The entire month of November I'm raising funds for MOVEMBER, to help fight for mens mental and physical health. With this we will focus on movies with male actors that has been open with their mental health and other illnesses. There's a bunch of incredible movies coming your way this month! ♥ Want to be part of the fundraising? You can donate here: donate.tiltify.com/92b0cc58-f256-4bd2-9a3b-6c4c8c0d9827/details We have several goals such as starting Fallout: New Vegas at $100, at $1000 we're watching ALL the Shrek movies and so on. Livestreaming all the fun shenanigans over on twitch.tv/centane ♥
I'm hoping you'll watch the entire Godfather Trilogy! I would guess your dad watched it! 😺Kamilla 😺 In the beginning - a guy 'Nazorine' asked Don Corleone to his brother in law to remain in the US so he could marry his daughter - he was talking about "Enzo The Baker." Nazorine was a baker with "Enzo" working under him. Ultimate question: "Does "The Godfather" (1972) make you feel like you're a part of the Corleone family?!?
Killing his horse wasn't the scary part. Nobody catches the scary part. It's that the men that killed the horse were able to come into his bedroom in the middle of the night and plant that head without alerting security or waking anybody up. Imagine thinking that killers had been standing over you while you slept. That they could get that close any time they wanted to. That's the scary part.
This wasn't lost on Woltz, which was made clear in the book, where his imagination about what they could do him forced him to acquiesce that very morning.
The actor who played Fredo was John Cazale. He starred only in five movies before dying of lung cancer. Every movie he starred in ended up being a classic piece of cinema that everyone should watch. He was also Meryl Streep's first husband. If he hadn't died so young, he'd be just as famous as Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Also Robert De Niro had a huge respect for him and covered its health insurance to prevent him from being dropped from the movie 'The Deer Hunter' because terminal cancer would make him uninsurable.
Fun fact...the gentleman who plays Luca Brasi was actually a REAL Mafia enforcer. He loved Marlon Brando and they caught him practicing his lines. So he was really talking to himself. I hope everything is going well for you.
Another fun fact, the guy who plays Carlo Rissi, Connie Corleone's abusive husband, IS a real mob enforcer (I think he's still alive). He even killed another man while watching over a mafia casino in Las Vegas
In the novel, it explains that Michael apologized to Appelonia's father for what the bodyguard said because he wanted to show that he was the man in charge of the group. He gave orders and he took responsibility for what his underlings said and did.
Yes, exactly. The novel said the Turk would not have made the hit on Vito except for Sonny's comment in the meeting, indicating that Sonny "was hot for [the] idea". That's why it was important for the Corleone top bosses to show nothing in that meeting and let Vito do all of the talking.
25:00 When Michael says that he will kill Solozzo and McCloskey, everyone is laughing at him and talking about how it's different when you're up close. 29:00 "Michael, you actually did it?" At the wedding, Michael is a Marine captain and his uniform showed that he had both a Purple Heart and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal among his awards. Michael earned a Purple Heart fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, and has probably seen and meted out more death up close than everyone else in the room combined.
Exactly, The Mafia is nothing more than glorified thugs but Michael, a trained military war hero, is the real deal when it comes to strategy, tactics, and war.
haha it's a good point, and perhaps explains why Michael is so cool and calculated, in his changed role from professional soldier to professional gangster (nothings fazes him, he's already seen it all).
BTW, it wasn’t mentioned but fat Clamenza was Sonny’s godfather. This is why Clamenza killed Carlo himself instead of delegating the job to a subordinate. Also, the baby being baptized is Sophia Coppola who also became a director.
She's also in Godfather II. And BOTH Clemenza and Tessio are "introduced" in the Vito Corleone origin story film within a film in GF II (book and movie) and it's through that storyline that we learn, if you're paying attention, that Clemenza is Michael's Godfather.
100% Also, Carlo used to be one of the men Clemenza recruited, so Fat Clemenza took it especially personal that one of the men he raised up, betrayed his family.
@@slchance8839 I think Carlo was introduced to the family by Sonny if I recall correctly. They were friends. Although he was certainly not one of Tessio's people. Tessio never would have hired that imbecile.
My favorite scene in this movie is the baptism. The priest is asking him ,"Do you renounce Satan?" He replies "Yes, I do renounce him.", and the film cuts to his henchmen gunning down his criminal competitors. It does it for me!
The right partner for Michael was Apollonia. She´d have been the perfect sicilian wife: absolutely never asking Michael about his affairs, raising their children, supporting him over all... but Kay, on the other hand... was completely the other way around.
Yeah,, as the sage progresses, it is a shame about Apollonia. Kay was a terrible wife, not at all fit to be a part of the family. Obviously Carlo was not good to marry into the family either. Hard to say about Sandra, since Sonny was an f up in certain ways. The family didn't fare so well in the second generation.
@@jasonkiefer1894 Lots of female reactors complain of Michael's breach of loyalty to Kay, but Kay really only worked for the old Micheal eschewing the family business - you are correct Appollonia was the right match for the fundamental change in Mike's character, from the guy who pursued Kate. And also - Mike is a young guy with a healthy sex drive - is he supposed to be celibate for a year? His choice was marriage to a woman he could love or .... prostitutes. He does not strike me as the prostitute kind of guy.
@@jasonkiefer1894she isn't a terrible wife but just not a suitable wife i'd say. You can see michael not wanting to be dishonest and lie to her but she makes him lie by asking questions about his "affairs". On the other hand mafia is normal for apollonia as she grew up in one herself.
The problem of course was that they weren't in Sicily and it was no longer the old days. Even Apollonia, had she lived, would have eventually come to America and saw how things were so very different. Michael and Vito both try to hold onto a past and a way of life that is no longer maintainable in modern America. The thin veneer of men in suits pretending to be respectable is eventually stripped away to reveal the ruthless thugs that they must become to stay in power.
People don't understand the subtlepart of replacing Tom. Vitos word is his biggest strength, he swore on his grandchildren that he won't break peace...him and tom were there when he promised that. So that's why mike replaced Tom temporarily and waited til vito died...his regime didn't make that promise
Among other reasons, Tom was removed because he was in the room when Vito made the pledge, so he was bound to not assisting with the revenge master stroke to come (though the Don himself worked with Michael in the planning, which took years)
Also, they knew that someone was likely to try to get to Michael through someone close to him. By taking Tom out of the chain of command, they were protecting him from what eventually happened to Tessio.
Vito said he would not break the piece that he had one proviso: that there be no attempts on his son Michael's life. However, there was an attempt on Michael's life that killed Apollonia. Once it was clear that the other families were intent on killing Michael, the oath that Vito made was no longer valid. Vito warned the other families that any attempt to kill Michael he would not forget nor forgive.
@@venetianlucifer in the garden scene, Vito tells Michael that Michael will be assassinated. Hence, Vito keeps his word because he vowed to blame those who tried to kill his son
My father had just come off a long deployment in the Coast Guard for a month at patrol. My mother picked him up from the ship that day and she told him about The Godfather and took him to the movies. He said he was exhausted as he was on the wheel for the last 10 hours back into port. He said he couldn't do a movie. He said he was so engrossed in the movie he stayed awake and didn't realize how long it was. Until his passing he would watch this movie when it came on tv or just throw in the DVD.
