Sonny’s death to Wednesday, October 3, 1951 due to the radio broadcast he is listening to. Indeed, Sonny is clearly listening to WMCA broadcaster Russ Hodges calling the Dodgers-Giants playoff game played that day, a half-inning before Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson hit the infamous “shot heard ’round the world” that helped win the National League pennant for the Giants. However, context clues show that Sonny died no later than 1948 and very possibly the year before. This means that Sonny is listening to a radio broadcast of a game three or four years later. While some can possibly call this an atmospheric anomaly, it is simply the case of filmmakers choosing an era-appropriate baseball game for a background radio. None of the filmmakers could have imagined that:
Interesting stuff. Thanks.
Correct ‘cat! Those professional filmmakers should have known tho, That was my/a point, in a way. (Late 1947 or early 1948 is quite a stretch from 10/03/54.) The movie ‘The Godfather’ is LOADED with ‘continuity’ and ‘period’ type errors, which bug my old butt no end! It is still one of my top 10 movies tho!!
And? You obviously do not comprehend the power of the Godfather.