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Joey Zasa
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Joey Zasa
Joey Zasa
Joe Mantegna portraying Joey Zasa
First appearance
The Godfather Part III
Last appearance
The Godfather Part III
Created by
Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola
Portrayed by
Joe Mantegna
Information
Nickname(s)
Spotlight Zasa
Gender
Male
Occupation
Gangster
Joey Zasa is a fictional character appearing in The Godfather Part III. He was portrayed by Joe Mantegna.[1][2] He is based on a mix of three real Mafia members: Joseph Colombo, Joe Gallo and John Gotti.
Character overview[edit]
Zasa is a longtime member of the crew that had once been headed by Peter Clemenza. Following the retirement of Ritchie Nobilio, successor to Frank Pentangeli (Michael V. Gazzo) in The Godfather Part II, Zasa is awarded all the Corleone family business in New York with the approval of the Commission and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). Zasa is feared and, to a certain degree, respected among his peers in the New York underworld for his business acumen and utter ruthlessness. However, his flamboyance and hunger for publicity earns Michael's displeasure, as it attracts unwanted public attention to his criminal past at a time when he is trying to restore his reputation. Michael especially disapproves of Zasa's eagerness to deal in the drug trade. Hence, Michael largely keeps him at arm's length.
In the film[edit]
In The Godfather Part III, Zasa first appears at a party honoring Michael, where he gets into an argument with Vincent Mancini-Corleone (Andy García), the illegitimate son of Michael's long-dead brother Sonny. Zasa calls Vincent a bastard in front of Michael, prompting the enraged young man to bite Zasa's ear. Zasa subsequently hires two assassins to kill Vincent, but Vincent quickly dispatches both of them.
Later in the film, Zasa is part of a plot to have Michael murdered during a meeting with all the various Dons in Atlantic City, New Jersey. During the meeting, Michael insults Zasa, prompting him to storm out; moments later, a helicopter containing gunmen hovers above the room and guns down nearly everyone inside. Michael escapes, but nearly every other Don attending the meeting is killed. Those who survive make deals with Zasa.
Several days later Vincent assassinates Zasa in Bensonhurst during a street festival. Vincent's men and Michael's personal assassin Al Neri (disguised as members of the church procession) kill Zasa's bodyguards, while Vincent (disguised as an NYPD Mounted Patrol officer) shoots Zasa three times in the back while he tries to break into a locked store-front to escape.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
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Jack Woltz
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Jack Woltz
Jack Woltz.gif
John Marley portraying Jack Woltz
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
John Marley
Information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Film producer
Children
Chris Woltz
Jack Woltz is a fictional character from the Mario Puzo novel The Godfather and the 1972 film adaptation. In the film he is portrayed by John Marley.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 In the film
2 In the novel
3 In the video game
4 References
In the film[edit]
Woltz is a Jewish film producer who refuses to cast the singer/actor Johnny Fontane in a war film that would revive Johnny's flagging career. Fontane asks Vito Corleone, the head of the Corleone crime family and his godfather, to lean on Woltz. Corleone sends his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Hollywood to "reason" with Woltz.
Hagen offers to help Woltz with union trouble in return for casting Fontane. Woltz loses his temper, shouting anti-Italian slurs at Hagen, and refuses to bargain. Later, after learning Hagen represents Don Corleone, he appears more eager to listen, even inviting Hagen to dinner at his palatial estate. However, in the end, Woltz still refuses to cast Fontane, explaining to Hagen that Fontane had run off with one of his young female stars-in-the-making (with whom Woltz had been having an affair) and made him appear ridiculous. Hagen makes a veiled threat in response, which Woltz laughs off.
The following morning, in one of the most famous scenes in film history, Woltz wakes up to find the severed head of his prized stud horse, Khartoum, in his bed with him. Though he phones the Corleones and furiously threatens to bring the law on their heads, he eventually gives in to their wishes and casts Fontane.[2]
In the novel[edit]
In the novel, Woltz is portrayed as a man who has achieved great success in the film industry, having come up from nothing. During World War II, he became the White House's propaganda adviser, obtaining a large government contract as well as political contacts in the process, in addition to an acquaintance with J. Edgar Hoover. It is also revealed that he is a pedophile who routinely molests young girls who audition for his movies, as well as the daughters of some of his actresses. (Although this aspect of the character is edited out of the film, it is made apparent in at least one deleted scene.)
When Johnny Fontane is nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the film, a spiteful Woltz bribes or threatens nearly everyone in Hollywood to keep him from winning. He is again thwarted by the Corleone Family, however; Vito calls in several favors, and Fontane wins, eventually opening a Corleone-funded production company that soon rivals Woltz Pictures. Fontane politely telephones Woltz to thank him for everything, but Woltz hangs up after a curt conversation.
In the video game[edit]
In the game The Godfather: The Game, the player is sent on a mission to Hollywood for one of the stages. Being outside of New York City, he has no map to rely on. The player is ordered by Tom Hagen to decapitate Khartoum, with the help of Rocco Lampone, a Corleone soldier. The player then must sneak the head into Woltz's bedroom, all the while being quiet enough so as not to alert any of the security guards or cleaning ladies who are employed by Woltz. Successfully completing the stage will launch a reenactment of the infamous "horse head" scene.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
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Philip Tattaglia
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Philip Tattaglia
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Philip Tattaglia portrayed by Victor Rendina
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather (official)
Portrayed by
Victor Rendina
Information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Crime's boss, manager
Title
Boss
Family
Tattaglia
Children
Bruno Tattaglia (?-1945),
John(?-?)
Relatives
Rico Tattaglia (brother)
Philip Tattaglia is a fictional character and antagonist in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, the first installment of The Godfather film trilogy[1] and The Godfather video game. He was portrayed by actor Victor Rendina.[1]
In the story[edit]
Tattaglia is the head of one of New York's Five Families, which bears his name. Although his primary business is prostitution, he is the first to support Virgil Sollozzo's heroin connection, and goes to war with the Corleone family after Vito Corleone refuses to lend their political and police protection to the enterprise.
Tattaglia's family strikes first, killing notorious Corleone enforcer Luca Brasi, but their further attacks flounder. Tattaglia is dealt a blow when the protracted and bloody conflict claims the life of his son, Bruno, and when Vito Corleone recovers control of his family. After Vito's son, Sonny Corleone, is murdered, the two agree to a sitdown to negotiate an end to the struggle. However, Tattaglia tellingly insists that Don Corleone guarantee not to break the peace. After conceding to his demands, Corleone realizes that Tattaglia had been the front for a plan masterminded by another don, Emilio Barzini, to bring down the Corleones, divide the spoils among the four remaining families, and embrace the heroin trade unopposed.
