The Godfather deleted scene revenge for Apollonia

[@NoisySheep7]

Its not business, its strictly personal...

[@TheThetaMan]

Lmao!!! 😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 💯

[@anthonybarnes]

😂

[@rejectmodernity1037]

In the book Michael said this words to Tom, Sad that they didnt include a scene like that in the movie

[@roderickstockdale1678]

…And it was settled 10 years later!

[@charleskoehler9873]

Actually, that hit was pretty personal.

[@bloodynine9017]

In the book One of the Corleone family soldiers kill Fabrizzio, before he kills him he says “Michael Corleone sends his regards” chilling line

[@dinotalovic6188]

*Mafia (2002) and Definitive Edition happy noises*

[@aryastark111]

Stannis Baratheon just like Lannister sends thier regard

[@bloodynine9017]

@@aryastark111 Yeah that’s in the show, I prefer the books more.

[@TowerofAboveandBelow]

I'm sure thats what the bomb said before it went off.

[@bloodynine9017]

@@raseltatel6728 The Godfather by Mario Puzo

[@pray-for-peace]

How on Earth do you delete ANY scene from the Godfather???!! Every second is a jewel.

[@joemiranda7889]

Yes it is

[@MyEpicawesomness]

Right

[@juliegoldman411]

Quite right!

[@JefftheBear1959]

Try and find, "The Godfather Saga" Coppola put films 1 & 2 in chronological order, added cut scenes. It's Great!!

[@peterrowan8606]

Not exactly. When they go to see the dying consiglieri after the wedding just brings the film to a hault. Also, G2 had so many scenes that were a waste like Sonny's daughter coming to see Michael at Anthony's communion asking for his blessing to marry the entertainer. PLEASE!

[@vasglorious]

This really should've made the final cut.

[@bryanglass5818]

Especially due to his connection with Barzini.

[@JedForge]

It was included in one of the versions along with several other deleted scenes. Want to say it's the one where both Godfather and part II are shown as one movie with stuff rearranged in chronological order.

[@texasred2702]

Yeah, that was the loose end to end all loose ends. Guy sells out the Corleones and kills his bride and he just....lets it go?

[@SK008]

@@JedForge that's the novel for television thingy.. the Godfather saga

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

It should have been in the movie. It was important for us to see Justice for Apollonia. We need closure 😞💔

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Even the deleted scenes are better than movies today

[@nuclearwinter391]

He killed the love of his life. I expected that Michael would do it himself. This was as personal as it gets.

[@YRS51]

They filmed that scene. Michael goes into the shop and shoots Fabrizio himself, but for some reason they never released it. I saw the pics in a behind the scenes Godfather book.

[@LordBloodraven]

@@YRS51 I remember seeing promotional photos of Michael holding the kind of shotgun Fabrizio was armed with when he was guarding Michael. That would have been a nice touch, but killing him in a car bombing carried the kind of equitable nature of mafia vengeance.

[@Watergrovey]

Michael never has the guts to do it himself, whilst Vito always did. This is explained in the novel as a major flaw on Michael’s character; he’s proper cold. The police captain and Sollozo are the only face to face kills Michael has. I guess having him kill Fabrizio in a scene went against his character.

[@someguy-bv3il]

@@Watergrovey wasn't Michael a soldier during ww2 ?

[@harrisonkrominga1706]

@@someguy-bv3il this ain't the marines, you ain't shooting from 1000 yards you gotta get up close and bad Bing!

[@mattque209]

The fact that Michael is married and has a family already, and still wants to avenge her, shows that Apollonia was really the woman he wanted and loved.

[@johnhoover3345]

I'm not doubting Michael loved her but the car bomb was meant to kill Michael. Fabrizio asks Michael "Is your wife coming with you?" to which Michael answers that Fabrizio is to take her to her Fathers until he knows things are safe. Car bombing Fabrizio was vengeance for both Apollonia and the attempt on Michael.

[@mistahkleen1630]

Corleones forgive nothing

[@DogeickBateman]

@@dindrmindr626Are you deranged

[@user-vl5qg5rf4n]

@@dindrmindr626 People who are unable to understand that works of art are meant to tell stories and portray characters with human feelings and emotions and are to be understood and analyzed as if they were real life are mentally ill or mentally retarded. Everyone knows it is a movie, but good movies have believable characters with compelling stories and motives. Dumb people say "it's just a movie, it isn't REAL". Like congratulations genius! you figure that one out yesterday? God I hate stupid people.

[@ZacV47]

@@dindrmindr626lmao the fact that you get so mad over someone analyzing and connecting to events in movies is hilarious. All the guy did was say that given the circumstances in the movie, the character of Apollonia was the true love of the character of Michael Corleone. Get the stick out of your ass and stop yelling at inconsequential things.

[@DngrDan]

I watched this movie for the first time a couple years ago and thought it was odd how quickly he got over Apollonia. This scene has it make much more sense.

[@Wts105]

He was back a full year, maybe longer before he contacted Kay.

