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Topic: Fredo Corleone


  
  'Family' Values
The Godfather (Don Vito Corleone) is a powerful "businessman" with political influence, married to a matronly woman who cooks, cleans, raises children and does not ask her husband about his business.
Corleone, her counterpart, is so defined by her role that she has no first name other than "Mama".
Fredo, the eldest son, is an embarrassment to the family; Dan, also the "heir head apparent", is an embarrassment to the country.
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 Fredo Corleone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Fredo Corleone - Played by John CazaleVito’s middle son.
Weak-willed and terribly insecure, Fredo is overshadowed by his older brother’s reckless passion and his younger brother’s unshakeable confidence.
He briefly finds himself living the life of a decadent playboy in Las Vegas, but his comfort with women and drink is only a cover for his essential unease.
www.sparknotes.com /film/godfather/terms/char_6.html   (57 words)

  
 Fredo Corleone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Federico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.
Fredo was portrayed by late Italian-American actor John Cazale in Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the novel, as well as in its sequel.
Fredo's wife, Deanna, claimed that Fredo "couldn't belt [his] momma," and that he was jealous of her interactions with other men because he felt inferior to them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fredo_Corleone   (1046 words)

  
 Open
Another man is asking a favor of Corleone, that he stop the deportation proceedings against a man and allow him to marry this man's daughter.
Tom Hagen tells Vito that the police are cracking down on all operations of Corleone family and the other five families; that Fredo will be sent to Las Vegas to learn the casino business; and when Vito asks weakly for Michael, that Michael killed Sollazzo, and is hiding out.
Michael asks the others to be patient; that the Corleone family is relocating to Nevada;  that Tom Hagen will no longer be the family's lawyer because he is not a wartime lawyer, and things are going to get tough.
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 'The Godfather Part II' Beta 2 quiz -- free game
Fredo brings the crowd to what seems to be an underground nudie show, featuring a bound woman, a donkey, and a local man famous for being remarkably well-endowed.
We knew that Michael Corleone was a war hero from watching 'The Godfather,' but during his testimony at the congrssional hearings, he names one of the decorations that he earned during his World War II service.
Don Vito Corleone returns to Sicily late in the film, and one of his goals is to exact revenge on Don Francesco Ciccio, the man responsible for the deaths of his father, mother, and brother.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=63934   (798 words)

  
 The Corleones vs. The Cartwrights @ WWWF Grudge Match
The decisive factor in the match-up is that Fredo is the field commander of this expedition.
The remains of the Corleones are used to fertilize the soil for next year's crop.
Allies: The Corleones have the Mob (since we are limiting this to the Vegas/Tahoe area, this would mean the Vegas branch of the Mob, not a bunch of lightweights).
www.grudge-match.com /History/corleones-cartwrights.shtml   (7776 words)

  
 Everything is Relative: Godfather 2
The Mafia "family" Corleone, the blood- relative Corleone family and their interrelationships are concepts informing nearly every scene in the film.
Fredo, especially, shares the kind of intimate scenes with Anthony that a father should, and he obviously realizes, while Michael refuses to, that the boy desperately needs this type of attention.
His revenge against Fredo must be delayed until she dies, which is another expression of her influence.
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 New York State Writers Institute - The Godfather II Film Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Both are clinical in their estimations of a man’s worth to them, both are brilliant manipulators of a pattern of debts, favors, and reprisals, and both are fanatically devoted to their families.
It is Michael’s fate to forget the difference between his blood family, the Corleones of Sicily, Mott Street, Brooklyn, and Nevada, and the extended criminal empire that bears the same name.
As Vito Corleone walks among his people on this block, first as a serf, then as a lord, we see him as he is, without apology.
www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fns01n9.html   (1298 words)

  
 BLOGS ARE FOR WIMPS
After a few months in the witness protection program (**see past blog reference to the true story of Frodo Corleone), I got tired of hiding in middle America and pretending to be a farmer named Billy Bob.
In 2006, Frodo Corleone had ruthlessly taken over the Blog World through his infamous work on Blogs Are For Wimps, becoming New York's first major Blog Boss.
With the dominant "Frodo the Foot" now out of the way, New York was ready to realize Costa's dream, a new syndicate that would encourage cooperation among different blogs regardless of their lack of humor.
blogsareforwimps.blogspot.com   (2042 words)

