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Tattaglia family
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Tattaglia crime family

Founding location
United States New York City, New York
Years active
1920s-Present
Territory
Various neighborhoods in New York City, includeds Brooklyn and Manhattan; Long Island in New York; North Jersey in New Jersey and Miami in Florida
Ethnicity
"Made men" are Italians, Italian-Americans, the associates are of other ethnicities
Criminal activities
Racketeering, prostitution, counterfeiting, murder, narcotics trafficking, extortion, gambling, fraud, robbery, loan-sharking, corruption, bookmaking, bootlegging, money laundering, fencing and skimming
Allies
Barzini, Cuneo, Stracci, Corleone and Drago crime families
Rivals
Some street gang in New York City, and sometimes their allies
The Tattaglia family are fictional Mafia family in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation.[1] In the universe of the series, they are one of New York City's Five Families.


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1 Tattaglia family
2 The new regime
3 Historical Leadership 3.1 Bosses (official and acting)
3.2 Underbosses (official and acting)
3.3 Consiglieres (official and acting)
4 Notable associates
5 Influences
6 References

Tattaglia family[edit]
The family, founded as Maranzano crime family, was founded by Salvatore Maranzano in 1920s. After his death in 1933, Philip Tattaglia was replaced the family, renamed it as Tattaglia crime family.
The Tattaglia family are known to be involved in prostitution run from the Tattaglia Hotel in Brooklyn. They are the first family to begin working with narcotics sometime in the 1930s. In the 1940s, the Tattaglias begin to gain power after being supported by drug kingpin Virgil Sollozzo, even managing to gain a vital toehold into Little Italy, Manhattan, crippling the Corleone family's empire. They are also behind the attempted assassination of Don Vito Corleone.
Their luck would not last for long, however; Bruno Tattaglia is killed by Corleone enforcers, and Sollozzo is murdered by Don Corleone's son Michael. Don Tattaglia declares a state of mob war against Don Corleone, having been secretly backed up by Emilio Barzini.
After being forced into a stalemate, Tattaglia and his allies set up Sonny Corleone for assassination, avenging Bruno's death. Vito, having recovered, calls a meeting of The Commission and swears that he will not fight Tattaglia as long as Michael remains safe.
This peace arrives just in time, as the Tattaglia family have been crippled by the war. However, after Vito Corleone dies of a heart attack, Michael — the new Don of the Corleone family — sends Rocco Lampone to the Saint Sebastian Hotel, where he murders Don Tattaglia.
The new regime[edit]
The Godfather Part III explains that, by 1980, the Tattaglia Family had gone bankrupt and become property of consigliere Osvaldo Altobello, who became a strong ally to the Corleone Family.
In 1979, Altobello betrays Michael Corleone to Don Licio Lucchesi and the corrupt members of the Vatican Bank. As retribution, Michael's nephew and successor, Vincent Corleone, orders both Lucchesi and Altobello killed, thus leaving the fate of the Tattaglia Family unknown.
Historical Leadership[edit]
Bosses (official and acting)[edit]
1920s-1933 - Salvatore Maranzano (murdered)
1933-1955 - Philip Tattaglia (murdered) Acting 1940-1945 - Bruno Tattaglia (murdered)
Acting 1945-1955 - John "Johnny" Tattaglia
1955-1962 - Riccardo "Rico" Tattaglia Acting 1961-1962 - Osvaldo "Ozzie" Atobello
1962-1980 - Osvaldo "Ozzie" Atobello (murdered)
1980-unknown - ?
Underbosses (official and acting)[edit]
1920s-1933 - Philip Tattaglia (became boss)
1933-unknown - John "Johnny" Tattaglia
Consiglieres (official and acting)[edit]
1920s-1955 - Unnamed consigliere (seen in The Godthaer)
1955-1962 - Osvaldo "Ozzie" Atobello (became boss)
1962-unknown - ?
Notable associates[edit]
Virgil Sollozzo (drug trafficker)
Mark McCluskey (police chief)
Licio Lucchesi (Italian politician)
Paulie Gatto (Corleone's made man)
Mosca da Montelepre (Altobello's hitman)
Influences[edit]
The Tattaglia crime family is based on the Gambino and Bonanno crime families. How the Bonannos, the Tattaglias was founded by Salvatore Maranzano, gambling's boss and rum-runner during the Prohibition, while how the Gambino was a powerful crime family, strongly involved in the narcotics trafficking and with a lots of connections in Sicily, with the politics and Cosa Nostra.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather". The New York Times.


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Genco Abbandando ·
 Luca Brasi ·
 Willi Cicci ·
 Peter Clemenza ·
 Carmine Marino ·
 Rocco Lampone ·
 Tony Molinari ·
 Sal Narducci ·
 Al Neri ·
 Tommy Neri ·
 Ritchie Nobilio ·
 Eddie Paradise ·
 Frank Pentangeli ·
 Salvatore Tessio ·
 Don Tommasino ·
 Carlo Tramonti ·
 Joe Zaluchi
 

Family enemies
Don Altobello ·
 Momo Barone ·
 Emilio Barzini ·
 Ottilio Cuneo ·
 Don Fanucci ·
 Vincent Forlenza ·
 Paulie Fortunato ·
 Nick Geraci ·
 Archbishop Gilday ·
 Moe Greene ·
 Frederick Keinszig ·
 Joe Lucadello ·
 Licio Lucchesi ·
 Captain McCluskey ·
 Mosca ·
 Johnny Ola ·
 Carlo Rizzi ·
 Tony Rosato ·
 Carmine Rosato ·
 Hyman Roth ·
 Louie Russo ·
 Virgil Sollozzo ·
 Anthony Stracci ·
 Bruno Tattaglia ·
 Philip Tattaglia ·
 Rico Tattaglia ·
 Jack Woltz ·
 Joey Zasa
 

Others
Amerigo Bonasera ·
 Johnny Fontane ·
 Pat Geary ·
 Cardinal Lamberto ·
 Lucy Mancini ·
 Danny Shea ·
 Mickey Shea ·
 Billy Van Arsdale ·
 Aldo Trapani ·
 Albert Volpe
 

Rival families
Barzini family ·
 Carmine Rosato family ·
 Cuneo family ·
 Stracci family ·
 Tattaglia family
 

Music
The Godfather (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) ·
 "Speak Softly Love" ·
 "Promise Me You'll Remember" ·
 The Godfather: The Game Soundtrack
 

Miscellaneous
Francis Ford Coppola ·
 Mario Puzo ·
 Albert S. Ruddy ·
 Nino Rota ·
 Dean Tavoularis ·
 Gordon Willis ·
 Mark Winegardner ·
 Ed Falco ·
 Crime film ·
 Organized crime ·
 American Mafia ·
 Sicilian Mafia ·
 Five Families ·
 Corleone ·
 The Godfather Effect ·
 The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions ·
 The Sicilian ·
 The Freshman ·
 The Godfather Saga ·
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Stracci family
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Stracci crime family

