Now almost 50 years later since The Godfather was released, those deleted scenes should be put back in the film and release it as the unedited version.
The old woman was telling Michael that the house was deserted and it's been that way for a long time....Vito's father was killed, then his brother, and his mother died trying to kill Don Ciccio....so that's why Vito home is deserted.
@@studogable I may be wrong, but I do not think Vito would have wanted Michael to be involved in the middle of a war with the other families. Vito had made it clear earlier in the film that he wanted Michael to have much better things in life.
@@antonioacevedo5200 he did. That's why he cried when Michael saved him at the hospital. He knew how the life worked, and that there was no turning back. By the time Michael returned from Sicily, he was Vito's heir apparent, for better or for worse.
I had watched that on cable. If i remember correctly, Cinemax had aired Parts 1 & 2 with all deleted scenes. I wouldn’t know about streaming services showing the same now.
+lindsey lefrois The guy that played Luca was involved with the Mafia in real life. There's a movie called the Sinatra club that's based on a former mobsters book. He has a scene in the movie about the guys part in the Godfather movie.
+Shirley D Luca also came to my cousin's wedding, as a friend of someone on the bride's side I believe. He was out on the dance floor near the end of the evening looking really happy.
I'm glad they cut the first scene. Having Paulie get whacked right out of the blue was much more effective then having it be set up. They should have shown the restaurant scene as it shows how he got his cannoli. lol
My favorite scene in the Godfather I is when Michael & Don Vito have their talk in the backyard before Vito dies, that's the scene that touches the heart, a father & his son talking and having time together.
Good scene, no doubt. But my favorite is when Michael warns Fredo to not ever take sides against the family. It had more tension and great characters all around. It made seeing Mo Green taking a bullet in the eye later on A LOT more impactful.
Rocco move over to the other side. You're blocking the rear view mirror. Oh yeah I was just trying to get a good view of the back your head for later. What? Oh nothing.
I know time was a huge factor in making these movies, but the scene with Michael waking up and asking about Appalonia, after her death, would have been great to have been left in. I always wondered how he felt because it was skipped over so quickly.
gina you make a great point, and it is a great scene, but I prefer the final version without it. We don’t see Michael after Appalonia for a long time. He is in America, and has been for a long time, but he’s different. He’s cruel, calculated, and rarely shows any emotion or reaction to anything. He becomes a true don. The tragedy hardened him, and ultimately made him a monster. It’s only in part 3, when he has regrets, that his mind goes to Appalonia and we see how much it still affects him after so many years. I think this change is much more impactful without seeing him grieve.
But what was Michael waking up from?? Was he supposed to have been injured from the car explosion? The movie makes it appear that he was a fairly safe distance from the car when it exploded
In my honest opinion and while I respect yours, I will kindly disagree. I mean, the whole rest of the movie from that point makes it more than clear how it affected Michael and how it made him way more cold/calculated.
The guy who played Carlo showed up in the small town I live in last year as a crooner who sang to people sitting in booths eating sundaes and turkey clubs... This being one of my all time favorite movies, seeing him denigrate the film in this fashion, it's left me with a sick feeling every time I watch it. All the guy who plays Carlo said is that he should've gotten the role of Sonny... Thanks for posting this! Even Carlo the schmuck can't ruin something that's pure genius.
There's another deleted scene that shows Fabrizio running a pizza place in Buffalo, NY, closing up for the night, and then getting blown up when he starts his car to go home.
That one should definitely have made it into the final cut. Maybe they could still splice some of these gems in. The tradition of the American gangster film is that every SOB gets what's coming to him (or her) in the final reel. "The Godfather" in particular made a big climax of tying up the loose ends, but the rat Fabrizio was one they missed.
Daniel Toma the scene where Fabriso was closing up his Pizza parlor for the night & then he gets into his car to start to go home was in the Godfather II, Michael got vengeance on Fabriso for killing his first wife Appolonia.
Alpha 119 I prefer it with Michael NOT revealing to Vito’s face that he’s breaking the peace. It kind of tells the audience the ending, lol, plus in the book, it was unspoken and implied that Vito knew Michael would do this when Vito made the peace to begin with. Even though Vito makes the pledge on his grandchildren’s souls, he knows the peace will be broken when Michael takes revenge and assumes all power. It shows how brutal and cunning Vito was even in his old age. It’s better left unsaid, only in my opinion.