24:45 Always thought it funny that Sonny says to Michael dismissively “this isn’t like the Army, you gotta get up close and bada bing”. Michael was a Marine. He fought in the Pacific where combat was often “up close” & incredibly brutal. Also while serving, Michael was awarded the Navy Cross (2nd highest military decoration) & a Silver Star (3rd highest military decoration). Maybe Sonny just saw him as his little bro, but Michael was very experienced in close up violence.
The book changes the ENTIRE scene. According the book (and it's author wrote the screeplay for the movie), Sonny was the only one in the room laughing for the RIGHT reason. Everyone else was laughing AT Mike, but Sonny has always known, that since they were little kids, Mike is tough, smart, and relentless. Sonny would beat up BOTH brothers, but only Mike never gave up and never stopped fighting and fought smarter and smarter every time, even though he always lost. Sonny was WAITING for Mike to break out of his disguise and help him kill the Turk, but he knew that NO ONE tells Mike what to do, so SOnny had to WAIT for Mike to act. Sonny was laughing at EVERYONE ELSE b/c he was the only one NOT fooled by "gentle" Micheal, but he couldnt openly laugh at Clemenza and Tessio b/c it was would be disrespectful to them, hence his comment about the Ivy League suit.
Sonny had no personal experience with the military. He probably only knew about the war and how it was fought from newsreels. In those newsreels you won't see any brutal hand-to-hand combat, mostly just long-distance shooting with rifles.
@@slchance8839 This is so true. My youngest brother was the toughest one of us all. He could take more punishment without giving in than either me or my other brother. He is calm like Michael but every bit as vengeful which is truly frightening.
@@ronweber1402 what a great thing to share. I'd love to meet a person like that: an actual tough guy. Some people LOOK tough or ACT tough or DO "tough guy things" like kickboxing, but the truly tough truly understand the phrase "whatever it takes." My own dad was born with only one arm and is a self-made millionaire who grew up so poor in India that two of his 11 siblings died of dehydration and starvation, respectively. He fought his way outta that place and when people meet this quiet guy, who doesnt talk or smile much , they have no idea that they're talking to a person who can survive on SHEER WILL.. He scared me as a kid. Still kinda scares me in his 80s. His eyes see THROUGH me. He's the greatest man I've ever met and a real role model for me. Thanks, Pop!
11:54 “And now I’m scared of what they’ll do to that poor old man….” Jack Woltz is a horrible old man. He grooms young actresses for acting roles AND he molests them in his bed. A deleted scene has Tom Hagen seeing a crying teen girl coming out of Woltz’s room, with her mother hushing her.
@@lazyatthedisconot really, if Coppola wanted to glamorize them, he would have kept the scene with Woltz and the girl, by removing the scene Woltz appears a little more like a victim although a not sympathetic one... and they also kills a prostitute during the Baptism massacre so they are not glamorized except thag they are the ones we follow and they have the modt charismatic Don
The thing with Paulie: The book explains, and there's a deleted scene where Sonny quizzes Michael on how he knew Paulie was a rat. The family had contacts inside the phone company. Sonny had them go through the records for the payphone near Paulie's place. Every time Paulie had called in sick, a minute or two before he called there had been a call placed to that payphone from the same number. That had been Sollozzo or his people calling to find out where the Don was going to be that day. Paulie then called in sick because otherwise he would have to explain how he let his boss get assassinated.
14:20 "Is 'The Godfather' also based on a true story?" No, it's fiction. However, Johnny Fontaine, an Italian singer wanting to be in a war picture, was inspired by Frank Sinatra and his performance in 'From Here to Eternity'.
The Sinatra connections were several - the movie - the weakening of his voice - his contract with famous bandleader that he could not get out of .... And Sinatra was pissed - he bumped into Puzo (author) at restaurant and almost came to blows.
The reason why this film is the very best movie of all time, is this: You meight have watched it ten times, before. But there will always be that little detail, that one piece of the puzzle, that you'll just understand, when you watch it again. An example? Sure... Die you recognize that one of the killers, who shot Santino at the toll station was Carlo? The one who steps to Sunny's corpse and kicks him in the face, at the end of the scene. That was the coward's revenge for the beating, which ended on just the same way 😉
The Mafia actually tried to stop film’s production before they started filming and Coppola was even threatened by them in NYC. “The Real Story Behind The Making of The Godfather" was an excellent doc about that. Really eyebrow raising stuff.
Funny fact in the book, Genko was the Godfather’s 1st consigliere. When he was on his death bed, in his delirium he asked the Godfather if he can fix it so he can avoid going to hell. This is a testament to the Don’s power but he told him he has no power over death.
You know what Centane? Centane sounds like "Cent´anni" (one hundred years in italian). That will mean for you something, as you progress in this masterpiece.
In the extended version (which I VERY much recommend you see), you can see that the young protege that "poor old man" referred to as 'the best piece of a** he ever had", is about 14 years old. BTW, that beautiful estate he lives in is Hearst Castle in central California near Big Sur. It is open to the public for tours and is a must see. Take the sunset tour if you can.
I love how smart and perceptive you are. You were able time and time again to see what was unfolding so much faster than most people and understand things immediately. Love it.
Fun fact: the cat was not supposed to be apart of the scene, he just pick it up 😂. Another fun fact: when Luca is talking to Don Corleone at the wedding and stumbled over his words, that was also not apart of the script, but they kept it in anyways, because it looked more authentic.
Technically, it was business, His dad promised he would not violate the peace. Micheal was settling the family business, and nobody said you couldn't get satisfaction from your work.
Based on real stories across the five familes during this era. The singer Johnny Fontaine is based on Frank Sinatra, true story about the role he got in the 1953 movie From here to Eternity
Translation of the Italian from the restaurant: SOLLOZZO: I’m sorry… MICHAEL: Leave it alone. SOLLOZZO: What happened to your father was business. I have a lot of respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that. MICHAEL: I understand those things… SOLLOZZO: Now let’s work through where we go from here. MICHAEL: How do you say… ? [Michael speaks English, then goes to and returns from the bathroom] SOLLOZZO: Everything all right? I respect myself, understand, and cannot allow another man to hold me back. What happened was unavoidable. I had the unspoken support of the other Family dons. If your father were in better health, without his eldest son running things, no disrespect intended, we wouldn’t have this nonsense. We will stop fighting until your father is well and can resume bargaining. No vengeance will be taken. We will have peace, but your Family should interfere no longer.
Godfather is HEAVILY inspired by The Comission, the Five Families in New York. The author took a lot of artistic license, but when you dig a little bit into the history you start doing the Leo Pointing At The Screen meme whenever you tecognize something 😂
After you have seen the movie once, when watching again the scene where Micheal is telling Kay about Luca Brasi and he says "That's my family, Key. That's not me", really hits home. Also, the character of the singer, Johnny Fontaine was based on Frank Sinatra, who supposedly got out of a contract in his early years thanks to help from some of his "connected" friends, and also got help getting an important role in the movie "From Here to Eternity".
Talia Shire is the sister of the director (Francis Ford Coppola.) Also: His daughter Sofia, then a newborn , appeared in a baptism scene; Carmine Coppola, his father, appeared in the film as an extra playing a piano and Coppola's wife, mother, and two sons all appeared as extras in the picture.
Don Corleone's cat was just a friendly stray that wandered onto the movie set. 25:07 Yeah, Michael's pretty good at that. After all, he was a combat Marine Officer in the Pacific in WWII, so he knows tactics and can keep a cool head. 35:46 It's kinda strange getting married at this time. Michael wants to keep a low profile, but now, the woman's family has sent wedding invitations that say Apollonia Vittelli is marrying Michael Corleone.(?)