Founding location
United States New York City, New York
Years active
1920s-Present
Territory
Various neighborhoods in New York City, includeds Manhattan and Staten Island; North Jersey and Atlantic City in New Jersey
Ethnicity
"Made men" are Italians, Italian-Americans, the associates are of other ethnicities
Criminal activities
Racketeering, gambling, extortion, murder, corruption, loan-sharking, narcotics trafficking, fraud, smuggling and labor unions
Allies
Barzini, Cuneo, Corleone, Tattaglia and Greco crime families
Rivals
Some street gang in New York City, and sometimes their allies
The Stracci family is one of the Five New York Families in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the movie of the same name.
Role in the Story[edit]
In both the novel and film, The Godfather, the Stracci family although the smallest is the best disposed crime family of the Five New York Families. From its beginnings the family's Don was Victor Stracci. The Stracci Family, along with the Tattaglia, Barzini and Cuneo are the families to invest on Sollozzo's heroin trade market. The Stracci Family fights in the war against the Corleones. After Don Corleone declares peace between all of the five families, he promises not to break the peace and thus, Victor Stracci, Emillio Barzini, Philip Tattaglia, and Ottilio Cuneo each have their families take away territory from the Corleones. Later, after Don Corleone's death, Barzini attempts to assassinate Vito's son and heir, Michael, in order to get hold of all Corleone turf.
Don Stracci survived Michael's massacre of his enemies, and after his death in the 1970s, he was succeeded by his brother Mario, who was murdered in Atlantic City in 1979, along with some bosses.
Known members[edit]
Anthony Stracci (boss)
Mario Stracci (underboss)
Elio Nunziato (consigliere)
Influences[edit]
The Stracci crime family is largely based on the Colombo and DeCavalcante crime families. Like the Colombos, the Straccis are the weaker crime family of New York City and of low influence at the National level, while like the DeCavalcantes are mostly influential in New Jersey.


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Films
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Video games
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 Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone ·
 Kay Adams-Corleone ·
 Anthony Corleone ·
 Mary Corleone ·
 Vincent Corleone ·
 Sandra Corleone
 

Family allies
Genco Abbandando ·
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 Willi Cicci ·
 Peter Clemenza ·
 Carmine Marino ·
 Rocco Lampone ·
 Tony Molinari ·
 Sal Narducci ·
 Al Neri ·
 Tommy Neri ·
 Ritchie Nobilio ·
 Eddie Paradise ·
 Frank Pentangeli ·
 Salvatore Tessio ·
 Don Tommasino ·
 Carlo Tramonti ·
 Joe Zaluchi
 

Family enemies
Don Altobello ·
 Momo Barone ·
 Emilio Barzini ·
 Ottilio Cuneo ·
 Don Fanucci ·
 Vincent Forlenza ·
 Paulie Fortunato ·
 Nick Geraci ·
 Archbishop Gilday ·
 Moe Greene ·
 Frederick Keinszig ·
 Joe Lucadello ·
 Licio Lucchesi ·
 Captain McCluskey ·
 Mosca ·
 Johnny Ola ·
 Carlo Rizzi ·
 Tony Rosato ·
 Carmine Rosato ·
 Hyman Roth ·
 Louie Russo ·
 Virgil Sollozzo ·
 Anthony Stracci ·
 Bruno Tattaglia ·
 Philip Tattaglia ·
 Rico Tattaglia ·
 Jack Woltz ·
 Joey Zasa
 

Others
Amerigo Bonasera ·
 Johnny Fontane ·
 Pat Geary ·
 Cardinal Lamberto ·
 Lucy Mancini ·
 Danny Shea ·
 Mickey Shea ·
 Billy Van Arsdale ·
 Aldo Trapani ·
 Albert Volpe
 

Rival families
Barzini family ·
 Carmine Rosato family ·
 Cuneo family ·
 Stracci family ·
 Tattaglia family
 

Music
The Godfather (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) ·
 "Speak Softly Love" ·
 "Promise Me You'll Remember" ·
 The Godfather: The Game Soundtrack
 

Miscellaneous
Francis Ford Coppola ·
 Mario Puzo ·
 Albert S. Ruddy ·
 Nino Rota ·
 Dean Tavoularis ·
 Gordon Willis ·
 Mark Winegardner ·
 Ed Falco ·
 Crime film ·
 Organized crime ·
 American Mafia ·
 Sicilian Mafia ·
 Five Families ·
 Corleone ·
 The Godfather Effect ·
 The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions ·
 The Sicilian ·
 The Freshman ·
 The Godfather Saga ·
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Cuneo family
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Cuneo crime family

Founding location
United States New York City, New York
Years active
1910s-Present
Territory
Various neighborhoods in New York City, includeds The Bronx and Manhattan; Upstate New York in New York; North Jersey in New Jersey; probably Canada
Ethnicity
"Made men" are Italians, Italian-Americans, the associates are of other ethnicities
Criminal activities
Racketeering, bookmaking, gambling, weapons trafficking, extortion narcotics trafficking, murder, corruption, labor unions, prostitution, fraud, loan-sharking, money laundering, robbery and bootlegging
Allies
Barzini, Stracci, Corleone and Tattaglia crime families
Rivals
Some street gang in New York City, and sometimes their allies
The Cuneo family is one of the Five Families of New York in the Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the movie of the same name.
History[edit]
The family was founded in 1910s by Rosario LaConti, a powerful racketeer, rum-runner and rival of Giuseppe Mariposa. After his death in 1933, the family was replaced by Ottilio Cuneo.
One of Five Families, base in The Bronx in New York City and very powerful in Buffalo and upper New York, the Cuneo family, along with Stracci, Barzini and Tattaglia crime families decide to invest in the Sollozzo heroin's trade, but when Sollozzo is killed in 1946 by Michael Corleone, Ottilio Cuneo declares war, with the other families on the Corleone family, with Emilio Barzini organising the killing of Sonny Corleone. Vito Corleone calls for a truce. Believing to be untouchable, Ottilio Cuneo goes on against the Corleone, endangering its territory in the Bronx. However, in 1955, Ottilio Cuneo is killed by Willi Cicci in the Tesla Hotel of Midtown.
Leo Cuneo, the youngest son of Ottilio, takes control becoming an ally of the Corleone family. Leo dies in the Atlantic City's massacre of 1979.
In the novel, Ottilio does not die in 1955, but becomes an ally of the Corleones. He is arrested in 1963 for conspiracy.
Known members[edit]
Ottilio Cuneo (boss)
Leo Cuneo (boss)(only in the third film)
Rosario LaConti (1st boss)
Jake LaConti (underboss under his father Rosario)
Influences[edit]
The Cuneo crime family is based on the Lucchese and Magaddino crime families. How the Luccheses, the Cuneos are many influentials in The Bronx and Harlem, same as in the New Jersey, while how the Magaddinos, are powerfuls in Buffalo and the Eastern Canada.