@@lwmson I agree. That baptism scene is Iconic because of how shocking it was to see all the threats to the Corleone's being offed in one sequence. And the way it was juxtaposed with the baptism was amazing too.
And again and again, I learn this story, movie...whatever,...thank you for this! My only wish is that I can see the "full" movie someday....whatever it may cost..
The dialog between Paulie and Clemenza really makes this scene, starting at 2:16 really makes that scene. Clemenza played it out so Paulie had no suspicions that they were going to whack him. That is a scene they should have left in!
I think the undertaker telling his wife that he was afraid of the other families coming after him because he was involved with the Corleone's was very telling.
2:42 The scene with the flag-waving Communist parade going to Portella Della Ginestra is actually a nod to a true important event in the history of post-war Sicily and the Mafia. To understand more about it you'll have to read Mario Puzo other novel "The Sicilian" or, better, watch Francesco Rosi's wonderful docudrama "Salvatore Giuliano".
I have a 3 vhs set called the complete epic. It runs from Vito being a child till Michael becoming boss. Runs in chronological order. It's amazing and a few of these scenes are in it.
I don't think they ever questioned Tom's intelligence. I think they just wanted him relatively clean. Fredo on the other hand, they knew he was an idiot
The scene with Clemenza and Rocco should've stayed in the movie cause it showed Rocco proving himself to Clemenza and the family. I only wish Coppolla added more of the storylines of Rocco and Al Neri joining the family into the Godfather. In the book Al Neri was a badass and that should've been added to the movie
I agree, Rocco and All become a huge part of the family, but are basically just bit parts in the films..I wish they would do a Godfather movie that begins where the 2nd film left off, and portray the years between Godfathers 2 & 3...post Cuba, the Kennedy assassinations, and you can cut back and forth to the prohibition era, when Vito was rising in power... But most of all, they need to focus on Tom Hagan...obviously he was growing very concerned and disillusioned with the whole situation...and the way he was just brushed off with Godfather 3 was my biggest disappointment...I don't understand why Coppola didn't think he was worth as much as Dianne Keaton!
+Mikeymike301 In the book, Neri had in fact been a rank-and-file cop before being kicked off the police force for killing a drug user during an arrest (i.e., excessive force).
+lindsey lefrois Yeah, I remember this, and it was highly unusual for anyone who was a cop, or who EVEN has a cop in their family to ever be made. Neri was a special case.
+iamhim It happened in "The Valachi Papers". An associate of Valachi's wanted to get "made" but had a brother who was a cop, which made getting "made" impossible for that particular guy. Later on, a boss (i.e., a "family" boss) got the guy into his family, being powerful enough as a boss to get around that rule. That aside, "The Godfather" was full of things that were very unlikely or just never could happen.
lindsey lefrois it could be that Neri was based on the guy you mentioned... I think ALOT of the characters were based on real life mobsters and associates... Mo Green = Bugsy Siegel, Hyman Roth = Meyer Lansky, I think the Rasato Brothers were based on "Crazy Joe" and Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo (check out Bob Dylan's song "Joey"), and of course there's Johnny Fontane = Frank Sinatra
Why in the fucking hell do they how to remove the scene where Michael gains consciousness after the car explosion which killed Apollonia? Doesn't this scene shows how sad and vengeant Michael was?
we see the aftereffects, so we don't really need to see this scene, because we can imagine it on our own. to see micheal being so cold with kay after the explosion scene is more shocking that way. you get the cardinal information you need: michael has irreversibly changed. coppola went for a more slick storytelling, which involves the intelligence and the imagination of the viewer.
@rossharmonics I agree 100%...all of these deleted scenes make me wish the movie was 4 hrs long. I'd love to see a "new-release" on DVD or even in the theaters again that have all of these old scenes restored back into the picture. Again, thanks for posting this. b/b)O(
I would have loved to see the scene where Vito dies, according to the book, with the hands of the son he loved the most (Michael) on his own hands, Thank you for posting the video:)
The have a director's cut version that they show in my city once a years with all three movies in succession. They include all deleted scenes. I watch them every year. I never get tired of watching the Godfather movies.
Those last two scenes were incredible, both made me want to see more. I think that they should have been left in. Obviously, Michael was going to want revenge for Sonny's death and for what happened in Sicily. It wouldn't have hurt the film to have him reveal his intentions n a conversation with his father.
