Michael Corleone makes Tom Hagen the Don | The Godfather Part II | CLIP

[@maxbrazil3712]

I don't know why, but the shot of Tom walking back into the house after giving his first orders as the Don moved me the most. It seemed to show him realizing that he was now at the top, surrounded by psychopathic killers and completely alone. That situation is terrifying.

[@square-dealsam9102]

Excellent observation. He made it clear with one word - "Rocco".

[@IKonqueror]

Tom Hagen is the example of loyalty, despite being kept in the dark. Even if to secure his safety. Seemed more than a brother than Fredo ever was.

[@Highskill3r]

No, come on, man. When Michael said he was joining the army, Fredo was the one who defended Michael in front of the family.

[@cityguyable]

@@Highskill3rand he was stepped over. You ever wonder how that made him feel? Huh, do you?

[@stmboat]

@@cityguyable 🙇‍♂🙇‍♂🙇‍♂🙇‍♂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@johngoogly]

You're right but in this scene I believe Michael thought it was Tom who set it up. I think he wanted to see Tom's reaction to when he said he was in charge of the family. But Tom played it perfectly not showing any emotion when he was told he would be in charge. If he would have said alright I'll take over he would have been killed within a day.

[@IKonqueror]

@Highskill3r in the meantime Fredo is banging cocktailwaitresses 2 at a time 🥸

[@theseageek]

Come on let’s give my man Fredo some credits, he scored two cocktail waitresses at once

[@nicktorea4017]

yeah but customers were waiting for drinks that's why Moe had to slap him around a little bit

[@jadenward296]

@@nicktorea4017is that why he straightened fredo out

[@nicktorea4017]

@@jadenward296 yeah in public too

[@Xxjonnn]

@@jadenward296 yeah he had a business to run

[@jadenward296]

@@Xxjonnn that’s why micheal had a offer he couldn’t refuse

[@SKG1941]

Brothers are formed in blood, not what runs in your veins but what runs out.

[@javierpatag3609]

You’re right. “The blood _of the covenant_ is thicker than the water _of the womb.”_ This is the *correct* saying, not “Blood is thicker than water.”

[@SKG1941]

@ thank you. Learned something new today. Cheers.🍻

[@JY-tq8dr]

Wow. Great quote! True

[@mikem591]

I forget that Tom took over as Don for awhile. The focus of the movie followed Michael, who went on an odyssey after this, matching wits with Hyman Roth. Michael still seemed solidly the Don through all those scenes, but Tom actually had the title as Don for awhile. Michael in Godfather I & II, had such a cold streak that it was hard to determine at times if he was being sincere or not. However, actions spoke louder then words for Michael at that time. If you could get past his cold demeanor and judge him based on his actions, he was actually, in a very non-sentimental way, honoring Tom and affirming that he trusted him at a fundamental level. He did this, while still keeping an eye on Tom and keeping him on his toes. If Michael trusted someone in his family, they were generally in good shape surprisingly and it would require disloyalty and obvious incompetence for Michael to turn on them. For all his coldness, he was actually, a decent boss.

[@justjesse9775]

Among all of Vito's sons, Tom is the most qualified to become the Don, despite not being his biological son or of Italian descent

[@AbraXas-bi9ux]

*Sicilian

[@TheNishant30]

Nobody could have done it better than Michael.

[@blksheep176]

Tom would have taken solozzos deal.

[@AhFuhgettaboutit]

​@@blksheep176that's a good point. Him and Sonny were "hot" for it.

[@samuelzins5089]

I think Mike was the most worthy but the least fit for that life, and cost him

[@commanderkeen3787]

Can't believe they didn't bring Duvall as Tom Hagen back for Part III. That film REALLY needed Hagen's presence. But Duvall had won an Oscar for Tender Mercies and thought he deserved the same salary as Pacino, to which producers said no. So instead they killed his character off. Crazy

[@simonkraft387]

I maybe wrong about this but I think they did ask Robert Duval, but he either couldn't or wouldn't.

[@ianboyle1026]

Part III needed way more than Robert Duvall. It was a sinking ship before it ever left the dock. Such a pity they didn't stop at two.

