The Godfather - Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) - HQ - Nino Rota

The Godfather - Main Title (The Godfather Waltz) - Nino Rota HQ

[@allenajith2585]

The replay button is just an offer I cannot refuse

[@sadeeq106]

ha

[@sadeeq106]

what

[@sadeeq106]

*wow*

[@camguy6224]

Legend says allen ajith is still clicking the replay button

[@challenger3607]

Who are you,who are so Wise in the ways of humor?

[@fnkyfreshflamingo]

"I believe in America. Americans made my fortune, and I raised my daughter in American fashion. I gave her freedom, but I taught her never to dishonor her family. She found a boyfriend, not an Italian, she went to the movies with him, she stayed out late, I didn't protest. Two months ago, he took her for a drive, with another boyfriend. They made her drink whiskey and then they tried to take advantage of her. She resisted, she kept her honor, so they beat her, like an animal. When I went to the hospital, her nose was broken, her jaw was shattered, held together by wire. She couldn't even weep because of the pain. But I wept. Why did I weep? She was the love of my life, this beautiful girl, now she will never be beautiful again. I went to the police, like a good American. These two boys were brought to trial, the judge sentenced them to three years in prison and suspended the sentence. Suspended the sentence!? They went free that very day! I stood in the courtroom like a fool and those two bastards, they smiled at me! Then I said to my wife, for justice, we must go to Don Corleone..."

[@RaminRnn]

fnkyfreshflamingo I love this part

[@pablodavidclavijo4609]

Why did you go to the police, why didn't you come to me first?

[@samuraivincentas5576]

Godfather: Bonasera, Bonasera. You are late. I cannot help you no more.

[@shawnmoore9551]

fnkyfreshflamingo why didn't you COME TO me first?why you call the police.-bonnasara-what you want me TO do?but DO what a good American TO DO.

[@nsaxman91082]

If you had come to me, they would be suffering this very hour

[@axelhill8966]

The Godfather: _peaceful, gentle music_ Scarface: *PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT*

[@obsoletedelete6059]

Lol

[@mathiasvega28]

true af

[@elburdeldeltiocell5348]

Cuba style.

[@jurassicking101.4]

Say hello to my lil’ friend

[@johnilarde8440]

And Al Pacino is on both of those movies..

[@jjjacob4193]

" I've spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless but not men " - Vito Corleone

[@regalecusglesne3022]

>sends luca brasi to his death

[@extraordinarygamer937]

I suppose when you are a gun enforcer in a mafia syndicate u are not gonna have the most easiest life or predictable death@@regalecusglesne3022

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

Don’t advice anyone to be really. Most men are pretty careless from where I’m standing. I was hit by a red car. I thought my knee might’ve been broken. All the dead men stood idly by and silently watched which is tacit complicity. They let an evil woman do so to me and they likely accepted her ‘oh my god I’m sorry are you okay’

[@moqq4275]

You broke my heart, Fredo. You broke my heart.

[@hyagolemos224]

That kiss is just amazing.

[@Xehanort10]

"I know it was you Fredo."

[@rado0k0o]

I know it was you Frodo ! You broke my heart!

[@crackhead868]

Red Mist you broke my hawt Fredo 😐. YOU BROKE MY HAWT 😡

[@grey59s]

rest in peace Fredo Santana. rest in PISS fredo corleone. i know it was you...hold up, Fredo inna cut! that's a scary sight!

[@joeford940]

i came here because i heard that don corleone is an honorable man

[@blue-lf9wg]

i know

[@seeker7880]

fucking bastard'

[@sorchaglenn7679]

he is indeed

[@guillaumebanton7215]

SEEk ER a

[@alexmenyar5339]

Joe Ford Don Michael Corleone or Don Vito Corleone ?

[@nktlpn]

This movie came out on 24th february 1972 and today it’s 50th anniversary. Still the best after half a century.