His death varies between the movie and the book. In the movie version, he is in bed with a prostitute when Rocco Lampone and another assassin, acting on the orders of Michael Corleone, burst in and murder both of them with Madsen M-50 submachine guns. This scene took place in room 242 on the second floor of the then Lido Beach Hotel, in Lido Beach NY. The assassins prepare for the assassination in one of the two cuppolas on the top floor of the hotel. If you look carefully out the window you can see vacationers sitting on the beach. It took Paramount 2 days to 'shoot' this scene. In the book, he is standing over a bed with a young girl lying on it when Rocco Lampone shoots and kills him.
In The Godfather: The Game, the protagonist kills Don Tattaglia similarly, except Tattaglia holds the prostitute hostage instead, giving the protagonist the option to shoot both of them.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather". The New York Times.
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Bruno Tattaglia
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Bruno Tattaglia
Bruno Tattaglia
Tony Giorgio portraying Bruno Tattaglia
First appearance
The Godfather
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Tony Giorgio
Information
Gender
Male
Occupation
Mafia boss
Family
Tattaglia family
Religion
Roman Catholic
Bruno Tattaglia is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the first installment of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy of films.[1] He also appeared in The Godfather: The Game, where the player kills him in an act of revenge. In the films he was portrayed by actor Tony Giorgio.[1][2][3]
Role in Godfather saga[edit]
Bruno is son and underboss to Philip Tattaglia, head of one of New York's Five Families. Along with business partner Virgil Sollozzo, he strikes the first blow in the war with the Corleone family by helping murder Corleone enforcer Luca Brasi, who had met with Bruno to try to infiltrate the rival faction. After the Tattaglia family's subsequent attempt on the life of Don Vito Corleone fails, Corleone's son Sonny has his men assassinate Bruno as revenge. When Sonny is assassinated later on, the two deaths are instrumental in prompting Dons Tattaglia and Corleone to seek an end to their conflict.
Despite Bruno being credited as Don Philip's underboss, the book states that he is very displeased with and detracted from his father's prostitution business. This would make him a less likely candidate for underboss, as would the fact that he is Philip's youngest son, as per the book. John Tattaglia, in the novel, is on Sonny's vendetta list, and is presumably Philip's true underboss. In The Godfather: The Game, the player, as Aldo Trapani, is asked by Tessio to carry out an optional hit on Johnny Tattaglia who is one of Philip's sons.
Bruno's death is not seen in the film (although Sal Tessio says "We hit Bruno Tattaglia at 4 o'clock this morning"), but in The Godfather: The Game, he is tossed into a cremation retort by the protagonist Aldo Trapani for murdering his girlfriend, Frances "Frankie" Malone.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "The Godfather". The New York Times.
2.Jump up ^ "Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola". poetry.rapgenius.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
3.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Godfather". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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Anthony Stracci
First appearance
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Nickname(s)
Black Tony
Gender
Male
Occupation
Mafia boss
Title
Don
Don Anthony "Black Tony" Stracci is a fictional character who first appeared in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.
One of the dons of New York's Five Families, Stracci embraced the scheme of Don Emilio Barzini to unite against the Corleone family and force them into the heroin trade. He is present at the sit-down where the "Commission" of La Cosa Nostra families convince Don Vito Corleone to accept drug trafficking in his territory and guarantee peace.
In the The Godfather film, Stracci is named "Victor". On the day Michael Corleone "settles all family business", Stracci is assassinated by Corleone family caporegime Peter Clemenza; as Stracci and his associates take an elevator ride in a hotel, Clemenza guns them down. The actor who portrayed him was not credited.
In the novel, Don Stracci is not killed. He later appears in Mark Winegardner's sequel novel The Godfather Returns.
In The Godfather: The Game, the player (as protagonist Aldo Trapani) walks into the St. Albans Hotel, but it is said that Don Stracci thinks its a peace agreement. The player then proceeds to escort Stracci to an elevator, staying with him until they reach the first floor, where Clemenza opens fire with his shotgun.
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Virgil Sollozzo
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Virgil Sollozzo, as portrayed by Al Lettieri in The Godfather.
First appearance
The Godfather
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Al Lettieri
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Nickname(s)
The Turk
Gender
Male
Occupation
Drug Lord
Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo (1898-1946) is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
In the novel, it is said that he got his nickname because he has a nose like a Turkish scimitar. He also has a Turkish-American wife and children, and does much of his business (growing poppy) in Turkey. In Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation, he is portrayed by Al Lettieri.[1][2]
In the film[edit]
At the beginning, during the opening credits, before the scene of Connie's wedding, Virgil meets with Sonny, without Don Corleone's knowledge. This is the inspiration for the attempt on the Don's life: Sonny has already been receptive to Sollozzo's proposal.
Sollozzo arrives in New York and enlists the aid of the Tattaglia family for his new heroin business. He then goes to the Corleone family to obtain money and protection from the police and courts. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) refuses, however, stating that the drug business is bad for the neighborhoods and would strain his political connections.
Sollozzo, realizing that Vito's eldest son and Corleone family underboss Sonny (James Caan) would be more receptive to the heroin trade, decides to murder Vito. (However, later in the novel and the film it becomes apparent that Sollozzo was only following orders from Emilio Barzini). At the same time, he abducts Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) and tells him to convince Sonny that he should accept the original deal and forego vengeance for his father's death. Hagen promises to calm Sonny down, but warns of an inevitable reprisal by Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana), Vito's fanatically loyal bodyguard and hitman. Unbeknownst to Hagen, however, Sollozzo had anticipated this and already killed Brasi.
Following his meeting with Hagen, Sollozzo learns that Vito is still alive. He sends agents to the hospital to again try to kill Vito after first having McCluskey (Sterling Hayden), a police captain in Sollozzo's pocket, arrest the men guarding Don Corleone at the hospital and pull the police guards outside the Don's hospital room to other duty. But the plans fall through after Vito's youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) arrives at the scene, finds all the guards gone, suspects that Sollozzo is about to make another assassination attempt, and is able to save his father. He tricks the assassins into thinking that he is guarding the Don, and the stir up eventually ends with McCluskey being summoned. McCluskey confronts Michael and punches him, breaking his jaw. Hagen arrives shortly afterwards with guards who are legally licensed to carry weapons; McCluskey cannot arrest them without raising suspicions about his motives, and so backs out.