[@stevenhancock2822]

He was back in the United States preparing to run his family for over a year before he even reached out to Kay, so it may have been two years since Apollonia's death. And Michael didn't simply "get over" her: he needed to marry and start a family, and the selection of Kay was rather cold and based on practicality.

[@cesar5rj]

there is another deleted scene where he asks don Vito for revange

[@valgrex964]

He never "got over Apollonia". His intention in contacting Kay was purely in establishing a marriage and having children. He had affection for Kay, but his love was for Apollonia. Michael proved to be the most ruthless of them all.

[@ItsMefromSnuffys]

His love for Kay could never be what he had for Apollonia… he never really got over her. Yes this should have been worked in but… not sure how. Interesting that this guy was sponsored by Barzinni

[@100temps]

Al Pacino acting without shouting, screaming or chewing the furniture. Good times.

[@hiredgun7996]

😂

[@brianmccarthy5557]

He radically changed acting style after "Scent Of A Woman" and has repeated that role ever since.

[@UncleMikeNJ]

That's the genius of the portrayal. In so many films, he's "Pacino-ing." As Michael, he is always in total control. That's what makes Godfather III, to me, a bit underrated: For the first time since he returned from losing Apollonia, he's losing that control, and struggling to maintain it. In the end, everything he's fought and won up until then ends up defeating him: His family's history, his Sicilian heritage, the Church, and the Pacino legacy that he didn't yet have even after Godfather II. It wasn't until Dog Day Afternoon, a year after G II, that he became the non-Corleone Pacino we remember.

[@Larry_Hegs]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEATTTT ASS!

[@Charlesbaker3017]

Certainly...actors call it over the top..Pacino..majored in it..after the Godfather..

[@robertmiles1603]

They never should've deleted this. It really helps the movie make more sense and have a smoother flow between the changes in settings, not to mention adding a sudden clever sense of closure.

[@golden8972]

The first time I watched this movie, it was on TCM and it was uncut, including this scene. It doesn't make any sense why this was taken out since then bc there was absolutely no way in hell that Michael Corleone would have allowed Fabrizio to get away with Appolonia's death.

[@gimmeabreak6844]

@@golden8972I actually prefer it was cut. For decades in my head canon, I just assumed Fabrizio was found and dealt with within hours or days right there in Sicily. The deleted scene allows him to have immigrated to America and enjoyed years of happiness and success, even beyond Barzini and Michael’s own father and Sonny.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@gimmeabreak6844he learned Sonny was killed right before the car bomb

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

@@roderickstockdale1678 these "men" are cowards with no honor

[@marksantiago9841]

I think this part gave away barzini’s part in the plot too soon, that’s probably why they removed this.

[@jpeezie3192]

This either happened on a Monday , Thursday , Sunday or Saturday.

[@detroitlionspistonstigersr6735]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ericanulph1980]

Definitely wasn't on a Tuesday

[@oluwatobiihimodu5172]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣That was Apollonia learning the days in a week. Still cracks me up.

[@kevinbergin9971]

You win the internet for the day!

[@ankurnith47]

Haha

[@MORGANNAW8974]

The moment that Apolonia died, at the same time, some part of Michael was "dying", and rising his Dark Side. Michael was becaming in a cold hearted and calculating man. He will have no mercy to anyone, no matter Who it is

[@Brinkaskfavor]

Michael only harmed those who posed a threat to his family

[@lunamilo2065]

You should watch the movie if you think Michael wasn’t already turning to the dark side by the time he reached Sicily.

[@enjoyingmyvodka1013]

True! This unleashed his dark side!

[@MDK2_Radio]

He was turning dark due to the attempts on Vito’s life and probably news of Sonny’s murder turned him a bit further, but this tipped him past the point of no return. Had Apollonia lived, he might have forgiven Fredo’s future actions. But who knows how hard he would have gone after the other Families and other enemies if it weren’t for this.

[@PoliticusRex632]

Michael was a combat decorated Marine in WWII. That dark side you speak of was already there.

[@MindHunger]

This wasn't just about killing the man who killed Michael's first wife. It was also Michael sending a message to the Barzini family who had hired Fabrizzio in the first place.

[@taylorfuller1935]

Barzini was dead

[@mateuszgrajkowski4110]

@@taylorfuller1935 I think our friend here means family not Barzini himself but still with him dead, what's the point.

[@MindHunger]

@@taylorfuller1935 You are right. Changed it to "the Barzini family". Thanks.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

Revenge is the point baboso @@mateuszgrajkowski4110

[@Romy16.]

You just went with what that other person said lmao. The barzini family wasn’t even a factor to him at this point. It was solely out of revenge for her.

[@robertadam7080]

The fact about how important was Apollonia in Micheal life,this part should not left out from the movie.

[@josephfernandez4000]

But, at the point in the movie where Appolonia is killed, we have seen no character development of her character. Likewise, no development of their relationship. By contrast, we know a helluva lot about Kay, and Kay and Michael. Her death may be pivotal to Michael's cold-heartedness, but without more about Appolonia, and no revenge on Fabirizio, the movie seems to make Appolonia an afterthought. I read the book, too. This needed more.