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Films
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Video games
The Godfather ·
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Corleone family
Vito Corleone ·
 Michael Corleone ·
 Tom Hagen ·
 Sonny Corleone ·
 Fredo Corleone ·
 Carmela Corleone ·
 Connie Corleone ·
 Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone ·
 Kay Adams-Corleone ·
 Anthony Corleone ·
 Mary Corleone ·
 Vincent Corleone ·
 Sandra Corleone
 

Family allies
Genco Abbandando ·
 Luca Brasi ·
 Willi Cicci ·
 Peter Clemenza ·
 Carmine Marino ·
 Rocco Lampone ·
 Tony Molinari ·
 Sal Narducci ·
 Al Neri ·
 Tommy Neri ·
 Ritchie Nobilio ·
 Eddie Paradise ·
 Frank Pentangeli ·
 Salvatore Tessio ·
 Don Tommasino ·
 Carlo Tramonti ·
 Joe Zaluchi
 

Family enemies
Don Altobello ·
 Momo Barone ·
 Emilio Barzini ·
 Ottilio Cuneo ·
 Don Fanucci ·
 Vincent Forlenza ·
 Paulie Fortunato ·
 Nick Geraci ·
 Archbishop Gilday ·
 Moe Greene ·
 Frederick Keinszig ·
 Joe Lucadello ·
 Licio Lucchesi ·
 Captain McCluskey ·
 Mosca ·
 Johnny Ola ·
 Carlo Rizzi ·
 Tony Rosato ·
 Carmine Rosato ·
 Hyman Roth ·
 Louie Russo ·
 Virgil Sollozzo ·
 Anthony Stracci ·
 Bruno Tattaglia ·
 Philip Tattaglia ·
 Rico Tattaglia ·
 Jack Woltz ·
 Joey Zasa
 

Others
Amerigo Bonasera ·
 Johnny Fontane ·
 Pat Geary ·
 Cardinal Lamberto ·
 Lucy Mancini ·
 Danny Shea ·
 Mickey Shea ·
 Billy Van Arsdale ·
 Aldo Trapani ·
 Albert Volpe
 

Rival families
Barzini family ·
 Carmine Rosato family ·
 Cuneo family ·
 Stracci family ·
 Tattaglia family
 

Music
The Godfather (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) ·
 "Speak Softly Love" ·
 "Promise Me You'll Remember" ·
 The Godfather: The Game Soundtrack
 

Miscellaneous
Francis Ford Coppola ·
 Mario Puzo ·
 Albert S. Ruddy ·
 Nino Rota ·
 Dean Tavoularis ·
 Gordon Willis ·
 Mark Winegardner ·
 Ed Falco ·
 Crime film ·
 Organized crime ·
 American Mafia ·
 Sicilian Mafia ·
 Five Families ·
 Corleone ·
 The Godfather Effect ·
 The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions ·
 The Sicilian ·
 The Freshman ·
 The Godfather Saga ·
 Omertà
 

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Carmine Rosato Family
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Carmine Rosato family
The Carmine Rosato family (1957–1959) was a fictional New York mafia family from the video game The Godfather II. The family was headed by Carmine Rosato, known as one of the Rosato brothers. Their territory was in the Bronx. Their businesses were prostitution, drugs, and fronts. They were allies with the Tony Rosato family and Hyman Roth, and were rivals with the Corleone family.


Contents  [hide]
1 Forming the gang (Corleone): 1955–1957
2 Carmine Rosato family begins: 1957
3 The family divides: 1958
4 Carmine Rosato fights Dominic: 1959
5 The truce
6 Carmine Rosato's end
7 Notes

Forming the gang (Corleone): 1955–1957[edit]
As soon as Carmine joined Peter Clemenza's organization for the Corleone family in 1955 as caporegime, Carmine began to gather up his army of enforcers and soldiers. He first associated with future underboss Norman Rossi and became partners. Carmine gave him the nickname, "General." Rossi had also brought future caporegime Franklin Credi into Carmine's gang. Carmine also realized that he could be making a lot of money with Franklin gambling at a game of craps. Then in 1957, Carmine was promised by Clemenza three territories in the Bronx. Then Clemenza died of a heart attack. The territories weren't given to Carmine and Tony because Clemenza's successor Frank Pentangeli hated them, thought they were running their businesses like a disgrace, were greedy over the territories, and were responsible for Clemenza's death. Carmine and his gang and Tony split from the Corleone family.
Carmine Rosato family begins: 1957[edit]
Tony went to form his family apart from Carmine's. Carmine made Norman his underboss. Norman made Franklin the caporegime. Carmine bought his compound from the money he made with his businesses and with the gambling money that Franklin won from playing craps. Carmine gave Franklin the nickname "Craps". One day when Carmine went to take over the rest of the businesses in the Bronx, a man tried to mug Carmine with a butterrfly knife, but Norman and Franklin saved Carmine. Then Carmine lets the mugger join his family as an enforcer. The man's name was Clyde Lando. Carmine gave him the nickname "Butterfly." On that same day, Clyde tells Carmine that he has to go find his associate because he's been on the run from the FBI and from the police ever since he was sixteen for robbing a bank. The four men go to Triboro Park to find Clyde's friend running from police cars. Carmine picks up Clyde's friend and drive away back to his compound. Carmine gave Jimmy the nickname "Rabbit". Carmine asked the two men if they wanted to be mademen in his family. The two men accepted the offer and became enforcers. Carmine's half of the family was complete. Tony finished his half of the family right after. The Rosato family was complete with one half stronger than the other.
The family divides: 1958[edit]
Carmine and Tony split the family in half. As Tony joins the Miami Organization, Carmine runs the family in New York. Carmine has his men take over the rest of Tony's businesses in New York.
Carmine Rosato fights Dominic: 1959[edit]
Dominic takes over Sweet Life Bakery, which angers Carmine and is given the message that Dominic and the Corleones are trying to take over. Then when Dominic attacks the Appliance King, Carmine sends out Jimmy and his men to go stop Dominic from taking another business. When Jimmy arrives, Dominic already took over the Appliance King and kills Jimmy's guards. Then Jimmy hears sirens coming their way, and gets in his car and drives away, but Dominic chased after him. Jimmy went back to his hangout at Spicher Waterfront to see if he can kill Dominic, but Dominic ended fighting Jimmy and then Dominic threw Jimmy Guidalatto into the East River sending Carmine a message to not send more mademen to stop Domininc. Then Carmine sent Clyde out to the Empire Room to make sure Dominic is stopped, but Dominic wasn't stopped when he arrived there and ran over Clyde Lando with his car when he came from around the corner. Dominic took over the Empire Room and thought killing Clyde was another message to Carmine. Then Carmine's crime ring was broken when Dominic took over La Maison Rouge. Then Carmine sent Norman and his men to attack Sweet Life Bakery. After Dominic had taken over Carmine's drug businesses, he stopped Carmine's men from attacking, but Norman got away in his car and Dominic went to his safehouse. Then Dominic went and strangled the life out of Franklin Credi at his hangout to send Carmine a message.
The truce[edit]
Carmine then realized that he could kill Dominic and Frank Pentangeli if he could trick them into trying to make a truce. Carmine calls Tony that a hit will be made on Frank and Dominic's lives at Richie's Tavern. He tells Tony to kill Pentangeli and Norman will kill Dominic. So Carmine calls Dominic and Frank about making a truce. So Frank and Dominic go to Richie's Tavern and meet Carmine. Then after the truce was made, Tony and Norman begin strangling the two Corleone men with garrote wires. Then a policeman comes in to see Dominic being strangled. Then Carmine shooves the policeman to the ground and escapes. Tony and Norman come running out after him and also escape. Dominic takes over Richie's Tavern and narrowly escapes the police on the rooftops of the apartments.
Carmine Rosato's end[edit]
Carmine and Norman talk about putting out a hit on Dominic and Michael, but it's not long before Dominic and his men break into his compound. Carmine orders all of his guards to kill Dominic and to make sure he doesn't set foot into the mansion, but the guards outside of the mansion were all killed and Dominic and his men infiltrated the mansion and killed every soldier there. As Dominic is walking through Carmine's bedroom, Norman shoots Dominic in the shoulder and jumps out at Dominic and gets into a fist fight. Then Dominic shoots Norman is the thigh with a magnum. Norman then runs back into Carmine office through the hallway. Dominic ends up finding a .44 Magnum in the hallway and hides it. Dominic enters the office and sees Carmine Rosato and Norman Rossi standing their looking at Dominic. Dominic throws his magnum towards Carmine since Norman had his pistol pointed at Dominic and Carmine taunts Dominic. Then as Dominic sees that Norman was about to shoot him, Dominic pulls out his pistol and shoots Norman in the leg again and executes him Norman Rossi with a pistol. Then Dominic grabs Carmine and taunts him. Carmine says his last words to Dominic and the two men begin fist fighting. Carmine pushed Dominic away from him, he grabs Dominic's old magnum and turns to shoot Dominic, but Dominic took out his .44 Magnum and shot Carmine Rosato in between the eyes as a headshot. Then Dominic's men blew up the compound and Carmine Rosato and his half of the family was eliminated.
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Barzini family
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Barzini crime family