Soon thereafter, Sollozzo seeks a meeting with Michael to resolve the hostilities. Under McCluskey's personal protection, Sollozzo meets with Michael in a restaurant. Although Michael is frisked before the meeting, a revolver had been planted behind the overhead tank of a toilet in the lavatory of the restaurant. Michael excuses himself and goes to the bathroom to retrieve the revolver. When he returns, he draws the gun and shoots Sollozzo in the forehead, killing him instantly, and kills McCluskey seconds later.
In the game[edit]
In The Godfather: The Game, Virgil Sollozzo is voiced by Richard Newman.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Godfather". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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Louie Russo
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Luigi "Louie" Russo is a fictional character in Mark Winegardner's The Godfather Returns. Russo serves as the Don of the Chicago Outfit from 1955 to 1961.
Biography[edit]
Louie Russo and his brother, Willy, were 'made' under Al Capone. His brother was one of the men sent to kill Vito Corleone during the Castellamarese war (mentioned in The Godfather), although he was eventually killed by Luca Brasi.
Russo holds a grudge against the Corleones for years for his brother's death, at one point attempting (unsuccessfully) to have Vito's son Fredo killed. After Michael Corleone becomes Don in 1955, however, Russo tricks him into believing that the bad blood between them is over. Under Russo, the Chicago mob expands into the New York area and interferes with the Corleones' Las Vegas casinos. Russo unsuccessfully conspires with Vincent Forlenza and Nick Geraci to kill Michael Corleone, in the process indirectly duping Fredo into betraying his brother to Hyman Roth.
In June 1961, he invites Tom Hagen to his supper club/gambling house in rural Illinois with the intention of killing him. He, Hagen, a rower, and two Russo soldatos go out on a gondola in his man-made lake. On the course of the trip, as part of Michael's revenge, Hagen strangles one soldato while the rower hits Russo and the other soldato with his oar. Hagen then personally kills Russo on his boat, with Russo's own gun, and dumps the bodies in the lake.
Personality[edit]
In his appearances in The Godfather Returns, Russo is portrayed as a cruel, vindictive man whose methods of retribution are particularly vicious, even by Mafia standards; in the sequel The Godfather's Revenge, Tom Hagen describes Russo as "a sick man, in ways I don't like to think about." Following an assassination attempt years before, in which his eyes are permanently damaged, he wears large black sunglasses to shield them from the light. When he inadvertently shows his uncovered eyes to Tom Hagen after his glasses are knocked off, Hagen notes that they are red with a green ring in the middle. The novel reveals that Russo is estranged from his gay son, but still uses him as a source of information on closeted rivals for purposes of blackmail and gamesmanship with other families.
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Hyman Roth
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Hyman Roth
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"Johnny Lips"
Aliases
Hyman Suchowsky
Gender
Male
Occupation
Gangster, casino-owner, mafia boss
Religion
Judaism
Hyman Roth is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the The Godfather Part II and a minor character in the novel The Godfather Returns. He is a Jewish investor and a business partner of Vito Corleone, and later his son Michael Corleone. He is based on Florida-based mobster Meyer Lansky and was played by Lee Strasberg in the movie;[1] John Megna plays a younger version of the character in a deleted scene.
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2 The Godfather Part II
3 Behind the scenes
4 References
Character overview[edit]
Roth's backstory is supplied in a deleted scene in The Godfather Part II. In this scene, set in Hell's Kitchen, New York in the early 1920s, he is working as a car mechanic. He is noticed by Peter Clemenza, who has been calling him "Johnny Lips". Clemenza introduces him to Vito Corleone, who suggests that he change his name, which is originally Hyman Suchowsky. When Vito asks him whom he admires, Suchowsky says Arnold Rothstein for fixing the 1919 World Series; accordingly, he changes his last name to Roth.
Expository dialogue later in the film explains that Roth worked diligently with the Corleone family during Prohibition, and was a close friend and ally of Moe Greene, the "inventor" of Las Vegas. Roth, as well as Don Corleone, started out running molasses out of Havana and into Canada. It is suggested, however, that Vito never fully trusted Roth, nor did many of his associates, including Frank Pentangeli.
The Godfather Part II[edit]
By the timeline of this film, Roth is based in Miami. Though in poor health, he is extremely wealthy, having made a fortune over the years by running his own organized crime outfit, assisted by his right-hand man, the Sicilian Johnny Ola. Roth has gone into business with Michael Corleone, planning to create an extraordinarily profitable business partnership with the corrupt Cuban government of Fulgencio Batista. Roth is secretly planning to betray and kill Michael, however, in part because he resents Michael for having Moe Greene killed (as depicted in The Godfather). To that end, he has Ola manipulate Michael's brother Fredo into giving him information that he uses to make an attempt on Michael's life.
Michael quickly realizes that Roth was behind the assassination attempt. However, remembering his father's advice to "keep your friends close and your enemies closer," he decides to make Roth think they still have a good business relationship before killing him. He also suspects Roth had the help of a mole inside the Corleone family, and wants to buy time to discover who has betrayed him.
During New Year's Eve, the last night of Batista's rule, Michael orders Roth killed, confiding in Fredo, "Hyman Roth will never see the New Year." Just as Michael's bodyguard Bussetta is about to smother the sleeping Roth with a pillow, however, a squad of Batista's soldiers storm the hospital and kill Busetta. Moments later, Fidel Castro's army overthrows the Batista regime, ruining Roth and Michael's plans.
Shortly before the Cuban fiasco, the U.S. Senate begins hearings on organized crime. Seeing a chance to eliminate Michael as a competitor, Roth engineers a plan to manipulate Frank Pentangeli into testifying against Michael. He has the Rosato Brothers, two small-time hoods, try to kill Pentangeli and make him think that they did so on orders from Michael. Angered, Pentangeli agrees to testify against Michael. Expecting such a move, Michael flies Pentangeli's brother Vincent to the U.S. to scare him into remaining silent, thus destroying the government's case against Michael.
After arriving at Miami airport, Roth publicly states that he wishes to retire and live in Israel under the Law of Return. His request (like that of the real-life Meyer Lansky) is rejected by the Israeli High Court, reportedly due to his criminal ties. When Michael finds this out, he arranges to have Roth killed. Roth arrives at the airport and prepares to be taken into Federal Custody in the U.S. Minutes after getting off the plane, he is shot point-blank by Michael's caporegime Rocco Lampone, who is posing as a reporter. Rocco, in turn, is shot and killed by federal officers as he runs away.
