I think mustachepete hit the mark with that Hyman Rothstein bit. While not really bad or poorly acted, I think 'clumsy' is the perfect way to describe that scene. It just doesn't quite have the flow of nearly every other scene, deleted or undeleted.

One deleted scene I always liked but can see why it had no place in the GFII movie...where young Vito and his friends go to see someone for weapons I think, and his little boy is there playing the violin or something. The man introduces the child as his son, Carmine. Named of course, for FFC's father and film composer, Carmine Coppola.

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