a) What was the significance of bringing Frank Pentangeli's brother to the governmental hearing? Was Michael Corleone sending Pentangeli a message that he would kill his brother if he talked, or was the point more that they brought the brother in to shame Pentangeli out of talking?
b) Did Fredo know that he was going to be executed fishing on the boat? He seems to expect Anthony (Michael's son) to ride along with him and Al Neri, and when Anthony is called away to go to Reno, his reaction to Anthony is more like "Oh damn!" rather than something with a more of a sense of meaningful finality (even if kept hidden from Anthony) to it.
― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
a) My recollection is that the brother shamed him out of talking (maybe Robert Duvall's character explains this?)
b) I thought that Fredo, being Fredo, originally thought he was just going on a fishing trip, but then Fredo, being Fredo, immediately figured out what was going on and resigned himself to it.
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Phil Dellio (j.j. hunsecker), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 02:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 24 June 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 25 June 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Phil Dellio (j.j. hunsecker), Saturday, 25 June 2005 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
for more detailed answers (and some quite scarily into-the-godfather freax) chec this:
http://www.jgeoff.com/godfather/
and no i dunno about fredo either. it's a tough one. hmmm
― piscesboy, Friday, 1 July 2005 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 July 2005 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 July 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 1 July 2005 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Phil Dellio (j.j. hunsecker), Monday, 4 July 2005 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Pentangeli's brother was there to remind Frank that he is a Corleone. That they are all family, as his brother is also family. Signifying, of course, that family does not betray family. (Being very ironic to the fact that Fredo did, and they both knew it -- and Fredo would pay). The whole point of Frankie backing down was not from a threat -- he was doing it because he felt betrayed -- once Michael is able to send him the message (not being able to tal kto him obviously as he was in custody of the FBI) Frank realises that Michael didn't betray him.
In relation to Fredo... he had no idea. Simple. Fredo never had a clue, even from birth.
― Karl Pennington, Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 2 February 2006 00:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― devin bingham, Thursday, 11 May 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Thursday, 11 May 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
family reunion at Radio City Music Hall
http://deadline.com/2017/03/godfather-cast-reunites-tribeca-festival-closing-night-screening-al-pacino-francis-ford-coppola-1202039059/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
michael corleone did this, michael corleone did that
― marcos, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link