Behind the scenes[edit]
Roth's death scene in The Godfather, Part II was based on the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963.[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000811/bio Character Biography of Hyman Roth on imdb.com]
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Carmine Rosato
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Carmine Caridi portraying Carmine Rosato
First appearance
The Godfather II
Last appearance
The Godfather II
Created by
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Portrayed by
Carmine Caridi
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Title
Caporegime
Don
Family
Corleone
Rosato Family
Carmine Rosato Family
Carmine Rosato is a fictional character in the film The Godfather Part II, as well as its video game adaptation. He is known as one of the Rosato Brothers, along with his brother Tony. Carmine works in Pete Clemenza's regime after Michael Corleone moves to Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He is also known to have ties with Hyman Roth in Miami, Florida. In the film, he is portrayed by Carmine Caridi.[1]
Carmine joins Pete Clemenza's regime in 1934 along with his brother Tony. Carmine and Tony are loyal to Clemenza, and are promised three territories in the Bronx. In 1957, Clemenza dies of a heart attack. Clemenza's successor, Frank Pentangeli takes over as the Don of New York for the Corleone Family. Pentangeli thinks that the Rosatos are running their businesses like "a disgrace", and so refuses to give them the promised territories. Pentangeli also blames Carmine and Tony for Clemenza's death due to their greed over the territories. The Rosatos then split from the Corleones and begin to form their own crime syndicate.
Contents [hide]
1 Appearances 1.1 The Godfather Part II (film)
1.2 Godfather Part II (video game)
2 References
3 External links
Appearances[edit]
The Godfather Part II (film)[edit]
Carmine Rosato and Tony split the family into two families in 1958 when Tony joins the Miami Organization and Carmine stays back in New York to run the Rosato Family there. Carmine begins to stir up trouble in Pentangeli's neighborhood. Pentangeli goes to Michael to ask for permission to kill Carmine in New York, but Michael refuses, fearing that such an action would threaten his business partnership with Roth, and tells Pentangeli to make a truce with the Rosatos.
To that end, Pentangeli goes to Richie's Tavern to make a truce with Carmine. It is a trap, however; Tony appears from behind Pentangeli and garrotes him. During the attempt, a policeman enters the bar and sees Pentangeli's body lying on the floor. Carmine takes out his gun and shoves the policeman into the ground while Tony and the Rosato guards run after Carmine. The Rosatos escape the shootout and Carmine starts a war between himself and the Corleones.
Godfather Part II (video game)[edit]
In the video game adaptation of the film, the main character, Dominic Corleone, begins to take over the Rosatos' territories. Two of Carmine Rosato's enforcers die during the attacks on Carmine's businesses. Dominic kills Carmine's enforcers, Jimmy Guidalatto and Clyde Lando, while reinforcing to take Carmine's businesses. When Dominic stops Carmine's soldiers from taking back one of the businesses, he kills Carmine's caporegime Franklin Credi. Dominic also escapes the shootout.
Later on, Dominic and his men break into Carmine Rosato's compound to end the war and to eliminate Carmine and his half of the family. As soon as all of the soldiers and guards are killed, Dominic gets in a fist fight with Carmine's underboss Norman Rossi, killing him in the hallway leading to Carmine Rosato's office on the second floor of his compound. Dominic finds a .44 Magnum in the hallway and enters the office to confront Carmine. Dominic and Carmine get into a bloody fist fight and Dominic shoots and kills Carmine in the head. Dominic and his men then blow up Carmine's compound.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part II (1974)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
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Carlo Rizzi (The Godfather)
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Carlo Rizzi
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Gianni Russo as Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather Part II (flashback cameo)
Created by
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Portrayed by
Gianni Russo
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Male
Family
Rizzi and Corleone crime families
Spouse(s)
Connie Corleone (1945-1955)
Carlo Rizzi is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. In the 1972 film adaptation, he was portrayed by Gianni Russo.[1][2]
In the novel and film[edit]
A native of Nevada, Rizzi migrates to New York City following trouble with the law and befriends Sonny Corleone, through whom he meets Sonny's sister Connie in 1941 at a surprise birthday party for Sonny's father Vito (depicted in a flashback in The Godfather Part II). They get married in 1945; both the book and film open with their wedding. Vito doesn't like the idea of Connie marrying a small-time criminal, and is also displeased by the fact Rizzi isn't a full-blooded Sicilian; his mother was from northern Italy. He only grants Connie's hand in marriage on condition that they hold an old-style Sicilian wedding.
Rizzi is thrilled at the prestige of being a member of the Corleone crime family, but Vito instructs consigliere Tom Hagen not to allow Carlo significant knowledge of the Family's workings, only to "give him a living". He is allowed to operate a small sports book under the family's protection.
Described in the novel as "a punk sore at the world", he regularly beats up and cheats on Connie as a poor means of exerting his own power over the Corleone family. When Connie eventually does complain to her parents, Vito coldly refuses to help, presumably to punish her for making such a poor choice. In truth, Vito is enraged at how Rizzi treats his daughter, but he feels that he can't do anything because Italian tradition forbids a father to interfere with a daughter's marriage. However, Connie's brothers Sonny, Fredo and Michael eventually grow to despise Rizzi for the way he treats her; in particular, Sonny has to be forcibly prevented from beating him up.
Sonny visits Connie one day, and discovers his sister covered in bruises after a particularly brutal beating. She begs him not to do anything about it, and he gives her his word. When Rizzi hits her again, however, Sonny loses his temper and beats him mercilessly in the street, threatening to kill him if he ever hits Connie again. Not long afterward, the Corleones are forced to shut down Rizzi's bookmaking racket as the war with the Five Families escalates. Angered by this, and still seething after his brutal public beating by Sonny, Rizzi seeks revenge by secretly making a deal with the Corleones' chief rival, Emilio Barzini, to kill Sonny.
Rizzi sets the plan in motion by setting up a call from one of his girlfriends, provoking a pregnant Connie into an argument in which he beats her severely with his belt. Connie calls Sonny, who flies into a rage and sets out to confront Carlo. En route, Sonny is killed by Barzini's men in a hail of gunfire on the causeway.
After Sonny's death, Vito seems to take a more lenient attitude toward Rizzi, and allows him to run a labor union controlled by the family. When Michael becomes operating head of the family after his father goes into semi-retirement, he begins making plans to move the family to Nevada. Michael begins treating Rizzi as a trusted lieutenant, even promising to make him his "right-hand man" once the move is complete. Michael even agrees to stand as godfather to Rizzi's and Connie's second child. In truth, however, Vito and Michael figured out early on that Rizzi had set Sonny up, and only brought him into the fold as a ploy to make him vulnerable.