Most people fail to realize that the acene you mentioned was meant to trick Sal into reacting tempermentally and driving to his sister's home without thinking. They staged the assassination of Sal at a toll booth along his route, knowing he would be coming to kill his Brother-in- law Carlos.
For Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), they put a jaw prosthesis in his mouth and a gauze, to give him that particular face. Brando was relatively young in this film, and Coppola pretended to age him and also look more threatening.
Yup... during his screen test, Marlon Brando placed cotton balls in his cheeks, in order to achieve the "jowly" effect; it is rumored that these also affected the way he spoke, so the prostheses/gauze contributed to the Godfather's speech pattern. ☁️🗣️☁️🗣️☁️🗣️☁️🗣️☁️
35:04 "Nothing is hitting him!" 😆 This is the only flaw in the film. Sonny's ghost punches are funny, but they really don't hurt the story, thankfully!
9:45 Connie's wedding was very emotional for the Corleone family. She was crying, the family was crying, the guests were crying,....even the cake was in tiers.
I recently watched a video with Al Pacino. He explained how many studio executives were pushing for him to drop out of the movie and be replaced with a better-known actor. He was still in his discovery phase in Hollywood vs. his playwright phase in Broadway. Either way, he was still not a very well-known actor broadly. Thank God Coppola ignored them and was Pacino's biggest advocate. The rest is one terrific history.
Coppola filmed the scene where they were in the cafe and he had to kill both of them first. After Pacino's ability to sell so many emotions with only a close up of his face it managed to dispel doubts about him for the role.
Chances are that if Pacino had never played the part of Michael Corleone he would have never become a well-known actor. That's how the business works. One key role can change a career.
I could be wrong, but I think this move and its sequel are the only such pair of movies to both win Oscars for Best Picture. They are rightly considered to be among the best in cinema. The ending scene with Michael framed in the doorway as he is acknowledged as godfather by his father's top men and then the reversal framing Kay as the door closes on her is one of the best closing sequences I have ever seen.
Not a true story per se, but inspired by combinations of real mobsters and events. Names worth looking up for background: Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Carlo Cambino, Frank Costello, Joe Columbo, Joe Bonnano, Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Albert Anastasia. The epic series "Boardwalk Empire" has a more literal (but still fictionalized) take on some of these stories.
Great reaction as always! BTW it is NOT annoying when you try to figure out who the actors are. I do that all the time when I watch something. And now when I introduce things to my teens I usually try to point out who is who...especially when they know the actor in something new and I'm showing them something from my childhood
The Godfather is fiction inspired by real life. The author of the original novel(s) Mario Puzo was versed in the actual history of the Italian Mob (both in Italy & the US) & the reality is that in the post-WW2 era of the film, though a Vito Corleone & Corleone family didn’t exist, there truly was a coalition of multiple known mafia bosses in the states known as ‘The Five Families’ who united, competed & outright warred amongst themselves at the time. The ‘30s - ‘50s were the most “successful” era for the organization but that power & unity waned in the generations since. The Italian Mob still exists but like many organized crime cabals these days, the reality is closer to The Sopranos rather than what’s seen here in The Godfather. Side Note: The sequel is absolutely a big recommendation! And also, though it’s not about the mafia, I highly recommend the film HEAT (1995). It stands alongside The Godfather as one of my personal all time favorite films but also sits with it in Top 10 (or Top 20) Crime Dramas of all time IMO.
hey darlin! love your channel, for me the last scene, where the door closes on Micheals wife is one of the most chilling in the whole film! as far as Carlo and Conny, the call from his mistress is a set up, that's how they get sonny to come running to his sister!! Now, don't wait, watch the God Father part 2 immediately, it so worth it! probably the two very best movies ever made!!!
These reactors come here and right off the bat they always start asking questions, one after another, knowing they will always get the answers in due time.
I was really amazed by how good this movie actually is. You often hear about it, or see it on toplists but I hadn't really seen it before. The actors of this time are incredible. Can't wait to see the 2nd movie.
I believe this was The Godfather 2. The first was based on the old mans life as a young gangster and how he became a godfather. The young Don was played by Robert D' Nero.
I had watched this on TV many times, and then I went to the theater on the fiftieth anniversary of its release. Like night and day. And still the greatest American gangster film ever made!
Gambling isn’t very criminal in the US because there’s lottery tickets in every gas station and convenience stores and we still have casinos that take peoples money all day everyday
Did you know Paul Anka wrote that song for Annette Funicello, I used to listen to Vic Damone who met the Don at the start of the movie who is supposed to be Frank Sinatra, Al Pacino was an unknown here and Scarface was well over a decade later.
The Cat at the beginning was actually a stray on the studio lot that took a real liking to the cast, and especially the actor that plays the god father. . .so. . .he kept it lol
Scarface is the gangster movie done as a personal tragedy. Goodfellas/Casino is the gangster movie about the fundamental corrupt nature of crime. The Godfather is more of a family tragedy. It's the gangster story Shakespeare would have written if he wrote a play about gangsters.
The Shakespearean theme is not complete until the very end of Godfather 3, which is not a bad movie at all, just not as good as the first two, which are among the best films of all time...I hope she gets to 2 and 3, despite the naysayers on the last one. It does have what I consider Pacino's best scene in the entire trilogy.
Supposedly, Brando stuffed cotton balls in his cheeks during his “audition” and Coppola liked the effect, so eventually a mouth prosthetic was developed for Brando to wear.
Talia Shire is Talia Coppola Francis Ford Coppola’s sister. And yes they stuffed his cheeks for Marlin Brando. As far as the cat is concerned Brando found the cat wondering around the set. He picked it up and used it in the opening scene.
As you observed, James Caan was noticeably no good at stunt fighting. He was, however, a former boxer (with the nickname Killer Caan) and martial artist, so he could handle himself in the real world.
0:03:50 The cat was a 'walk on' performance they didn't plan for ;) he headed straight for Brando's lap as they were rolling, and Don Corleone stayed in character. Two naturals ;)
The cat deserves an Oscar - it used an opportunity for stardom. It was a stray that wandered onto the set, so Brando used it to great effect in the opening scene. Thanks for this Kamilla. Of course, you MUST react to part two. One of the few sequels that is better than the first.
The cat was great symbolism for Vito as a character. Here was this guy who held the power over life and death with ruthless efficiency and he could be gentle and loving at the same time. The cat had complete trust in him and the audience saw it.
Sometime around 1930, after a long period of bloodshed, the dominant gang leader in New York set up the five families system, with himself as Boss of Bosses. Shortly afterwards he was killed by Lucky Luciano's gang, and Luciano established "The Commission", which was made up of the heads of the five families and a few others. The idea was that this would be a kind of board of directors, to minimize conflict between the gangs. The rule about not killing a "Made" man - in IOW a member of a family - dates from this period. During the period when this film is set, Luciano was in exile in Italy, but the system was still in force. That's what all the talk about "the families" is about. I don't think that the film is about a specific incident that actually happened, although the story about Vic Fontaine was inspired by rumors about the early career of Frank Sinatra.
That was one of my favorite reactions from Centane, I'm looking forward to her GF2 reaction. I love most mafia movies but this series of movies does such a great job with the drama. I watch GF 1 and 2 movies at least once a year.
