‘The Godfather’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan | The Rewatchables 

At the hospital, when Michael lights the other man’s cigarette, because the guy is shaking too badly to light it- and he notices his own hand is totally steady. Brief but such a telling moment.

Michael at the hospital is the most rewatchable scene in my opinion. It is where he really starts to turn toward becoming who he becomes. "I'm with you now."

Luca brasi preparing his speech is underrated...may he be a masculine child

One of my favorite movies of all time. "Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

Most rewatchable scene... Vito slapping Johnny Fontaine... "You can act like a man!"

When the " God Father " part 1 was in the theaters , I was 17 yrs. of old age . I was in Barton Rouge , La. . I was privileged to watch it in a vintage theater ( up dated with a stereo surround system ) ! It was just like going back in time , I felt like I was looking over the shoulder of the actors ! There's nothing that has ever even been close to that experience ( it was GREAT , so real I got so into it I got sick to My stomach & had to go to the bathroom ) !!!!

One of the best lines is "keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer", Michael quoting Don Vito of one of the many things he taught him!!, not to mention it's great advice as well!!

I hope someone got back to you on the question "Where is the Mall located?". If not, here it is. The Mall is on Long Beach Island, Long Island. When Michael calls Sonny from the Hospital after Don Vito's shooting, he asks the operator to connect him to "Long Beach 4, 5620". Which also answers the question of how they new Sonny would be on the "causeway" during his shooting. He would have been coming into the city (where Connie and Carlo lived) from LI.

1:12 - the what if with Stallone is amazing. If Stallone plays Carlo and spends 1/2 the movie beating up Connie (Talia Shire), there's no way that Sly & Shire play Rocky & Adrian. This decision changed 2 huge franchises!

I’m getting to this 4 years later and I love these guys and this conversation.bravo boys 👏

Kay does not abandon the kids. After she sees Michael and they talk there is a cut. After the cut they are walking down the street. Coppola makes it painfully obvious that we have jumped time to when school has let out by having a student ride his bicycle past them, ring his bell, and says "Bye Miss Adams." Now presumably she abandoned them in the middle of school year because I doubt Michael let her finish the year in New Hampshire as he was eager to make some babies. But saying that Kay just hopped in the car and left kids is fake news.

I believe this is the most rewatchable rewatchable. Incredible movie and highly entertaining breakdown. Great job, gentlemen

The director's cut makes it clear how Sonny knew that Paulie was the traitor. He calls the phone company, and they tell him that Paulie got calls from suspicious numbers the day before he called in sick.

My favourite quote "I mean, we're not murderers... Despite what this 'undertaker' says"

Favorite scene in Godfather. Don Vito meets Sollozzo and he pours him a drink : “I’ve heard you’re a serious man, to be treated with respect”. As he sits beside Sollozzo he brushes the knee of Sollozzo twice, as if brushing off a bit of lint, maybe a drop of alcohol that spilt. Subtle, but brilliant. I’m reliably informed that in the old country this is a sign that you are not dealing with a peasant, but with someone sophisticated, to be treated honorably. If true, salute Marlon Brando. As my man Lou Reed once said : “It’s all about the detail”.

The greatest movie of all time.

Simply the greatest film ever made! Everything about this movie works! Everything!!!

This one loses points for the guy who keeps saying Michael has blond hair in the novel (which supposedly justified the studio wanting Redford or O'Neal for the role). He must be confusing Michael for Carlo Rizzi (who *is* blond in the book, being half Northern Italian). Mario Puzo writes that Michael has "jet black" hair.