  
 Salon Politics2000 | Al Gore-leone
For Vito Corleone, it was an adherence to the values of the Old Country -- and a refusal to recognize that the future of the Mafia was narcotics.
Corleone hung around the house, making a few phone calls when asked; Gore put on his Army uniform and campaigned for his father.
As Corleone promised his wife that, "In five years the Corleone family will be completely legitimate," Gore believes it all will work out in the end because of the higher ground where he wants to lead the rest of us.
archive.salon.com /politics2000/feature/2000/02/23/gorleone/print.html   (1773 words)

  
 The Godfather: Part two
FREDO (trying to get her to put her shoes on) Yeah, but I don't want him to see you.
FREDO Dancing is alright; you're falling on the floor.
Fredo has a good heart, but he is weak...and stupid, and stupid people are the most dangerous of all.
www.dailyscript.com /scripts/godfather2.html   (20605 words)

  
 Godfather Movie Quotes and Trivia
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.
Al Pacino (Michael): Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you, but don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again.
www.fiftiesweb.com /movies/godfather.htm   (511 words)

  
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Michael Corleone: Luca Brasi held a gun to his head while my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.
Fredo Corleone: Every time I put my line in the water I said a Hail Mary, and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish.
Because Corleone, Sicily was too developed even in the early 1970's, the town of Savoca, outside Taormina, Sicily was used for shooting the scenes where Michael goes exiled to Italy.
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 PHOTO PAGE 5
Fredo, not knowing they were going to try to kill his brother Michael, did business with Roth and Ola with good intentions.
This pic from the Godfather Part 2 is Fredo Corleone, left, and Michael Corleone, right, drinking at an outdoor cafe in Havanna, Cuba.
Anthony is Michael Corleone's first child and is not interested in becoming a lawyer like his father wants him to.
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 SparkNotes: The Godfather Trilogy: Character List
Vito Corleone - Played by Marlon Brando (1) and Robert De Niro (2) Founder and head of the Corleone family and one of the trilogy’s two protagonists.
Carlo betrays the Corleone family, tipping off Sonny’s killers, and is killed by Michael for his transgression.
Closer to Michael than her brother is, Mary is head of the Vito Corleone Foundation for the Poor of Sicily.
www.sparknotes.com /film/godfather/characters.html   (1516 words)

  
 Don Vito Corleone's Page on 1UP.com
The slow-witted, brutish Brasi is often mocked as weak, but his ruthlessness and his loyalty to Don Corleone means he is both feared and respected.
Pete is a member of the Corleone crime family and longtime associate of Vito.
Tom is the Corleone family lawyer and sometime chief advisor, or consigliere.
www.1up.com /do/my1Up?publicUserId=5783348   (651 words)

  
 GoneMovie -Review ->The Godfather starring Pacino, Duvall, De Niro and Keaton. Directed by Coppola
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is now in command of the Corleone family and heading it towards respectability.
Vito Corleone works in a grocery store and sees how the neighborhood he lives in is prey to the delight of Don Fanucci (Gastone Moschin).
The town Corleone became famous for its Mafia, being the town in which some familiar clans had their basis and are named Clan dei Corleonesi.
www.gonemovies.com /WWW/TopFilms/Godfather/EnglischGodfather2.asp   (701 words)

  
 The Godfather Part II Script
FREDO -- ah, he's got a good heart -- but he's week, and he's stupid, and this is life and death.
Corleone would you kindly identify for the committee the gentleman sitting to your left.
DISSOLVE TO: 1941 the Corleone family is sitting at the table in the kitchen.
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 The Godfather: Part II (1974)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Goofs: Continuity: After Vito Corleone kills Don Fanucci and is sitting on the steps with his family, Fredo can be seen yawning; however, when we cut to a shot of Vito holding Michael, Fredo's body is in a different position and his facial expression has clearly changed.
Also, when we cut to the pan version after Vito has told Michael that he loves him, Fredo has the end of the flag out of his mouth and is sitting with his hands on his lap.
Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo continue their epic saga into the lives of the infamous Corleone family, which is headed by Michael Corleone (Al Pacino).
www.imdb.com /title/tt0071562   (458 words)

  
 Character Summeries
Although she has a minor role, her presence is important in the story because of the amount of respect and love that the family has for her.
Constanzia (Connie) Corleone is the youngest child of Vito and Carmella.
He handled all of the legal issues for the Corleone's, and was an advisor to Vito and Michael.
www.umich.edu /~themafia/characters.htm   (1640 words)

  
 godfather
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is the godfather's youngest son, an Ivy League graduate and independent thinker, who rebelled against his father by enlisting in the Army to fight in World War II and has returned a war hero.
Even though Hagen is Irish, Vito adopted him as a son and he's become the brains behind the Corleones.
In Sicily, Michael marries a local girl but she is later slain by Corleone foes when they fail to get him.
www.sover.net /~ozus/godfather.htm   (533 words)