[@jeffgolladay5813]

He wanted too much money

[@chrisfreeman9960]

​@@ianboyle1026Coppola admitted he did part 3 for money. What a pity. He made his money, because everybody wanted to see another "Godfather" picture. But it was a trainwreck. He even made a special director's cut of the movie, to explain what his intentions were for part 3. But it wasn't received well. A shame he besmirched something that was great by needlessly adding to it.

[@davequinlan3020]

Duvall was asked. He wanted the same paycheck as Pacino. The studio declined.

[@MarathonMK]

Remember in the book Tom was basically adopted by Vito, taken to Law school by the family and raised as a Corleone even though he biologically wasn't. LOYALTY💯💯💯🙏

[@danielstoddart]

In the book, Tom was an orphan and a playmate of Mike's when they were children. Mike took him home with him one day because Tom had nowhere to go, and convinced Vito to adopt him. That's why Tom was so loyal to Mike, even more than Mike's blood brothers.

[@cherylmckeage4289]

@@danielstoddart wasn’t it Sonny who took Tom home.

[@danielstoddart]

@@cherylmckeage4289 Actually, now that I think back, you're right. It was Sonny not Mike. So it also explains how Sonny trusted Tom, even though they often had violent disagreements about when to "go to the mattresses" (see Godfather part 1).

[@LJC68]

Fredo is smart. He's not dumb like everybody says. He's smart and he should have respect.

[@wvmoonfox]

Time to go fishing .

[@MeltDownSection]

nah....send him to some mickey mouse nightclub

[@lmct6253]

He was stepped over! It ain’t the way he wanted it!

[@blksheep176]

*SMAHT!!!

[@lubelle9447]

just send Fredo to do this, send Fredo to do that

[@JS-ue5fp]

Its so amazing his Toms face when Michael told him he is the only one he can trust. Like he seen what Michael became, and couldn't trust himself to him offed in the future. Its such a tense seen, so many thoughts.

[@jimmye5700]

"I'm trusting you with the lives of my wife and children and the future of my shine box"

[@Peter-976]

@jimmye5700 lolololol!

[@elowyn9664]

The fact Al Pacino didn't recieve an Oscar for The Godfather movies boggles the mind

[@johnkloosterman6277]

Reportedly, the initial plan for Godfather Part III was a civil war between Tom and the increasingly savage Michael. I think that would have made for an epic arc across the trilogy and really tied the whole thing together in amazing fashion.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@johnkloosterman6277 I really dislike that idea. That makes Michael look like a monster.

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

I read that Tom was going to a Whitey Bulger-lite....running an Irish crew 8n Atlantic City while informing to the FBI about Michael out 9f revenge for Fredo

[@frankiethefrank]

Well yeah, that's what happens in the book

[@lubelle9447]

​@@ricardocantoral7672but michael IS a monster

[@acaperic9070]

Holy shit that actually sounds great

[@viqarkagzi3922]

Michael speaks from his heart for the first time to Tom.

[@San2117-]

oh i don't believe it bro

[@dillpete4122]

no he is just really manipulative and knows exactly what to say to make Tom loyal to him

[@San2117-]

@@dillpete4122 Agree, thanks

[@Dac54]

The fact was that at that critical and desperate time, Tom really was the only one who Michael could fully trust, and he knew it. His relationship with Tom, going back to when Michael succeeded his father, was always lukewarm or even somewhat distant at best, but, despite this, Tom's loyalty to Michael never wavered. Hence, Michael had no choice at this point but to butter Tom up, so to speak, in order to ensure that he remained completely loyal.

[@JohnS-il1dr]

​@@dillpete4122Tom knows that Mike was BSing. Hes just afraid that Mike made an offer he cant refuse

[@dianemurray695]

I know That's Right! He's SO LOYAL...but Ruthless...👍🏼🏡

[@LuDimezofKush]

Toms first swag walk as the don was smooth. Another good scene is after they clip Carlo where him and Mike stroll off like bosses

[@danielstoddart]

Superb acting performance by Duvall. You can tell Tom didn't like killing Carlo, but nevertheless knew it had to be done.