Founding location
United States New York City, New York
Years active
1920s-Present
Territory
Various neighborhoods in New York City, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island; Long Island in New York; North Jersey and Atlantic City in New Jersey; Reno and Las Vegas in Nevada; Miami in Florida and Los Angeles in California
Ethnicity
"Made men" are Italians, Italian-Americans, the associates are of other ethnicities
Criminal activities
Racketeering, bookmaking, counterfeiting, narcotics trafficking, murder, corruption, gambling, labor unions, fraud, extortion, loan-sharking, labor unions, money laundering, robbery, bootlegging, prostitution, thief, skimming, fencing and weapons trafficking
Allies
Corleone, Stracci, Cuneo, Tattaglia, Forlenza, Chicago, Falcone and Drago crime families
Rivals
Some street gang in New York City, and sometimes their allies
The Barzini crime family is one of the Five Families operating in New York and created by Mario Puzo in the his novel The Godfather and feature in the film of the same name.


Contents  [hide]
1 History 1.1 Early history
1.2 The slaying of Sonny Corleone
1.3 Don Barzini death
2 Historical leadership 2.1 Bosses (official and acting)
2.2 Underbosses (official and acting)
2.3 Consiglieres (official and acting)
3 Influences
4 References

History[edit]
Early history[edit]
The Barzini family was founded by Giuseppe Mariposa in 1920s and replaced by Emilio Barzini in 1934, who expanded his territories apart from Brooklyn areas included areas of Manhattan and Queens, while completely controlled Staten Island. They had business interests in Sicily, Cleveland, Miami, Cuba, Las Vegas, Reno and Hollywood. In New York, the Barzini family ran some of the gambling, sports betting, drug trafficking and prostitution. They were even rumored to have a toehold in Wall Street.
The slaying of Sonny Corleone[edit]
Barzini lures Sonny Corleone in a trap to kill him with the help of his shifty brother in law Carlo Rizzi at the Long Island parkway toll booth, Barzini hitmen shoot him more than 90 times with Tommy Guns, The trap was for Carlo to beat Sonny's sister Connie Corleone and get him to the Long Island Parkway. Sonny had already beaten Carlo to a pulp upon learning that Carlo was abusing Connie. Sonny's death does not go unavenged, however. Vito realises, during a meeting with the heads of the other crime families, that Barzini was responsible, and following Michael's ascension to power, Michael orders the deaths of the other Mafia dons to cement his position as the most powerful Mafia don in New York. Michael also has Clemenza kill Carlo after getting him to confess by falsely promising him exile instead of death for Connie's sake.
Don Barzini death[edit]
Corleone enforcer Al Neri, disguised as a police officer, shoots and kills Barzini, his bodyguard, and his driver on the steps of the New York Supreme Court courthouse at Foley Square, crippling the Barzini family.
Historical leadership[edit]
Bosses (official and acting)[edit]
1920-1934 - Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Mariposa (murdered)
1934-1955 - Emilio "The Wolf" Barzini (murdered)
1955-unknown - Paul "Fat Paulie" Fortunato
Underbosses (official and acting)[edit]
1920-1934 - Tomasino "Five Hands" Cinquemani (degrade to capo)
1934-195? - Ettore Barzini (probably deceased)
195?-1955 - Paul "Fat Paulie" Fortunato (became boss)
Consiglieres (official and acting)[edit]
1934-unknown - Unnamed consigliere (seed in the film)
Influences[edit]
The Barzini crime family is based on the Genovese crime family, because as the Genoveses, the Barzinis was the most powerful of the Five Families and are most influential in Manhattan and in all United States, with bases in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Reno, Los Angeles and Miami.