Vito dies in 1955, and Michael inherits the family. During the baptism of Rizzi's second child, Michael orders a massacre of the heads of the Five Families and Las Vegas casino kingpin Moe Greene. Hours later, Michael confronts Rizzi and tells him that he knows all about his involvement in Sonny's death seven years earlier. He assures Rizzi that his life will be spared, but that he will be exiled from the family, which satisfies Rizzi enough to confess his involvement with Barzini. When Rizzi gets into his car to leave, however, he is garroted to death by Peter Clemenza, Sonny's godfather. Connie is enraged at what Michael has done, despite Carlo's abusive behavior towards her and his role in her brother's death, and resents him for many years afterward.
Casting[edit]
In the 2006 book Supermob by investigative reporter Gus Russo (no relation), Russo states that Gianni Russo secured the role by acting as an intermediary between Paramount Studios and New York City Colombo crime family mob boss and patriarch Joseph Colombo, whose Italian-American Civil Rights League had shut down early production of the film in Little Italy, Manhattan over protests. The mob boss Colombo met with the film executives, who then hired Russo to play Rizzi.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Godfather". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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Johnny Ola
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John Ola
Johnny Ola
Dominic Chianese portraying Johnny Ola
First appearance
The Godfather Part II
Last appearance
The Godfather Returns
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Dominic Chianese
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Nickname(s)
Johnny
Gender
Male
Occupation
Mobster, Hyman Roth's bodyguard
Family
Roth Syndicate
probably one of Five Families
Johnny Ola is a fictional character appearing in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather Part II and in the novel The Godfather Returns. Ola was portrayed by actor Dominic Chianese.[1]
Johnny Ola is a mobster and right-hand man to Jewish mobster Hyman Roth.[2] He is an enforcer or "made man" of one of Five Families of New York City.
Ola is Sicilian but also speaks English without an accent. Ola is part of Roth's plan to assassinate Michael Corleone at his home at Lake Tahoe, with unwitting help from Michael's brother Fredo. When Michael asks if Fredo and Johnny had ever met, they deny knowing each other, but Fredo later inadvertently reveals that he and Ola had visited a sex club together in Havana; Michael then realizes that Fredo had betrayed him. Michael sends his bodyguard Bussetta to kill Ola and Roth. Bussetta strangles Johnny Ola before attempting to kill Hyman Roth.
Influences[edit]
Johnny Ola was based on real life mobster Vincent Alo, who was Meyer Lansky's right-hand man.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part II (1974)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ "Postscript to G.D. Spradlin, 1920-2011". boston.com. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
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Joe Lucadello
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Joseph Lucadello
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Last appearance
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Ike Rosen
Gender
Male
Occupation
Gangster, CIA agent
Joseph P. Lucadello (also known as Ike Rosen) is a fictional character in Mark Winegardner's novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. Both novels are based on the original novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
The Godfather Returns introduces Lucadello as an informant to the Corleone family and a CIA agent who originally enlists in the Canadian Air Force under Billy Bishop in 1941. Before this, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps with Michael Corleone. Fearing Benito Mussolini's rise to power, the two falsify pilot's licenses to join Bishop, but Michael's father Vito Corleone tips Bishop off, and Michael admits the truth to avoid damaging Lucadello's chances. During World War II, Lucadello loses an eye, afterward wearing an eye patch and, later, a glass prosthetic. After the war, he leaves the Air Force and becomes a CIA agent. He eventually becomes the main assistant of the CIA director, Albert Soffet.
Around this time, he begins informing the Corleone family of the CIA's plans to confront organized crime. Lucadello meets with Michael Corleone several times, although these meetings are not specifically for business. The novel characterizes Lucadello as the closest thing Michael has to a friend; nevertheless, Michael does not fully trust him.
In The Godfather Returns, Lucadello is assigned to oversee a failed plot to assassinate Fidel Castro in 1959. In 1962, after a Castro body double is killed, he is assigned to eliminate the assassin, Carmine Marino.
In The Godfather Returns, Lucadello informs main antagonist Nick Geraci, a former Corleone family caporegime who seeks to dethrone Michael as head of the family, that Michael is planning to assassinate him. Michael never discovers who betrayed him, and despite the fierce attempt to locate Geraci, he never finds him. At the end of the novel, Lucadello is found dead with an icepick penetrating his only eye.
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Moe Greene
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Alex Rocco portraying Moe Greene
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Alex Rocco
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Male
Occupation
Casinos' proprietor, mobster, hitman (formerly)
Title
Enforcer
Family
Roth Syndicate
Barzini crime family (ties)
Murder, Inc. (formerly)
Morris "Moe" Greene is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and movie. The character's name is a composite of real Las Vegas mobsters Moe Dalitz, or possibly Moe Sedway, and Gus Greenbaum. However, Greene's personality is based on Bugsy Siegel.[1] Greene is portrayed in the movie by Alex Rocco.[2]
The Godfather[edit]
Moe Greene is introduced in The Godfather as a renowned Jewish mobster and former executioner for Murder Incorporated. He is credited with the development of gambling and entertainment in Las Vegas and bringing the interests of the most powerful organized crime organizations in America to the town. Greene is in business with Don Vito Corleone, who bankrolls the creation of Greene's first hotel-casino. In return, Greene takes the Don's son Fredo under his wing during the war between the Five Families in New York, due to the intervention of West Coast Don Anthony Molinari. Although Fredo is greatly influenced by both Greene and the city, family heir Michael Corleone disapproves of the effect it has on his brother, whom Greene reportedly chastised and slapped around in public.
At a discreet meeting with Greene, Michael expresses his disapproval and makes an offer to buy out Greene's entire interest in the casino as part of the Corleones' relocation to Nevada. Offended, Greene angrily refuses, claiming that the Corleones have neither the favor nor the power required to drive him out of the business. He also belittles Michael's credentials as a Don, saying, "I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!"
In the climax of the novel and film, Michael has Greene killed as part of his plan to eliminate the Corleone family's enemies. An unknown assasin surprises Greene while he is getting a massage and shoots him through the eye. Greene's casinos then become property of the Corleone family.