[@gfx2943]

I want to help you.. " Someday you will. " That hits hard when you know their relationship via the last film.

[@Chuckson56]

The following clues all allude to Fredo being involved - 1. Dead bodies were found outside his bedroom indicating a link between him and the perpetrators 2. The hit men were hired out of New York which indicates that they were likely tied to the Rosato brothers who were aligned with Roth who wanted Michael killed and who Fredo later admitted to Michael that he had dealings with and 3. While Fredo didn't actually kill anyone personally, he allowed himself to get mixed up in this scenario which once it went wrong, made him look obviously guilty.

[@MassEffectFan113]

...but still we never really knew who killed the assassins?

[@Sinnerboy88]

@@MassEffectFan113 Agree. We never really will. None of the possible really make good sense. I often wonder if it was maybe Rocco related. Fredo wouldn't have had the heart or the physical ability to dispose of those two assassins like that. But his men? He was a Capo after all and had many men under him. Maybe.. but what could Fredo offer them that Michael couldn't? I don't even see his men giving loyalty to Fredo over Michael. I just don't see it. Anyways, I do believe Fredo didn't know it was going to be a hit. But Rocco on the other hand.. when they discover the bodies Rocco asks Tom where Mike is.. and Tom just responds with an angry, shouted "Rocco!" as if to say "Why you want to know? Don't you know not to ask?" Then at the end, Michael sends Rocco on a pretty much kamikaze mission to eliminate Roth.. I wonder did he secretly suspect Rocco of being involved somehow and send him on that mission as payback? There are other things too.

[@orangebean325]

Coppola and Puzo weren’t writing for Law & Order. They were writing under the barrel of Chekov’s gun.

[@mightilyoats2729]

Not "once it went wrong" Fredo was the one who told them where Michael's bedroom was.

[@danmc7815]

We know Fredo was involved and that he helped Roth. But, we never know how. When he meets with Michael and essentially confesses, he claims that he did not know it was a hit. And, he seems upset when Johnny Olla (sp?) calls him after the attack. So, we can presume Fredo did not know it was a hit. The guess is someone else was also a traitor, and the finger is often pointed at Rocco.

[@Georgep-ry9np]

I always thought it was a grave mistake not having Robert Duval in Godfather 3. He was just as important as Al Pacino. And I believe the movie would have been much better.

[@Yourballix]

He wanted too much money for the role

[@robertwiesler381]

​@@Yourballix true But you can also say: They payed him not enough He said (and of course we will never find out what's the truth), they made an offer he couldn't accept (pun intended😂), because it was much too small But I guess he is happy about it now, because Godfather 3 is an incredibly BAD movie, especially the acting (Pacino, Coppola's daughter and many others) is so bad that it is even funny In fact I watch it from time to time for fun (I see it as a cartoon) and always laugh my aXX off😂😂😂

[@brave-smoke]

Godfather 3 was a grave mistake.

[@XTRABIG]

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[@brave-smoke]

@@XTRABIG 😁

[@Ted-NJ]

Michael loved Fredo like a brother-in-law.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

It's interesting to speculate what would have happened if Michael died and Tom became the permanent Don.

[@jaypowell7899]

That could not have happened. Tom was acting don for Michael. The moment Michael died the family would have rebelled and picked a new don or broken up.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@jaypowell7899 I don't agree. Tom was a capable leader and no one would have sided with Fredo. He definitely would have managed to keep the family going.

[@acaperic9070]

Eh I don't know, imo the other families would've each taken a share, even if nobody in the Corleone family rebels

[@orbitalbutt6757]

@@ricardocantoral7672 Michael was the death of the family even in the books. Tom would have kept things together.

[@Mothy2014]

Honestly, not many movies are this bloody good. 5 stars

[@mdelaubergine8930]

Great scene with Pacino and Duvall.

[@michaelchallen]

'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown'

[@JoeyStarley]

Robert Duvall has a wide range as an actor but I think he was best as Augustus McCrae in Lonesome Dove.