Greatest dismount ever - " if he's struck by a bolt of lightening, I'm going to blame some of the people in this room.. and for that I do not forgive"

Some contributions here, not including Fennessy's gaffe re: Michael supposedly being blond in the novel: How the family knew Paulie was a traitor isn't really "an unanswerable question" - there's a deleted scene (present in the novel) in which it's revealed Paulie was caught out because the family checked with the phone company and found out Paulie was talking to a mysterious phone number on all the days before he called in sick. Also, the questions as to what Michael was getting up to after returning from the war is covered in another deleted scene - after the wedding when the Don, his sons, and Johnny Fontane go to the hospital to visit Genco Abbandando (the Don's terminally-ill consigliere), Vito asks Michael what his plans are, and Michael affirms that he intends to go back to college. (Those plans were presumably put on hold until after the Christmas holidays before being permanently scuttled by all the stuff that went down after the attempted hit on the Don. I guess Michael was having some time off between Connie's wedding and Christmas.) Using the age of the baby in the baptism to measure how long it's been since Michael and Kay had gotten back together makes no sense, since the baby in question is Connie and Carlo's, not Michael and Kay's. How Barzini knew that Sonny would use the causeway isn't much of a stretch. I presume Sonny used that route every time he visited Connie, and it wouldn't be hard for Barzini's men to figure that out, if Sonny was tailed enough times beforehand.

This episode has now become my number one re”watchable”

The incredible Sinatra segment 1:05:05

Bill not even knowing what Battleship Potemkin is... Love CR and Sean.

I love the scene where the Don comes home and he can’t hide his disappointment when they tell him about Michael.

What did Michael do after returning from war (1:34:55) is both the most hilarious part of the entire conversation and thought provoking.

Shooting McCluskey & Sollozzo in the Bronx is the most rewatchable scene

Favorite scene is when Michael and his crew confront Carlo in the house. Michael is so calm and soft-spoken when speaking to Carlo that it sends chills down my spine almost every single time I watch it. The way he so gently whispers "it insults my intelligence, makes me very angry" almost makes your skin crawl. Brilliant scene, brilliant acting.

best comment ever , replacing Duvall with Hamilton "unforgivable "

Let's also belatedly celebrate Michael Corleone's 100th birthday. March 23, 1920.

When Michael calls the house to alert the family that Vito is unguarded at the hospital he dials a Long Beach number. So that's where the house must be.

Brando is a genius. I heard something new hearing his voice without the picture.

The Corleones lived in Long Beach, which is on Long Island in New York. The house used in the movie is located on Staten Island.

Richard Castellano"s Oscar nomination for "Lovers and Other Strangers" the year before made him the 2nd highest paid actor in the film after Brando. FYI "Lovers..." was also Diane Keaton's film debut. (She played Castellano's daughter-in-law).

Best quote for me gotta be - “Look how they massacred my boy”

45:17 when Jack Woltz's house is discussed. Chris Ryan freakouts are hilarious.

GF 1 and 2 is like one epic in my mind. If I catch the part where they're in Cuba I have to think for a sec if it's one or two.

sergei eisenstein's theory of montage is still used today even though its like 100 years old.

Even at the Corleone complex, could there have been enough bathrooms to accommodate all the guests at Connie’s wedding? Can’t imagine Bazzini asking Don Corleone where the pishadoo was and Corleone escorting him down the hall and flipping on the light for him before he went in. I mean, did Port-a-Potties exist in the 1940s? If not, let’s face it . . .

Hi Bill I'm making a podcast about the era when Seagram's ran universal studios/mca etc. The whole truth of that era has never really been discussed. It was a short period of overwhelming debauchery rife with Lord of the Flies style antics and actual away from studio crimes and major mafia and underworld infiltration of a major studio. The Seagram's Universal Mca era needs to be discussed and more fully researched by other parties as what I have uncovered about that era is quite incredible!

In the book, the restaurant is supposed to be Mario's on Arthur Ave. in The Bronx. They turned down appearing in the movie because they didn't want to be associated with even a fictional Mafia double homicide. Mario's is located in the heart of Belmont, the traditionally Italian-American neighborhood that provided the setting for A Bronx Tale. They celebrated their 100th anniversary last year.

Just started watching this in film class

Richard Castellano as Frank Vecchio in the comedy, 'Lovers and Other Strangers' had the famous quote, "So what's the story, Richy." At the time (1970), it was as memorable of a quote as "Where's the Beef."