[@MSgt_0699]

@@josephfernandez4000 Yeah, but this deleted scene compliments what we saw at the end of Michael's life in Godfather III. She's always been with him. Without the deleted scene, the end of Godfather III is abrupt in regards to her suddenly being shown. I never thought about it that way until I saw this deleted scene.

[@ghostviggen]

It works better without since Michael plays like he wants peace and then strikes at everyone at the same time.

[@josephfernandez4000]

The third movie was a cash grab and everything about it reflects that. I remember back in the late 1980s leaving the movie theater thinking, "What the HELL?" It ties nothing together. You can love these movies all you like but, you have to appreciate that half a subplot in a Godfather movie is not salvageable. Coppola didn't go big and go strong with Appolonia.

[@melvinreed4136]

She sure was sexy AF.

[@timothykozlowski2945]

Losing his brother and stunning wife made Michael a very cold hearted person.

[@Pedro91795]

They tried to kill his father that sealed it - the rest was further commitment

[@red2977]

@@Pedro91795 Not really. Yea he was open to being a criminal after what happened with his dead but if Sonny lived then Michael wouldn't have become the don. If Apollonia lived Michael wouldn't have become soo cold and heartless. Both of their deaths lead to him being cold hearted

[@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg]

He was always cold, you don't suddenly become a different person cos of a couple of events in your life

[@timothykozlowski2945]

@@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg That just brought it out

[@gabrielmartines3510]

​@@Heygoodlooking-lk9kgYeah, the Pacific Theater really messed many of the Marines who fought in it.

[@ClosedEyeVisualisations]

Imagine a cut of The Godfather with all the deleted scenes put back into the movie

[@tbone35453]

My dad swears that he saw a chronological version of GF 1 and 2 spliced together on TV back in the 80s. It followed young Vito's life then the events of GF 1 then the 'present day' events of GF2. He also said he saw Fabrizio getting killed in this version. Until KZbin came out, I doubted him, thinking maybe he misremembered, but here it is! Forgive me dad for ever doubting you!

[@BradBrassman]

@@tbone35453 Yes, I saw that too. The old Mustache Black Hander getting his throat cut, Fabrizio and another in a boat, but not to be confused with Fredo!

[@SK008]

The Godfather saga.. a novel for television is the thing you're looking for.. might be on some streaming service.. or you can find it somewhere online...

[@ClosedEyeVisualisations]

@@SK008 oh wow, ty for that

[@SK008]

@@ClosedEyeVisualisations my pleasure man

[@marcoscorsolini8803]

Apollonia is such an underrated figure in Michael's development. Despite appearances, he was serious with her, and in a way she would have taken his mother's place symbolically, as the Padrino's wife from the old country. But Michael's destiny is more tragic, and different.

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

Nothing like women from the old country….they don’t care about material things and understands the life

[@MontagZoso]

Agreed, Apollonia would have been the perfect mob wife for Michael. She would have been just like Mama Corleone and probably given Michael about a dozen male heirs.

[@andrewsmedley5913]

Apollonia was so beautiful.

[@jfjsas07]

Metaphorical revenge, killed him the same way Fabrizzio killed Apollonia.

[@ClosedEyeVisualisations]

Poetic

[@steventaylor1197]

I wonder why Mike didn't make Fabrizio squirm, as he did Carlo.

[@qbconnect]

Eye for an eye would've been to make Fabrizio witness his wife or family killed in a car bomb before he was murdered

[@aaronmarshall382]

It was too quick for him.

[@apashehab5026]

@@steventaylor1197 it was a smaller bomb than the one that killed Michael’s wife, wouldn’t instantly kill him so he can realize what is happening to him.

[@ricflair9717]

The assassination of Fabriozo is included in 'The Godfather Complete Epic' which combined Part I and II into one long film in chronological order. This scene is far better then the book version which only had Fabriozo shot. The car bomb is what killed Apollonia. This scene was also very well filmed. Noticed the stuntman was in the car during the "explosion" (smoke and flashes of light) and climbed out afterwards. This is not an easy stunt to pull off.

[@royrenouf4530]

What editions do you find the deleted scenes in

[@FreeMind4492]

What's "Fabriozo"? It's FABRIZIO.

[@412StepUp]

That’s probably why the explosion looked so weak.

[@arrow1414]

That's okay, we could say it was Fabrizio's last act alive, his body instinctively running on automatic before falling dead in the street. Similar to Sam Rothstein in "Casino".😉

[@raypurchase801]

I saw that version many years ago. The two movies were re-edited into a TV miniseries, in chronological order and with the addition of some deleted scenes. Definitely my preferred version.

[@Col_Fragg]

If I was Fabrizio, I would have opened a Chinese restaurant... in Wyoming.

[@mundomanzwebsite73]

.....in China.

[@dominicdavino252]

That comment is a classic. Well done

[@LynneC44]

😂😂😂 yep!

