The opening dialogue. "I believe in America." Let that sink in.
@Gizzatow12 күн бұрын
Vito was a really kind man, you could turn to him, you could ask him. I don't think it was possible to communicate with Michael the same way as with his father, especially to an outsider.He was not even an assistant to his loved ones. Michael is an evil man, unlike his father.
@RJ-hm9giАй бұрын
Well well well ....what can be said....spoken of respect? Okay okay okay....I respect your time in fact.....I am a burden....just by posting this ...I contribute to those with disorder(s) they cannot control....so have some and I restrain myself from harsh language....respect for yourselves....I live the life I have ....I respect you.....dont waste my time ...I am a person....no more important than anyone else.....
@HowieFeltersnatchMDАй бұрын
The cat should’ve been consigliere.
@GreyWolfLeaderTWАй бұрын
Memes aside, this is an excellent opening scene for one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time, not merely because of Marlon Brando Jr.'s scene stealing act, but because it firmly establishes the character of Vito Corleone right from the get-go. He may be a mafioso, but he's a man who's first and foremost about family, seeing an acquaintance's daughter being harmed stirring his own moral principles and sense of justice, regardless of the fact that he operates outside the law and has his own vigilante concept of justice. His business is (literally) cutthroat, but he still holds onto ideals such as believing in proportionate response to injustice and not taking advantage of another's extreme emotional state to extort, instead falling back on a unique favor-for-favor method of payment, one that you would expect between family members and close friends. Asking for nothing more than that save for gratitude, humility, and friendship from his client. It feels like it justifies calling him "The Godfather" right from the very beginning of the film.
@captainamericaamerica80902 ай бұрын
MARLIN BRANDO. AMAZING! ON SCREEN! ON STAGE! LIVE! VARIETY OF ROLES! HE'S THE GOAT👑👑👑🐯🐯🐯🔱🔱🔱🏆🏆🏆🏆
@roberthvistendahl86353 ай бұрын
New again? I know I'll last again just a thousand memories from back when to blanket with action, make myself my friend models knockin at my door it aint no secret, I'll try tuna on rye, cos today i aint poor move my hips forward and back is the mechanism 10000 of those and she'll tune in and make me her psychologist so please poirot, next time don't sacrifice a part of yourself , orient your mind like sinatra beforehand....you get the gist
@hemantkulkarni02124 ай бұрын
An ideal case of how to write and stage a scene in a concise manner, extract the essence of the scene.This very scene runs over seven long pages in the original novel.
@romuluspojoni5 ай бұрын
ITALIANS NEVER DO THIS ..SORRY 🎉
@40740928996 ай бұрын
Vito's simple hand movement with no words . I could feel the power radianting off him.😮
@ecapessoa81916 ай бұрын
Dom Corleone iria se decepcionar com o Michael porque ele mandou matar o irmão Fredo!Dom Corleone amava à Família acima de tudo e o Michael amava os Negócios acima da Família!
@LittleRedRideMeGood696 ай бұрын
*_HE BROKE OMERTÁ!_* He wouldn't have left my office.
@mellevala7 ай бұрын
You can feel in this speach how deeply offended Don Corleone was from so many years of distance with this man
@thequietestengine7 ай бұрын
4:48 so strange to see Sonny, looking at Bonaserra asking for justice, not realizing HE would be how a debt would be repaid...
@codyking48487 ай бұрын
Most well behaved cat in cinema history
@stefanholmstrom19688 ай бұрын
I still wonder how Marlon Brando had the audacity to try to steal this scene from the cat. I mean, did he think HE was the main character?
@mariacarnevale89708 ай бұрын
I love this and now you want my help
@wangson9 ай бұрын
The look of dismissal that Brando gives to Bonaserra at 5:23, as the Undertaker asks the Godfather to "be (his) friend...Godfather?" And then kisses Brando's hand...Oh man!! My dad laughs out loud every time he sees Brando's reaction! Same with me now! Brando sort of childishly furrows his brow and slightly swings his body as he considers Bonaserra's petition for friendship...it's such a subtle collection of body language combined with the actual language of the script, the set, the collection of actors here... It just doesn't get any better as far as film goes,...and I'll add the caveat, in my own estimation. Aside from 2001: A Space Odyssey and the original Korean film, "OldBoy" this is the finest that cinema has to offer. I'm 48 and a film buff - if anyone has some obscure, foreign film they'd care to bring my attention to, I'd certainly appreciate it!
@missbelled67008 ай бұрын
2:52 The look he shoots him after he whispers in his ear is similarly smacking of quiet distaste.