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 Joe Zaluchi
 

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Don Altobello ·
 Momo Barone ·
 Emilio Barzini ·
 Ottilio Cuneo ·
 Don Fanucci ·
 Vincent Forlenza ·
 Paulie Fortunato ·
 Nick Geraci ·
 Archbishop Gilday ·
 Moe Greene ·
 Frederick Keinszig ·
 Joe Lucadello ·
 Licio Lucchesi ·
 Captain McCluskey ·
 Mosca ·
 Johnny Ola ·
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 Tony Rosato ·
 Carmine Rosato ·
 Hyman Roth ·
 Louie Russo ·
 Virgil Sollozzo ·
 Anthony Stracci ·
 Bruno Tattaglia ·
 Philip Tattaglia ·
 Rico Tattaglia ·
 Jack Woltz ·
 Joey Zasa
 

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Amerigo Bonasera ·
 Johnny Fontane ·
 Pat Geary ·
 Cardinal Lamberto ·
 Lucy Mancini ·
 Danny Shea ·
 Mickey Shea ·
 Billy Van Arsdale ·
 Aldo Trapani ·
 Albert Volpe
 

Rival families
Barzini family ·
 Carmine Rosato family ·
 Cuneo family ·
 Stracci family ·
 Tattaglia family
 

Music
The Godfather (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) ·
 The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) ·
 "Speak Softly Love" ·
 "Promise Me You'll Remember" ·
 The Godfather: The Game Soundtrack
 

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 Gordon Willis ·
 Mark Winegardner ·
 Ed Falco ·
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 American Mafia ·
 Sicilian Mafia ·
 Five Families ·
 Corleone ·
 The Godfather Effect ·
 The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions ·
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Five Families (The Godfather)
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The Five Families are five major Mafia crime families in the novel and film The Godfather. The families are based on the real life New York Five Families, five major Italian American crime families.
The Five Families[edit]
The Corleones
The Dons of the Corleone family:
Vito Corleone (1920–1945)
Sonny Corleone (Acting Don) (1945–1946)
Vito Corleone (1946–1952)
Michael Corleone (Acting Don) (1952–1955)
Michael Corleone (1955–1958)
Tom Hagen (Acting Don) (1958–1959)
Michael Corleone (1959–1980)
Vincent Corleone (1980–Present)
The Tattaglias
The Dons of the Tattaglia family:
Philip Tattaglia (1930–1955)
Rico Tattaglia (1955–1961)
Osvaldo Altobello (1961–1980)
The Barzinis
The Dons of the Barzini family:
Emilio Barzini (1930–1955)
Paulie Fortunato (1955–19??)
The Cuneos
The Dons of the Cuneo family:
Ottilio Cuneo (1930–1955)
Leo Cuneo (1955-1979)
The Straccis
The Dons of the Stracci family:
Anthony Stracci (1930–1955)
Mario Stracci (1955-1979)


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 Don Fanucci ·
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 Nick Geraci ·
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 Virgil Sollozzo ·
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 Jack Woltz ·
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 Cardinal Lamberto ·
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 Billy Van Arsdale ·
 Aldo Trapani ·
 Albert Volpe
 

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 Stracci family ·
 Tattaglia family
 

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Albert Volpe
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Albert Volpe
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Carmine Caridi portraying Albert Volpe

First appearance
The Godfather Part III
Last appearance
The Godfather Part III
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Carmine Caridi
Information

Nickname(s)
The Fox
Gender
Male
Occupation
Crime's boss
Family
Chicago Outfit
Albert Volpe is a fictional character appearing in The Godfather Part III. He is portrayed by Carmine Caridi. Volpe is the boss of the Chicago Outfit in the 1970s.[1]
The Godfather Part III[edit]
Albert Volpe is one of the dons on the Commission following the end of the old regime. He was known to be a man with an eye for big business, and was one of many who attempted to gain a fortune by investing in Michael Corleone's casinos, which, once sold, made him a multi-millionaire.
However, Volpe's success was short-lived, for, at a Commission meeting in Atlantic City, Volpe and most of his fellow dons were wiped out by Joey Zasa's assassins. Volpe could have survived the attack, but was too concerned about retrieving his lucky coat, and was mowed down in a hail of bullets.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-07-02.


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Aldo Trapani
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Aldo Trapani

First appearance
The Godfather: The Game
Last appearance
The Godfather II
Information

Nickname(s)
Kid, The Player[1]
Gender
Male[1]
Spouse(s)
Frances Malone (girlfriend, deceased)[1]
Relatives
Johnny Trapani (father, deceased)[1]
 Serafina Trapani (mother)[1]
Aldo Trapani is the protagonist and player character of the video game The Godfather: The Game, based on the film The Godfather. He also briefly appears in the sequel, The Godfather II, which is based on The Godfather Part II.
Aldo Trapani is the son of Serafina and Johnny Trapani. In the game, Aldo seeks revenge against Don Emilio Barzini for killing his father in the game's introduction. Aldo makes his way as an associate of the Don of the Corleone family in New York throughout the game, by taking over businesses, rackets, and acting as an assassin.
The character is not featured in Mario Puzo's novel, as he is the author of many crimes and missions attributed to other, separate characters from both the novel and the film.
In the first game, he is voiced by Andrew Pifko.[2] His first name is, by default, Aldo, although this may be changed by the player during the character's creation. His surname is revealed on a newspaper clipping gathered by the FBI in the game. The sequel confirmed that Aldo Trapani is the canon name.
Story[edit]
The game starts with a cut scene that shows the main character, Aldo Trapani, as a child witnessing his father gunned down in an alley by Emilio Barzini's men, who are the Corleone family's rivals in 1936 New York. Don Vito Corleone, head of the Corleone family, comforts the child, telling him that when he is old enough and the time is right, he will take his revenge. This prompts Trapani's involvement with the family and their business.[1]
The story then fast forwards to 1945, with Connie Corleone's wedding scene from the film The Godfather, where Trapani's mother, Serafina, asks Don Corleone to look after her son, who she claims has fallen with the wrong crowd. Don Corleone sends his enforcer Luca Brasi to find Trapani and teach him the ways of the Mafia. When Brasi finds Trapani, he is being beaten by his fellow gang members, from which Brasi saves him by killing the gang leader with a lead pipe. Brasi then teaches Trapani how to defend himself, and later how to extort businesses.[1]
Mirroring the film, Luca Brasi is later garroted at the meeting with Bruno Tattaglia and Virgil Solozzo, which Trapani witnesses. Trapani kills the assassin but flees to his safehouse, where he attempts to reach Corleone associate Marty "Monk" Malone. After going to a local barber shop, Trapani and Malone witness the shooting of Don Corleone, where Monk is shot and his sister, Frankie Malone, is nearly caught in the crossfire. This is the first meeting between Trapani and Frankie Malone, which starts their relationship. Following this, Trapani helps Fredo Corleone drive Vito to the hospital.[1]
As in the film, Michael Corleone heads to the hospital to protect his father, obtaining the help of Trapani, who had been visiting Monk. The two eventually succeed but are stopped by Captain McCluskey, as in the film. Later, on New Year's Eve, Trapani attends a party where he assassinates police sergeant Joe Galtosino. From this point onward, the player utilizes Trapani to extort businesses, buy out rackets, take over warehouses, complete favors, and operate as a hitman.[1]
Aldo Trapani eventually participates in various film events, which were slightly altered to fit the story. These include planting the gun in the bathroom that Michael Corleone uses to assassinate Sollozzo and McCluskey; helping Rocco Lampone intimidate Jack Woltz at his home in California; witnessing the assassination of Sonny Corleone; and assassinating Salvatore Tessio, Moe Greene, and the heads of the other Five Families during the climactic scene. During this time, Trapani also works personally for and alongside of Peter Clemenza, Al Neri, and Willie Cicci.[1]
Aldo Trapani makes his way from an enforcer, to associate, to soldier, to caporegime, to underboss, and lastly, to Don. Trapani becomes the head of the Corleone family operations in New York City, while Michael Corleone remains the head of the family while operating in Nevada.[1]
In the video game The Godfather II, based on the film The Godfather Part II, Trapani is killed by a sniper during Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, while the Corleone family attempts to escape. In the sequel, the player character named Dominic is based in New York and eventually replaces Trapani as Don of New York.[3]
Weapons[edit]
Throughout The Godfather: The Game, numerous types of weapons are available for Trapani to use, and the firearms are available for upgrade. Each firearm may reach a third level if purchased, and a fourth level was available exclusively through Xbox Live.[4]
Melee weapons available in purchase safehouses include baseball bats, lead pipes and golf clubs. In acquired warehouses, weapons available were tire irons. Near warehouses and alleyways were flaming 2-by-4, and pool cues were available in bars or clubs with pool tables. Near graveyards, shovels were available. Police batons were acquirable from dead police officers, although only if the player defeated them in hand-to-hand combat. A unique weapon acquired only after Trapani killed Luca Brasi's assassin or after the Fireworks mission was a garrote wire. Other weapons available were explosives, which came in the form of Molotov cocktails, dynamite, and bombs.[1] Aldo has also shown to be very dominant in hand-to-hand combat, being able to perform various attacks and ultimately kill his opponents.
Firearms were available in five basic forms; snubnosed revolvers, pistols, magnums, Tommy Guns, and shotguns. Each weapon had three levels available by purchase through Black Market merchants, and each also had a fourth level available only through Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. The price range for the weapons ranged from nothing to $400,000, the most expensive being the Dillinger Tommy Gun.[1] Level four weapons were more expensive, ranging from $400,000 to $750,000.[4]
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1.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m The Godfather: The Game
2.Jump up ^ Langfield Entertainment
3.Jump up ^ The Godfather II
4.^ Jump up to: a b César A. Berardini (2006-08-24). "EA Releases Downloadable Content for The Godfather". Retrieved 2009-02-17.