What stuck with me, as always, was Brando’s physical acting. The simple way he brushes his fingers backwards against his check, the way he smells the flower on his lapel, the way he sighs with slight exasperation at the end of his conversation about doing favors on his daughters wedding day, the way he strokes the cat lovingly while Listening to the gruesome opening story about the beating Bonasarro’s daughter took from her boyfriend, the way he improvised the scene where he politely pours the Turk a drink while refusing to bankroll his narcotics business.
Marlon Brando made movie history, and with his debut movie, single handedly shunted the entire movie industry onto a different path. He happened to be the first student in a NY acting class taught by a former Silent Movie actress to land a major role. The movie is called A Streetcar Called Desire, from 1959. The origins of this class is fascinating. With all major changes, like going silent to talkies, or black & white to colour, it takes MANY years to filter through every production. Lots of folks don't like the new change, or can't afford the investment in the equipment. Silent movie era stars were chosen because of how they look. Many were marketed as American, but couldn't speak English with an American accent, and some couldn't speak English. Some had off-putting voices. One of the actresses who didn't make the jump to talkies, decided to travel the world to see plays. After a performance in a little backstreet venue in Paris, she was mesmerised by one of the minor actors. After the show, she asked him to teach her what he was doing. He didn't know. She paid to be his shadow, observing him and analysing him. This study became known as Method Acting. She set up a class in NY. She had several big name students like Steve McQueen, and Marilyn Monroe. After Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Called Desire, audiences could tell the difference. Until then, actors looked like they were acting in a play. They'd memorise lines, and go through the motions. Method acting is about BECOMING the person you're playing. What would THEY say or do in any given situation? Stay in character during the WHOLE production. During the 60's, a LOT changed, in a lot of different cultural parts of our culture. Method acting landed like a meteorite in 1959, and by the 1970's the remaining dinosaurs were now very niche players. It also inspired a LOT of people to get into acting.
The scene that has stuck with me since I first saw this movie many years ago is the horse's found in the bed. The producer's screams still give me chills.
13:20 "Is that true? That people look at gambling as a harmless business?" Well, some do and some don't. Casino owners certainly see it that way. They tend to see their customers are adults who can make their own decisions on how they spend their money. Billions and billions of dollars are spent in the gambling business. Many gambling addicts and their families will say that gambling is a nightmare. Addicts destroy themselves and their families financially, as they can't stop betting. They commit crimes to get more money to make bets. It's about as destructive as being a drug addict.
_"The Godfather" is the I Ching. "The Godfather" is the sum of all wisdom. "The Godfather" is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." What day of the week is it? "Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday." -- Joe Fox ("You've Got Mail")_ Many quotable quotes popularized by The Godfather. “No Sicilian can ever refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day”, "Sleeps with the fishes", "Going to the mattresses", "I love you, but don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again", and of course “Make him an offer he can't refuse” 😁 The Godfather changed mobster movies forever. Before The Godfather, mobster movies were like superhero movies - there are bad and good, and good always wins. The Godfather showed that mobster movies can have many layers 🤔 And yeah, that was a mouthpiece that "The Godfather" Marlon Brando wanted to make Don Corleone “look like a bulldog." He stuffed his cheeks with cotton tissues for the audition, but for the actual filming, he wore a custom mouthpiece made by a dentist. 🐶
At 49:47 there is another ROCKY actor. The hitman in the barbershop who kills the man in the rotating door is the same actor who in ROCKY, played Rocky's loanshark boss Gazzo. The actor's name is Joe Spinell. He appears in GODFATHER PART 2.
The funniest part about Connie is that she ends up being Michael's most loyal supporter when he is old in THE GODFATHER PART 3. Kay is never really out of the picture, either, maintaining a relationship with Michael in all 3 movies. In a deleted scene Michael hunts down the guy who was responsible for Appalonia's death and takes revenge. Marlon Brando also played a parody of this role in a comedy with Matthew Broderick. The corrupt police chief is played by Sterling Hayden, famous as a westerns actor in the 1950s-1960s. Coppola loved to make those extended wedding scenes. He did it again with THE GODFATHER PART 2 and THE DEER HUNTER.
Brando was generally considered the greatest American actor. All of the subsequent greats idolized him including DeNiro, Pacino, Hoffman, Hackman, etc. I recommend A Streetcar Named Desire and On The Waterfront. Both 1950’s classics that showed Brando at his physical and creative peak.
The entire month of November I'm raising funds for MOVEMBER, to help fight for mens mental and physical health.
With this we will focus on movies with male actors that has been open with their mental health and other illnesses.
There's a bunch of incredible movies coming your way this month! ♥
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We have several goals such as starting Fallout: New Vegas at $100, at $1000 we're watching ALL the Shrek movies and so on.
Livestreaming all the fun shenanigans over on twitch.tv/centane ♥
I'm hoping you'll watch the entire Godfather Trilogy! I would guess your dad watched it! 😺Kamilla 😺 In the beginning - a guy 'Nazorine' asked Don Corleone to his brother in law to remain in the US so he could marry his daughter - he was talking about "Enzo The Baker." Nazorine was a baker with "Enzo" working under him. Ultimate question: "Does "The Godfather" (1972) make you feel like you're a part of the Corleone family?!?
Great movie reaction Kamila also I'm new here and I hope you reach your goal for the month
Do I get to grow my moustace again?
Haven't done that for about ten years.
@@glennmcmurray are you sure you have enough eyeliner?
What is Movember??
Killing his horse wasn't the scary part. Nobody catches the scary part. It's that the men that killed the horse were able to come into his bedroom in the middle of the night and plant that head without alerting security or waking anybody up. Imagine thinking that killers had been standing over you while you slept. That they could get that close any time they wanted to. That's the scary part.
This.
This wasn't lost on Woltz, which was made clear in the book, where his imagination about what they could do him forced him to acquiesce that very morning.
yup
non "the scary part" c'est que c'est vrai...ces gens sont des animaux
@@claya7580 ... Indeed. Woltz thought he was a powerful man, but then he realized that he was totally defenseless. The blow to his ego was massive!
The actor who played Fredo was John Cazale. He starred only in five movies before dying of lung cancer. Every movie he starred in ended up being a classic piece of cinema that everyone should watch. He was also Meryl Streep's first husband. If he hadn't died so young, he'd be just as famous as Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Great actor. Pacino said when he worked with John, he learned more about acting than anyone else he worked with
Also every film was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
Also Robert De Niro had a huge respect for him and covered its health insurance to prevent him from being dropped from the movie 'The Deer Hunter' because terminal cancer would make him uninsurable.
@@fab050753 Deniro & Cazale - the scene as they prepare on the mountain - "This is this"!
John Cazale and Meryl Streep were a couple but they never married. So he was not Meryl Streep's first husband.
Fun fact...the gentleman who plays Luca Brasi was actually a REAL Mafia enforcer. He loved Marlon Brando and they caught him practicing his lines. So he was really talking to himself.
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Another fun fact, the guy who plays Carlo Rissi, Connie Corleone's abusive husband, IS a real mob enforcer (I think he's still alive). He even killed another man while watching over a mafia casino in Las Vegas
True!
He was also an ex pro boxer.
@@Joskemom wrestler actually
In the novel, it explains that Michael apologized to Appelonia's father for what the bodyguard said because he wanted to show that he was the man in charge of the group. He gave orders and he took responsibility for what his underlings said and did.
