If Fredo got into the car, Michael probably would've interrogated him. His first priority would've been to get as much information as he could. Fredo running away when Michael called him may have actually contributed to Michael's decision to kill him. This probably made him feel Fredo could never be trusted.
Fredo was his brother, you aren't supposed to kill your brother. Fredo, having betrayed him, needed to be held accountable. Killing him shows the entire world that Michael is nobody to mess with. Knowing a guy killed his own brother for disloyalty makes them think twice about betraying him themselves.
In Winegardner's 2006 sequel, The Godfather's Revenge, Fredo appears in one of Michael's dreams. In the dream, Fredo warns Michael about an unspecified threat, and asks him why he had his own brother killed. Much of the novel portrays Michael dealing with his guilt over Fredo's murder.
No way, in fact the only Corleone that would have had Fredo killed was Michael. Every other member of the Corleone family ( especially Vito) would have realized that Fredo's actions were the result of him being dim witted not because of any malicious intent!
Yes. The way she reminded Michael that poor Fredo had drowned seemed to make it clear she was telling him she knew. It was her speech, manner, and inflection that inferred the truth. A woman who had become as astute and clever as Connie wouldn't just make an idle comment such as that.
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Did Connie forgive Michael for killing Fredo?
Following the death of their mother, Connie forgave Michael, stating that he was only being strong for the family as their father had been. She then begged Michael to forgive Fredo for betraying him, and Michael appeared to do so; however, it was merely a ploy to draw Fredo in so Michael could have him killed.
Michael publicly appears to forgive Fredo, but later has him killed after Connie organized a visit for Kay behind Michael's back which breaks the agreement. Connie later says that Fredo had drowned, feigning ignorance of the truth. After Michael and Kay divorce, Connie helps care for Michael's children.
No, Fredo Corleone was not intellectually and socially deficient in the movie The Godfather. He was simply not as smart or as savvy as his brothers Michael and Sonny. This is evident early on in the movie when he gets caught up in a scam with Johnny Ola that nearly costs Michael his life.
At the end of the film, Michael has Greene killed as part of his slaughter of the Corleone family's enemies. Neri surprises Greene while he is getting a massage and shoots him through the eye. This allows Greene's casinos to become property of the Corleone family.
Fredo's decision to betray his brother Michael and pass information about him to Hyman Roth is likely driven by resentment towards Michael for being chosen as the family's successor.
Meanwhile, Kay decides to leave Michael and take their children with her, believing Michael will always live in a world of crime and violence. Michael asks her to reconsider, but Kay reveals she aborted their unborn son because she refused to bring another of his children into the world.
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Most noteworthy, the novel depicts Clemenza's fatal heart attack (mentioned in The Godfather Part II), and the many conspiracy theories that he had actually been murdered by the Rosato Brothers, former Corleone soldiers who had formed their own gang after a dispute over the future of the family.
Sonny had a soft side for family and he didn't want to make Connie a widow and just beats up Carlo but not kill him. Fredo is his brother and he knows Fredo is a weakling and not the smartest guy so the worst he would have done is slap him around but definitely not kill him.
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.
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Death. Fredo, moments before his death at Lake Tahoe. Upon their mother's death, and at the urging of their sister Connie, Michael relented toward Fredo and seemingly offered reconciliation. However, it was only a deception to draw Fredo in so as to have him murdered by Al Neri.
Fictional biography and early years. Vito Corleone is based on a composite of mid-20th-century New York Mafia figures Carlo Gambino, Frank Costello, Joe Bonanno, and Joe Profaci. The character's story begins as Vito Andolini in Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy.
Yes he was aware. * The Corleone's were making a move on Moe Green's hotel out in Vegas. Greene was close friends with Roth, so it would only make sense that Greene would tell him what's going on.
A rift grows between Pentangeli and Michael, however, that eventually results in Pentangeli betraying the family. Pentangeli's character was created in The Godfather Part II by Coppola and Puzo due to actor Richard Castellano not reprising his role as Clemenza in the sequel.
He then flees to Sicily, where he falls in love with Simonetta Stefanelli's Apollonia. Tragically, she's later killed in a car bomb planted by Michael's bodyguard Fabrizio (Angelo Infanti), who betrayed him to his enemies. While Michael gets revenge on those who ordered the hit, Fabrizio is never seen again.
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.
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.