[@megamind8901]

Apollonia would have been a much better wife then kay. We would sure have gotten Godfather 4 by now.

[@bathombre9739]

No way apollonia would have an abortion as well

[@steventaylor1197]

I agree. Kay was a poor substitute for Apollonia. I wish the authors had allowed Kay to live and follow Mike back to the U.S. Perhaps, with Kay as a wife, Mike would have been a bit less ruthless as the years wore on.

[@oluwatobiihimodu5172]

@@steventaylor1197 Apollonia you mean?

[@steventaylor1197]

@@oluwatobiihimodu5172 You are correct. I wish Apollonia had lived and followed Mikey back to the U.S.

[@el34glo59]

People always ragging on Kay. Michael basically begged her to be his wife. Honestly she was supposed to be level headed. I think people misunderstand her character because she wasn't making meatballs and being quiet

[@jajabinx35]

I still feel sad over that car bomb scene.

[@gamegeekx]

You feel sorry for the man that blew up a innocent women's life? What's wrong with you.

[@homertonbloor8294]

@@gamegeekx I think he means he feels bad for michaels wife bro

[@evyatarhadar8867]

@@gamegeekx Are you soft in the head?

[@drstranger7430]

@@gamegeekx sometimes, ita better to think before u say something

[@Neil_mccauley365]

He died the same way she did. Poetic. Just not poetic enough

[@johnkizzie3566]

Yes. Keep this scene! Michael would never have let him get away with Apollonia's death and Fabrizio's betrayal.

[@inhuman_human6790]

The literal definition of “you live by the sword, you die by the sword”

[@paulannable3734]

No, a literal definition of that saying would be actually dying by a sword. Check out the definitions of ‘literal’ and ‘figurative’

[@paulannable3734]

@@user-de4em2vr9n you’d lose that bet. Literally and not figuratively. Sorry.

[@deangelobeckett127]

Thank you to whoever found this, being a godfather fan this plays a big role in my cinematic universe

[@noabman4093]

this is where fabrizzio's wife became don fabrizzio

[@danieled6243]

* Fabrizio

[@isaacaviles2142]

Dona Fabrizio

[@raseltatel6728]

Hi i just want to know what book you guys read the godfather ford Coppola or the godfather old book?

[@gawainethefirst]

That would be “Donna.”

[@gawainethefirst]

@@raseltatel6728 The Godfather, by Mario Puzo. We’re in you find out that it was Rocco who killed Fabrizio with a shotgun. “Michael Corleone sends his regards.”

[@stevehenry9826]

I saw this in the director's uncut version. Godfather1and 2 never get old to me! I can never watch these movies too many times.... Great movies!!

[@speerrituall1]

Yes, don’t bother me when the Godfather trilogy is on!

[@D.HONDA444]

She was gonna continue the legacy...

[@Mayito_Tamps]

2:15 when you get your car fixed with a cheap mechanic 🤣

[@dlinfrost]

Or don't sign up for the extended warranty

[@pranaytandon1520]

More satisfying than any other thing that happened since a yr

[@SiddharthSinghFiery69]

Noooo !!! Apollonia !!!!!!! BOOM

[@philandeswilliams1975]

Saw this once on a tv version; have never been able to buy this version which has Genco the consigliere as well.

[@Hyperplaterine]

I don't understand why Michael gave him such a fast and painless death.

[@Capri_00]

It wasn’t a fast death, dude got out of the car after the bomb went off and struggled for a bit before dying. Can’t see it very clear but just watch the last part and you’ll see him struggling on the ground.

[@dhananjaykadam848]

But Michael didn't like his job,he hate to kill

[@errwhattheflip]

He killed him the same way Apollonia died

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Because Fabrizo wasn't supposed to kill Apolignia Banzini was behind it all Fabrizo did it because Banzini offerd him a lot of money and a way to get to America which he always wanted Fabrizo was puppet on a string Banzini was the real villain and the guy that planned the car bomb.

[@aymeric4703]

@@emilfrederiksen.1622 Its barzini not banzini

[@stephenpowell5912]

This should have never been deleted.Pacino is Brilliant as Michael Corleone.

[@onuroglr9626]

I've always wondered why would Michael let him go after doing something like this and here I am after so many years of finding, it got deleted...

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Because he was in shock and Fabrizo got in a car right after he ran a way.

[@geraldalbritton]

That's a reason to read the book. It covers everything

[@popoff21]

How stupid of them to cut this scene, it made me believe he never got revenge after all these years watching this. I saw a screening yesterday at AMC they have a 50th anniversary screening this scene still not in it

[@topg-ko6vs]

some things are better left unsaid

[@cha5]

I would have loved it if Coppola would have done this scene exactly as it was written in the Puzo novel with Michael discovering Fabrizio having gotten to America and building a pizza restaurant in Upstate Buffalo and having him executed by one of his own men at the same time as the Baptism of Blood and wiping out the other heads of the Five Families.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

The revenge scene was included in the Godfather book

[@dr3dg352]

@@cha5 So much better than repeating the car bomb imo.