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William Brewster 'Billy' Van Arsdale III is a fictional character in Mark Winegardner's novel The Godfather Returns.
In the novel[edit]
Billy Van Arsdale is born in New York in 1935. His family makes a fortune selling citrus juice for many businessmen, including Vito Corleone. He meets Vito Corleone's granddaughter, Francesca, in college in 1955; they are married a couple of years later after Francesca gives birth to their son, William Brewster Van Arsdale IV, whom they call 'Sonny', after Francesca's late father, Santino "Sonny" Corleone. He starts working as a Law Assistant in the Attorney General's office after graduating, due to his family connections. Shortly after, it is revealed that he has secretly been collecting evidence against the Corleone Family, most likely due to a grudge he has against Michael Corleone because he had his leg broken for infidelity.
By 1961, he begins an affair with one of Danny Shea's secretaries. Francesca never knows about this and thinks he would not have sex with her simply because she is pregnant. In early 1962, Francesca learns of her husband's infidelity and spying on her family. Distraught, she follows him in his own car one night, she finds him drunkenly stumbling out of a local bar, so she runs him down in a fit of rage, literally cutting him in half. She then leaves the scene and calls her Uncle Michael for help.
It is later revealed that Van Arsdale's mistress is eventually convicted of second-degree murder for his death; it is implied that she is framed by the Corleone family to keep Francesca safe.


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Michael Corbett "Mickey" Shea is a fictional character who features prominently in the novel, The Godfather Returns. He is loosely based on former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, the father of President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General and US Senator Robert F. Kennedy and US Senator Ted Kennedy.
Back story[edit]
Shea is born into a poor family in Ireland in 1890. At age 10, he immigrates to America and lives in the infamous Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. At age 30, he is the Ambassador to Canada. He also meets a young Vito Corleone and does business with him by using his olive oil trucks to import whiskey from Canada. He also at this time fathers two sons, James and Danny. By the end of Prohibition, his family is one of the richest in America. He also at this time does business with Robert Moses and expands his empire. By the 1940s, he has begun guiding his sons into political careers, seeing potential especially in James. By the 1950s, James is the Governor of New Jersey and Danny is the Assistant Attorney General of New York. In 1956, he retires to Manhattan.
In the novel[edit]
In the novel, Shea approached the Corleone Family for help. He asks them to get James elected president; in return, James would stop cracking down on organized crime. He and Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen reach a deal that they would get James elected in 1960 and Hagen would become a Congressman. Ultimately, Hagen loses the election, but James is elected president in 1960. Many people suspect vote fraud and demand a recount, but Shea puts a stop to it.
At this time, he is also working with Michael Corleone and Hyman Roth on a deal in Cuba which is thwarted by the Revolution in Cuba. Shea dies in 1959, never living to see James run the country.


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Daniel Brendan 'Danny' Shea is a fictional character in Mark Winegardner's novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. He is based on Attorney General and US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Danny, as he is affectionately called by his family, grows up in a poor neighborhood in the Bronx. He idolizes his brother, James. His father is a bootlegger, and they become rich working with Vito Corleone. By the early 1950s, he becomes the assistant Attorney General in New York. He and his brother are both womanizers.
By 1956, his father makes a deal with Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen to get his son, James, elected president. Danny works on his brother's campaign and in 1960, he becomes Attorney General after James is elected president.
He is depicted as involved in key moments in American history, like the assassination of Fidel Castro's bodyguard, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the hit on Carmine Marino, and the prosecution of crime lords, such as Carlo Tramonti. He is depicted as the prosecutor in Tramonti's case.
In 1964, his brother is assassinated and Danny realizes who was behind it. He steps down as Attorney General and runs for governor of New Jersey in 1966. He runs for president in 1968, but is assassinated in a manner similar to his brother.