Interesting comment on Peter Clemenza. In Godfather II when Pantangelli meets Michael in Nevada _ when Fredo refers to Clemenza while Pantangelli is drinking from a water hose - Willie Cicci says ‘that was no heart attack’ when referring to Clemenza’s demise.

It's wasn't Fabrizio that said women are more dangerous than shotguns. It was the other guy, Calo'.

Godfather 2023, Don Corleone would wear a cape, fly, and live under a glacier.

Marlon brando performance is the greatest performance of all times

The last time Carlo beat Connie, Barzini's people watched the route Sonny took to his sister's place. That's how they knew. How could you guys NOT figure that out?!

Most watchable scene...Michael confronting Carlos about Sonny's death.

Sterling Hayden as McCluskey was high on hash(according to him on Tom Snyder's show years ago)for the Hospital scene. an unabashed pothead in the 70's, he wasn't bashful talking about it. he was great in Kubrick's 'The Killing', where Tarantino found an interesting narrative device, and used it.

The house is meant to be on Long Island, probs Rockaway area (real house is on Staten Island)

The Corleone compound is in Long Island. Long section about it in the book

Check out Mario Puzo's 'The Last Don'

Their house was in staten island.still there!!

Great episode lmao Johnny Fontaine was Dean Martin on a martini bender.

Morgana King is never discussed, but she was a jazz singer, and after Vito Corleone was hit, I, being a woman, would’ve written something for Carmela Corleone. Something right for them, as a couple. I think that she should have been considered, as it was her husband who was in the hospital. Somewhere in that film, they ought to have had a scene, talking about their children, the garden, or just utilizing her voice for the breath of fresh air that she was. Also, she was a strong, handsome woman, as it was later established, they had a good marriage.

Michael wouldn’t be talking about Mantle yet. Mantle’s career began in ‘51

Pacino was doing a play on Broadway and that's why he didn't attend the Oscars.

Lawrence of Arabia was pretty sophisticated in technique. Hitchcock films were pretty modern.

The Corleone compound is on Long Island, gotta listen to Coppola's director's commentary... also the scene where Michaels visits Kay in New Hampshire was filmed in NY.

I'd like to see you guys cover 1 or 2 of the great Hong Kong movies from the 90s. Hard Boiled comes to mind!

What gets me about this movie and the ones after it is how much corruption there is between police politicians and the judges. They couldn’t do half of what they did without that corruption being present and we still have the same problem today. That’s why this is a classic.

I love the actor in the beginning scene

Great film podcast🔥

Roth was introduced in 2. In the flashbacks at Genco

Sinatra was the coolest guy ever! Bill is 100% correct and Sean doesnt seem to get Bill's take. Al Martino doesnt play the Sinatra role well because even though Frank was down and out before he got From here to Eternity, like this character is supposed to be, no one who admires Frank would EVER think he would cry like Al Martino does in the scene. Side note-Sinatra supposedly attacked Puzo in a restaurant and called him a pimp.

'Public enemy' is an Irish gangster film, and excellent. Cagney's brother works in transit ("my brother goes ding ding on the streetcar")while Tom chooses a life of crime. BTW, when he is shot at w/ a Thompson, real ammo is used. they obviously miss Tom, but take out part of a wall on a building. I was shocked to learn this, but I was also shocked that real ammo was used for target practice during 'RUST'. another good Irish Gang film is 'Monument Ave' w/ Denis Leary, Colm Meaney, and Martin Sheen. sort of an indie film, and fictional, but I'd give it 3 stars. remember tho, that Jimmy 'Whitey' Bulger' did not run Boston .he had south Boston, and helped the FBI run La Cosa Nostra out of the North end. he and Steven Flemmi. 2 friends of the Feds.

The Corleone compound is in Long Beach, NY, on Long Island. Sonny gets shot at the toll booth to the Jones beach causeway.

The Corleone house is supposed to be Long Beach, Long Island, but it was shot on Staten Island.

When you guys were talking about Michael coming home after the war. And Bill said, what is he doing? What does he do all day? He hangs out with his boring girlfriend, all day! I laughed so hard! He was supposed to go to law school and become a senator. I actually didn't know that until listening to this episode.