@e1n17g13l1i14sh2 ай бұрын
Bashu, an Iranian film
@e1n17g13l1i14sh2 ай бұрын
Also, seeing ershadi, a separation, and farhadi’s death of a salesman
@Malally22 ай бұрын
Parasite was very good
@wangson2 ай бұрын
@@Malally2 It absolutely was!
@sabrinakurko16249 ай бұрын
The cat is the boss
@bobjames526410 ай бұрын
Godfather was being awfully generous. I would’ve been like, “Too little, too late, m*****f*****!!”
@Ironheart7310 ай бұрын
I am Filipino and Catholic. In our culture being godfather to someones child as baptism is a very special honor. It means not only that you are a very close friend, you are also someone whom the parents want to be an influence in their child. You are essentially a second parent, and if anything should happen to the parents, you are going to be entrusted with their childs life. The point is, Bonna Serra did not even need to offer money. He only needed to be friends with the Don as he is supposed to be. He only needed to tell him that his daughter had problems, and Don Vito being a second father to his daughter will take care of it for him
@vonn401710 ай бұрын
IF he showed the Don the proper respect
@Ironheart7310 ай бұрын
@@vonn4017 Yes, even though he is godfather to his daughter
@bullshark30008 күн бұрын
his offer of money was disrespectful
@PennyHardaway710 ай бұрын
A GODLY scene right there.. Matthew 7:23
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zad9u8dwZNbJqqg.html
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
When does "The Department of Justice" do its job for the hardworking-innocent?
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
They're not allowed to do their jobs!
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
When do they do their jobs...? Brando goes to him for help. "Look at my son!? What they did to him!?" "Sonny" was a "hot-head"! His enemies used it against his family and them -- and murdered him! They set him up!
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
"I don't want his mother to see him like this!"
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
When has this ever worked for any of us? "Justice"?
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
www.justice.gov/ When do they do their jobs? Maybe that job is too big for them.
@batman-telephoneman547911 ай бұрын
How did we go from this... To transmania?
@videodudeX Жыл бұрын
Y'all know the cat was an afterthought? Showed up on set and added to the scene!
@S_Paoli Жыл бұрын
wait a minute..... was the Godfather being serious when he said that they didn't do murder? 😵💫
@vonn401710 ай бұрын
the mafia doesn't murder people. there are rules and there are consequences for breaking them. just like a teacher didn't give an A or F, you earned it
@kylenielsen53418 ай бұрын
They kill people when they're in the way of business, but they don't kill carelessly, wantonly, or for hire.
@lufsolitaire53515 ай бұрын
They are businessmen first and foremost. Money is the name of the game, they may kill in pursuit of that goal but they aren’t indiscriminate butchers. A made guy or associate going around murdering is considered a loose cannon and would be punished accordingly. Cowboy-types as they call them don’t last that long. Killing is bad for business and is a last resort or again, if you stand in the way of or threaten the bottom line.
@davidgeslani484 ай бұрын
They run a racketeering operation. Sometimes it results in dead bodies, especially when dealing with people outside of their protection. This is generally bad for business though because dead bodies attract a lot of unwanted attention. What they really want is scared people. Scared people pay a lot for protection, dead people don't pay at all. So they'll break your legs if you cross them once, but they won't kill you as long as you keep paying tribute to the family and generally stay out of their way
@happybee7725 Жыл бұрын
The cat isn’t even in the script. It’s just some stray cat that hung around the studios. Brando just picked it up and they just rolled with it. The out come? An iconic scene. Cinematic gold.
@happybee7725 Жыл бұрын
I’ve never noticed it before but when Bonasera whispers in Vito’s ear I’m pretty sure I can hear him say “murder them”
@TheDudeDiary6 ай бұрын
Yeah!!! First time hearing it now too, “mur-der them”
@billherington Жыл бұрын
I see that a lot of the comments here are about Marlon Brando. Well here is a fact you may or may not know. The actor was not even supposed to be there. During shooting they found him on the street, I guess he took a liking to Betzy the cat so they added him to the scene! Creating iconic imagery and a trope that would be used over and over again.
@kylenielsen53418 ай бұрын
Well done
@Dingledingthink Жыл бұрын
I believe in no atheism in their secularism agenda to gain much more power and mass to misguide generation into further nuclear apocalypse 🤣
@xyber6 Жыл бұрын
Notice how when he stood up, The Don, everyone except sonny got up. Ultimate respect.
@morbius10911 ай бұрын
When the King rises, everyone else rises. It’s no different with the Godfather. Respect was the central tenet of Don Corleone’s entire tenure. Legendary, plain and simple.