[@Packrat9080]

March I thought

[@MonsieurVic1]

De Niro's second part >>>

[@jfg1104]

"And may their first child, be a masculine child" ~ Luca Brasi

[@oswor7572]

"Fredo. You are my older brother, and i love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone, aganist the family again. -Ever- " -Micheal "-Don-" Corleone

[@shahadmiah646]

This movie was a pure gangster masterpiece

[@DEN-iq7qn]

Shahad Miah you mean mafia

[@DEN-iq7qn]

@RealCapo88 no its not

[@DEN-iq7qn]

@RealCapo88 A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, the arbitration of disputes between criminals, and the organizing and oversight of illegal agreements

[@danielmorley546]

RealCapo88 Iloilo i

[@CountGrishnakh]

@RealCapo88 one has class and intellect, and the other is just a band of savages. Now you identify which one is which.

[@mrsportsguy134]

I'm 17 and I just watched the film for the first time yesterday. It is a masterpiece!

[@Jerry_Freestyle]

Glad to hear that, make sure you watch the other 2, they’re just as good if not better :)

[@saveshgaming5162]

@@Jerry_Freestyle No. Not the third one.

[@Jerry_Freestyle]

@@saveshgaming5162 I guess , but they’re are all still classics

[@creightonstarbuck2000]

Me too!

[@yesithchavarro7481]

The second one is a total masterpiece

[@alfredomancini3710]

When I listen that music, I dream a huge family. All of the family members are in a home with a garden. There are my kids and their kids. Little children are playing with each other or just running a point to point. My kids are talking about the cars, their jobs and life. My wife is getting busy with grandchildren. Everybody is happy. But what ı am doing? I am watching the my work. Getting proud to do the mission what I must for life. When I come the age 60 and listen again the godfather, I will see this comment and smile to the past life

[@lumosnox133]

And then they all die because it's a freaking ganster movie

[@srrock9198]

I can feel your dream brother. This music makes my mind think the same way

[@bondseanbond5190]

@@srrock9198right (August 7th,2023 and August 16th,2023 plus September 4th,2023/🙂).

[@pistolpeteshoe5778]

This was played at my brother and sister-in-law's wedding reception when she danced with her father. The look on her father's face was priceless! May they both have happy lives together! UPDATE: They now have a son named Luciano.

[@bryancostello4362]

Did your brother marry into the mob?

[@pistolpeteshoe5778]

@@bryancostello4362 more like made her an offer that she couldn't refuse.

[@shreshthrai6326]

@@pistolpeteshoe5778 beautiful beautiful

[@shafinaymaanfahmi9960]

ok

[@shafinaymaanfahmi9960]

@sling gg ????

[@varun781]

I want this to be played on my funeral when I die

[@ana-mariadragomirescu9787]

And my friend to our wedding :))

[@juliaugale2094]

As you Wish...

[@liviussimebibi8786]

And my wife's birthday

[@WH250398]

Oh i thought you'd be alive at your funeral..

[@ica885]

I would reincarnate myself just to hear this masterpiece for one more time, then I will go back to lie down and close the door from the inside. That way they would have to burry me twice which means twice the song!

[@jackp.richardson6415]

"Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."

[@sleepyghost5029]

people: make bad jokes and parodies of the godfather the godfather fans: look how they massacred my boy

[@TwistVisuals]

They basically took one of the saddest scenes in the film and made it into a meme. I really hate it. But it is what it is

[@sleepyghost5029]

@Anonymous Man there are so many, just look of Godfather parodie

[@Tim-K.]

I really don’t care that much about it. A lot of memes are not humorous to me and I saw this meme before I even saw the movie. Never have I thought that it was funny, especially after watching the scene. But there’re far greater problems in the world than unhumorous memes😉

[@PolishGod1234]

All these memes are intruducing this Masterpiece to New generations - So idk, if It's a bad thing.

[@manwithnoname1113]

@@PolishGod1234 As a meme and joke yeah. Doubt most would bother to watch it and if they did then they'll probably call this boring and go back to watching Marvel Movies or something.

[@Kratos-uq1uo]

"Just as I thought I was out They Pulled me back in" "Keep your Friends close but your enemies closer" "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" "Women and Children can be careless but not Men" "Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli" "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man"

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

"Tell Mike it was only business. I've always liked him."