The Godfather: Part II[edit]
Greene's death also plays a part in the second film in the series. Greene was a childhood friend to Michael's business partner and rival Hyman Roth, and it is implied that Roth's anger over Greene's murder is one motivation for his plan to destroy Michael.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
2.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
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Donal Donnelly portraying Archbishop Gilday
First appearance
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Donal Donnelly
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Archbishop in the Roman Catholic Church, head of the Vatican Bank
Archbishop Gilday is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in The Godfather Part III. He is portrayed by Donal Donnelly. His character is said to have been based on Paul Marcinkus.[1][2]
The Godfather Part III[edit]
Gilday is a archbishop in the Roman Catholic Church, and also the head of the Vatican Bank. At the outset of the film, he bestows one of the Church's highest honors, the Order of St. Sebastian, on Michael Corleone. Later, at a meeting with Michael and B.J. Harrison, he convinces Michael to deposit $600 million in the Vatican Bank in exchange for majority control over International Immobiliare, a European real estate company in which the Church owns a quarter interest. However, it is all a scam: Gilday, along with the Bank's chief accountant Frederick Keinszig and Don Licio Lucchesi, had conspired to swindle Michael out of the money and give it to pezzi da novanta (bigshots) in high political places. He even backs Michael when his ownership of Immobiliare is threatened by other shareholders, in order to give Michael the impression that he is his ally, but constantly brings up the ill health of Pope Paul VI (whose approval was needed to ratify the deal) in order to stall the deal and highlight his own supposed powerlessness in the situation.
However, when his scam is about to be exposed by Cardinal Lamberto (the new Pope John Paul I), Gilday conspires with Lucchesi and Keinszig to poison the Pontiff's tea. After Vincent Corleone succeeds Michael as head of the Corleone family, he orders the deaths of Gilday, Keinszig, and Lucchesi as revenge for swindling Michael. Accordingly, Al Neri steals into the Vatican at night and shoots Gilday as the latter climbs a set of circular stairs. Neri then throws the Archbishop's corpse down the gap between the circular stairs.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal". Newsday. December 11, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
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Fausto Dominick Geraci
First appearance
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Last appearance
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Nick
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Mobster, boxer (formerly)
Title
Street boss
Capo
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Family
Corleone
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Geraci
Children
Barbara and Beverly (daughters)
Relatives
Fausto Geraci, Sr. (father)
Vincent Forlenza (godfather)
Fausto Dominick 'Nick' Geraci Jr. is a central character in the Mark Winegardner novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge.
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2 Biography 2.1 The Godfather Returns
2.2 The Godfather's Revenge
Character overview[edit]
Geraci is a caporegime in the Corleone crime family, but later betrays the family, and becomes a sworn enemy to Don Michael Corleone.
Biography[edit]
The Godfather Returns[edit]
The Godfather Returns establishes Geraci's backstory. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in a family which emigrated from Milazzo, Sicily. His father, Fausto Geraci Sr., was a driver for Don Vincent Forlenza, who also served as his Godfather and became his trusted friend. Geraci has an uneasy relationship with his father, who resents that his son anglicized the Geraci family name, pronouncing it Jer-ay-cee instead of the original Jair-ah-chee.
Geraci becomes a boxer in his teens, eventually becoming a heavyweight champion under the moniker "Ace Geraci". He is introduced to Salvatore Tessio through his contacts in Cleveland, and becomes part of his regime. He participates in fixed fights for Tessio's sports fixing ring, and works as an enforcer while he moves up through the ranks. His injuries in the ring eventually lead to him developing Parkinson's disease.
After Michael Corleone discovers Tessio's treachery against the Corleone family, he orders Geraci to kill his mentor to prove his loyalty. Geraci is then unofficially placed in charge of Tessio's regime, and is tapped to become the Corleone family Don after Michael retires. Nevertheless, Geraci dislikes and resents Michael, believing that the new Don has done nothing to earn the power and respect accorded to the head of the Corleone family.
Geraci's true position is made clear when he flies a plane carrying Frank Falcone and Tony Molinari, the Dons of Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. The plane crashes into a lake, killing the Dons, but leaving Geraci alive. Following his recuperation, Geraci learns that Michael had sabotaged the plane as part of an elaborate plan to weaken the Chicago and Cleveland crime families. Geraci swears revenge against Michael, staying quiet until he can hatch a plan to defeat him. To this end, he befriends Michael's brother Fredo and, along with Johnny Ola, manipulates him into giving Corleone nemesis Hyman Roth information later used in an attempt on Michael's life (as originally portrayed in The Godfather Part II).
Acting as a loyal Corleone, Geraci is placed in charge of the intended assassination of Fidel Castro, which ultimately fails. However, he learns from a CIA contact — Michael's old friend Joe Lucadello — that the assassination was intended to fail, and Geraci intended to take the fall. Geraci goes into hiding, and begins writing Fausto's Bargain, a memoir of his life in the Mafia.
The Godfather's Revenge[edit]
In The Godfather's Revenge, Geraci continues to elude Michael by constantly changing hideouts, all the while orchestrating a smear campaign against Michael and his consigliere, Tom Hagen. During this time, Michael's men kill Geraci's father and accidentally injure his daughter, intensifying Geraci's feud with his nemesis.
As retaliation for his father's death, Geraci drowns Hagen in Florida. He then attempts to use a Commission vote to force Michael into retirement, leaving the Corleone family operations in his hands. His plan ultimately leads to his undoing, however. A meeting with Commission bosses to officially depose Michael turns out to be a trap laid by Michael himself, in which Geraci is ambushed and killed by his old friend Eddie Paradise, Michael's new caporegime.
After Geraci's death, he is publicly named as the mastermind behind the assassination of President James Shea (analogous to John F. Kennedy), which had in fact been ordered by Michael's associate Carlo Tramonti. Nevertheless, Fausto's Bargain becomes a best seller.
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Vincent Forlenza
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Vincent "The Jew" Forlenza is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and Mark Winegardner's sequel The Godfather Returns.
In The Godfather[edit]
Forlenza is the Mafia boss of Cleveland. The Godfather establishes that the Forlenza crime family has many high-ranking Jewish associates, something rare in Mafia families — hence the Don's derisive nickname. His organization is the most powerful of strictly gambling-based crime families in the U.S.
In The Godfather Returns[edit]
Vincent Forlenza is a minor character in The Godfather, but one of the main antagonists of The Godfather Returns. The latter novel established his backstory; he is an immigrant from Sicily who establishes himself in the underworld by running numbers for other gangsters, and then killing them and assuming their territories. By the 1940s he is a force to be reckoned with, quietly expanding his empire throughout Ohio until no one stands in his way.
At around this time he employs Fausto Geraci, Sr. as a driver/associate and becomes godfather to his son, Nick.
In 1957, he conspires with Nick Geraci to kill Sal Narducci, Michael Corleone and Hyman Roth, thereby weakening the Corleone family's gambling operation in Cuba, and strengthening the Chicago mob. Geraci personally executes Narducci while he is in hiding in Rome.
In 1961, Michael learns of Forlenza's plan and devises one of his own to kill him. As part of a sweeping revenge, when Forlenza has a heart attack at his home, Michael sends a fake ambulance to pick him up. The ambulance then drives him to the Cleveland docks, where Michael's men chain Forlenza to an old tugboat boat and sink it to the bottom of Lake Erie.