[@TheMSupreme42]

They should have made Fabrizzio a small part in the main plot working for Roth or something and Michael kills him towards the end with a Sicilian revenge, like how Vito kills Don Fanucci in the flashback.

[@dougalmacrobbie1918]

NOT Fanucci. Don Ciccio, who murdered his father, mother and brother in Sicily. Fanucci was in NY, when Vito was in his early 20's. Capiche?

[@benhamilton1156]

Poetic Justice, plain n simple.

[@ssm-sk9iw]

An eye for an eye. Justice served

[@travelinman]

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully this will be in the 4K collection whenever it comes out.

[@freddykrueger6287]

Exactly! We want revenge

[@KRAKOA889]

In The Godfather, if Michael Corleone was married to Apollonia and she never died, would his life have been much better over time? Without question… From the second he sees her, Michael is mesmerized by Apollonia. I hate to use the phrase “love at first sight” but it probably does apply here. It’s almost as if he knows he’s going to marry her the second he sees her, and theirs is a passionate, yet comfortable kind-of love. It’s not easy to find both of those things in the same relationship, but the handful of scenes where we see them (including some deleted scenes in the extended version of “Part I”) make it clear he’s found something special. This is a woman he’s extremely attracted to, and who fits his family, lifestyle, and business like a glove. To me, the scenes where he’s with Kay (both before Apollonia and after her death) are very different. He doesn’t seem as attracted to her physically, and also seems a little uneasy around her-almost like he’s trying to prove something or earn her approval. I think his relationship with Kay and his eventual marriage to her is an act of self-denial more than real love. He’s telling himself the family will be legitimate soon (when he reconnects with her) and also that he’s nothing like his father (in their first scene together). This is partly to win over a skeptical Kay, but also partly because it’s what Michael wants to believe about himself. “I’m not really a mobster. I’m a good American-a war hero and good man. I have the blonde WASP wife who’s naive and abhors ‘this Sicilian thing’ and wouldn’t have married me if I was a common thug.” One of the big themes of “Part II” is assimilation and what it takes to make it in America for an immigrant (it’s the best exploration of this on film I’ve ever seen). And if you’ll notice, the scene where Michael and Kay have their marriage-ending fight, the part where Michael smacks her isn’t when she’s asked him for a divorce or criticized him as a father or called him “evil” or even admitted she’s had an abortion; he smacks her when she says “this Sicilian thing” must end. She’s basically rubbing it in his face that he can never fully belong to America the way she does-and this defeats the entire purpose of why he married her in the first place (in my opinion). She’s essentially picked the most stressful time she could to ask him for a divorce-Roth is still out there, his brother’s betrayed him, he feels completely isolated and paranoid-and it just reinforces the idea that she didn’t understand him from the very beginning. Do I think Apollonia would’ve understood Michael better? Absolutely. Do I think she would’ve treated him with the shame and derision that Kay did? No way. And in their marriage, Michael would’ve been the American one who’s trying to assimilate his wife into the upper-class of America (one of their scenes, he’s teaching her English and how to drive), and I think he would’ve liked that dynamic a lot better than with the somewhat-snooty derision Kay shows him. Kay’s love is pretty conditional, whereas Apollonia is probably much more of a “ride or die” kind-of love.

[@talladegadude4852]

Well put! Apollonia understood his Culture and a million things would have been different!

[@buzzboyekh]

Very well written. Thank you

[@wegewege1217]

Michael's live would be "TOO PERFECT" if Apollonia still alive. It's too fictional, I mean the "CORLEONE FAMILY" itself already fictional compared to the Real Mafia Family

[@KRAKOA889]

@@wegewege1217 truth

[@user-wb5ml2mw6h]

​@@talladegadude4852That's because it isn't just "his" culture. It's "their" culture. It's as much Appolonia's culture as it is Michael's.

[@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

When they brought Fabrezio into the room, it smelled like Air and Light.

[@therinchilnsford777]

Damn……after all these years I finally feel better now.

[@salarmander27]

You know the other body guard as he was eating, the faint red light gave me a bad feeling of what was about to happen next

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

The other bodyguard wasn’t involved though. He couldn’t have been because he was putting luggage in just before it blew up. I wonder if he survived

[@jaketobias449]

​​@gaynorpatterson2915 Nope. In the book he dies with Apolloina. Fabrizio's murder could also be called revenge for killing the loyal bodyguard as well. It's hard not to think so as the movie does show Micahel looking at a photo of both bodyguards just before the car bomb goes off.

[@ZaYn.91]

Geez, i just want Michael who killed Fabriozo himself, bomb car is a great revenge but michael cant see how his enemy die...If i was Michael, before fabriozo entered the car, i would show up and if fabriozo try to run from me with his car, it will explode

[@charlierenard1221]

Would have been nice, though I suppose the movie decided to be poetic with an eye for an eye, and a bomb for a bomb. Granted, either way it would be different from how the book does it, because in there, Al Neri personally guns him down in the parlor, then lets him know Michael sent him before dealing the finishing blow.