[@subooking]

“It’s not personal Sonny. It’s strictly business.”

[@DadoBax_Videogames]

Masterpiece

[@sXeArtsHDOfficial]

DadoBax - Feel the VideoGames Lo è e lo sarà negli anni, per sempre.

[@zsoltkiss545]

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1973 - Marlon Brando Academy Award for Best Picture 1973 - Albert S. Ruddy Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Drama 1973 - Albert S. Ruddy Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1973 - Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama 1973 - Marlon Brando Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay 1973 - Francis Ford Coppola Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1973 - Nino Rota BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Score 1973 - Nino Rota Golden Globe Award for Best Film Director 1973 - Francis Ford Coppola National Society of Film Critics Award - Best Actor 1972 - Al Pacino American Film Critics Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1972 - Al Pacino American Directors Guild Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement - Motion Picture Category 1973. - Francis Ford Coppola David di Donatello Award - David Special Award 1973. - Al Pacino New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor 1973. - Robert Duvall David di Donatello Award - Best Foreign Film 1973. - Francis Ford Coppola Satellite Award - Best Classic DVD category 2008. American Screenwriters Guild Award - Best Adapted Screenplay (Drama) 1973. - Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo That's quite an achievement👏

[@shafinaymaanfahmi9960]

yep

[@roNald91n]

Like 1000

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Agreed, a timeless masterpiece. ❤

[@kiranrajk4051]

When the teacher leaves the zoom meeting and your made the Host

[@mvvx313]

😂😂😂😂

[@vitoscalieto1722]

That how we work now mouhahahaha

[@evansnow9797]

I'm teaching The Godfather in my film club and this was the perfect background music as students entered the classroom.

[@julianaferrone8734]

Can you tell me what you said

[@luciddelusions1786]

I assure you either your mouse will be on the like button or your brains will.

[@santafucker1945]

XD

[@FunnyVideoMaker77]

Shit...

[@eliusamarus]

...is that an offer I cannot refuse?

[@UTDAngelito]

clicked....sir

[@shanmukhat3147]

U got me boss

[@Kyle-wq8po]

“Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.”

[@Howlingburd19]

Can I just note how Michael has one of the best character arcs ever in my opinion. He seems like among the very last people to become the next Godfather, but of course the character development is supreme tier, and his transformation is absolutely believable :)

[@mracke47]

bro spoilers

[@SappieLive]

​@@mracke47the film is 50 years old mate, I think we're beyond that

[@UsudUsud-ly9qr]

​@@mracke47mb dont look for videous and comments if you dont wanna watch spoilers?

[@angiolboy5382]

Era Aprile 1974 quando mio padre si sposò. Al suo matrimonio doveva esserci il maestro Nino Rota..(erano grandi amici) ma lui era in America a portare questo capolavoro....Al suo ritorno regalò 200 mila lire a papà ( di famiglia povera)come regalo di matrimonio..Grande uomo e grande genio della musica italiana..

[@DarkFederico]

200 mila lire meritate.

[@trevmac8362]

*There just wasn't enough time Michael*

[@brwhizz]

We'll get there, pop. We'll get there.

[@aysatkafkasl6342]

actors, script, camera, music. #1 in every category. unique 🙌

[@Arianaskywalker]

Listening to this music reminds me of my father (RIP). He never missed the time to enjoy this and had watched the movie many times. I miss him so much and it's so sad.

[@labotraduc8448]

Don't certain movies have the power to take us back to the time when we watched them with loved ones...! Certain movies remind me also of my parents, what they said, what they liked... it is very hard to loose our parents!!

