he had the traitor Paulie executed and when he trained Michael on how to whack Sollozzo and McCluskey.
Born near Trapani, Sicily, Peter Clemenza is one of Don Vito Corleone's caporegimes and oldest friends, as well as the godfather of his eldest son, Sonny.
Toward the end of the film, Michael names Vincent as his successor, on condition that he break off his relationship with Mary. After her brother's debut concert, the assassin Mosca tries to kill Michael. One bullet grazes Michael's shoulder, but the other accidentally hits Mary in the chest, fatally wounding her.
What does leave the gun take the cannoli mean in The Godfather?
As they leave, Peter delivers one of the most quoted lines in movie history. Critics and scholars have long debated the meaning of “Leave the gun, take the cannoli”. Some say it refers to keeping violence and negativity in the past — take only the “sweet” things with you into the future.
Did Robert De Niro learn to speak Italian for The Godfather?
Robert De Niro spent four months learning to speak the Sicilian dialect of Italian in order to play Vito Corleone. Nearly all of the dialogue that his character speaks in the film was in Sicilian. Originally, the actors in the flashback scenes wore pants with zippers.
Luca Brasi : Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter... 's wedding... on the day of your daughter's wedding. And I hope their first child be a masculine child. I pledge my ever-ending loyalty.
For me, there's only my wife and son. Vito Corleone : [picks up baby Michael, kisses him, holds him] Michael, your father loves you very much. Very much.
When Michael finds out, he gives Fredo a big ol' smooch at a party in Havana. This is the kiss of death, and he follows it by saying, "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart." Betrayal leaves a bad taste in Michael's mouth. Watch the heart-breaking clip.
Luca Brasi is Don Vito Corleone's personal enforcer and the only man Vito himself fears. While slow-witted and brutish, Brasi is fiercely loyal with a reputation as a savage and remorseless killer.
