![]() ![]() ![]() When I heard it, I wasn't angry I knew Moe, I knew he was head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things. And there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost or a statue of him in that town! Someone put a bullet through his eye. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. That kid's name was Moe Greene, and the city he invented was Las Vegas. Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI's on the way to the West Coast. Neither the shooting script nor the novel mentions cannolis, but Coppola had his own childhood memories to draw this detail from: he remembered the specific white boxes that his father would bring home after work. As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. In a film as eminently quotable as Coppola’s The Godfather, perhaps only one choice line emerged solely from improvisation: Leave the gun.Take the cannoli. During Prohibition, we ran molasses into Canada. Things were good, we made the most of it. We did our first work together, worked our way out of the street. ![]() Hyman Roth: There was this kid I grew up with he was younger than me. I am trusting you with the lives of my wife and children, and the future of this family, solely resting on your judgment and talent. And even you are not to try to reach me unless it is absolutely necessary. If what I think has happened is true I will leave tonight, and absolutely no one will know how to contact me. What I am saying is that now, for how long I do not know, you will be the Don. I never blamed you for the setbacks the family took under Sonny I know you were in a position of limited power, and you did your best to advise and caution him. Because a man that doesnt spend time with his family can never be a real man. Don Corleone: Do you spend time with your family Good. I've kept you out of things, Tom, because I've always known that your instincts were legitimate, and I wanted you to know very little of things that would make you an accomplice, for your own protection. 'Im gonna make him an offer he cant refuse.'-Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) 2. One thing I learned from my father is to try to think as the people around you think.and on that basis, anything is possible.įredo has a good heart, but he is weak.and stupid, and stupid people are the most dangerous of all. All my people are businessmen their loyalty is based on that. ![]()
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