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[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

I've seen 'The Godfather' perhaps two dozen times, and it's one of my favorite movies. But no matter how many times I watch it, there are 3 questions that I've never been able to answer, even by searching www.imdb.com.

They are:

1) Michael becomes the godfather of Connie and Carlo's baby, who is a newborn at the end of the film. But Connie's pregnant over three years earlier when Michael is exiled in Sicily. And at the time of the baby's christening, Michael already has a three year-old son, Anthony. This makes no sense. Perhaps Michael's godson is their second child, but no reference is made in the film to their first. It's been nearly five years since I've seen Parts II and III, but I don't recall Connie having more than one child. Am I forgetting someone?

2) When Michael has the sit-down with Solazzo and McCluskey, the crooked police chief, Solazzo tells McCluskey he should order the veal because it's "the best in the city." Almost immediately afterward we see McCluskey tucking in to his meal. That's what I call quick service! There are a few more shots of McCluskey cutting up his food, though neither Michael nor Solazzo have any food in front of them. And when McCluskey is shot, I believe he has a napkin around his neck. I've never found any evidence of a continuity error here. Am I missing something?

3) This is a strange one. When Kay visits the Corleone compound to drop off a message for Michael, she asks Tom what happened to a car we can see in the backround. The car is missing a door. Tom replies, smiling, "oh that? There was an accident, but luckily nobody was hurt." I've never been able to figure this one out.

Drinks are on me for the first person who can answer or clarify two or more of these questions.

Sparkles*_*

[Badmojo]

[mishlert]

For number 1, I found this:
In a vivid death scene among the tomato plants in 1954, the Don plays with Michael's three year old son Anthony, his grandchild. He teaches Anthony how to use a spray can, and then scares him by putting a sliced piece of orange peel in his mouth and pretending to be a grotesque boogey monster. [The suggestion is that he is a monster underneath his grandfatherly figure.] He comforts his frightened grandson in his arms. While running with the boy in the garden, the Don suffers a fatal heart attack. His funeral is attended by family mourners and rival gang member Barzini. Following the service, turncoat Sal Tessio whispers in Michael's ear that "Barzini wants to arrange a meeting (to) straighten any of our problems out."

In the final extraordinary baptism scene, probably occurring in 1955, Michael acts as godfather at the christening of his sister Connie's (and Carlo's) child, his nephew and namesake. [The infant in the scene is director Coppola's daughter Sofia Coppola in an uncredited role.] The scene brilliantly crosscuts back and forth from the church to locations throughout the city as gangland murders are orchestrated. With controlled intensity, Michael engineers a cold-blooded mass killing of Barzini, Tattaglia, Greene and all other rival gangleaders of the Five Families to settle the "Family business." While methodically committing the series of vicious and bloody counterattack murders to confirm his position as the new godfather, he is at the church altar listening to holy recitations of the priest during the baptism - in juxtaposed scenes.
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[Badmojo]

[Leslie Cheswyck]

The full moon you see in Stand By Me could not have happened during the time frame in which it appears in the film...Labor Day Weekend, 1959.

1959/ 9/ 3. 0806 6.8409 New moon
http://engert.us/erwin/Astrometry/Moon%20phases%20time%20between.TXT

In fact we get the opposite.

[joe_doufu]

I never saw a GODFATHER movie but the book was quite enjoyable. Did you guys think to check the book(s) for the answers? That would probably have made more sense.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[Greekfreak]

Although the movies are absolute perfection, the book isn't all that shabby. The Jules/Lucy subplot in Las Vegas isn't dealt with at all, and I agree with Coppola for dropping it from the movie, although it could have been fleshed out a bit more if only to make the arrival of Andy Garcia as Sonny's illegitimate son less jarring.

I picked up some pirate copies of I, II, and III in Thailand a few years back and since then refrained from buying the set, although the extras contained within are worth having, if you're a cinephile. My only beef with Korea-manufactured DVDs is that a lot of the material is in Korean.

For example, the text interview with Jean-Jacques Beneix on the extended cut of "Le Matin" is in Korean. I can read Korean, but I know it's not translated properly.

[itaewonguy]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[diablo3]

It a good movie, but don't take the movie seriously.

I like some of the comments and scenes in the Godfather Trilogy such as:
1) "I am dishonored to deny I am a criminlal"
2) "Never let anyone outside the family know how you think"
3) "Be close to your friends but closer to your enemies"
4) "I will give him an offer he cannot refuse"

There are many more, provide some famous Godfather quotes here.

[shortskirt_longjacket]

1. Dunno. Excellent question, never thought about it.
2. I always took it that the two Italians were there to talk business, and only the moron Police captain is eating because he's a donkey and doesn't understand the importance of the meeting. I think it underscores him as a physical and stupid character.
3. They're at war when Kay comes to see Tom. I always just assumed some bad shit happened in the car because of the war and then it was towed back to the house. I'm not sure it's an allusion to any event in particular, but rather just touches on the level of violence while Michael is away in Sicily.

My personal thoughts, of course, but I feel good about 3.

[Dan]

The WORST scene in the entire movie is when Sonny beats the crap out of the husband, and you can clearly see they are making no contact whatsoever.

I hated that so much.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[Dan]