@RedbullKerr6 ай бұрын
Sonny was underboss plus his son so might get a pass but yeah I noticed it too
@maspro214 ай бұрын
Sonny was already standing! 🤷🏽♂️
@TheNerdForAllSeasons Жыл бұрын
"And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you." Fucking Hell what a sentence.
@1000dannycawley Жыл бұрын
Justice for my grandmother Elsa Don Roberto
@1000dannycawley Жыл бұрын
Don Roberto, i seek justice Godfather My Love🍊😍Lion Cubs My Soul😍🍊🧡
@saltymedic85 Жыл бұрын
He should have made friends with the Don sooner
@fritzforsthoefel8031 Жыл бұрын
Or at least with cat the true mastermind of the the Corleone empire
@tempo1889 Жыл бұрын
If you want to murder someone you do it yourself you don't go to someone else to have them do it for you. What the hell is wrong with this guy?
@josephgowling1794Ай бұрын
Almost like it’s in the script eh Einstein
@kimmigirlmakeup Жыл бұрын
Stray cat walking around the set when Sir Brando picked it up and was petting it then proceeded to complete the scene with it! It’s a brilliant scene!!
@kingchrisa41885 ай бұрын
@@amitycatra8710nope the cat wasn’t in the script which makes me love the movie even more
@branflakes12341 Жыл бұрын
This scene teaches us that fake friends Will only come to you when it suits them and throw you in the dirt till then.
@xyz123xxx711 ай бұрын
I disagree. He's a man who believes in The Law and not violence. Until they no longer work. He learns a lesson. "Justice" is an illusion. www.justice.gov/
@gavin-12372 ай бұрын
You're illiterate. The mob aren't good guys, doesnt take a genius to know that much
@josephgowling1794Ай бұрын
@@gavin-1237don’t think you know what illiterate means …. Fucking nonce
@thepageofawesome Жыл бұрын
The best part is that the Godfather is correct this was an extremely disrespectful way to approach a man to commit murder for you
@sfitzen Жыл бұрын
The only thing you’ve got experience with murdering is your sperm every time you rinse it down the drain.
@bigkahuna3534 Жыл бұрын
depends on how much money he was offering.
@antoniosilvapaucar6158 Жыл бұрын
@@bigkahuna3534 I doubt there was no amount enough to cover the disrespect.
@bigkahuna3534 Жыл бұрын
@@antoniosilvapaucar6158 so he ordered the hospitalization of those men for free and you think if the undertaker told him 1 million dollars each he wouldn't do it yeah okay pal
@antoniosilvapaucar6158 Жыл бұрын
@@bigkahuna3534 it wasn't for free. It was a favor for a favor
@Sm-cm8cf2 жыл бұрын
The criminal justice system failing the poor exactly the same 50 years ago and today it only services the rich
@ajerseyguy12 жыл бұрын
The cat wasn't planned. It was a stray that wandered onto the set and took a liking to Brando. It wasn't supposed to be in the scene. But, Coppola liked it, so he left it in.
@BoilersRock2 жыл бұрын
"Look at this cat, he came to me as a friend. He asks me for justice, and as his friend I make sure he has it. I ask him to name the chairman of the Peoples Republic of China, and he tells me MAO." "So you see, come to me first and your enemies will fear you. And you will know the name of a famous Communist"
@carlgodfre68042 жыл бұрын
Just class nothing like this
@zacharycat6032 жыл бұрын
Had a an uncle in Philadelphia who was connected. Used to say to my cousin and also to my sister that if anything like that ever happened, god forbid, don't tell the police, teacher, friend or anyone. Just tell him the name of the boy or boys and it would all be handled by the family.
@VincentVega420692 жыл бұрын
Cool fuckin uncle
@gorillapimpbeats2 жыл бұрын
My favorite movie of all time
@Omgshots2 жыл бұрын
Talking about COMMANDING the entire scene. Marlon Brando was EPIC!
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The opening dialogue. "I believe in America." Let that sink in.
Vito was a really kind man, you could turn to him, you could ask him. I don't think it was possible to communicate with Michael the same way as with his father, especially to an outsider.He was not even an assistant to his loved ones. Michael is an evil man, unlike his father.
Well well well ....what can be said....spoken of respect? Okay okay okay....I respect your time in fact.....I am a burden....just by posting this ...I contribute to those with disorder(s) they cannot control....so have some and I restrain myself from harsh language....respect for yourselves....I live the life I have ....I respect you.....dont waste my time ...I am a person....no more important than anyone else.....
The cat should’ve been consigliere.