[@kitlazatrab5947]

"Don't hate your enemy it will affect your judgment" Michael Corleone

[@GerardBeaubrun]

The famous trumpet theme of Godfather movie embodies the character Godfather as he stands as the character is presented to us. Noble and yet emanating a sense of solitude he allows an audience in which woes or wishes will be expressed. One can’t help but wonder… how does such a figure come to possess, wield and symbolize such a power. Following such a solemn introduction, almost whimsical, the waltz unfolds. at 0:35 Light, possessing minor harmonies pulsating with the energy and feigned happiness of major tone, the trumpet isn't alone anymore. The same solemn theme accompanied by the mandolin, accordion and a doleful clarinet becomes the doorway to a complex character. This become more obvious at 1:15. Just like Tchaikovsky could juxtapose an addendum of utter sadness to song of dance and levity, the waltz reveals that not everything is what it seems. The Godfather isn't simply a man of power and means. The apex comes when the wind instruments dance in this wonderful waving of harmonies and interplay at 2:02...a doleful chant of a character who embodies a code of honor, a desire to conduct business in ways that fall within a personal code of honor, the hearsay of his past, the gifts of bilateral loyalty and a careful relationship with violence. But let's not dwell on the sadness and the sacrifice that has brought life to the Godfather. The waltz goes on, stronger, more enthralling, more entrancing, beckoning us to loose ourselves in the celebration that cloaks the prevailing darkness that fuels this said reality. at 3:31 The rhythm slows down as a reminder that for the audience it is a story that is just starting. We are unaware of the consequences of holding such a position of power, viewers blinded by shows of luxury, mafia based shows of loyalty, omerta and masculine strength. What we view from afar...isn't so or is deceptively more so than what we imagined

[@gtabigfan34]

wow :0

[@GerardBeaubrun]

The Napoleonist can I assume that you must have liked it ;)

[@gtabigfan34]

Gerard Beaubrun can I ask you a question? Are you musician?

[@GerardBeaubrun]

The Napoleonist is interesting you ask? Once a upon a time I studied classical piano performance quite intensely. what prompted this timely question my friend?

[@gtabigfan34]

Gerard Beaubrun idk lol :D

[@ridgepatterson7692]

10 people will wake up with a horse head in their bed.

[@JishinimaTidehoshi]

Well they did use a real horse head in the movie though...

[@JishinimaTidehoshi]

Ridge Patterson Well it was the beginning of the 70's, Peta didn't even exist back then. Anyways I'm not sure about America but in a lot of European countries you can buy horse meat easily, I suppose he found the head at a butcher's or something.

[@LeMecMoustachu]

No, they won't wake up ;)

[@almiser]

Ridge Patterson you, are really naive ... lol

[@Mrjal6h]

the strange thing its still 10 they must've been got that horse head >:)

[@Azimov.S]

Лучший фильм всех времён с гениальным сценарием и глубоким психологическим сюжетом

[@nikiniki317]

The most beautiful, enchanting and melancholic melody in the world. And the best movie ever created in the cinematic history.

[@AhmedMerwin]

Look how they massacred my boy..

[@antoniabruix6920]

Vt

[@buraksahin2932]

I almost cried at that scene :(

[@carlitopeter7135]

Respect, Honor and loyalty things that can't be found nowadays

[@RobinHood-cd9mh]

loyalty is a luxury

[@damnalltoall3399]

You can gain respect but honor and loyalty coat so high

[@yapol5134]

Talking shit... Mafia has no respect, honor or loyalty. Money is everything.

[@opinionneutra1045]

Obra maestra del genio Niño Rota. Preciosa música que hace vibrar todo el ser.

[@franciscoalegreyole8279]

The best film of this world

[@aLoowyouknow]

1:14 Leave the gun, take the cannoli

[@andrewdsouza5124]

Alondra Tobar Clemenza !

[@arnabmukhopadhyay7078]

"I dont want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hand "

[@TheRicksay]

+Arnab Mukherjee Santino!

[@arnabmukhopadhyay7078]

yup

[@matthewlo7868]

Hey Mike! Hey Mikey! -Yeah? You’re wanted on the telephone!

[@JewlTopaz01]

Playing this around the house makes menial tasks like washing the dishes a lot more menacing.

[@redrumchopz5721]

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. - Luca Brasi

[@akramyounes7656]

Imagine a musical masterpiece still lives iconically 50 years later ?