Sonny's lack of restraint triggered the attempt on his father's life, escalated it into a war and in the end, it also got him killed.
Yes, exactly. The novel said the Turk would not have made the hit on Vito except for Sonny's comment in the meeting, indicating that Sonny "was hot for [the] idea". That's why it was important for the Corleone top bosses to show nothing in that meeting and let Vito do all of the talking.
If Sonny remained silent, they would have to plan differently, but a war was gonna happen.
Micheal: "Come on, do you think I`d make my sister a widow?"
Me: "Yeah."
25:00 When Michael says that he will kill Solozzo and McCloskey, everyone is laughing at him and talking about how it's different when you're up close.
29:00 "Michael, you actually did it?"
At the wedding, Michael is a Marine captain and his uniform showed that he had both a Purple Heart and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal among his awards. Michael earned a Purple Heart fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, and has probably seen and meted out more death up close than everyone else in the room combined.
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Exactly, The Mafia is nothing more than glorified thugs but Michael, a trained military war hero, is the real deal when it comes to strategy, tactics, and war.
haha it's a good point, and perhaps explains why Michael is so cool and calculated, in his changed role from professional soldier to professional gangster (nothings fazes him, he's already seen it all).
Plus a Silver Star, which was later upgraded to the Navy Cross. The Navy Cross is the second highest American medal for valor.
@@Cybrluditeyep that's why even the cops hesitated to put him behind bars, being a true war Hero.
BTW, it wasn’t mentioned but fat Clamenza was Sonny’s godfather. This is why Clamenza killed Carlo himself instead of delegating the job to a subordinate. Also, the baby being baptized is Sophia Coppola who also became a director.
She also plays Michael's daughter in GODFATHER 3.
She's also in Godfather II. And BOTH Clemenza and Tessio are "introduced" in the Vito Corleone origin story film within a film in GF II (book and movie) and it's through that storyline that we learn, if you're paying attention, that Clemenza is Michael's Godfather.
100% Also, Carlo used to be one of the men Clemenza recruited, so Fat Clemenza took it especially personal that one of the men he raised up, betrayed his family.
@@slchance8839 I think Carlo was introduced to the family by Sonny if I recall correctly. They were friends. Although he was certainly not one of Tessio's people. Tessio never would have hired that imbecile.
And did Michael's daughter part in Godfather part III
My favorite scene in this movie is the baptism. The priest is asking him ,"Do you renounce Satan?" He replies "Yes, I do renounce him.", and the film cuts to his henchmen gunning down his criminal competitors. It does it for me!
The right partner for Michael was Apollonia. She´d have been the perfect sicilian wife: absolutely never asking Michael about his affairs, raising their children, supporting him over all... but Kay, on the other hand... was completely the other way around.
Yeah,, as the sage progresses, it is a shame about Apollonia. Kay was a terrible wife, not at all fit to be a part of the family. Obviously Carlo was not good to marry into the family either. Hard to say about Sandra, since Sonny was an f up in certain ways. The family didn't fare so well in the second generation.
@@jasonkiefer1894 Lots of female reactors complain of Michael's breach of loyalty to Kay, but Kay really only worked for the old Micheal eschewing the family business - you are correct Appollonia was the right match for the fundamental change in Mike's character, from the guy who pursued Kate. And also - Mike is a young guy with a healthy sex drive - is he supposed to be celibate for a year? His choice was marriage to a woman he could love or .... prostitutes. He does not strike me as the prostitute kind of guy.
@@jasonkiefer1894she isn't a terrible wife but just not a suitable wife i'd say. You can see michael not wanting to be dishonest and lie to her but she makes him lie by asking questions about his "affairs". On the other hand mafia is normal for apollonia as she grew up in one herself.
The problem of course was that they weren't in Sicily and it was no longer the old days. Even Apollonia, had she lived, would have eventually come to America and saw how things were so very different. Michael and Vito both try to hold onto a past and a way of life that is no longer maintainable in modern America. The thin veneer of men in suits pretending to be respectable is eventually stripped away to reveal the ruthless thugs that they must become to stay in power.
@@gunkulator1Thank you for the one comment that has sense
Yes, that's Adrian. She also happens to be the director's sister...
Godfather II is a must. Best sequel ever, IMO.
People don't understand the subtlepart of replacing Tom. Vitos word is his biggest strength, he swore on his grandchildren that he won't break peace...him and tom were there when he promised that.
So that's why mike replaced Tom temporarily and waited til vito died...his regime didn't make that promise
Among other reasons, Tom was removed because he was in the room when Vito made the pledge, so he was bound to not assisting with the revenge master stroke to come (though the Don himself worked with Michael in the planning, which took years)
Also, they knew that someone was likely to try to get to Michael through someone close to him. By taking Tom out of the chain of command, they were protecting him from what eventually happened to Tessio.
Vito said he would not break the piece that he had one proviso: that there be no attempts on his son Michael's life. However, there was an attempt on Michael's life that killed Apollonia. Once it was clear that the other families were intent on killing Michael, the oath that Vito made was no longer valid. Vito warned the other families that any attempt to kill Michael he would not forget nor forgive.
@@misonoresoconto Apollonia was killed before Vito made the promise. Nonetheless....
@@venetianlucifer in the garden scene, Vito tells Michael that Michael will be assassinated. Hence, Vito keeps his word because he vowed to blame those who tried to kill his son
My father had just come off a long deployment in the Coast Guard for a month at patrol. My mother picked him up from the ship that day and she told him about The Godfather and took him to the movies. He said he was exhausted as he was on the wheel for the last 10 hours back into port. He said he couldn't do a movie. He said he was so engrossed in the movie he stayed awake and didn't realize how long it was. Until his passing he would watch this movie when it came on tv or just throw in the DVD.
24:45 Always thought it funny that Sonny says to Michael dismissively “this isn’t like the Army, you gotta get up close and bada bing”.
Michael was a Marine. He fought in the Pacific where combat was often “up close” & incredibly brutal. Also while serving, Michael was awarded the Navy Cross (2nd highest military decoration) & a Silver Star (3rd highest military decoration).
Maybe Sonny just saw him as his little bro, but Michael was very experienced in close up violence.
The book changes the ENTIRE scene. According the book (and it's author wrote the screeplay for the movie), Sonny was the only one in the room laughing for the RIGHT reason. Everyone else was laughing AT Mike, but Sonny has always known, that since they were little kids, Mike is tough, smart, and relentless. Sonny would beat up BOTH brothers, but only Mike never gave up and never stopped fighting and fought smarter and smarter every time, even though he always lost.
Sonny was WAITING for Mike to break out of his disguise and help him kill the Turk, but he knew that NO ONE tells Mike what to do, so SOnny had to WAIT for Mike to act.
Sonny was laughing at EVERYONE ELSE b/c he was the only one NOT fooled by "gentle" Micheal, but he couldnt openly laugh at Clemenza and Tessio b/c it was would be disrespectful to them, hence his comment about the Ivy League suit.
Sonny had no personal experience with the military. He probably only knew about the war and how it was fought from newsreels. In those newsreels you won't see any brutal hand-to-hand combat, mostly just long-distance shooting with rifles.
@@slchance8839 This is so true. My youngest brother was the toughest one of us all. He could take more punishment without giving in than either me or my other brother. He is calm like Michael but every bit as vengeful which is truly frightening.
