"Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." — Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972). The Godfather Quote.
A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
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."
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.
In the book, Vito had smallpox, and the illness damaged his throat, making him forever speak more quietly and scratchily than would otherwise be the norm.
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.
Born in 1920, to Vito and Carmela Corleone, Michael. was deeply loved by his father, even prompting Vito to. murder blackmailer Don Fanucci so he could support.
As the actor behind Scarface's unforgettable Tony Montana, Pacino also gave voice to one of the most iconic lines in 20th-century cinema: "Say hello to my little friend." That's far from the only memorable bit of dialogue from his long career, though.
He met his end while playing with his grandson, in a scene where it becomes gradually clear that Vito's health is failing rapidly. The movie sets him up as the best character up until then, thus making it very sad indeed to see Vito collapse and breathe his last.
Its fame started when its name was linked to the name of the mafia Family in the American movie saga “The Godfather.” In fact, the Corleone family does not exist. It is a cinematographic fiction.
👀 It was supposed to be: "Take the. cannoli.” Instead, Castellano improvised the line and. made it "Leave the gun, take the cannoli" — based on a. suggestion from his wife!
'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.
In The Godfather II, Vito Corleone chooses his younger son, Michael, instead of his older son, Fredo, as his successor. This decision is based on Michael's intelligence and ability.
Though a ruthless, violent criminal, Vito is also a warm, loving father and husband, and the paradox of his character is that it is precisely the warmth of his humanity that makes him appear superhuman. In his later years, Vito comes across as relaxed and playful, even mellow.
Vito saw his mother shot, his brother was killed and he was an extremely quiet and introspective. His mother called him stupid simply to beg the mob boss off his back. Imo, Vito was smart but quiet. He never let people know what he is thinking.
“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.
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!
Corleone is a small town of approximately 11,000 inhabitants (2018) in the province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. It is known primarily as the birthplace of Mafia boss Salvatore Riina and the Cosa Nostra. Even though the name of the city means “Lionheart”, the Mafia dominated the local community in the 1980s and 1990s.
After the performance, Mosca shoots Michael, wounding him, and a second bullet hits Mary, killing her. Mary's death breaks Michael's spirit, and he screams in agony over her body. In an epilogue scene set in 1997, an elderly Michael dies in the same courtyard where he married Appollonia.
Brando's ancestry was mostly German, Dutch, English, and Irish. His patrilineal immigrant ancestor, Johann Wilhelm Brandau, arrived in New York City in the early 1700s from the Palatinate in Germany. He is also a descendant of Louis DuBois, a French Huguenot, who arrived in New York around 1660.