[@savvycoultz890]

there are some that have last longer

[@TheElectrizantee]

Best movie of all time

[@sarahuchiha7987]

so true

[@user-lw4iu4ui9c]

It's not personal, its' strictly business - Michael Corleone

[@shawnmoore9551]

김진영 i talked TO barzzini.i can make a deal with him and STEAL keep my casino

[@shawnmoore9551]

whoops i meant to say still keep my casino.please forgive me Don Vito

[@hamidic100]

نعم Yes Oui Si .......

[@ImPepsuliini]

This truly makes me want to watch the movie over and over and over again. What a masterpiece, indeed.

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

"There just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time." "We'll get there, Pop. We'll get there."

[@Scavenger82]

Hard to believe this movie is almost 50 years old. I wish I could've seen it in the theater.

[@RonaldCharlesEpstein]

I may have been too young when it came out it 1972. I saw the world television premiere on CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

[@d3athr0ck3r]

Everytime I hear this song I get chills running up and down my spine. Don Corelone lives on forever in our hearts and minds.

[@vishnukamdar7200]

The best movie ever. Must watch for the entire human race.

[@Meedbnynzboy]

Some people will leave you however this is not the end of your life This the end of their role in your life

[@zebstamp1952]

Браво Нино - върховна мелодия,свръх чувствена!Поклон!!!

[@pihip]

*sees the dislikes* What the hell is this? It's an internet message. It means 20 KZbinrs sleep with the fishes.

[@Nivec217]

Now bloody 497 of them.

[@crypticmrchimes]

@@Nivec217 It seems we must settle all family business...

[@Nivec217]

@@crypticmrchimes I'll get a meeting on as soon as I can.

[@user-xi8yh8qi9j]

@@Nivec217 How did it go?

[@sonofjack6286]

It's gonna be a massacre as 624 need to be taught lessons.

[@heavylyrical]

anyone disliking has no taste in music or movies.

[@redcreepersstudios8850]

I left a like my godfather

[@historiadelaciencia6860]

Or Literature

[@tupolev15499]

this has nothing to do with literature

[@WhatsUPbG]

@@tupolev15499 there are books of the godfather

[@kajetanpiwkowski1602]

They are all barzinis

[@CaptainKaliel]

I came, like I imagine many others, to celebrate the life and works of the late great James Caan. May his soul rest in peace.

[@benhuether5474]

This is my favorite movie soundtrack. It's a perfect mix of both elegance and sinister.

[@casper6405]

Masterpiece I have no words for this piece of art

[@alexandrebaraka1]

A song worth the movie’s caliber; a truly magnificent novel, movie, soundtrack... and so on. Godfather unites the pinnacle of acting, story-telling and music.

[@danelag7204]

When I listen to this track I feel myself in some place in southern Italy admiring a sunset, drinking stg, smoking and admiring the existance

[@TheMaHuM1234]

Will be dancing to this with my father on my wedding day ✌

[@destinysmarquis]

The music from godfather sounds so Mafia like. My grandpa was watching this movie a lot. This is why godfather is my all time favorite movie and game franchise. May the Corleone family live!

[@l.a.hudsonamvs6838]

Listening to this in 2023, this is what you call a classic

[@Rachsuchtig]

The Godfather trilogy is actually very sad. We see Michael struggle to not get involved but losing his loved ones.

[@user-he4ef9br7z]

The first movie is fine. The last two are just pure sadness.

[@cashmoneymckay6619]

“I refuse to be a puppet dancing on a string held by all these big shots” vito Corleone

[@Mahrawi2000]

keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

[@mohtoadh]

I knew that Santino was gonna have to go through all this, and Fredo. But I never, I never wanted this for you!

[@Skibbaaa]

Listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that.

[@mohtoadh]

Skibbaaa I worked my whole life. I don't apologize to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all those big shots.

[@que3n-775]

We'll get there Pop, we'll get there.

[@Skibbaaa]

Cole Phelps That is the thing with us Wiseguys, the hustle never ends

[@user-rv3nv7nf9u]

mtoh супер

[@Bombastic._.side_eye]

To our future generations, do not let this masterpiece die

[@JAVTROOPER]

I wish this movie and this song goes on forever. The best film ever made 😘😘😘

[@selenabarron235]

The godfather and the godfather part || was phenomenal success my respects to Don puzo and Don Brando the music and story was amazing when I watch this I feel Italian ❤️🇮🇹 such an amazing classic!