@@ronweber1402 what a great thing to share. I'd love to meet a person like that: an actual tough guy. Some people LOOK tough or ACT tough or DO "tough guy things" like kickboxing, but the truly tough truly understand the phrase "whatever it takes."
My own dad was born with only one arm and is a self-made millionaire who grew up so poor in India that two of his 11 siblings died of dehydration and starvation, respectively. He fought his way outta that place and when people meet this quiet guy, who doesnt talk or smile much , they have no idea that they're talking to a person who can survive on SHEER WILL.. He scared me as a kid. Still kinda scares me in his 80s. His eyes see THROUGH me. He's the greatest man I've ever met and a real role model for me. Thanks, Pop!
11:54 “And now I’m scared of what they’ll do to that poor old man….”
Jack Woltz is a horrible old man. He grooms young actresses for acting roles AND he molests them in his bed. A deleted scene has Tom Hagen seeing a crying teen girl coming out of Woltz’s room, with her mother hushing her.
That tidbit about Woltz was part of the book, and the mom was very much complicit in it.
And in the book Luca Brasi tosses a baby into a furnace.
Hollywood being a creepy cesspit apparently is nothing new.
@@Anon54387yep The Corleone family is more glamorized in the movie than the book, for obvious reasons.
@@lazyatthedisconot really, if Coppola wanted to glamorize them, he would have kept the scene with Woltz and the girl, by removing the scene Woltz appears a little more like a victim although a not sympathetic one... and they also kills a prostitute during the Baptism massacre so they are not glamorized except thag they are the ones we follow and they have the modt charismatic Don
The thing with Paulie:
The book explains, and there's a deleted scene where Sonny quizzes Michael on how he knew Paulie was a rat. The family had contacts inside the phone company. Sonny had them go through the records for the payphone near Paulie's place. Every time Paulie had called in sick, a minute or two before he called there had been a call placed to that payphone from the same number. That had been Sollozzo or his people calling to find out where the Don was going to be that day. Paulie then called in sick because otherwise he would have to explain how he let his boss get assassinated.
14:20 "Is 'The Godfather' also based on a true story?"
No, it's fiction. However, Johnny Fontaine, an Italian singer wanting to be in a war picture, was inspired by Frank Sinatra and his performance in 'From Here to Eternity'.
The Sinatra connections were several - the movie - the weakening of his voice - his contract with famous bandleader that he could not get out of .... And Sinatra was pissed - he bumped into Puzo (author) at restaurant and almost came to blows.
Quite possibly the best movie ever made, with it's main competition being it's sequel.
Agreed 👍
Definitely 👍
Top 10 in my book. The 1970s was an incredible decade in my view, with CHINATOWN and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST also being up there.
I dare say part II is even better.
according to imdb shawshank's redemption is better
The reason why this film is the very best movie of all time, is this:
You meight have watched it ten times, before. But there will always be that little detail, that one piece of the puzzle, that you'll just understand, when you watch it again.
An example? Sure...
Die you recognize that one of the killers, who shot Santino at the toll station was Carlo?
The one who steps to Sunny's corpse and kicks him in the face, at the end of the scene.
That was the coward's revenge for the beating, which ended on just the same way 😉
That’s Carlo, looks nothing like him. It was one of the Tattaglias.
The Mafia actually tried to stop film’s production before they started filming and Coppola was even threatened by them in NYC. “The Real Story Behind The Making of The Godfather" was an excellent doc about that. Really eyebrow raising stuff.
Funny fact in the book, Genko was the Godfather’s 1st consigliere. When he was on his death bed, in his delirium he asked the Godfather if he can fix it so he can avoid going to hell. This is a testament to the Don’s power but he told him he has no power over death.
It was also a scene in the movie but for some unknown reason it was left out. You can still watch it on YT.
You know what Centane? Centane sounds like "Cent´anni" (one hundred years in italian). That will mean for you something, as you progress in this masterpiece.
that’s exactly what i thought when i saw her name!
Thanks for using subtitles! I used to hate em but now i use them whenever i can. Helps follow the story so much
In the extended version (which I VERY much recommend you see), you can see that the young protege that "poor old man" referred to as 'the best piece of a** he ever had", is about 14 years old. BTW, that beautiful estate he lives in is Hearst Castle in central California near Big Sur. It is open to the public for tours and is a must see. Take the sunset tour if you can.
I love how smart and perceptive you are. You were able time and time again to see what was unfolding so much faster than most people and understand things immediately. Love it.
Thanks!
This one is a masterpiece.
Fun fact: the cat was not supposed to be apart of the scene, he just pick it up 😂.
Another fun fact: when Luca is talking to Don Corleone at the wedding and stumbled over his words, that was also not apart of the script, but they kept it in anyways, because it looked more authentic.
Technically, it was business, His dad promised he would not violate the peace. Micheal was settling the family business, and nobody said you couldn't get satisfaction from your work.
Based on real stories across the five familes during this era. The singer Johnny Fontaine is based on Frank Sinatra, true story about the role he got in the 1953 movie From here to Eternity
Also the story about the band leader was inspired by an event in Sinatra's early career. Moe Green was inspired by Bugsy Segel.
Translation of the Italian from the restaurant:
SOLLOZZO: I’m sorry…
MICHAEL: Leave it alone.
SOLLOZZO: What happened to your father was business. I have a lot of respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that.
MICHAEL: I understand those things…
SOLLOZZO: Now let’s work through where we go from here.
MICHAEL: How do you say… ?
[Michael speaks English, then goes to and returns from the bathroom]
SOLLOZZO: Everything all right? I respect myself, understand, and cannot allow another man to hold me back. What happened was unavoidable. I had the unspoken support of the other Family dons. If your father were in better health, without his eldest son running things, no disrespect intended, we wouldn’t have this nonsense. We will stop fighting until your father is well and can resume bargaining. No vengeance will be taken. We will have peace, but your Family should interfere no longer.
Godfather is HEAVILY inspired by The Comission, the Five Families in New York. The author took a lot of artistic license, but when you dig a little bit into the history you start doing the Leo Pointing At The Screen meme whenever you tecognize something 😂
After you have seen the movie once, when watching again the scene where Micheal is telling Kay about Luca Brasi and he says "That's my family, Key. That's not me", really hits home. Also, the character of the singer, Johnny Fontaine was based on Frank Sinatra, who supposedly got out of a contract in his early years thanks to help from some of his "connected" friends, and also got help getting an important role in the movie "From Here to Eternity".
Talia Shire is the sister of the director (Francis Ford Coppola.) Also: His daughter Sofia, then a newborn , appeared in a baptism scene; Carmine Coppola, his father, appeared in the film as an extra playing a piano and Coppola's wife, mother, and two sons all appeared as extras in the picture.
And he has a nephew Nicholas Coppola, better known by his stage name Nicholas cage
Don Corleone's cat was just a friendly stray that wandered onto the movie set. 25:07 Yeah, Michael's pretty good at that. After all, he was a combat Marine Officer in the Pacific in WWII, so he knows tactics and can keep a cool head. 35:46 It's kinda strange getting married at this time. Michael wants to keep a low profile, but now, the woman's family has sent wedding invitations that say Apollonia Vittelli is marrying Michael Corleone.(?)
Your photo in the thumb nail is beautiful! Apollonia being killed made me so sad when I saw this movie in the theatre! Really enjoyed your reaction!
