What happens to Tom Higgens??

Hey everyone. just became a new member of this site. I have a question what happens to Tom Higgens in the Godfather movie? he was in Godfather 3 then he isn't there anymore? Did he die or what? just curious.. hope you all can help me out thanks.

Maui

I'm not sure what part of GFIII you were watching. Are you referring to Tom Hagen? He wasn't in GFIII. Noone knows what happerned to him after GFII.

In the GF III it is mentioned that he died. May have been in one of the deleted scenes.

Don Cardi

I realize that you are new to the boards, but in the future, any references or questions that you may have pertaining to the Godfather Trilogy shoud be posted in The Gddfather Trilogy Thread. Thanks and welcome to the boards!

Enjoy!


Don Cardi

Thanks guys for replying to my post. And yea I spelt Tom's last name wrong. I meant to put Hagen. I apologize for not posting this under the Godfather Trilogy thread. Thanks for letting me know guys. Take care and I will be sure to watch the deleted scences to find out what happened to Tom.

Maui

I have seen the Godfather P III about four times...
I dont remember any scene talking about Tom Hagens Death???

Please if anyone does remember...
Can anyone refresh my memory!

*Don Zadjali

The only thing that is mentioned is that Michael stats that Tom was a great Lawyer

Yes there is a reference made to Tom's death in GFIII.

It is in the scene when Michael and Harrison are having breakfast going over paperwork and Andrew Hagen enters and Michael introduces him to Harrison. Michael sas to Harrison " his father was a great lawyer," and then says " Didn't live to see him ordained."


Don Cardi

I remember now...

Thank you Don Cardi

And what a replacement Michael got..

Great tan, though...

lol!

*covers ears* Not listening... Tom never died... it was all a big lie because really he wanted out like Michael did... so they set him up in New Zealand under the name of Jack McAney and he grew his own vegetables in his garden and became the mayor of the little town he lives in... and one day we're going to meet up and be really happy together, because Tom never ages. He is immortal, and decidedly not dead....

Yeah I know, this Tom thing really has to stop...

Hey JC can I buy some pot from you? JK. Where did you come up with that?

Wasn't "Tom Higgins" a character in "My Fair Lady"?

"Just you wait, Tommy Higgins, just you wait...
You'll be sorry but your tears will be too late."

It's Henry Higgins, Turnbull.

Now, boys, who'll start the crucial thread: "Who killed Bilbo Baggins in Havana?" We need it!

I believe Al Pacino ordered Henry Hill to kill Bilbo Baggins in South Havana.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Gee! So that's how it happened! And I've been guessing, where did he get that beautiful black ring from!
BTW, was it Frodo disguised as Fredo?

Me? What officer? Oh that's just one of my favourite little Tom daydreams. Much more pleasant than the ones about Michael, they usually end up all angsty...

I think you missed the point of Turnbull's joke.

Oops

lol

Oh my God when I saw the name "Higgins" I thought I had logged on to the Magnum P.I. webpage.
Turnbull, do you remember the score from "My Fair Lady" and the song "Poor Consigliere Higgins"

Just kiddin Maui, glad to have ya. Nope nothin in the deleted scenes explains the demise of Hagen but I do believe that Robert Duvall who portrays the consigliere in GFI and GFII got a little too greedy for Coppola's taste, so no more "Kraut Mick friend". It seems ironic if you remember the scene in GFI where Sonny is bitchin about "Pop got Genco, look what I got", Michael must have been like "I had Tom now I have the star of Love at First Bite?!"

Yes, and I remember that famous song they sang about Vito: "On the Mall Where You Live." ("I have often walked in this mall before/but I never had a bomb thrown at my car before...")

You never cease to amuse Turnbull, I would continue in the showtune parody banter but I am afraid the rest of the gang might put out a hit on us.

Whenever it devolves to show tunes, it should always be the last post of the thread

I'm getting shot at in the morning
In my bedroom where my children come to play
Fredo was the traitor
And it's Roth I'll visit later
In Havana during Fulgie's big soiree

I could have danced all night
But Fidel was such a fright
Ba- teesta - fled away.
I could have skipped that show
Where super man did glow
Where Fredo gave the truth away

(Senator Geary:)
All I want is a whore somewhere,
Yo-lan-da with red, red hair,
And far away from Michael's stare,
Oh, wouldn't it be lover-ly....

(This is even better than the Fifth Amendment debate in the "Did Roth really play it beautifully" thread )

Just you wait Thomas Higgens
Just you wait
You are not my consigliere as of late
Just go step outside that door
Cause you're not too good at war
And Barzini's got the family all irate.

Gee, Senator Geary,
We're down on our knees,
We told you all we wanted was the gambling lease.
Gee, Senator Geary,
What are we to do?
Gee, Senator Geary,
Krup you!

Sollozzo's song: Michele (pronounced a la siciliana) To the tune of 'Maria' from West Side Story. Yes I am bored.


The most terrible sound I ever heard:
Michele,
Michele, Michele, Michele . . .
All the terrible sounds of the world in a single word . . .

Michele!

Just got shot by a guy named Michele,
And suddenly I've found
The veal is going down like lead...
Michele!
Blown away by a guy named Michele,
I thought he was a kid,
But now look what he did
To me...
Michele!
If it weren't for this hole in my forehead,
I would contact my guys to make him dead.

Michele,
I should never have messed with Michele...

Oh dear, *walk away from the computer*

Hey guys it is now going to a different show!

Yeah look what you started! It's just not safe to go around posting show tunes like that, it has unpredictable effects on people

Hey, now, let's be fair to dt: I was the miscreant who started this show-tune nonsense.

This is sooo sick...

Here is the true story of Tom Higgens.

Born in 1846, Thomas Higgens was the illegitimate son of the Duke of York. "Higgens," was the surname of the laundress who gave birth to him. The Duke paid her a modest stipend, which she accepted. Thomas, at age 16 learned of his parentage, and demanded the Duke give him a title, and one third of the Duke's land holdings. Immediately, his mother was sent into exile in Ireland, and Thomas was put in a debtor's prison on a trumped up charge.
Two years later, in 1864, he was released, and immediately returned to York where he and some cohorts plotted to assassinate the Duke. When the police discovered the conspiracy, Thomas fled the couintry, first to Holland, where he changes his name to Tomas Huiggenza (it is rumored that he fathered an early ancestor to Wayne Huizenga there).
Fearing capture, he went to sea on a frigate headed for Indonesia, however when he got to Gibraltar, he jumped ship, and found his way to Barcelona. From there, he traveled to Sicily in 1870. Unaware of the Sicilian Language, he believed all men shared the same first name, "Don," so he again changed his name to Don Tomizina. In 1885 he married a local pesant widow, and in 1900 they gave birth to their only son, Don Tomizina, Jr.
Thomas died in 1925, leaving what he had to his cunning son, who by now had gone into the olive oil business with a certain family in the United States. The enterprising young man further altered the name to Don Tomassino, and the rest is history.

Bravo to one and all, you guys are too clever.

There is no deleted scene explaining Tom's death. He, Robert Duvall, was asking for too much money. So rather than re-cast him, which would have not pleased the fans, they simply killed him; wrote him out of the third movie with no explanation. Which, probably made fans pleased, right? Hope this helps.

Major advantage of working with cosa nostra material. You can't afford a character? You getting tired of a character? Just have them whacked! It works almost everytime. I remember watching that special on 60 minutes about the Sopranos and the interview with David Chase. He was talking about how convenient it is to clip somebody when you have run out of ideas for their character. Plus you can come up with a creative hit scene.