Memes aside, this is an excellent opening scene for one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time, not merely because of Marlon Brando Jr.'s scene stealing act, but because it firmly establishes the character of Vito Corleone right from the get-go. He may be a mafioso, but he's a man who's first and foremost about family, seeing an acquaintance's daughter being harmed stirring his own moral principles and sense of justice, regardless of the fact that he operates outside the law and has his own vigilante concept of justice. His business is (literally) cutthroat, but he still holds onto ideals such as believing in proportionate response to injustice and not taking advantage of another's extreme emotional state to extort, instead falling back on a unique favor-for-favor method of payment, one that you would expect between family members and close friends. Asking for nothing more than that save for gratitude, humility, and friendship from his client. It feels like it justifies calling him "The Godfather" right from the very beginning of the film.
MARLIN BRANDO. AMAZING! ON SCREEN! ON STAGE! LIVE! VARIETY OF ROLES! HE'S THE GOAT👑👑👑🐯🐯🐯🔱🔱🔱🏆🏆🏆🏆
New again? I know I'll last again just a thousand memories from back when to blanket with action, make myself my friend models knockin at my door it aint no secret, I'll try tuna on rye, cos today i aint poor move my hips forward and back is the mechanism 10000 of those and she'll tune in and make me her psychologist so please poirot, next time don't sacrifice a part of yourself , orient your mind like sinatra beforehand....you get the gist
An ideal case of how to write and stage a scene in a concise manner, extract the essence of the scene.This very scene runs over seven long pages in the original novel.
ITALIANS NEVER DO THIS ..SORRY 🎉
Vito's simple hand movement with no words . I could feel the power radianting off him.😮
Dom Corleone iria se decepcionar com o Michael porque ele mandou matar o irmão Fredo!Dom Corleone amava à Família acima de tudo e o Michael amava os Negócios acima da Família!
*_HE BROKE OMERTÁ!_* He wouldn't have left my office.
You can feel in this speach how deeply offended Don Corleone was from so many years of distance with this man
4:48 so strange to see Sonny, looking at Bonaserra asking for justice, not realizing HE would be how a debt would be repaid...
Most well behaved cat in cinema history
I still wonder how Marlon Brando had the audacity to try to steal this scene from the cat. I mean, did he think HE was the main character?
I love this and now you want my help
The look of dismissal that Brando gives to Bonaserra at 5:23, as the Undertaker asks the Godfather to "be (his) friend...Godfather?" And then kisses Brando's hand...Oh man!! My dad laughs out loud every time he sees Brando's reaction! Same with me now! Brando sort of childishly furrows his brow and slightly swings his body as he considers Bonaserra's petition for friendship...it's such a subtle collection of body language combined with the actual language of the script, the set, the collection of actors here... It just doesn't get any better as far as film goes,...and I'll add the caveat, in my own estimation. Aside from 2001: A Space Odyssey and the original Korean film, "OldBoy" this is the finest that cinema has to offer. I'm 48 and a film buff - if anyone has some obscure, foreign film they'd care to bring my attention to, I'd certainly appreciate it!
2:52 The look he shoots him after he whispers in his ear is similarly smacking of quiet distaste.
Bashu, an Iranian film
Also, seeing ershadi, a separation, and farhadi’s death of a salesman
Parasite was very good
@@Malally2 It absolutely was!
The cat is the boss
Godfather was being awfully generous. I would’ve been like, “Too little, too late, m*****f*****!!”
I am Filipino and Catholic. In our culture being godfather to someones child as baptism is a very special honor. It means not only that you are a very close friend, you are also someone whom the parents want to be an influence in their child. You are essentially a second parent, and if anything should happen to the parents, you are going to be entrusted with their childs life. The point is, Bonna Serra did not even need to offer money. He only needed to be friends with the Don as he is supposed to be. He only needed to tell him that his daughter had problems, and Don Vito being a second father to his daughter will take care of it for him
IF he showed the Don the proper respect
@@vonn4017 Yes, even though he is godfather to his daughter
his offer of money was disrespectful
A GODLY scene right there.. Matthew 7:23
kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zad9u8dwZNbJqqg.html
When does "The Department of Justice" do its job for the hardworking-innocent?
They're not allowed to do their jobs!
When do they do their jobs...? Brando goes to him for help. "Look at my son!? What they did to him!?" "Sonny" was a "hot-head"! His enemies used it against his family and them -- and murdered him! They set him up!
"I don't want his mother to see him like this!"
When has this ever worked for any of us? "Justice"?
www.justice.gov/ When do they do their jobs? Maybe that job is too big for them.
How did we go from this... To transmania?
