Gazzo), a business associate who took over Corleone caporegime Peter Clemenza's territory in New York City after his death, and now has problems with the Rosato Brothers, who are backed by Roth.
Belatedly, Michael deals with Frank "Five Angels" Pentangeli ( Michael V. He also talks with Johnny Ola ( Dominic Chianese), the right hand man of Jewish gangster Hyman Roth ( Lee Strasberg), who is supporting Michael's move into the gambling industry. Michael also deals with his younger sister Connie ( Talia Shire), who, although recently divorced from her second husband, is planning to marry a man named Merle Johnson ( Troy Donahue) with no obvious means of support and of whom Michael disapproves. Michael ends his conversation with Geary when he refuses to pay the outrageous fee Geary demands, telling the senator he'll get nothing.
#The godfather 2 rating license#
Geary, who makes his contempt for Michael and other Italian businessmen who are moving into his state to take advantage of gambling opportunities known, promises to make Michael's acquisition of his gaming license a difficult process. Spradlin) to discuss the price of the gaming licenses for the hotel/casinos the Family is buying. In his office, Michael meets with corrupt Nevada Senator Pat Geary ( G. In 1958 in a scene similar to the opening of the first film, Michael Corleone ( Al Pacino), Godfather of the Corleone family, deals with various business and family problems during an elaborate party at his Lake Tahoe, Nevada compound to celebrate his son Anthony's First Communion. Vito finds his way by ship to New York City, and at Ellis Island an immigration agent chooses Vito's hometown of Corleone as his surname, and he is registered as "Vito Corleone". They search the town for the boy, but he is aided in his escape by the townspeople. Vito's mother then takes Ciccio hostage at knifepoint, allowing her son to escape, and Ciccio's men kill her. Vito's mother goes to Ciccio to beg for mercy, but he refuses, knowing that nine-year-old Vito will seek revenge later in life. During the procession, Vito's older brother is murdered because he swore revenge on the Don. The film begins in 1901, in the town of Corleone, Sicily, at the funeral of young Vito's father, Antonio Andolini, who has been murdered for an insult to the local Mafia lord, Don Ciccio.
#The godfather 2 rating series#
The first involves Mafia chief Michael Corleone in 19 after the events of the first film the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone from 1917 to 1925, from his youth in Sicily (in 1901) to the founding of the Corleone family in New York City. The Godfather Part II presents two parallel storylines. 6.2 American Film Institute recognition.Ī sequel, The Godfather Part III, was released 16 years later in 1990. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993. It was ranked as the 32nd-greatest film in American cinematic history by the American Film Institute in 1997 and it kept its rank 10 years later. Like its predecessor, the sequel remains a highly influential film in the gangster genre. Pacino won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and the first sequel to win for Best Picture, its six Oscars included Best Director for Coppola, Best Supporting Actor for De Niro and Best Adapted Screenplay for Coppola and Puzo. The film was released in 1974 to great critical acclaim, some even deeming it superior to the original.
The main storyline, following the events of the first film, centers on Michael Corleone (Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone crime family, trying to hold his business ventures together from 1958 through 1960 the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone (De Niro), from his childhood in Sicily in 1901 to his founding of the Corleone family in New York City. Partially based on Puzo's 1969 novel, the film is in part both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, presenting two parallel dramas. The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime epic that Francis Ford Coppola produced, directed, and co-wrote with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Robert De Niro. 0071562 " Keep your friends close but your enemies closer." ― Michael Corleone
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