Nit to pick: How did the gangsters kill and behead the horse without getting noticed by the home owner? How were they able to get the horses head in the bed of this rich and powerful Hollywood guy? I would like to know the logistics of how they pulled off that whole scene.

I believe that the three brothers theme was inspired by The Brothers Karamazov. Plus the adopted brother who assumes an important role in the family. So I'm surprised the group didn't touch on that.

He waited to kill Fredo cause he had to wait till his mom died… he didn’t take revenge immediately on Carlo and the rest cause the Don made a promise that he wouldn’t take revenge. The Dons gift to michael was the planning he gave him. Michael made no promise to the other Dons, so they had to wait till Vito died so it would be all on michael, which he also gets the credit- vaulting his status….. come on boys.

Long Beach Island, AKA Long Beach, NY My hometown is where the Corleones lived.

The family lived in Long Beach, NY. But was filmed on Staten Island

I've always preferred GODFATHER I to II. GODFATHER II has more scope, but the original has a tighter, more coherent plot. The introduction of Frankie Pentangeli in GODFATHER II just feels a bit out of left field and I thought Gazzo overdid it a bit. I also did not like the Nevada Senator scenes in Godfather II -- they felt a bit over the top and Snidely Whiplash-y. The Little Italy sequences were magical, though, and the Cuba sequence (except for the scene involving the oldest, slowest-moving assassin of all time) were gold. Hyman Roth was a great character, too. But I will always roll with the original.

They live in Long Beach

"Santino. Come here. What's a matter with you? I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you're playing with that young girl. Never let anybody outside the family know what you're thinking again."

The Ringer Family Godfather: Bill Michael: Shea Sonny: Chris Tom: K.O.C. Fredo: Jason

Tessio is smarter. Clemenza is loyal.

I'm Italian. The Godfather has always been one of my favorite movies! I'm going to watch your other 2 episodes for part 2 and 3, next. I have a lot of opinions about them as well. I think, Marissa Tomei should've played Mary in The Godfather Part 3. Anyone's a better actress than Sophia Coppola.

hope they release the video of this one too

Both "Behind every great fortune lies a crime" (which is totally true) and "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" are lifted straight from Balzac - bears pointing out. Puzo was a bit of a hack.

Bill, Paulie definitively sold out the old man they checked the phone records in the book and in a deleted scene. Same technique Vito told Michael and he already knew to catch Tessio for the betrayal at the end of the movie. They needed soldiers and wouldn't have executed Paulie without them knowing.

Does anyone have the total list of topics Simmons and Crew use for the Rewatchables? I can't seem to find the topics listed anywhere. Not even Reddit...

best line: "You can act like a man!!!!"

Godfather II is the greatest movie of all time. I wish they would make godfather I and II in chronological order together as one film. That would be epic

My favorite scene is the one with moe Greene and Fredo in vegas

The compound was in Staten Island.

Isn't the compound in Long Island?

It was said that Michael knew about Fredo when they had the drink together. He did not, he's he's trying to bond with fredo. Thats why he had him bring the million dollars, to include him and give him purpose. He's his brother but not as capable as Tom so he can't give him too much. He's studying him to see if there's more he can rely on for. Everyone underestimates Fredo and michael wants to use that. He doesnt need Fredo to bring the cash, nonones robbing Michael. When Fredo is at sex show is the moment. Despite twice telling Michael that he had never met Ola, Fredo drunkenly lets slip that they had met in Havana earlier that year. You see on Michael's face the realization.

Greatest movie ever made

Burt Lancaster successfully played Italians in The Leopard and 1900.

Anyone who doesn’t think Sinatra was one of the coolest cats in history has no right to talk about pop culture.

An paramount considered Ryan o Neil instead of Al Pacino !! Now that could been one massive way ruin a Classic Pacinos eyes alone in Restaurant Killing scene took acting to new level

Stop talking over each other.

42:50

Good stuff

Can we please get Apocalypse Now

If I'm not mistaken the Compound is in Long Island

Michael was in college I thought! That’s where he met Kay, right???