Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter. And may their first child be a masculine child. (then, starting over, which continues throughout the following dialogue) The Godfather (Film) – The Godfather Wedding Scene
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This shows how deeply the people around Don Corleone care about showing their respect and gratitude for him. Luca Brasi is one of Don’s more respected hitmen and a member of his inner circle, yet he still feels the need to show his appreciation for the wedding invitation and even writes himself a script to make sure the thank-you is perfect.
Fun Fact: This scene was inserted after the scene of Luca in the Godfather’s office. The actor Lenny Montana was nervous to perform in front of Marlon Brando and stumbled over his lines, so this scene was filmed to provide continuity.
Lenny Montana was also an enforcer for the Colombo Crime Family.
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This goes a long way in characterizing Don Corleone right from the opening scene. It clearly isn’t out of the question for him to order the murder of someone considering that’s exactly what Bonasera expects him to do, but he still refuses because he doesn’t see it as necessary.
This shows that the Godfather’s legendary respect is not only derived from his intimidation, but also from his fairness and attempts to maintain justice even when the police fail to do so.
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The Richter scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes, but Webby’s creativity was so high that it was above this scale (stronger than an earthquake).
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T.I. makes sure that he does all of his drive-by shootings in stolen cars so that he can dump the car when he is done without worrying about it getting traced back to him when the dust settles.
“Don’t belong to any.”
“You ought to have a church, George, for times like this. You must have gone to church once. Didn’t you get married in a church? Listen, George, listen to me. Didn’t you get married in a church?”
“That was a long time ago.” F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby (Chapter VIII)
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