[@xarmeeguyx3670]

4 dislikes, I must see Don Corleone for justice !

[@staudtwerner]

it was barzini, admit what you did, carlo...

[@brwhizz]

Let's be honest: you never wanted my friendship.

[@manmohankrishna2407]

We'll make an offer they can't refuse!

[@robbertveninga9180]

Let Clemenza handle this

[@scottbruckner4653]

You come to me for justice, but never as a friend.

[@krimokrimov6050]

This music strongly expresses the life of the mafia, mystery and sadness wrapped in beauty and sweetness

[@princemallick3574]

Alas! There will never be a masterpiece like this again

[@IceMaster-wj7ur]

Agree. No matter how hard people try, no one will achieve the glory the godfather achieved. A decent masterpiece.

[@pinastracquadaini5649]

Meravigliosa trilogia "Del cinema ,con la stupende musica ,di un grande come Nino Rota !

[@matthewfernandez2698]

"Alright class, today we're gonna be talking about New York history in the early 20th century!" *the one italian kid in the back of class smoking the cigar with the suit and fedora* : 0:00

[@travkatz]

I can't think of another refrain whose commencement elicits such a visceral emotional response in me. The nostalgia felt is overwhelming.

[@therizzler0609]

This will always be the absolute BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME

[@TheWorldIsBroken]

anyone listens to this fantastic music in 2018 ?? u are really a great person and rare one :)

[@vf.nightcore]

Have you ever danced to this? Waltz you know… You can't help but feel this gangster like mist around you all the time :D

[@noahcondon311]

Listening to this is an offer I can’t refuse

[@0_Purp]

i love this kind of music

[@manjur597]

Iconic music and a great movie

[@ukaszlubinski9202]

,, When they come. They come after what you love"

[@gemoonopra]

RIP Sonny Corleone (he left earth yesterday, 7/6/22, at 82 years old)

[@nur7616]

My childhood..

[@c0ntra69]

KZbin made me a recommendation i couldn't refuse

[@DiegoGomez-zw4tl]

One of the best movies in the history

[@owenrosewood3362]

Still the Greatest Film of ALL Time!!!

[@ishayfriedman27]

I can't think of any other tune to accompany this movie instead of this masterpiece.

[@tutecast]

KZbin suggested I watch this for the 100th time. I guess it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

[@65g4]

The first time i saw this film i was 16 my dad showed the dvd and i was mesmerized never seen anything like it

[@usernew7437]

You can feel the sense of corruption and power, like if you’re in an important situation that involves societal topics that are dark and real. No regular people, only people who know things, who are sophisticated

[@mohammeda6719]

"But now you come to me and you say, 'Don Corleone, give me Justice.' But you don't ask with respect, you don't offer friendship; you don't even think to call me Godfather. Instead, you come into my house on the day my daughter's to be married and you ask me to do murder -- for money"

[@kensnerdgaming4438]

"Don't ever tell anyone outside the family what you're thinking"- Don Corleone

[@Trippler2]

My wedding song

[@imPARAtorberatti]

The tune stuck in the minds of rookies as seniors walk down the hall at school...

[@zacqueeentertainment7336]

Greatest film ever made. Period.

[@thenarwhalguy8390]

Leave the dislikes. Take the Waltz.

[@shazrilhaiqal9041]

TheNarwhalGuy lol

[@karlhungus5554]

A man who doesn't like this music can never be a real man.

[@alphonsebartholomeus8114]

Michael, your father loves you very much. Very much.

[@dontworry616]

Nino and Ennio , they are two MUSIC godfathers

[@garretthelzer4412]

RIP James Caan, forever our Sonny Corleone.