Forlenza is succeeded by his former caporegime, Frank "The Greek" Greco.
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Don Fanucci
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Fabrizio Fanucci
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Gastone Moschin portraying Don Fanucci
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather Part II
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Gastone Moschin
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Nickname(s)
"Don Fanucci"
Gender
Male
Occupation
Extortioner, mobster
Family
Black Hand
Relatives
Sandiago Fanucci (nephew)
Don Fabrizio Fanucci is a fictional character appearing in the Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the film The Godfather Part II, a sequel to the film version of Puzo's novel. Fanucci is portrayed by Gastone Moschin[1] and is based on the personality of Ignazio Lupo, a real-life mafioso.
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In the original novel and Godfather Part II[edit]
Fanucci is a Black Hand extortionist in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. Fanucci demands protection money from neighborhood businesses.[2] Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) witnesses Fanucci threatening to disfigure a young girl when her father refuses to pay him, and almost intervenes but is stopped by his friend, Genco Abbandando, who tells him who Fanucci really is. Vito also loses his job when Fanucci demands that Genco's father provide employment for his nephew, Sandiago.
In the novel and in the chronological film version re-edited for TV (The Godfather Saga), Vito witnesses an attack on Fanucci by two youths of the neighborhood who are tired of Fanucci's oppression over the neighborhood. Although Fanucci screams for help, nobody comes to his rescue and the attack ends only when the youths have robbed him, cut his throat, and run away. Vito knows from his own experiences that a real Don would probably be escorted by bodyguards, and that anybody who dared attack him would be dealt with severely and publicly. Vito begins to suspect that Fanucci's power comes from the threat of force rather than force itself.
One day, while Vito is driving a load of stolen merchandise, Fanucci jumps onto the moving vehicle. He explains that he has gotten word that Vito, Peter Clemenza (Bruno Kirby) and Sal Tessio (John Aprea) have participated in several robberies and are fencing the stolen goods. He demands $200 from the three men, but almost immediately states he will take slightly less if he is wrong on the amount. He also threatens to go to the police unless Vito gives him a cut of their profits.
Vito assures Fanucci that he will convince his friends to pay him. That night, Vito meets with Clemenza and Tessio and expresses hesitations about paying Fanucci. They both tell Vito that they must pay, and when Vito mentions two bookies across town who he says don't pay Fanucci anything, Tessio and Clemenza insist that someone else must collect from them for Fanucci's boss, the Black Hand leader Maranzalla, whom they fear retaliation from rather than Fanucci. Vito meets with Fanucci, but offers only $100. Impressed with the young man's courage, he tells Vito he will find him work for good money.
After the meeting, Vito follows Fanucci through the Feast of Saint Rocco and then, via the rooftops, to his apartment down the street. Letting himself in through a rooftop doorway, he descends to Fanucci's apartment and prepares to execute him. When Fanucci arrives, Vito shoots him dead, the sounds of gunfire masked by the carnival outside and by Vito using a rolled-up towel as a makeshift silencer. After the hit, Vito retrieves the money that Fanucci had taken earlier and then destroys the gun.
Because the hit was carried out on Vito's own initiative and because he was the only one of the three not cowed by Fanucci, Vito moves from being equal partners with Tessio and Clemenza to being their uncontested boss in the operation. Vito, with Clemenza, Tessio, and Genco Abbandando as his lieutenants gradually takes over the neighborhood and opens a front operation, Genco Olive Oil Company, named after his dear friend and future consigliere. Because he treats the residents with a great deal more respect than Fanucci had, he soon earns the neighborhood's loyalty. Since Fanucci was not well-liked by the police, his murder is not fully investigated and assumed to be an assassination by a rival. Owing to his clean record, Vito is never suspected, though the open secret that he is responsible for Fanucci's death increases his reputation for toughness when it is needed.
Unknown to Vito, his young son Sonny saw his father on the rooftop of Fanucci's apartment. However, this is not mentioned in the movie; it is mentioned in the book when Sonny is nearly caught by the police for armed robbery when he is 16. When Vito asks him why he stole, Sonny tells his father that he witnessed him disposing of the gun and fleeing the scene. It is this revelation that results in Sonny becoming a member of the Corleone crime family.
Influences[edit]
Fanucci is based on Ignazio Lupo, a Black Hand's boss and "made man" of Morello crime family.[3]
Facts[edit]
Fanucci isn't a Southern Italy's surname, but is a commonly Tuscanian surname.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part II (1974)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
3.Jump up ^ "Fact and Fiction in The Godfather". truTV.com.
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Emilio Barzini
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Don Emilio Barzini
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Richard Conte portraying Emilio Barzini
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather: The Game
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Richard Conte
Information
Nickname(s)
The Wolf
Gender
Male
Occupation
Gangster
Title
Don
Family
Barzini Family
Children
Emilio Barzini, Jr.
Relatives
Emilio Barzini, Jr. (mentioned)
Don Emilio "The Wolf" Barzini (Sicily, c. 1887 – New York City, 1955) is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and in its film adaptation, in which he is portrayed by Richard Conte.[1][2] The Barzini crime family was inspired by the Genovese crime family.
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1 In the novel
2 Personality and traits
3 Influences
4 In other media
5 References
In the novel[edit]
Barzini presides as head of one of New York's Five Families, and is reckoned as the second most powerful Mafia boss in the country, behind only Vito Corleone. He has interests in markets such as narcotics, gambling and prostitution, and is also interested in Las Vegas and Nevada.
Barzini appears as a guest at the wedding of Connie, the first scene of the movie. Soon after, Barzini surreptitiously sends drug lord Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo to Don Vito with an offer of entering the narcotics trade, openly backed by the Tattaglia Family. During the meeting, Sonny speaks out of turn and expresses interest in the plan. Vito refuses the offer, however, and Barzini tries to assassinate him in hopes that Sonny, as his father's successor, will go into business with him. However, because Corleone refused to participate in the heroin trade, Barzini secretly conspires with the other families to make war against the Corleones, forcing them to make peace and open up their territory to drug trafficking. To this end, he approaches Corleone's son-in-law, Carlo Rizzi, with a ploy to draw Sonny Corleone into an assassination. After Sonny's death, Don Corleone agrees to lend his political protection to the enterprise and to never break the peace. It had initially appeared that Philip Tattaglia was leading the anti-Corleone alliance. However, at the peace summit, Vito realizes that Barzini was the actual mastermind.
