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The Godfather (1972)
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"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane about Woltz

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"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane

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"You can act like a man! [slap] What's the matter with you?"

Don Corleone to Johnny Fontane

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"Tattaglia's a pimp. He never coulda outfought Santino. But I didn't know until this day, that it was Barzini all along."

Don Corleone to Tom

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"Sonny...?"

Tom Hagen to Sonny (with Lucy Mancini)

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"So the next day, my father went to see him; only this time with Luca Brasi. An' within an hour, he signed a release, for a certified check for $1000. [Kay: "How'd he do that?"] My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse. [Kay: "What was that?"] Luca Brasi held a gun to his head and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract. That's a true story. That's my family, Kay, it's not me."

Michael and Kay conversing

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Ever hear THIS version? It's from Pacino's bad screentest!
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"No Sicilian can refuse any request on his daughter's wedding day."

Tom Hagen to his wife


James Caan almost played Michael!!
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"Today I settled all Family business, so don't tell me you're innocent, Carlo."

Don Michael Corleone to Carlo Rizzi


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"You sonofabitch, do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene! I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."

Moe Greene to Michael







"Whatya gonna do? Nice college boy, eh? Don't wanna get mixed up in the family business? Now you wanna gun down a police captain because he slapped you in the face a little bit, huh? Whataya think this is, the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away? You gotta get up close like this... badaBING! you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit. C'mere... you're taking this very personal."

Sonny to Michael


De Niro testing this scene!!
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"You're not gonna wanna hear this Sonny, but if your father dies, you make the deal..."

Tom and Sonny


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Sal: "Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake?" / Tom: "Can't do it Sally"

Tessio and Tom

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"She was beautiful! She was young. She was innocent. She was the greatest piece of ass I ever had, and I've had'em all over the world!"

Woltz to Tom Hagen







"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

Clemenza to Rocco







"Now listen: I want somebody good -- and I mean very good -- to plant that gun. I don't want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hands, alright?"

Sonny to Clemenza and Tom







"Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever."

Michael to Fredo







"I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense."

Sollozzo to Tom







Sonny being turned into Swiss cheese






"But I'm a superstitious man. And if some unlucky accident should befall him - If he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell - or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, them I'm going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive. But, that aside, let me say that I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to break the peace we've made here today."

Don Corleone to the other Dons







"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."

Clemenza to Sonny







MC: "My father is no different than any other powerful man -- any man who's responsible for other people, like a senator or president." KAY: "You know how naive you sound...senators and presidents don't have men killed." MC: "Oh, who's being naive, Kay?"

Michael and Kay conversing







"I don't care how many daigo guinea WOP greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork! [Tom: I'm German-Irish] Well let me tell you something, my Kraut Mick friend! I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won't know what hit you!"

Woltz to Tom Hagen







"Mr. Corleone is Johnny's godfather. To the Italian people, that is a very religious, sacred, close relationship."

Tom Hagen to Woltz





Sonny: "How's Paulie?" / Clemenza: "Oh, Paulie? You won't see him no more."

Clemenza and Sonny





"I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life--I don't apologize--to take care of my family, and I refused to be a fool, dancing on the string held by all those bigshots. I don't apologize--that's my life--but I thought that, that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the string. Senator Corleone; Governor Corleone. [Michael: Another pezzonovante] Well, this wasn't enough time, Michael. It wasn't enough time. [Michael: We'll get there, pop. We'll get there.]"

Don Vito and Michael conversing in the garden





"I want you to see what he's got under his fingernails."

Don Vito to Luca Brasi re: Solozzo





"Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately."

Tom Hagen to Woltz





"Certainly, he can present a bill for such services. After all, we're not Communists. But he must let us draw the water from the well."

Barzini to the other Dons





"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again."

Don Corleone to Sonny





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

Don Corleone to Bonasera





Don:"My wife is crying upstairs. I hear cars coming to the house. Consiglieri of mine, I think you should tell your Don what everyone seems to know." / Tom:"I didn't tell Mama anything. I was about to come up and wake just now and tell you." / Don:"But you needed a drink first." [Tom nods] "And now you've had your drink." / Tom:"They shot Sonny on the causeway. He's dead."

Tom telling the Don about Sonny's killing





"If you had come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day."

Don Vito to Amerigo Bonasera





"Michael, that man over there is talking to himself; see that scary guy over there? Well, who is he? What's his name?."

Kay to Michael about Luca Brasi





"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."

The most-quoted line that never appeared in the film!





"You gotta go, you gotta go."

McCluskey granting Michael permission to go to the bathroom





"Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter. May their first child be a masculine child."

What Luca Brasi wanted to say to Don Corleone





"Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter's wedding [pause] on the wedding day of your daughter's wedding [pause]. And I hope that their first child is a masculine child."

What Luca Brasi said to Don Corleone





"...and if I ever need any guidance, who's a better consiglieri than my father?"

Michael to Clemenza about Tom





"I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should be listening."

Don Vito to Sollozzo refering to Sonny





"It makes no difference to me what a man does for a living, understand."

Don Corleone to Sollozzo





"I guess I'm getting too old for my job. Too grouchy. Can't stand the aggravation."

McCluskey to Michael





"Look how they massacred my boy."

Vito to Bonasera re: Sonny





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