Posted on 11/25/2010 6:22:07 PM PST by nickcarraway
Welcome to the punch bowl.
From Casablance, don't you remember:
"Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walks into mine."
"Here's looking a you kid."
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
"We'll always have Paris."
"Play it Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'.
. . . and your "Round up the usual suspects."
"Play it again, Sam" is never said in the movie. Bogart says "If she can stand it, I can. Play it!" . . . "Play it again, Sam" comes from the Woody Allen movie.
And that list leaves out memorable lines, such as "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here."
"I remember every detail. The Germans wore grey. You wore blue."
"If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
"If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?" "I'm only a poor corrupt official."
And who can forget:
"I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy mixed-up world. Someday you'll understand that."
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I left out all of the two-party quotes, like:
"What is your nationality?"
"I'm a drunkard."
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Although the fact I'm obsessed with Casablanca and have seen it 72 times, ten of those times on the big screen at the Brattle Street Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, may have something to do with it.
I'd match Casablanca up against The Godfather for quotes still in use . . . despite the fact it's 30 years older, and 72 minutes shorter.
The Godfather's a great and quotable movie. But Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone with the Wind are likely quoted more often.
"There's no place like home," "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too," and "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain", from The Wizard of Oz probably eclipse the top four quotes from The Godfather, wouldn't you think?
That’s why Clemenza “dies” between I and II. Notice the black armband Pentangeli wears on his sleeve. Castellano wanted too much $ for the sequel and was written out.
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Which was too bad. Clemenza was the most “human” character in G1, the guy I’d most like to party with (”Hey Paulie, more wine!”), with some of the most memorable, but subtle moments:
5) Teaching Michael how to “cook for a lotta guys”.
4) Teaching Michael in the basement how to take out Sollazzo and McCluskey in the restaurant(”Better yet, ya ask for permission...then you come out blastin’. Two shots in the head apiece. Then whaddya do?”)
3) “Yeah, well, think about it while you’re driving - I wanna get there sometime this MONTH”.
2) “Hello, Carlo”.
and, of course, at Number One (drum roll):
1) “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”
Although, I will say, absent Castellano himself in G2, I enjoyed Bruno Kirby’s depiction of the younger Clemenza in the early days.
I think Monty Python’s Holy Grail or Blazing Saddles get quoted more, but the Godfather quotes are much juicier.
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Put “Full Metal Jacket” up there.
You might want to watch ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ sometime.
Also when Clemenza was telling Michael, “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.’”
Also,
“Oh Paulie, you won’t see him no more.”
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Yes, excellent. I forgot those.
I also even liked “Da gun’ll be deah!”. I could imagine Clemenza the Captain making this happen with his troops. Woe to the guy who would screw THAT detail up.
Coulda made it a Top Ten.
I’ll take Godfather quotes for $800, Alex.
Answer: “Da gun’ll be deah!”.
What was Clemenza’s answer to Sonny’s great line “I want him to come outta there with more than his dick in his hand.”
The casting of Lee Strasberg as Roth was particularly interesting given that I believe it was Strasberg's film debut. And he might have been the best actor in Godfather II. John Cazale's role was also memorable.
The actor was Danny Aiello. Not ‘Paulie Walnuts’.
His character gets a number of pages in the book, as being a cop who gets busted out of the force for killing a guy who had come at him with a knife, and who is bitter at the perceived raw deal until Don Corleone hires him into the family. There's a lot from the book that they had to cut from Godfather I. A lot of it made it into Godfather II, but there still was a lot cut.
One factoid I heard (but I dont know if its true), that the reason why you dont hear the word “mafia” in the first godfather is because the real mafia threatened them to have the word taken out. So it was.
Dang! You’re right. I thought Paulie W. had a small role, though.
Check out “Thief” someday. Caan calls it the best movie he’s ever been involved with (and this was after he did “The Godfather”). Great movie, and Caan is superb.
I’ll try it. Sounds like something hubby would enjoy also.
Delta - Respectfully, I don’t agree with the explanation of the Frankie Pentangeli issue, at least as far as the Feds keeping him sequestered. First, Frankie would have been sworn under oath before Congress, so even though “jeopardy” wasn’t an issue, even the worst defense attorney could entirely discredit his testimon in a subsequent trial. Further, even if he wasn’t sworn, Frankie would’ve been a totally useless witness later on. (I know this because I used to be a prosecutor). Once Frankie screwed up the Congressional testimony, he was utterly useless as any kind of witness later on, in any proceeding. In reality, had he done that he would’ve spent the rest of days in solitary.
I can understand why Michael wanted him dead, and basically struck the same bargain with him - die and we will take care of your family - as he did in the novel with the death row inmate who confessed to shooting McCluskey the police captain, thus getting Michael off the hook.
But this leads to another thing that didn’t make sense - after the Congressional hearing debacle the Feds would’ve never let Frankie Pentangeli have a private meeting with Tom Hagen (where Tom proposed the “deal” that led to Frankie committing suicide). Think about it, Tom was not Frankie’s attorney, but rather the attorney for the target of the investigation. No way in hell that happens.
That was exactly the first thing I thought when I first saw the movie. Why are they letting Tom Hagen see him at all, much less in private.
That’s why they did have Clemenza in the second part...and that guy stole the movie..
“grab the canolis...leave the gun...”
Danny Alliello was one of the thugs who tried to kill Frankie!!
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