I swear...Carlo had to be the STUPIDEST character in film history lol Not only did he verbally disrespect the daughter of the Don but routinely BEAT!?! Shiiiit lol
Strangely, he would have continued to get away with it, because of the "never interfere in a married couple's affairs" credo, reinforced by both Mama and Don Vito Corleone at separate points in the film. I'm pretty sure had Connie ever said, kill him, he'd have been fish food in nothing flat. As we know, Sonny was set up by the fighting, but would have killed Carlo, instead of just kicking his ass in the street, had his mother and father not been alive. In the end, I think Michael avenged what he did to both Connie and Sonny. Kind of funny and ironic that Sonny told Connie, "you think I'd make your kid an orphan?" and Michael told Carlo, "you think I'd make my sister a widow?" when both were going to kill him eventually.
The book implied that wife-beating was considered nobody's business but the couple involved, and was generally accepted... remember the scene at the dinner table after Carlo tells Connie to shut up, and Sonny said "dont you ever tell her to shut up!", and Mamma Corleone tells Sonny "don't interfere"?
For everyone's general info, almost all the "deleted scenes found here and the rest oF RU-vid WERE INCLUDED BACK INTO THE RELEASE OF "The Godfather, The Complete Epic." The film is over 7 hours and takes the flashbacks of II and puts them in chronological order along with deleted scenes from both I and II. If you look hard enough, you can still obtain copies of the epic. I highly recommend it.
Fabrizzio! Lol. How many people have spent a college semester overseas or stayed with a host family abroad and run into a "Fabrizzio" asking "Take me back to America with you!" Most annoying thing to deal with.
One scene they left out that was included in the long version shown on tv is the scene with the undertaker and his wife right after The Don calls him and asks him if he's now ready to return the favor for his Don. He was quarreling with his wife not realizing that the favor he was going to be asked was to clean up the "massacred" body of Sonny and make it presentable for viewing by his mother.
Bonasera didnt know what he wanted. He assumed he would be told to get rid of the body of someone the Don had killed, it was only when he told him that he realised what he wanted
It's easy to see why some of these were cut; the Godfather is remarkably well-paced and as fun as these little bits with Clemenza in the car or some shots in Sicily are, they'd add up to slow the film down. But those scenes with Michael in bed, Connie and Carlo, and the conversation between Vito and Michael were excellent and I wish they were left in. We never see much of Michael's relationship with his father, and it's fascinating to watch Pacino and Brando work off one another.
I think he was able to stand but not walk. Remember "The Godfather" (part one) in the scene where Tomasino got out of the car to talk to Michael ("Michael, why are you so far from the house?") He stood but he didn't walk. He held onto the car door.
The man standing over the bed is "Don" Tomasino. Michael was under his protection while living in Sicily. The other people are probably just his household servants.
Agreed. They really didn't add anything of value to the movie. Adding these boring scenes would've only lengthened the movie, w/o any realy purpose. The Godfather is a masterpiece, as is. Every scene is a work of art. It's perfect. To add or subtract anything, would only spoil it.
Ah, it was still a deleted scene nonetheless, it was funny too. And the one with them visiting Genco in the hospital, the part where Vito asks Michael what the ribbons are on his uniform(Christmas decorations lol).
I agree, that scene should not have been deleted. It showed Michael's soft side. He truly loved Apollonia. It was very emotional to me. I don't think he loved Kay that way.
Al Pacino: “Michael loved Kay when he met her and he loved her throughout his life and he loves her to this day. He not only loves her but also admires her.” Kay is Michael’s true love. Even Michael says that to Kay in Sicily. Please go watch the movies first.
This is not complete. Missing a few, including the scenes with Sonny speaking to Mama Corleone right after the Don is shot, and him going to the office and calling for more button men.
The Don and Michael had the Best Father/Son Relationship ever on Screen. You never saw him have these One On One Conversations with Sonny or Fredo. He saw in Michael a form of Smartness that the others didn't have.
They should have kept Mike sick in bed in. Apollonia’s death changed his entire being. She was his character arch. He loved Kay but Apollonia was the first girl he ever loved. Her death caused him to know what was real in his life. He loved her and he lost her. It changed him no matter if he went back to Kay. She changed him.
@TheCfh4life When I read the book, I thought the scene with Genco would have been terrific. The way Coppola captured it in the deleted scence makes you regret the movie wasn't four hours long. There are so many movies that drag. Each film in the Godfather trilogy is paced so well from beginning to end. I also love the scenes with Sonny from the time he gets the new about his father being shot to the scence where he asks Michael whether it was Pauli or Clemenza who set him up.