  
 The Godfather Returns - PowerBookSearch!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Fredo Corleone, hapless Mafia scion, emerges here as a more central, vigorous and conflicted character than in The Godfather or even the films, as do Tom Hagen (the Corleones' adopted son and erstwhile consigliere) and Johnny Fontane, Puzo's dig at Frank Sinatra.
Fredo Corleone, whose death has never been fully explained until now, and whose betrayal of the Family was part of a larger and more sinister chain of events.
But at the center of the mesmerizing, sometimes dizzying Mob conspiracies and familial tensions is, of course, the Godfather, Michael Corleone-proper heir to Vito Corleone, the last capo di tutti capi: devious, brilliant, astonishing ruthless.
www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0375433880.html   (2610 words)

  
 The Godfather, Part II (1974)
The Godfather, Part II (1974) of the Godfather trilogy continues the saga of the Corleone Family, serving as both a prologue and a sequel, extending over a period of 60 years and three generations.
In the old Corleone office, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) extends his hand - it is kissed by Rocco Lampone (Tom Rosqui), one of his henchmen.
The Godfather was born Vito Andolini, in the town of Corleone in Sicily.
www.filmsite.org /godf2.html   (2979 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Godfather Returns: The Saga of the Family Corleone (Random House Large Print): Books: Mark Winegardner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This is the biggest thing driving Michael Corleone, the thing he's yearning for, yet its resolution is never quite achieved in any of the other books or films.
As for Fredo being gay, that's certainly plausible and would fit in with his disrupted psyche.
In Don Vito Corleone there was a sprinkling of Charles "Lucky" Luciano (minus his bachelor lifestyle) and an almost fabled dose of "the code" which melded him into a really strong and iconic Godfather.
www.amazon.com /Godfather-Returns-Family-Corleone-Random/dp/0375433880   (3658 words)

  
 Marlon Brando-The Godfather   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone portrays the ideal patriarch-protector when The Godfather opens up with an archetypal Italian wedding, in contrast to the event staged by Michael in Part II, for the benefit of the family business in Nevada.
Vito Corleone lavishly provides all amusements and favours at the wedding reception [Venus-Sun] for the pleasure of his guests.
Contrasted with the external joy and 'pure indulgence' of Don Vito, in Part II the character of Michael Corleone is processed with the weight of duty.
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 www.myspace.com/thexgodfather
I was born Vito Andolini on December 7, 1891 in Corleone, Sicily.
She was immediately killed by one of Ciccio's henchmen, but i ran from the residence and successfully evaded the henchmen sent after me. Later that night, Ciccio's men continued to search the streets of Corleone for the boy, but i was secretly smuggled away by close friends of the Andolinis.
Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter.
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 The American Spectator
Published 10/5/2005 12:06:36 AM In the film The Godfather Part II, the well-meaning but feeble Fredo Corleone is unable to control his wife, who is causing a scene on the dance floor.
A bodyguard walks over to Fredo and instructs him, "If you can't take care of this, I have to." Fredo agrees, and his wife is promptly dragged away by the bodyguard.
Much like Fredo before him, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is feeble (the jury is still out on the well-meaning part).
www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=8833   (691 words)

  
 THE GODFATHER, PART II
Vito Corleone: I make him an offer he don't refuse.
Michael Corleone: Hyman Roth has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years.
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone: Every time I put my line in the water I said a Hail Mary, and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish.
www.angelfire.com /oh/quotations/movies/g/thegodfatherII.html   (462 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - THE GODFATHER RETURNS by Mark Winegardner
While the book was awkward at some points and unwieldy in others, it cannot be denied that Puzo, over the course of several hundred pages, created a group of unforgettable characters and riveting situations, a modern-day morality tale that ushered in the modern rebirth of the anti-hero.
Puzo never returned to the world of Don Vito and Don Michael Corleone; the films Godfather II and the unjustly maligned Godfather III marched on, continuing and concluding the brutal and tragic story of the Corleone family.
Furthermore, Winegardner delves into a bit of the Corleone history prior to THE GODFATHER novel, particularly with respect to Michael's childhood and his wartime experiences, his first meeting with Kay Adams --- who would become his wife --- and his occasionally uneasy bond with Tom Hagen.
www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/1400061016.asp   (719 words)

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