[@capnkoons]

@@charlierenard1221 They actually filmed an alternate version during the first Godfather where Michael personally walked into the pizza parlor and killed Fabrizio with his own shotgun. I’ve never seen the footage, but there were a few behind the scenes photos published

[@valentinobrevulj9916]

@@capnkoons i saw that long time ago,scene with shotgun Much better than this,Fabrizio's fear in the eyes and than boom

[@valentinobrevulj9916]

@@capnkoons but cant find it now

[@sanpedro310x]

A Don not gonna none of this personal wife or not to much exposure.

[@Pearlruby718]

I saw a director's cut of this scene. So I was able to connect the time frame. I am so happy you played this for others👍🏼

[@minhajnizam5090]

Book version was way better taking place during the baptism murders. One of Michaels guys shoots him and before the fatal shot tells him Michael Corleone sends his regards so he knows exactly who took him out

[@billbarrett6285]

Michael taking him down personally. I would like to true fear in him as he pays for his treachery.

[@fivehundrediq5212]

2:16 Apollonia sends her regards

[@RicardoTorres-px4is]

Esa escena debió de haber salido en la película. Actuación magistral de todos los artistas, una joya inmortal del cine mundial.

[@charlesreinhart8863]

Appolonia I still miss her ,I still cry

[@dailmcdavid6943]

Yes pretty girl who never deserve it

[@talladegadude4852]

Me too! I always cry with joy at their Wedding and with sadness at her dying

[@LordTalax]

@@talladegadude4852 Crybabies

[@raylombardo4186]

LEARN HOW TO SPELL HER NAME DUDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wildcardartsent]

​@@LordTalaxIt's a rough scene! Do me a favor. Take this into consideration!

[@daveb.4268]

....this is a friendly reminder to get your car checked and serviced regularly.

[@kevinbergin9971]

You are 2nd in line for winning the internet on this site. @jpeezie3192 just edged you out with: "This either happened on a Monday , Thursday , Sunday or Saturday."

[@KRAKOA889]

Did Michael Corleone love Kay or Apollonia? He loved both. However, it was not the same and Puzo goes to details about it. Michael’s love of Apollonia was tender but almost chemical in intensity, borderline insane: Again Michael felt that shortness of breath, that flooding through his body of something that was not so much desire as an insane possessiveness. He understood for the first time the classical jealousy of the Italian male. He was at that moment ready to kill anyone who touched this girl, who tried to claim her, take her away from him. He wanted to own her as wildly as a miser wants to own gold coins, as hungrily as a sharecropper wants to own his own land. Nothing was going to stop him from owning this girl, possessing her, locking her in a house, and keeping her prisoner only for himself. He didn’t want anyone even to see her. When she turned to smile at one of her brothers Michael gave that young man a murderous look without even realizing it. She had his mind, body and heart: He awoke and, feeling Apollonia’s satiny body against his own sleep-warm skin, made her come awake with love. When they were done, even all the months of complete possession could not stop him from marveling at her beauty and her passion. Michael changed after Apollonia: For Kay the lovemaking was almost like it had been before except that Michael was rougher, more direct, not as tender as he had been. As if he was on guard against her. But she didn’t want to complain. Michael’s love for Kay was more cerebral. It was human love. Michael’s love for Apollonia pure physical passion, possession and animalistic..borderline madness.

[@dianaverano7878]

Thanks for this explanation. My ex boyfriend and I, was like Michael and Apollonia. He was so possesive, didnt want me to have friends. As if he wants me to make him, my world. I really didnt get it. I have so many friends. With your explanation, I understand now, there is such deep feelings a person could feel

[@KRAKOA889]

@@dianaverano7878 Glad to help.

[@claudiodefrancesca4032]

​@@KRAKOA889Are you a writer cause that was brilliant ?

[@KRAKOA889]

@@claudiodefrancesca4032 writer? No. I just like informative Insights.

[@rickobrien4025]

That was too easy...never saw it coming , never had the fear or terror that Michael experienced when he knew what was about to happen .

[@reallifelebowski4732]

They should have left him alone. He suffered enough for having to live in Buffalo all those years

[@trajan75]

It's cold, a lot of snow but good bars and great people.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I saw this in 1979 when they showed on television parts one and two in order with outtakes like the death of Genco. Haven't seen it since. There was so much amazing stuff that was deleted and I think that there is more than what was shown in 1979.

[@NoisySheep7]

I hope that Pizza 🍕 wasn't ruined in the car bomb.

[@HegeMarie]

Just got some extra topping

[@jess__rodriguez]

1:08 this is somwthing crutial to keep in mind, this deleted scene is in part 2 so looking back at part 1, and how michael ended up taking out all the heads of the 4/5 families. The decision without knowing that fabrizio was payed off by a family trying to tak out Miachael is bad enough but I assume now he really doesnt regret killing all of them in the end.

[@jennifertimlin1371]

Apollonia's death is the moment that changed Michael.