Most people fail to realize that the acene you mentioned was meant to trick Sal into reacting tempermentally and driving to his sister's home without thinking. They staged the assassination of Sal at a toll booth along his route, knowing he would be coming to kill his Brother-in- law Carlos.
Not Sal, Santino, i.e. Sonny.
For Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), they put a jaw prosthesis in his mouth and a gauze, to give him that particular face. Brando was relatively young in this film, and Coppola pretended to age him and also look more threatening.
Yup... during his screen test, Marlon Brando placed cotton balls in his cheeks, in order to achieve the "jowly" effect; it is rumored that these also affected the way he spoke, so the prostheses/gauze contributed to the Godfather's speech pattern.
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35:04 "Nothing is hitting him!" 😆
This is the only flaw in the film. Sonny's ghost punches are funny, but they really don't hurt the story, thankfully!
It's business, it's personal. I like the way you understood it's business. You find yourself cheering for one gangster against another. Great reaction
9:45 Connie's wedding was very emotional for the Corleone family.
She was crying, the family was crying, the guests were crying,....even the cake was in tiers.
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That is a top tier comment for sure
A joke that has many layers. Nice.
3:23 the cat wasn't in the script, Brando improvised and Coppola used that in the final cut.
I recently watched a video with Al Pacino. He explained how many studio executives were pushing for him to drop out of the movie and be replaced with a better-known actor. He was still in his discovery phase in Hollywood vs. his playwright phase in Broadway. Either way, he was still not a very well-known actor broadly. Thank God Coppola ignored them and was Pacino's biggest advocate. The rest is one terrific history.
Coppola filmed the scene where they were in the cafe and he had to kill both of them first. After Pacino's ability to sell so many emotions with only a close up of his face it managed to dispel doubts about him for the role.
Yeah they wanted Robert Redford or Warren Beatty.
Chances are that if Pacino had never played the part of Michael Corleone he would have never become a well-known actor. That's how the business works. One key role can change a career.
Loved the reaction!
Also loved your matching outfit, nails, and makeup. Slay 💁🏼♀️🩷🌈
Highly on your patron poll is a huge huge understatement 😂😂😂 this is considered the greatest film ever made by most ppl around the world
Three hours goes by quickly when you're watching a good movie, doesn't it? Enjoyed your reaction..............thanks for sharing.
The meeting between the dons, when don corleone sued for peace and found who was behind the attempt on his life, so clever, more so than most films.
You're in for A Great Classic I myself was named after Marlon Brando
I could be wrong, but I think this move and its sequel are the only such pair of movies to both win Oscars for Best Picture. They are rightly considered to be among the best in cinema. The ending scene with Michael framed in the doorway as he is acknowledged as godfather by his father's top men and then the reversal framing Kay as the door closes on her is one of the best closing sequences I have ever seen.
What, OMG? I saw this movie/reactions so many times, and only now 6:48 I rewinded 5 times to notice... he lost his teeth 😄😄😄😵😵
Thanks Centane 😖😖😖
Not a true story per se, but inspired by combinations of real mobsters and events. Names worth looking up for background: Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Carlo Cambino, Frank Costello, Joe Columbo, Joe Bonnano, Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Albert Anastasia. The epic series "Boardwalk Empire" has a more literal (but still fictionalized) take on some of these stories.
Great reaction as always! BTW it is NOT annoying when you try to figure out who the actors are. I do that all the time when I watch something. And now when I introduce things to my teens I usually try to point out who is who...especially when they know the actor in something new and I'm showing them something from my childhood
The Godfather is fiction inspired by real life. The author of the original novel(s) Mario Puzo was versed in the actual history of the Italian Mob (both in Italy & the US) & the reality is that in the post-WW2 era of the film, though a Vito Corleone & Corleone family didn’t exist, there truly was a coalition of multiple known mafia bosses in the states known as ‘The Five Families’ who united, competed & outright warred amongst themselves at the time. The ‘30s - ‘50s were the most “successful” era for the organization but that power & unity waned in the generations since. The Italian Mob still exists but like many organized crime cabals these days, the reality is closer to The Sopranos rather than what’s seen here in The Godfather.
Side Note: The sequel is absolutely a big recommendation! And also, though it’s not about the mafia, I highly recommend the film HEAT (1995). It stands alongside The Godfather as one of my personal all time favorite films but also sits with it in Top 10 (or Top 20) Crime Dramas of all time IMO.
The Godfather is a cinematic masterpiece, one of the best movies ever made.
hey darlin! love your channel, for me the last scene, where the door closes on Micheals wife is one of the most chilling in the whole film! as far as Carlo and Conny, the call from his mistress is a set up, that's how they get sonny to come running to his sister!! Now, don't wait, watch the God Father part 2 immediately, it so worth it! probably the two very best movies ever made!!!
This and part 2 are definitely in my top ten of all time. Part 2 covers everything. "Leave the gun, take the cannolis" 😂
The scene that still hits me the hardest is Appolonia's death. Beautiful reaction btw.
These reactors come here and right off the bat they always start asking questions, one after another, knowing they will always get the answers in due time.
I was really amazed by how good this movie actually is. You often hear about it, or see it on toplists but I hadn't really seen it before.
The actors of this time are incredible. Can't wait to see the 2nd movie.
I believe this was The Godfather 2. The first was based on the old mans life as a young gangster and how he became a godfather. The young Don was played by Robert D' Nero.
With Halloween horror and just absolute classics, we're eating well on here. This is a legitimate masterpiece.
I had watched this on TV many times, and then I went to the theater on the fiftieth anniversary of its release. Like night and day.
And still the greatest American gangster film ever made!
Gambling isn’t very criminal in the US because there’s lottery tickets in every gas station and convenience stores and we still have casinos that take peoples money all day everyday
Glad you had fun watching this classic, looking forward to when you watch even more movies!
My favorite scene is closing scene where Kay standing outside watching the new Don taking over
9:16 The slap was not in the script, Brando improvised the smack and Al Martino's reaction was real.
The scenes in the beginning with Marlon Brando are so powerful and they define the whole concept or the movie title Godfather.
the Det who said Mike was a war hero was Sonny Grasso a real detective who with his partner broke up "The French Connection"
Did you know Paul Anka wrote that song for Annette Funicello, I used to listen to Vic Damone who met the Don at the start of the movie who is supposed to be Frank Sinatra, Al Pacino was an unknown here and Scarface was well over a decade later.
if you decide to watch the sopranos, im gonna go bananas. its a masterpiece and if you enjoy this film, youll love the sopranos
That would be great. She’d probably love it as it’s nothing like what she’d expect.
The Cat at the beginning was actually a stray on the studio lot that took a real liking to the cast, and especially the actor that plays the god father. . .so. . .he kept it lol
My favourite movie of all time
Scarface is the gangster movie done as a personal tragedy. Goodfellas/Casino is the gangster movie about the fundamental corrupt nature of crime. The Godfather is more of a family tragedy. It's the gangster story Shakespeare would have written if he wrote a play about gangsters.
The Shakespearean theme is not complete until the very end of Godfather 3, which is not a bad movie at all, just not as good as the first two, which are among the best films of all time...I hope she gets to 2 and 3, despite the naysayers on the last one. It does have what I consider Pacino's best scene in the entire trilogy.
Supposedly, Brando stuffed cotton balls in his cheeks during his “audition” and Coppola liked the effect, so eventually a mouth prosthetic was developed for Brando to wear.