There are just so many interesting little side stories that wound up on the cutting room floor. In Part Two (which is a third of the way in Godfather Legacy) Michael gets revenge for the death of his Sicilian wife! I was so happy to see he didn't forget about her, which is how it looked in the "Classic" versions!
April 29th at Radio City music hall both Godfather movies and a panel of the actors after. Coppola , Pacino , Duvall , Shire, Cann, Keaton all will be there and so will I . can't wait !!!
Also in part 2 for some reason they deleted the scene where De Niro is in sicily and he kills 2 of don Ciccio's henchmen 1 lying in his bed and another on a boat in the middle of a lake. They should of included these scenes in the 2nd film.
Don Ciccio was right. Not for wanting to murder a 9 year old, but about that boy growing into a strong man who would take his revenge. The self-fulfilling prophecy of a coward.
The scene from Woltz's mansion, the young teen girl that he'd had the party for on-set running out distraught, a prisoner of his foul lusts. And abetted by the same woman from the movie lot, (her mother? the quintessential Hollywood mom?). that was what Tom Hagen reported, and why the enforcer they sent decapitated Khartoum.
Most of this SHOULD have been cut out. But much was left out that was never created. The only 2 scenes that were awesome here were when Michael told the Don "You gave your word, I didnt give mine." That should have never been cut. The scene with carlo in the shower added nothing and neither did the babbling old woman, or the woman spraying water.The bodyguard was annoying with the "take me to america' whining and singing a song. Maybe they could have left in the scene about clemenza talking about wooden bumpers but only real addicts like us would appreciate small talk like that. The rest of the stuff was right to cut. In fact the part where michael talked to the don about "its a sign of weakness", that should have been expanded on for at least a few minutes.That was the 2nd awesome scene! Wow, we all never realized that the only thing coppolla gave us there was when the Don talked abouut how hes drinking too much wine and Michael said "its good for you pop." Then a couple of babbling sentences about "I never wanted this for you..." and the entire shift of power to michael was either deleted or never put in the movie. Do all of you realize what we just discovered? This was the weakness of the movie. They should have had michael at least reminiscing about it in godfather. 2 but that whole shift of power from the Don to Michael needed at least 10 min even if the movie was already too long. I always felt instinctively since i saw the movie in the theatres that as brilliant as this movie was, it could have been better.Too many things cut out. I say there were much more deleted scenes than this, in fact i saw then a few yrs ago on a television special. Its almost an hour of deleted scenes! Also..the way they got to Carlo to betray the don could have been an incredible moment in the picture. Godfather 3 should have been made to fill in all these missing pieces instead of duvall backing out of the damn movie. godfather 3 really should have connected the pieces. it could have opened up with someone saying...."Uncle mike, what was it like when you first started working for grandpa".....and just continue from there. we didnt need this immobilari and the pope drama. And also the deleted scene here where tom said "Why am i being left out." That could be a 15 min scene in itself. and the fact that the godfather said almost nothing about that is rediculous. the only thing they cut out was what we saw here with the don saying "see i knew this wouldnt escape his eyes." Thats all they planned to have don corleone say about that matter? I guess we Godfather addicts would love to see francis start from scratch and make it all over again.. we'd all be thrilled to leave out godfather 3 and have him make 2 more like the 1st 2. In fact, its sad that in all these years since both godfathers were made, you can count on one hand the amount of great gangster pics that were made. WTF happened to hollywood?
I think that it was wise to edit out the entire scene with Michael and his dad talking in the garden upon Michael's return home. When we hear him say, "You gave your word; I didn't give mine... I take full responsibility," that gives the climax of the movie away. We would have known the direction that Mike was going in and it would have become too predictable. After all, what makes The Godfather so compelling and mesmerizing is watching Michael transition from being a "nice college boy" into the callous Mafia don.
interesting, but, after 2 years in the editing salon, and 1/2 million feet of film, I seriously doubt these are "all" of the deleted scenes...probably only short by a few thousand...but thx..
I’m pretty sure I saw an uninterrupted AMC special where the aired 1 & 2 in a different order with all these scenes. I haven’t been to find it to purchase it but then again I haven’t looked lately. There’s a young Hyman Roth too