[@yolandabarrera6050]

EL PADRINO UN PELÍCULA INOLVIDABLE....

[@ivanhorton1229]

He deserved more pain than that! He died instantly without the fear that death was coming! Michael was tortured for years because of his wife death. That traitor got off easy!

[@charlesreinhart8863]

The car bomb was important justice after all we are not murderers no matter what the government trys to say

[@choppingchannel]

Thank you

[@gbonkers666]

The whole purpose of the Appollonia character was to separate Michael from any of the old world connections. When she blew up so did his options to remain connected to the traditions of the "old world." Kay meanwhile is Micheal's attempt to become mainstream in the new one. There is almost an exact copy of the scene of Appolinia leading the children in Sicily than there is the scene when Michael re-appears to Kay after she is leading the children on the street as they walk back to their class. Kay herself, even represent mainstream American life. She is young and beauitiful and uppper middle class. She uses make-up, and she does everything to force Michael away from his family. There is one scene at Christmas before Vito's assassination attempt where Michael calls the house, and tell his family that he is up in Connecticut when in reality they are at a hotel in NYC. And to top it off---Kay is a WASP...which pretty much ran America at the time excluding other minorities including Jews, Catholic, the Irish and Italian. Remember, even the immigrant class are still excluded. JFK is the first Irish Catholic president from a background that was exclusive new world "immigrant." Kay is upper middle class vs Micheal's working class. Kay even becomes more "American" by have an abortion...a taboo that is largely cemented in the working/ middle-class Catholics. ps there was even a scene that made shot where Michael walks into Vabrizo's restuarants and blasts him into obvilion with the same kind of shotgun that Vabrizo used back in Sicily. But it was considred too violent, was cut from the moive.

[@avvocatellawhiterose4784]

Michael amava Kay

[@DiaryofBar]

Perfection

[@Whizzer_]

Wow - what a treat to stumble on this

[@pedromedina1071]

Thanks! How come the did not include this beauty?

[@infinitecontent8001]

He had it coming...

[@joonaslehtonen7965]

Was this guy the bodyguard who yelled at the gi's in sicily: clark gable! I love america!! Clark gable!! Take me to america gi!!!

[@ZaYn.91]

Yeah, he is

[@johnhand8879]

No he wasn't a bodyguard he was an enemy

[@babylonkid]

Correct. "Clark Gable. Rita Hayworth".

[@redadamearth]

Wow, I've never seen this and had no idea they'd done this revenge subplot for Part 2. That's awesome.

[@abdulmismail]

Back in the early 1990s, I bought a 3-DVD box set which was not only an extended edition but it was in sequential order started with Godfather Pt 2 (1st half), Godfather Pt 1, and Godfather Pt2 (2nd half) plus all these extended scenes. It was absolutely fantastic. I just wish they didn't screw things up with Godfather Pt 3.

[@TheSweetestScience]

The best deleted scene in the whole series is where Michael kills Fabrizio with a Lupara shotgun. Its too bad it wasn't left in the movie cause it was easily one of if not my favorite scene of the movie. Its also the only time Michael kills or uses violence period in the film besides shooting Sollozzo and McCluskey. It has to be if not the rarest, one of the rarest scenes to find... I found it a few years back and I've been looking for it ever since. The closest thing I've found to it is a picture of Michael holding the shotgun on Google images. There's also an alternative deleted scene where Fabrizio (who is older) gets into his car and his csr is bombed when he starts it

[@TonyMontana-pg6to]

Wait, have you actually watched the scene where Michael shoots him? I heard that Michael holding the shotgun was just a promotional picture and that scene was never shot.

[@madamhummingbird]

The scene of Michael killing Fabrizio is out there. WHERE? I need to see this scene NOW!

[@russsnyder2026]

I’ve looked for this scene forever it’s nowhere to be found

[@idlieryoutube4561]

Michael himself never gone to kill Fabrizio. In the book His hitman says, "Michael Corleone sends his regards". Michael going himself would blow the cover that he was moving out of New York.

[@mr.brooks8913]

@@idlieryoutube4561 I think in the movie it planned to kill him after Carlos death

[@MrKartel972]

I'm glad they didn't keep these scenes in the movie

[@someguy-bv3il]

Why?

[@prannoyroy9347]

Even every deleted scene of this movie is a masterpiece.

[@davidpitchford6510]

Fabrizio served well done.

[@qbconnect]

That was for me cause I was looking forward to seeing many more Apollonia scenes! She was too damn sexy to get bumped off 😠 RIP Apollonia 'Thunderbolt' Vitelli ⚡

[@joytheviewer]

Why they deleted it😐

[@dailmcdavid6943]

They shouldn't have Apollonia death scene should not be avoided or deleted from the killer who's responsible I have the VHS 📼 the revenge scene should have been presented

[@billhathaway2814]

Love how after every revenge killing they go right into the Italian music...and the scenes of the happy family...

