The Godfather - Business and Family Tensions Unfold
Michael: [chuckles to himself]
She's hysterical. Hysterical.
Kay:
Michael, is it true?
Michael:
Don't ask me about my business, Kay.
Kay:
Is it true?
Michael:
Don't ask me about my business.
Kay:
No!
Michael:
Enough! All right, this one time. This one time, I'll let you ask me about my affairs.
Kay:
Is it true? Is it?
Michael:
No.
Kay: [goes to the other room to get a drink as mafiosi approach]
I guess we both need a drink, huh? Come on.
Clemenza: [kissing Michael's hand]
Don Corleone.
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The Godfather - Confrontation Over Betrayal and Innocence
Michael:
You have to answer for Santino, Carlo.
Carlo:
Mike, you've got it all wrong!
Michael:
You fingered Sonny for the Barzini people. Ah, that little farce you played with my sister. Did you think that would fool a Corleone?
Carlo:
Mike, I'm innocent. I swear on my kids. Please don't do this to me, Mike.
Michael:
Sit down.
Carlo:
Please don't do this. Please.
Michael: [Carlo breaks down; Gives Carlo a drink; Tom produces a plane ticket]
Barzini's dead. So is Phillip Tattaglia, Moe Greene, Stracci, Cuneo. Today, I settle all family business, so don't tell me you're innocent, Carlo. Admit what you did. Get him a drink. Come on. Don't be afraid, Carlo. Come on. You think I'd make my sister a widow? I'm Godfather to your son, Carlo. Go ahead, drink. Drink. No, Carlo, you're out of the family business, that's your punishment. We're finished. I'm putting you on a plane to Vegas. Tom? I want you to stay there, understand? Only, don't tell me you're innocent, because it insults my intelligence. It makes me very angry. Now who approached you: Tattaglia or Barzini?
Carlo:
It was Barzini.
Michael:
Good. There's a car waiting for you outside, it'll take you to the airport. I'll call your wife and tell her what flight you're on.
Carlo:
Mike, it was-
Michael:
Go on, get out of my sight.
Clemenza: [strangles Carlo to death]
Hello, Carlo.
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The Godfather - A Lesson in Ruthlessness and Practicality
Clemenza: [shows Michael a revolver; Michael takes the revolver]
This is as cold as they come, impossible to trace, so you don't worry about prints, Mike. I put a special tape on the trigger and the butt. Here, try it. What'sa matter? The trigger too tight?
Michael: [fires]
No. Ah, my ears.
Clemenza:
Yeah, I left it noisy. That way, it scares any pain-in-the-ass innocent bystanders away. All right, you shot em both. Now what do you do?
Michael:
Sit down, finish my dinner.
Clemenza:
Come on, kid. Don't fool around. Just let your hand drop to your side, and let the gun slip out. Everybody'll still think you got it. They're gonna be staring at your face, Mike, so walk out of the place real fast, but don't run. Don't look nobody directly in the eye, but you don't look away either. Eh, they're gonna be scared stiff of you, believe me, so don't worry about nothing. You know, you gonna turn out all right. You take a long vacation, nobody knows where, and we gonna catch the hell.
Michael:
How bad do you think it's gonna be?
Clemenza:
Pretty god-damn bad. Probably, all the other families will line up against us. That's all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last one. You know, you gotta stop em at the beginning, like they shoulda stopped Hitler at Munich. They should never have let him get away with that. They was just asking for big trouble. You know, Mike, we was all proud of you, being a hero and all. Your father, too.
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The Godfather - Tell That Nice Girl
Peter Clemenza: [to Michael after he speaks with Kay on the phone]
Mikey, why don't you tell that nice girl you love her? I love you with all-a my heart, if I don't see-a you again soon, I'm-a gonna die.
The Godfather - Take the Cannoli
Peter Clemenza: [to Rocco in the car]
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.