Not satisfied with the Corleones' submission, Barzini begins chipping away at their territory in New York City. At Don Corleone's funeral, Barzini approaches Corleone caporegime Salvatore Tessio to organize another peace summit where Corleone's successor, Michael, would be ambushed. Barzini doesn't know, however, that he has walked into a trap. Michael has been planning for some time to eliminate Barzini and the other dons, and deliberately allowed Barzini to move in on the Corleone interests in order to lull him into inaction. Shortly thereafter, Barzini is assassinated along with the other conspirators. Corleone enforcer Al Neri, disguised as a police officer, meets Barzini on the steps of the New York Supreme Court courthouse at Foley Square on the pretext of writing a parking ticket. After seeing his bodyguard and driver killed Barzini flees up the steps but is shot and killed, his body tumbling down the steps.
Personality and traits[edit]
Barzini was, both in film and in novels, unforgiving, lucid, cold and reserved, that loathing photos and newspaper articles at him.
Barzini appears as disinclined to violence, preferring conspiracies and corruption to get rid of enemies, by delegating the dirty work to people who lack consideration, such as Philip Tattaglia. In addition, Barzini has little loyalty and honor, betraying his mentor and boss Giuseppe Mariposa, in order to achieve power. This earned him the nickname of "the Wolf" and as a person who "prefers the indulgence of his enemies to that of his allies' friendship".
Vito Corleone had always shown respect for Barzini, but never sympathy or friendship, knowing his character. This allowed him to understand that he was the mastermind behind the mob war of 1946-1948, and who wanted to weaken his family, telling Michael to stay on guard.
Physically, Barzini appears thin, with a square head and a pretty face, with gray hair, which had once been brown.
Influences[edit]
Emilio Barzini is based on the real life mobsters Vito Genovese, Frank Costello and Charles Luciano, all bosses of the same crime family.
In other media[edit]
In Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of The Godfather, Barzini is portrayed by Richard Conte.
In The Godfather: The Game, Barzini has protagonist Aldo Trapani's father killed, motivating him to take revenge. In the game, Trapani kills Don Barzini on the court steps.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather (1972)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
2.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Godfather". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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Momo Barone
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Cosimo Barone
First appearance
The Godfather Returns
Last appearance
The Godfather's Revenge
Created by
Mark Winegardner
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Nickname(s)
Momo
Aliases
the Roach
Gender
Male
Occupation
Mobster
Title
Consigliere (Geraci's faction)
Soldato
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Family
Corleone
Relatives
Salvatore Tessio (uncle)
Cosimo "Momo" Barone ("Momo the Roach") is a fictional character in the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge.
Role in the novels[edit]
The Godather Returns establishes Barone's backstory; he grew up in the Bronx alongside boyhood friend Eddie Paradise, and was nicknamed "the Roach" because his rigidly shellacked hairstyle seemed as hard as a roach's exoskeleton. He was a protégé of Peter Clemenza, the best friend of Nick Geraci, and the nephew of Sal Tessio.
After Geraci kills Tessio in 1955, Momo is "made" under him with fellow soldier Eddie Paradise. He also befriends fellow Geraci soldier Carmine Marino. Michael Corleone considers him untrustworthy because of his blood relationship to Tessio, but he is nevertheless widely liked within the Corleone family; Tom Hagen in particular trusts him enough to give him the job of killing a man who stole his watch.
Barone is Nick Geraci's closest aide circa 1956 to 1960. After Geraci's treachery is exposed at the end of The Godfather Returns, Barone is considered a likely candidate for the role of caporegime, but Paradise is chosen instead. The following novel, The Godfather's Revenge, implies that Barone doesn't hold a grudge for being overlooked, but he is angry that nobody trusted him because he was "Tessio's kid". Barone meets with Geraci, who is still on the run in 1963, and agrees to help Geraci in his bid to dethrone Michael Corleone and take over as Don.
Geraci promises Barone the title of consigliere if he agrees to help. Barone agrees, and feeds Geraci information on Michael Corleone's plans. Ultimately, both Geraci and Barone are killed while attending a meeting that had been supposedly arranged for Geraci to negotiate his bid for leadership. The meeting turns out to be a setup masterminded by Michael Corleone, who orders Barone to kill Geraci as a test of loyalty. Barone falters at the last minute, however, and is killed by his lifelong friend Eddie Paradise.
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Don Altobello
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Osvaldo Altobello
Don Altobello
Eli Wallach portraying Don Altobello
First appearance
The Godfather Part III
Last appearance
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Created by
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Portrayed by
Eli Wallach
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Nickname(s)
Ozzie
Gender
Male
Occupation
Mobster
Title
Boss
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Capo
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Tattaglia
Spouse(s)
Unnamed wife
Children
Various daughters
Relatives
One nephew known
Osvaldo "Ozzie" Altobello is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the film The Godfather Part III. In the film, he is portrayed by Eli Wallach.[1][2]
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1.2 Sequel novels
2 References
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The Godfather Part III[edit]
He is an aging gangster and longstanding ally of the Corleone crime family. He was the consigliere of Rico Tattaglia from 1955 to 1961, and becomes the don of the Tattaglia crime family in 1962. By the time of Godfather III, he has become a close friend and ally of Michael Corleone. Altobello even donates one million dollars so he could be a part of the Vito Corleone Foundation. Aside from being an associate of Michael's, Altobello is also Connie Corleone's godfather.
The film plot implies that Altobello wants in on Michael's investments as he tries to complete his family's move from crime-based profits to legitimate business. Altobello skillfully hides his nefarious intentions for the most part. However, Michael becomes suspicious of his motives after Joey Zasa, a Corleone Family rival, orchestrates an assassination attempt on Michael and other family heads assembled for a Commission meeting in Atlantic City. Altobello leaves the conference room before the attack. Michael escapes without any injury, but many of the others in the room are killed. Michael then instructs his nephew Vincent Corleone to go to Altobello and pledge his allegiance to him, without promising to betray Michael.
While in Sicily, Altobello enlists the services of an assassin, Mosca, who conspires to kill Michael at the Teatro Massimo opera house when his son Anthony is set to debut in Cavalleria Rusticana. Before the performance, Connie presents him with a box of cannoli as a birthday gift. He suspects the cannoli may be poisoned and offers Connie the first bite. Connie takes a small bite of the cannoli, reassuring him. He finishes eating the poisoned cannoli and dies in his seat as Connie watches through her opera glasses.
Sequel novels[edit]
Altobello is a supporting character in the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge, set before the events of The Godfather Part III.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Godfather Trilogy - Part 3". filmsite.org. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
2.Jump up ^ "The Godfather, Part III (1990)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
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