[@DanieleBarettin]

The actor who played Fabrizio was Angelo Infanti, a wonderful italian actor from Rome. He was very popolar and beloved in Italy for many italian films, especially comedies. He died in 2010 and he is still remembered for some iconic sentences.❤

[@WiredLain_]

why would they cut this out of the movie. i feel like this is so important, it makes it seem like he just got off scott free in the movie.

[@dadoody]

Lame. A death like that needs to be slow and painful.

[@squidwardsjuul6269]

agreed

[@whatareyoulookingat908]

Agreed....but still they made it VERY just... killed him in the exact same way.

[@rduva115]

To be fair he didn’t die instantly. He was crawling on the ground for a few seconds before dying so he had time to think about it.

[@jf9096]

The fact that they were able to plant the bomb while he was in his restaurant is pretty impressive.

[@japtakito8551]

This movie is sooo good I take all deleted scenes as content and actual moments that weren’t shown

[@righteousking1992]

I guess we’ll never see him pull off in his car

[@robtk3]

Apollonia would have been like his mother. Obedient and never questioning anything about "the business". In my mind, her death was the turning point of the long term viability of the "family". Kay was considered a "second choice" vessel for his children but became a nuisance to Michael in comparison to Apollonia. That became emblematic with questioning about the hit on Carlo and, ultimately, the abortion; "I had it killed! It was a boy and I had it killed because all this has to stop!" Apollonia's death was the beginning of the end of the Corleone family and the abortion was the end of the Corleone family.

[@mad_cat_1st]

The Godfather Part 3 was the end of the Corleone family. Even the cast members agree. It was a smug showcase for Sophia Coppola to demonstrate her inability to act. Anyway, the movies almost never do justice to the books - especially SEQUELS. MEH. Look at Hannibal. What a waste of time and money. READ PEOPLE! READ READ READ...

[@MyEpicawesomness]

I've said this so many times. Michael should never have married Kay or any other American woman.

[@baronvg]

I’m glad this was at least addressed because the normal cut of the movie just lets that guy escape free lol

[@alfhookham]

I remember seeing this in the film on TV, without a doubt!

[@toddharms4740]

All it takes is a look. No code words No, “ take Fabrizio to the train station” just a look and it’s done. The power these guys have

[@LichenAndMoss]

LOL watch the Barbie movie reference to men who love the Godfather. It's making fun of comments like this. "Oooh the power!"

[@kevinmorthorst521]

The power these guys had.

[@trentw.3566]

All based on hypocrisy and lies. What power, to be hunted by the government eternally.

[@abnewton88]

LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeronimo196]

@@LichenAndMoss wait, are there men who don't love The Godfather? I guess they'd be the target male audience for Barbie, so it makes sense.

[@lg4lg479]

It was a big mistake IMHO To have deleted the scene I’ve often wondered why no one would go after the murderer of Michael’s wife

[@lewisrogers5685]

Agreed, in a virtually perfect film, this is a crushing loose end. She was the love of his life and his soul died with her. I see absolutely no way that someone as clever and calculating as Michael would let Fabrizzio off with this. I was unaware of the deleted scene here.

[@DockingFreidmanRecords]

For me in terms of continuity, it was better the scene was cut but that doesn't mean this didnt happen in the movie universe. Just it didnt have to be shown.

[@errwhattheflip]

@@lewisrogers5685 I feel that it wasn't something that necessarily needed to be shown. Considering that Michael even says that he took care of all family business, he tied up all loose ends besides Carlo. Fabrizio likely was also taken care of

[@lewisrogers5685]

@@errwhattheflip yeah, I see what you are saying. The woman he truly loved was murdered. I would have thought they would have made more out of it.

[@pauliedf3]

Here Fabrizzio, have an orange from Lake Tahoe...

[@NeoRazgriz]

With the culture and love of family in Italian/Sicilian life, they should have included a scene with Michael speaking to Apolonia’s father (his father-in-law), apologizing for her death. Because Michael blamed himself for her death and he loved and respected her father from their first meeting.

[@amarieoflothlorien]

Why the hell did they cut this from the movie? It never made any sense that he didn't take revenge for the murder of his wife!

[@dailmcdavid6943]

Sponsored by the Barzini family well that explains it

[@hibob418]

They shot a scene for Godfather 1 in Sicily where Michael shoots Fabrizio in his pizza parlor with a shotgun. It didn’t make the final edit of the picture, and the footage has never been made available, although at least one still picture is on the web. But makeup artist Dick Smith, who didn’t make the Sicily trip, was not happy, and said it looked like the Italian crew applied Fabrizio’s stage blood with a paint roller. Pacino wore a white hat in the scene with his shotgun and those still photos were widely used in publicity. So Fabrizio got shot and blown up for both films and ended up on the cutting room floor twice. Glad we’re able to see this scene now. Thanks for posting.

[@mattdaugherty7865]

That was a very precise explosion. Killed its target, but didn’t shatter any windows!

[@benjaminhogan3157]

...dat pizza is well done...

[@Billinois78]

This made me want a pizza.

[@alancherry5344]

Should have been kept in the original release. Explains perfectly the hit in Sicily.