[@gtabigfan34]

The three of them sat at the only round table, Sollozzo refusing a booth. There were only two other people in the restaurant. Michael wondered whether they were Sollozzo plants. But it didn’t matter. Before they could interfere it would be all over. McCluskey asked with real interest, “Is the Italian food good here?” Sollozzo reassured him. “Try the veal, it’s the finest in New York.” The solitary waiter had brought a bottle of wine to the table and uncorked it. He poured three glasses full. Surprisingly McCluskey did not drink. “I must be the only Irishman who don’t take the booze,” he said. “I seen too many good people get in trouble because of the booze.” Sollozzo said placatingly to the captain, “I am going to talk Italian to Mike, not because I don’t trust you but because I can’t explain myself properly in English and I want to convince Mike that I mean well, that it’s to everybody’s advantage for us to come to an agreement tonight. Don’t be insulted by this, it’s not that I don’t trust you.” Captain McCluskey gave them both an ironic grin. “Sure, you two go right ahead,” he said. “I’ll concentrate on my veal and spaghetti.” Sollozzo began speaking to Michael in rapid Sicilian. He said, “You must understand that what happened between me and your father was strictly a business matter.” I have a great respect for Don Corleone and would beg for the opportunity to enter his service. But you must understand that your father is an old-fashioned man. He stands in the way of progress. The business I am in is the coming thing, the wave of the future, there are untold millions of dollars for everyone to make. But your father stands in the way because of certain unrealistic scruples. By doing this he imposes his will on men like myself. Yes, yes, I know, he says to me, ‘Go ahead, it’s your business,’ but we both know that is unrealistic. We must tread on each other’s corns. What he is really telling me is that I cannot operate my business. I am a man who respects himself and cannot let another man impose his will on me so what had to happen did happen. Let me say that I had the support, the silent support of all the New York Families. And the Tattaglia Family became my partners. If this quarrel continues, then the Corleone Family will stand alone against everyone. Perhaps if your father were well, it could be done. But the eldest son is not the man the Godfather is, no disrespect intended. And the Irish Consigliori, Hagen, is not the man Genco Abbandando was, God rest his soul. So I propose a peace, a truce. Let us cease all hostilities until your father is well again and can take part in these bargainings. The Tattaglia Family agrees, upon my persuasions and my indemnities, to forgo justice for their son Bruno. We will have peace. Meanwhile, I have to make a living and will do a little trading in my business. I do not ask your cooperation, but I ask you, the Corleone Family, not to interfere. These are my proposals. I assume you have the authority to agree, to make a deal.” Michael said in Sicilian, “Tell me more about how you propose to start your business, exactly what part my Family has to play in it and what profit we can take from this business.” “You want the whole proposition in detail then?” Sollozzo asked. Michael said gravely, “Most important of all I must have sure guarantees that no more attempts will be made on my father’s life.” Sollozzo raised his hand expressively. “What guarantees can I give you? I’m the hunted one. I’ve missed my chance. You think too highly of me, my friend. I am not that clever.” Michael was sure now that the conference was only to gain a few days’ time. That Sollozzo would make another attempt to kill the Don. What was beautiful was that the Turk was underrating him as a punk kid. Michael felt that strange delicious chill filling his body. He made his face look distressed. Sollozzo asked sharply, “What is it?” Michael said with an embarrassed air, “The wine went right to my bladder. I’ve been holding it in. Is it all right if I go to the bathroom.” Sollozzo was searching his face intently with his dark eyes. He reached over and roughly thrust his hand in Michael’s crotch, under it and around, searching for a weapon. Michael looked offended. McCluskey said curtly, “I frisked him. I’ve frisked thousands of young punks. He’s clean.” Sollozzo didn’t like it. For no reason at all he didn’t like it. He glanced at the man sitting at a table opposite them and raised his eyebrows toward the door of the bathroom. The man gave a slight nod that he had checked it, that there was nobody inside. Sollozzo said reluctantly, “Don’t take too long.” He had a marvellous antenna, he was nervous. Michael got up and went into the bathroom. The urinal had a pink bar of soap in it secured by a wire net. He went into the booth. He really had to go, his bowels were loose. He did it very quickly, then