[@ronofficial5958]

Boo Radley was his best role. 😊

[@kjo2130]

Seeing this scene reminds me of when Mike disrespected tom and talked about his mistress. How can you be so cruel to your brother? Like wow

[@brandonb.5304]

Probably because Michael realizes it was Tom who allowed Kay outside of the compound to get an abortion. He was supposed to keep his family safe while he was away, but under Tom's watch, Kay killed one of his sons.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

2:52 - I always thought the lines, "Looks like they were hired out of New York. I don't recognize them." was suspicious. I think the voice was Rocco's. We know Neri was loyal to Mike and Rocco Lampone was later sent on the one-way mission to whack Hyman Roth in the airport. Could this be the reason he was tasked with that job? Does anyone know for sure it was Rocco who said this?

[@MassEffectFan113]

I always wondered who killed the assassins but I feel like this could get a good suggest that it was Rocco, I mean... one of them had their throat slit.

[@brandonb.5304]

Rocco was definitely the other traitor in the family. Roth manipulated Fredo by making him think he'd get his own piece of the business independently, but he likely offered Rocco a lot of money to beteray Michael and kill him. Michael even says after being asked by Tom if one of his men (Rocco was even named) could be the traitor, "all our men are businessmen and their loyalty is based on that." The fact that Rocco was basically forced by Michael on a suicide mission confirms it was him. Like Pentangeli, he was given a choice to kill himself for the Corleone Family in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of his own family.

[@stmboat]

"I'm German Irish."

[@niro__dj]

Well let me tell you something, my kraut mick friend!

[@gamegenes]

I always thinking in the end of trilogy Tom will be a Don after Michael.

[@lovelondon806]

Tom couldn’t be a don. He’s not Italian

[@robertcialone6609]

You see Tom all our people are businessmen their loyalty is based on that! Gee Michael😮 thanks for telling me that great insight! I’ve only been with the Family for 30 years!! I’ll take over! Allright Rocco get rid of the bodies!! Ok Don Tom!! Haha!

[@TheNishant30]

Attempt was on Mike's life and moments later he serves Tom a drink. Mike was too cold even for that business. This also shows that he was right about Tom being "out" from the inner circle in the moves Mike was trying in the first part. These movies get better and better when you think about these small things.

[@robertcialone6609]

Duvall’s was a businessman. His loyalty was based on that!! No bucks no Tom in Godfather 111

[@Fugazinome]

Same with Clemenza.

[@robertcialone6609]

@ he was long dead

[@Fugazinome]

@@robertcialone6609 No,Richard Castellano died in 1988.GF2 came out in 1974.Castellano wanted a lot more $ than what they were willing to pay.

[@donmorfeo]

In the real world, no non Italian can be a boss or don.

[@Somya127]

Dawood Ibrahim is a don and a most wanted one.

[@conormccormack7841]

Albert Anastasia

[@donmorfeo]

@conormccormack7841 He was born in Italy.

[@conormccormack7841]

@@donmorfeo Being born somewhere doesn't change your blood

[@m64h]

In the real world, John Gotti was a boss despite having a Russian grandmother

[@genideoliveirasantos1441]

Bom dia Michael ❤❤❤

[@genideoliveirasantos1441]

👋♥️

[@sentimentreal]

Michael... Why are you whispering?

[@rubyto5525]

Being a Don requires the prestige of a leader. It makes members confident and enemies afraid. Tom doesn't have it

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@rubyto5525 I don't agree. Tom Hagen has shown remarkable confidence.

[@stevespencer4634]

That scene with Michael and Tom was, for me, the only thing I found unrealistic in an otherwise flawless movie. When Michael explains to Tom about who is smart and who can be trusted, what the motivations of the 'businessmen' (other families) are, while Tom nods as though being enlightened, goes against who Tom is supposed to be. Tom wouldn't need such 'tuition'. He's a very clever guy, the former advisor to Michael's father, and in fact more experienced in 'mafia matters' than Michael himself. This was a plot hole for me.

[@SelectCircle]

What a stupid business.

