Posted on 11/25/2010 6:22:07 PM PST by nickcarraway
Are you talking about Neri? Or the old guy with the hat?
To me, James Caan will always be Brian Piccolo.
Neri, the guy who dresses up as a cop to assassinate that mob boss near the end of Part I.
The Mafia never refers to itself as the “Mafia.” they also called in “LA Costra Nostra”-—this thing of ours...
In fact, the Mafia loved these movies so much that they started to imitate the actors. They thought that those movies were pieces of garbage, and some romanticised view of the Mob, which it was...
Also, James Caan started to “hang” around a couple of “suspected crime figures” that the FBI have on the survelliance audio hanging out them.
Nobody could have played Fredo better than Cazale.
Shame he died so young, right after The Deer Hunter, I believe.
Nope, and I can’t imagine Ernest Borgnine as Don Vito, either.
The Mafia never refers to itself as the “Mafia.” they also called in “LA Costra Nostra”-—this thing of ours...
In fact, the Mafia loved these movies so much that they started to imitate the actors. They thought that those movies were pieces of garbage, and some romanticised view of the Mob, which it was...
Also, James Caan started to “hang” around a couple of “suspected crime figures” that the FBI have on the survelliance audio hanging out them.
Don’t disagree with your analysis, having never been a prosecutor in real life. :)
I can only surmise that having Frankie under lock and key would have provided some leverage to the Feds.
The Tom Hagen meeting would have been surveiled by the Feds on the hopes that something meaningful would have come of it.
I just think that Pentangeli still had value to the Feds. I am sure witness tampering would have been at the top of the list of the things that the prosecutors would have been looking into.
Sending Hagen to meet with Frankie would have been seen by the Feds as Michael still being concerned over the damage that Frankie could do to Michael.
I really think that the house should open investigations come January once the pubbies take control! :)
HBO did a retrospective on Cazale’s movie career. His health was so bad during the filming of the Deer Hunter that the studio could not insure Cazale and was going to use another actor for the part.
I believe that it the was DeNiro who came up with the money to insure Cazale that allowed Cazale to be in that movie.
Cazale either died before filming ended or right after. It was amazing that he was able to make that movie.
I didn’t know Cazale and Meryl Streep were an item.
I never knew that either. Odd pairing.
BTW The Godfather I and II are about my most favorite movies, depending on my mood. Take the gun, leave the cannoli.
The girl gesturing was his wife. Sonny’s mistress was his because she could take it. That was in the book. And then the doctor....
Always loved that one for some reason.
Patty Murrey, Susan Collins, Barbara Boxer, Al Franken, John McCain...
My pick would of been Borgnine. He was compelling in Marty.
Yeah it matters—fact is fact
Just like the most misused cliche the UGLY American
bttt
If you read the novel, it’s better explained how Albert Neri came to become Michael’s henchmen; he was brought in as a make-shift Luca Brasi; I guess they either edited out any backstory about this, or they chose not to include it in the script for fear of complicating an already multi-POV/multi-stranded storyline, and confusing the audience.
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