reached behind the enamel water cabinet until his hand touched the small, blunt-nosed gun fastened with tape. He ripped the gun loose, remembering that Clemenza had said not to worry about leaving prints on the tape. He shoved the gun into his waistband and buttoned his jacket over it. He washed his hands and wet his hair. He wiped his prints off the faucet with his handkerchief. Then he left the toilet. Sollozzo was sitting directly facing the door of the toilet, his dark eyes blazing with alertness. Michael gave a smile. “Now I can talk,” he said with a sigh of relief. Captain McCluskey was eating the plate of veal and spaghetti that had arrived. The man on the far wall had been stiff with attention, now he too relaxed visibly. Michael sat down again. He remembered Clemenza had told him not to do this, to come out of the toilet and blaze away. But either out of some warning instinct or sheer funk he had not done so. He had felt that if he had made one swift move he would have been cut down. Now he felt safe and he must have been scared because he was glad he was no longer standing on his legs. They had gone weak with trembling. Sollozzo was leaning toward him. Michael, his belly covered by the table, unbuttoned his jacket and listened intently. He could not understand a word the man was saying. It was literally gibberish to him. His mind was so filled with pounding blood that no word registered. Underneath the table his right hand moved to the gun tucked into his waistband and he drew it free. At the moment the waiter came to take their order and Sollozzo turned his head to speak to the waiter. Michael thrust the table away from him with his left hand and his right hand shove the gun almost against Sollozzo’s head. The man’s coordination was so acute that he had already begun to fling himself away at Michael’s motion. But, Michael, younger, his reflexes sharper, pulled the trigger. The bullet caught Sollozzo squarely between his eye and his ear and when it exited on the other side blasted out a huge gout of blood and skull fragments onto the petrified waiter’s jacket. Instinctively Michael knew that one bullet was enough. Sollozzo had turned his head in that last moment and he had seen the light of life die in the man’s eyes as clearly as a candle goes out. Only one second had gone by as Michael pivoted to bring the gun to bear on McCluskey. The police captain was staring at Sollozzo with phlegmatic surprise, as if this had nothing to do with him. He did not seem to be aware of his own danger. His veal-covered fork was suspended in his hand and his eyes were juts turning on Michael. And the expression on his face, in his eyes, held such confident outrage, as if now he expected Michael to surrender or to run away, that Michael smiled at him as he pulled the trigger. This shot was bad, not mortal. It caught McCluskey in his thick bull-like throat and he started to choke loudly as if he had swallowed too large a bite of the veal. Then the air seemed to fill with a fine mist of sprayed blood as he coughed it out of his shattered lungs. Very coolly, very deliberately, Michael fired the next shot through the top of his white-haired skull. The air seemed to be full of pink mist. Michael swung toward the man sitting against the wall. This man had not made a move. He seemed paralyzed. Now he carefully showed his hands on top of the table and looked away. The waiter was staggering back toward the kitchen, an expression of horror on his face, staring at Michael in disbelief. Sollozzo was still in his chair, the side of his body propped up by the table. McCluskey, his heavy body pulling downward, had fallen off his chair onto the floor. Michael let the gun slip out of his hand so that it bounced off his body and made no noise. He saw that neither the man against the wall nor the waiter had noticed him dropping the gun. He strode the few steps toward the door and opened it.

[@NationalGee]

i really would like to read the novel. Have to buy it one day :I

[@gtabigfan34]

JustA_Guy Yup, I should read it too but hey, I have tons of books to read :D Sometimes it is worth to watch the movie. You know it's art after all, but reading always is good.

[@solovickyyya7314]

Absolutely one of the best books I've read! I read it in Spanish but was simply amazing!

[@vanillapop21]

If you don't have time to read it, try getting the audio book. I've listened to the whole thing twice already. It's narrated by Joe Mantegna, which is another plus. He played Joey Zasa in the Godfather Part III and he does the voice of Fat Tony in the Simpsons.

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SoloVicky y ya I won't read it bot I can't because i can't understand English 100% and no Translation to my language (Arabic) i searching every were I didn't fond it 😩😞

[@gireeshkumar8519]

Cool music

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