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Lucy Mancini is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. She was portrayed by Jeannie Linero[1] in The Godfather and The Godfather Part III.
She is one of the childhood friends of Vito Corleone's children, particularly his daughter, Connie. She is the maid of honor at Connie's wedding. Lucy has sex with Vito's son Sonny at the wedding and has a brief extramarital affair with him, the latter suggesting the conception of her son Vincent "Vinnie" Mancini. The novel and the films diverge with regard to their respective treatments of Lucy's fate after Sonny's death.
In the novel[edit]
In the novel, Lucy is a fairly important supporting character, with several chapters dedicated to her story. After Sonny is killed, Lucy is sent to Las Vegas by Vito's consigliere, Tom Hagen. There she is given a small interest (five and later ten "points") in one of the family's hotels, primarily so that she can keep an eye on Vito's middle son, Fredo, who is learning the hotel business. She also serves as a shareholder-of-record who has no criminal record of her own: several such owners are necessary for a valid gaming license. On paper, she is a millionaire, although she doesn't vote her shares in the casinos.
Eventually, she establishes a whole new life for herself in Las Vegas, and becomes largely independent of the Corleone clan. She is very lonely, however, and occasionally pines for Sonny: while she did not love him or even really know him, she misses him as a lover, and cannot achieve sexual satisfaction with anyone else. That changes when she meets, falls in love with, and marries a surgeon, Jules Segal, who explains that her difficulty in reaching orgasm is caused by a loose vagina—which commonly results from multiple childbirths but in Lucy's case is apparently congenital—and can be fixed with a simple vaginal surgery. After Segal's colleague in Los Angeles performs the operation, Lucy is finally able to enjoy sex with her husband, and the two presumably live happily ever after.
In the film[edit]
In Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptations, Lucy's role is minimal. She is seen as a young woman in Part I, but her character is not followed after Sonny's death. She does not appear in The Godfather Part II. In The Godfather Part III, she is present in a manner inconsistent with her fate as described in The Godfather novel. In that film, Lucy is the mother of Sonny's illegitimate son, Vincent, who eventually succeeds Michael Corleone as the head of the Corleone crime family. She appears briefly as a guest in the party scene near the beginning of the film, beaming as Michael invites Vincent to join the family for a group photo. In Puzo's novel, however, Sonny does not impregnate her.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.


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Cardinal Lamberto
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Cardinal Lamberto
Cardinal Lamberto
Cardinal Lamberto, as portrayed by Raf Vallone in The Godfather Part III.

First appearance
The Godfather Part III
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Raf Vallone
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Aliases
John Paul I
Gender
Male
Occupation
Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and later the Pontiff
Cardinal Lamberto is a fictional character appearing in The Godfather Part III. He is portrayed by Raf Vallone.[1][2]


Contents  [hide]
1 In the film
2 Inspiration
3 References
4 External links

In the film[edit]
Lamberto is a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, and the man favoured to succeed the terminally ill Pope Paul VI as head of the Church. He is visited by Michael Corleone on the advice of Don Tommasino, and Michael tells him of his swindle at the hands of Frederick Keinszig, Licio Lucchesi, and Archbishop Gilday. Lamberto encourages Michael to confess his sins; Michael is initially reluctant, but eventually gives in under the Cardinal's gentle prodding. He breaks down in tears when confessing that he ordered the murder of his brother Fredo. Upon the conclusion of the confession, Lamberto tells Michael that it is just that he suffers for his sins, yet absolves him and tells him he still has a chance for redemption.
Upon the death of Paul VI, Lamberto is elected the new Pontiff; he takes the name John Paul I upon his accession. A moral, thoroughly honest man, he immediately calls for an investigation into the activities of the Vatican Bank and requests a meeting with Keinszig, the Bank's chief accountant. However, Keinszig has left Rome with a large sum of money and several documents. Fearing that their corruption will be exposed, Keinszig, Lucchesi, and Gilday plot to murder the Pope; Gilday poisons his tea, killing him in his sleep.
Inspiration[edit]
The character of Lamberto and the film's depiction of the events which lead to his murder are based upon one of the conspiracy theories surrounding the sudden death of the real-life Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani. Like the Lamberto character, Luciani was discovered dead in his bed in 1978, 33 days after his election to the papacy. Various theories, such as the one outlined in David Yallop's 1984 book, In God's Name, have suggested that Luciani was murdered because he was investigating and planning reforms for the Vatican Bank, in light of the Banco Ambrosiano scandal.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000826/
2.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
External links[edit]
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Pat Geary
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Pat Geary
Senator Pat Geary
G. D. Spradlin portraying Senator Pat Geary

First appearance
The Godfather Part II
Last appearance
The Godfather Part II
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
G. D. Spradlin
Information

Gender
Male
Occupation
U.S. Senator
Spouse(s)
Wife (name unknown)
Pat Geary is a fictional character portrayed by G. D. Spradlin[1] in the film The Godfather Part II. He is a U.S. senator from Nevada whose corruption and moral vices are exploited by Michael Corleone.
Fictional character biography[edit]
At the beginning of the film, set in 1958, Geary and his wife attend the First Communion celebration for the son of Michael Corleone, the head of the Corleone crime family. Geary publicly accepts a contribution in the name of Anthony Corleone (Michael's son) ostensibly as a donation for the local public university. While speaking before the large gathering, Geary mispronounces the boy's middle and last names and initially misnames Michael Corleone's wife Kay as Pat.
After the public ceremony, Geary meets with Michael in his office. The Corleone family had obtained control of several casinos in Nevada. Geary offers to help Michael obtain a disputed gaming license in exchange for an exorbitant bribe, and launching into a contemptuous tirade against Michael, the Corleone family, and Italian Americans in general, calling them "oily-haired" and "dirty", and this time he pronounces "Corleone" correctly but mockingly, indicating that he intentionally mispronounced it earlier. He says that he despises Michael and all he stands for and that he "intend[s] to squeeze" the Corleone family for all he can get. He gives Michael a day to respond to his offer. As Geary heads for the door, Michael responds by telling Geary that he should get them the license for free, and for Geary to pay the $20,000 licensing fee out of his own pocket. Geary then leaves the room.
Some time later, Geary spends the night with a prostitute in a brothel run by Michael's brother Fredo in the Nevada desert. Having suffered from an alcoholic blackout, he awakens in a bed covered in blood next to the woman, who is dead. Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen arrives on the scene and tells a terrified Geary that since the woman has no family, the matter can be safely covered up. Hagen promises Geary, "All that will be left is our friendship." It is implied that the Corleones have engineered this situation, perhaps through drugging Geary. Michael's personal assassin, Al Neri, is seen in the bathroom wiping his hands with a towel, indicating that it was he who murdered the prostitute.
Subsequently, it appears that the Corleones' "help" with the incident (in other words, blackmail) sways Geary to the Corleone family's side. When Michael goes to Havana for a meeting with Hyman Roth and other crime bosses, he also takes the time to associate with several influential figures in government, law, and business. Geary is among this latter group; he greets Michael warmly during a New Year's Eve party held by the Cuban President, Fulgencio Batista, and later joins them in going to see a live sex show. When chaos erupts on the streets as Fidel Castro comes to power, Geary can be heard loudly demanding entry into the U.S. Embassy.
Later in the movie, Geary is seen serving on a Senate committee that is investigating organized crime, and which could potentially send Michael to prison. He asks Corleone soldato Willie Cicci about the layers of management ("buffers") which protect Michael from direct criminal involvement. Later, on the day of Michael's testimony, Geary speaks in defense of Italian-Americans to the assembled television cameras, denouncing the stereotyping of them as criminals. However, he absents himself from the hearing before Michael testifies.
In other media[edit]
Mark Winegardner's 2006 sequel novel The Godfather's Revenge explains that Geary remains in Michael's pocket well into the 1960s.
Geary also makes an appearance in the video game The Godfather II. Dominic Corleone, the player character, meets with Geary to persuade him to visit the brothel. Hagen instructs Dominic to create a fake business deal to gain Geary's trust. Dominic mentions that his "partners" have prostitution businesses across the country before suggesting Geary visit a local brothel that he controls. Dominic then joins Hagen the next morning, speaking to Geary after his horrific discovery.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part II (1974)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.