Talia Shire is Talia Coppola Francis Ford Coppola’s sister. And yes they stuffed his cheeks for Marlin Brando. As far as the cat is concerned Brando found the cat wondering around the set. He picked it up and used it in the opening scene.
This movie features one of the most realistic punches in cinema (McCloskey hitting Michael) and one of the worst (Sonny air punching Carlo).
"We watched Goodfellas. There was no Goodfellas in that movie" lol True
53:39 the look on your face.. 😂😂😂😂
He lied straight to her face.. Michael doesnt mess around
As you observed, James Caan was noticeably no good at stunt fighting. He was, however, a former boxer (with the nickname Killer Caan) and martial artist, so he could handle himself in the real world.
0:03:50 The cat was a 'walk on' performance they didn't plan for ;) he headed straight for Brando's lap as they were rolling, and Don Corleone stayed in character. Two naturals ;)
One of the geniuses of this movie is that it makes the Corleone family sympathetic. You route for them even though are criminals.
Brando was wearing prosthetic makeup and he had cotton in his joules. The character mumbled because powerful people don’t have to yell
Watch "The offer", it's a show about The production of the movie, it's incredible
Great reaction! Such a classic movie! You're awesome! ❤
The cat deserves an Oscar - it used an opportunity for stardom. It was a stray that wandered onto the set, so Brando used it to great effect in the opening scene. Thanks for this Kamilla. Of course, you MUST react to part two. One of the few sequels that is better than the first.
The cat was great symbolism for Vito as a character. Here was this guy who held the power over life and death with ruthless efficiency and he could be gentle and loving at the same time. The cat had complete trust in him and the audience saw it.
Johnny Fontaine, the singer/actor, was kind of based on Frank Sinatra. Moe Green, shot in the eye, was kind of based on Ben "Bugsy" Seigel.
Sometime around 1930, after a long period of bloodshed, the dominant gang leader in New York set up the five families system, with himself as Boss of Bosses. Shortly afterwards he was killed by Lucky Luciano's gang, and Luciano established "The Commission", which was made up of the heads of the five families and a few others. The idea was that this would be a kind of board of directors, to minimize conflict between the gangs. The rule about not killing a "Made" man - in IOW a member of a family - dates from this period.
During the period when this film is set, Luciano was in exile in Italy, but the system was still in force. That's what all the talk about "the families" is about.
I don't think that the film is about a specific incident that actually happened, although the story about Vic Fontaine was inspired by rumors about the early career of Frank Sinatra.
That was one of my favorite reactions from Centane, I'm looking forward to her GF2 reaction. I love most mafia movies but this series of movies does such a great job with the drama. I watch GF 1 and 2 movies at least once a year.
What stuck with me, as always, was Brando’s physical acting. The simple way he brushes his fingers backwards against his check, the way he smells the flower on his lapel, the way he sighs with slight exasperation at the end of his conversation about doing favors on his daughters wedding day, the way he strokes the cat lovingly while Listening to the gruesome opening story about the beating Bonasarro’s daughter took from her boyfriend, the way he improvised the scene where he politely pours the Turk a drink while refusing to bankroll his narcotics business.
I think we all enjoy recognizing actors from other films in a movie we're seeing for the first time.
Marlon Brando made movie history, and with his debut movie, single handedly shunted the entire movie industry onto a different path. He happened to be the first student in a NY acting class taught by a former Silent Movie actress to land a major role. The movie is called A Streetcar Called Desire, from 1959.
The origins of this class is fascinating. With all major changes, like going silent to talkies, or black & white to colour, it takes MANY years to filter through every production. Lots of folks don't like the new change, or can't afford the investment in the equipment. Silent movie era stars were chosen because of how they look. Many were marketed as American, but couldn't speak English with an American accent, and some couldn't speak English. Some had off-putting voices. One of the actresses who didn't make the jump to talkies, decided to travel the world to see plays. After a performance in a little backstreet venue in Paris, she was mesmerised by one of the minor actors. After the show, she asked him to teach her what he was doing. He didn't know. She paid to be his shadow, observing him and analysing him. This study became known as Method Acting.
She set up a class in NY. She had several big name students like Steve McQueen, and Marilyn Monroe. After Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Called Desire, audiences could tell the difference. Until then, actors looked like they were acting in a play. They'd memorise lines, and go through the motions. Method acting is about BECOMING the person you're playing. What would THEY say or do in any given situation? Stay in character during the WHOLE production. During the 60's, a LOT changed, in a lot of different cultural parts of our culture. Method acting landed like a meteorite in 1959, and by the 1970's the remaining dinosaurs were now very niche players. It also inspired a LOT of people to get into acting.
The scene that has stuck with me since I first saw this movie many years ago is the horse's found in the bed. The producer's screams still give me chills.
13:20 "Is that true? That people look at gambling as a harmless business?"
Well, some do and some don't. Casino owners certainly see it that way. They tend to see their customers are adults who can make their own decisions on how they spend their money. Billions and billions of dollars are spent in the gambling business.
Many gambling addicts and their families will say that gambling is a nightmare. Addicts destroy themselves and their families financially, as they can't stop betting. They commit crimes to get more money to make bets. It's about as destructive as being a drug addict.
_"The Godfather" is the I Ching. "The Godfather" is the sum of all wisdom. "The Godfather" is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." What day of the week is it? "Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday." -- Joe Fox ("You've Got Mail")_
Many quotable quotes popularized by The Godfather. “No Sicilian can ever refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day”, "Sleeps with the fishes", "Going to the mattresses", "I love you, but don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again", and of course “Make him an offer he can't refuse” 😁
The Godfather changed mobster movies forever. Before The Godfather, mobster movies were like superhero movies - there are bad and good, and good always wins. The Godfather showed that mobster movies can have many layers 🤔
And yeah, that was a mouthpiece that "The Godfather" Marlon Brando wanted to make Don Corleone “look like a bulldog." He stuffed his cheeks with cotton tissues for the audition, but for the actual filming, he wore a custom mouthpiece made by a dentist. 🐶
At 49:47 there is another ROCKY actor. The hitman in the barbershop who kills the man in the rotating door is the same actor who in ROCKY, played Rocky's loanshark boss Gazzo. The actor's name is Joe Spinell. He appears in GODFATHER PART 2.
"When the boss says push a button, I push a button...Yeah, the family had a lot of buffers, heh,heh..."
@flarrfan Mr. Cicci 😉👍
Another mob movie that won an Oscar for Brando and best picture is On the Waterfront. One of the greatest.
The funniest part about Connie is that she ends up being Michael's most loyal supporter when he is old in THE GODFATHER PART 3. Kay is never really out of the picture, either, maintaining a relationship with Michael in all 3 movies. In a deleted scene Michael hunts down the guy who was responsible for Appalonia's death and takes revenge. Marlon Brando also played a parody of this role in a comedy with Matthew Broderick. The corrupt police chief is played by Sterling Hayden, famous as a westerns actor in the 1950s-1960s. Coppola loved to make those extended wedding scenes. He did it again with THE GODFATHER PART 2 and THE DEER HUNTER.
Brando was generally considered the greatest American actor. All of the subsequent greats idolized him including DeNiro, Pacino, Hoffman, Hackman, etc. I recommend A Streetcar Named Desire and On The Waterfront. Both 1950’s classics that showed Brando at his physical and creative peak.
An exception was Christopher Reeve who starred with him in Superman.