Y'all know the cat was an afterthought? Showed up on set and added to the scene!
wait a minute..... was the Godfather being serious when he said that they didn't do murder? 😵💫
the mafia doesn't murder people. there are rules and there are consequences for breaking them. just like a teacher didn't give an A or F, you earned it
They kill people when they're in the way of business, but they don't kill carelessly, wantonly, or for hire.
They are businessmen first and foremost. Money is the name of the game, they may kill in pursuit of that goal but they aren’t indiscriminate butchers. A made guy or associate going around murdering is considered a loose cannon and would be punished accordingly. Cowboy-types as they call them don’t last that long. Killing is bad for business and is a last resort or again, if you stand in the way of or threaten the bottom line.
They run a racketeering operation. Sometimes it results in dead bodies, especially when dealing with people outside of their protection. This is generally bad for business though because dead bodies attract a lot of unwanted attention. What they really want is scared people. Scared people pay a lot for protection, dead people don't pay at all. So they'll break your legs if you cross them once, but they won't kill you as long as you keep paying tribute to the family and generally stay out of their way
The cat isn’t even in the script. It’s just some stray cat that hung around the studios. Brando just picked it up and they just rolled with it. The out come? An iconic scene. Cinematic gold.
I’ve never noticed it before but when Bonasera whispers in Vito’s ear I’m pretty sure I can hear him say “murder them”
Yeah!!! First time hearing it now too, “mur-der them”
I see that a lot of the comments here are about Marlon Brando. Well here is a fact you may or may not know. The actor was not even supposed to be there. During shooting they found him on the street, I guess he took a liking to Betzy the cat so they added him to the scene! Creating iconic imagery and a trope that would be used over and over again.
Well done
I believe in no atheism in their secularism agenda to gain much more power and mass to misguide generation into further nuclear apocalypse 🤣
Notice how when he stood up, The Don, everyone except sonny got up. Ultimate respect.
When the King rises, everyone else rises. It’s no different with the Godfather. Respect was the central tenet of Don Corleone’s entire tenure. Legendary, plain and simple.
Sonny was underboss plus his son so might get a pass but yeah I noticed it too
Sonny was already standing! 🤷🏽♂️
"And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you." Fucking Hell what a sentence.
Justice for my grandmother Elsa Don Roberto
Don Roberto, i seek justice Godfather My Love🍊😍Lion Cubs My Soul😍🍊🧡
He should have made friends with the Don sooner
Or at least with cat the true mastermind of the the Corleone empire
If you want to murder someone you do it yourself you don't go to someone else to have them do it for you. What the hell is wrong with this guy?
Almost like it’s in the script eh Einstein
Stray cat walking around the set when Sir Brando picked it up and was petting it then proceeded to complete the scene with it! It’s a brilliant scene!!
@@amitycatra8710nope the cat wasn’t in the script which makes me love the movie even more
This scene teaches us that fake friends Will only come to you when it suits them and throw you in the dirt till then.
I disagree. He's a man who believes in The Law and not violence. Until they no longer work. He learns a lesson. "Justice" is an illusion. www.justice.gov/
You're illiterate. The mob aren't good guys, doesnt take a genius to know that much
@@gavin-1237don’t think you know what illiterate means …. Fucking nonce
The best part is that the Godfather is correct this was an extremely disrespectful way to approach a man to commit murder for you
The only thing you’ve got experience with murdering is your sperm every time you rinse it down the drain.
depends on how much money he was offering.
@@bigkahuna3534 I doubt there was no amount enough to cover the disrespect.
@@antoniosilvapaucar6158 so he ordered the hospitalization of those men for free and you think if the undertaker told him 1 million dollars each he wouldn't do it yeah okay pal
@@bigkahuna3534 it wasn't for free. It was a favor for a favor
The criminal justice system failing the poor exactly the same 50 years ago and today it only services the rich
The cat wasn't planned. It was a stray that wandered onto the set and took a liking to Brando. It wasn't supposed to be in the scene. But, Coppola liked it, so he left it in.
"Look at this cat, he came to me as a friend. He asks me for justice, and as his friend I make sure he has it. I ask him to name the chairman of the Peoples Republic of China, and he tells me MAO." "So you see, come to me first and your enemies will fear you. And you will know the name of a famous Communist"
Just class nothing like this
Had a an uncle in Philadelphia who was connected. Used to say to my cousin and also to my sister that if anything like that ever happened, god forbid, don't tell the police, teacher, friend or anyone. Just tell him the name of the boy or boys and it would all be handled by the family.
Cool fuckin uncle
My favorite movie of all time
Talking about COMMANDING the entire scene. Marlon Brando was EPIC!