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Johnny Fontane
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Johnny Fontane
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Al Martino portraying Johnny Fontane

First appearance
The Godfather (novel)
Last appearance
The Godfather Part III
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Al Martino
Information

Gender
Male
Occupation
Singer/actor
Family
Corleone family
Relatives
Vito Corleone (Godfather)
Religion
Roman Catholicism
John "Johnny" Fontane is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the series of films based upon it. In Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the novel, he was portrayed by Al Martino,[1] the role having been turned down by Vic Damone.


Contents  [hide]
1 Novel and film
2 Novel sequels
3 Film casting
4 Notes

Novel and film[edit]
In the novel and film, Fontane is a famous crooner and occasional film star in the vein of Frank Sinatra. He is also the godson of Vito Corleone, the head of a major Mafia crime family. There are four occasions on which the Corleone family intervenes to help his career. The first, years before the main time frame of the original novel and film, is when Vito Corleone uses violent persuasion (an "offer he can't refuse") to buy out a contract that Fontane is locked into with a big band leader; after the bandleader turns down Vito Corleone's offer to buy out the contract, the Mafia chieftain orders his personal assassin Luca Brasi to put a gun to the man's forehead and says that, in one minute, either the man's signature or his brains will be on the contract.
The second, the infamous "horse-head" scene, is an act of intimidation, carried out at the Godfather's behest, to ensure Fontane receives a part in a war film. The film's producer, Jack Woltz, despises Fontane for "ruining" a woman he was sexually interested in, and thus blacklists him from the production. After Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen fails to persuade Woltz to give Fontane the part, Brasi beheads Woltz's prize racehorse, Khartoum, and puts the animal's head in Woltz's bed as a warning. Terrified, Woltz relents and casts Fontane. Months later, Vito uses his Hollywood connections to ensure that Fontane wins the Academy Award for Best Actor. Finally, the Corleones lend Fontane money to start his own film studio.
Fontane is a minor character in the movie adaptation. In the original novel, however, the character is far more central, with large portions of the book dedicated to his adventures and misadventures in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada, his precarious relationship with childhood friend and former partner Nino Valenti, and his struggles with losing the singing voice that made him famous. In the novel, Fontane develops (and eventually is cured of) lesions on his vocal cords.
Fontane was widely seen to have been based on Frank Sinatra, whose career was in a slump before being saved by his Academy Award-winning appearance in From Here to Eternity. While Puzo never made this claim, he also never denied it.[2]
Novel sequels[edit]
The character is expanded upon in the novel The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner. In the 2004 novel, he campaigns for the presidential election of his friend, James Kavanaugh "Jimmy" Shea, who is based on former President John F. Kennedy.
In Winegardner's sequel The Godfather's Revenge, Fontane becomes romantically involved with Francesca Corleone, daughter of Sonny. They are married at the end of the novel. In this novel, the real Sinatra is mentioned twice, even within a discussion between Fontane and Francesca.
Film casting[edit]
According to Al Martino, he was cast in the film in a similar manner to Johnny Fontane. Martino claims that he used a connection to Mafia boss Russell Bufalino to intervene on his behalf and secure his role in the film.[3]
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ Bruno, Anthony. "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". TruTV. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
3.Jump up ^ Seal, Mark (March 2009). "The Godfather Wars". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2012-05-13.


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Music
The Godfather (soundtrack) ·
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Amerigo Bonasera
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Amerigo Bonasera is a fictional character created by Mario Puzo who appears in his novel The Godfather, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation. Though he is not a major character, he plays a vital role in revealing the merciful side of main character Vito Corleone. The novel opens with the words: "Amerigo Bonasera sat at New York Criminal Court...". The film also starts with his famous line, "I believe in America".
Bonasera is a proud Italian-American undertaker who tends to keep away from the Corleone family, knowing they are involved with the Mafia, though Don Corleone's wife is a godmother to Bonasera's daughter. His daughter is brutally beaten by her boyfriend and his friend, when she refused to have sex with the two young men after having been made to drink whiskey. The men escape any serious penalty because they are from wealthy, politically connected families.
Desperate, Bonasera decides to go to Don Corleone on the day of his daughter's wedding to ask him to kill the young men; according to tradition, a Sicilian never refuses a favor on the day of his daughter's wedding. His proposition angers Don Corleone, who reprimands him for asking for a favor without showing the proper respect. Nevertheless, Vito agrees to grant a favor in return for Bonasera's "friendship" and the respectful address of "Godfather". Vito Corleone also gently reprimands Bonasera for attempting to seek justice through the courts first, as he ought to have first sought aid from him.
Vito hands the job to Peter Clemenza, with explicit instructions that his men aren't to get "carried away". His crew eventually give the men a brutal beating. Bonasera sends his thanks to Vito through Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen. Though feeling safer now that he has Don Corleone on his side, Bonasera begins dreading the day Corleone asks him a favor; he has a nightmare of the Don ordering him to bury the bodies of two men he has just killed.
Later in the film, Bonasera finally pays back the favor. Initially terrified, Bonasera is relieved when Vito Corleone comes to his funeral parlor with the corpse of his elder son, Sonny Corleone, who has been gunned down by the Barzini family. A heartbroken Vito merely requests that Bonasera repair the extensive physical damage so that Sonny's mother can have an open casket.
In the 1972 film, Bonasera is played by Salvatore Corsitto (1913–1999).
In The Godfather: The Game, Aldo Trapani, instead of Clemenza, is ordered to punish the two perpetrators, who are found in the graveyard outside Bonasera's funeral home harassing Bonasera's daughter. He attacks the assailants, knocking them out and leaving one in an open grave.
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