[@cogitatione1]

Creepy, creepy scene, when Michael promises that sweet, innocent Anthony will someday get his wish and be called upon to help his father. In the form of murdering men, eating the sins of the family, becoming the spent husk of a man.

[@conman823]

Did you see the houses they owned? It's well worth it

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

In the novel, Hagen is not that memorable or likeable, cold and aloof and his appearance made me think of Dave from 2001: Space Odyssey

[@vdoggydogg3922]

I disagree, to me the godfather as is tom barring it, the outsider of the family. His best part in the book is when tries to talk kay into coming back to michael.

[@bacchuslax7967]

A brother’s love is a brothers love….except for Freda. That one not so much

[@paulpatane2439]

So who killed the 2 hit man? 3 or 4 were on property and they were backstabbed by own?

[@David-hl3kw]

He was Irish German

[@sloppnbiscuiitz]

Tom was don longer than T’Challa was a king.. n plenty of y’all smile at that..

[@stxa2594]

Robert Duvall was a mobster corn-siggly-airey?

[@glywnniswells9480]

Fredo does not have a good heart

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@glywnniswells9480 Yes, he did. He's the only Corleone that ever made it to heaven.

[@Shaun-f1n]

He was stupid and vain but he wasn't as hardheaded as his brothers.

[@gamegenes]

He wanted respect

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

In the novel, once he hit Vegas, he went crazy and became Caligula Corleone.....knocking up showgirls and getting social diseases

[@Rorschachqp]

@@glywnniswells9480 But he’s so sweet 🥹

[@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed]

Stop worrying about that issue.

[@amkhan68]

Though Tom was adopted into family. But to become a "DON" was impossible sine he was of Irish-Grman descent. Thus, he would've never been DON

[@Rumba-2_Impact]

Tom: Alright Rocco get rid of the bodies! Rocco: where's Mike? Tom: Rocco! ... # Just observe his body language... The Eye contact...Then the classic Don walk...I always loved that walk on his night gown. What a charismatic actor!

[@philippeh3904]

“Fredo, well he’s got a good heart. But he’s weak and he’s stupid”. What kind of person says that about their own brother. Always felt for poor Fredo.

[@jefferyrbrown]

A person who's brother is weak and stupid...when things are life and death. Did you not pay attention??

[@Babuiski]

It's the kind of brutal honesty that you see in very close families. And it was said as Micheal's way of protecting his brother. Putting Fredo in command would doom both Fredo and the family.

[@Peter-976]

Cmon man. He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!

[@hubbsllc]

@@Peter-976 Players couldn't get their drinks at the table!

[@rickyputra3663]

Weak and stupid also endangering the family😂

[@CVMGAM]

A Don don't wear shorts

[@Ciscoho]

Too bad Pacino became a caricature of himself in the later yers of his acting. Way too over the top and same character each movie. Here is is subtle and calculating.

[@localoppboy7668]

What a terrible opinion

[@KELPacino]

He played some Characters Like Bobby Deerfield , who is like Michael Corleone as a Racer, but to say Al Pacino played always the Same Character in every Movie is unfair and Bullshit. Scarface ,Scent of Women,Donnie Brasco, Serpico, Heat, Carlitos Way, Devils Advocate, The Merchant of Venice, this are Movies with Pacino with different Looks and characters

[@brandonb.5304]

So you've seen about 2 or 3 Pacino films since The Godfather because he definitely does not always go over the top or play characters the same way every film.

[@lovelondon806]

Tom could never be a member of the mafia let alone be don or rule a family. Big gaping hole they never addressed

[@brandonb.5304]

Plenty of mafia guys were not Italian. They just couldn't be bosses. Tom was the family lawyer. And ultimately it'd be up to the head of the family about who's made. Michael, being the head of the family, obviously didn't care about that stupid distinction.

[@ashcrockett8407]

I’m 25 how did this play out ? Lmk thx

[@MiniOilSlyk]

Pure fantasy to appeal to an american audience.

[@conman823]

We run the world, so yeah, that makes sense.

[@JoeyStarley]

Thought so too.

[@brandonb.5304]

You mean a fictional story isn't real life? Thanks for stating the obvious for those of us who thought this was a documentary.