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Re: Background info about the Atlantic City massacre
[Re: Sonny_Black]
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11/09/11 09:11 PM
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Well, we have to cut the director some "directorial license." And, you're right about the Roth hit: a high-profile murder like that would be covered most extensively by US media. They'd identify Rocco's body, and trace him right back to Michael. Of course he'd have an alibi--he was in Tahoe at the time. But, the police questioning him would be another body blow to his claim of "legitimacy"--and this time, he wouldn't have the benefit of Frankie claiming it was "all lies." You were very alert to pick up all that radio dialog, Sonny. Thanks for doing that. But, I wouldn't put too much stock in the numbers of people killed and wounded. FFC, who was such a absolute fanatic about detail in GF and II, slipped badly in III. The Wall Street Journal headline about Immobiliare has a text below it that's taken from a computer word-processing manual. And, another newspaper or magazine headline (I forget which) has text about some completely unrelated subject.
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Re: Background info about the Atlantic City massacre
[Re: Sonny_Black]
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11/10/11 12:45 PM
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pizzaboy
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Yeah, alle these high profile hits in Part III are a little too much. All hell would break loose that's for sure. Yeah, we all remember how far fetched the helicopter hit might have been, but how about Neri getting past the Swiss Guard at the Vatican to kill the Archbishop? They would have cut his throat in a heartbeat.
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Re: Background info about the Atlantic City massacre
[Re: pizzaboy]
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11/14/11 04:09 PM
11/14/11 04:09 PM
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DeathByClotheshanger
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First off: Sonny Black I think you have your geography mixed up there, pal. Secondly, about the newspapers, the filmmakers could have never imagined in 1970 and 1971 that there would one day be technology that would allow us to pour over every detail of these films -- in HD clarity no less. I know FFC was a stickler for detail in the first 2 movies, but I can let that fly. Interesting they kept the news report from the original part III script.
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Re: Background info about the Atlantic City massacre
[Re: Sonny_Black]
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11/19/11 07:38 AM
11/19/11 07:38 AM
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You would think that after an event like this the authorities would have started to seriously going after the mafia. I don't think Vincent would have lasted long as boss. IMHO, FBI should have gone after Michael, both for the helicopter massacre, to which he was clearly tied due to his checks lying all over the bodies, and for the Zaza thing. At the very least, he wouldn't have been allowed to leave US. Could have been an interesting change of pace, to see him being persecuted for something he didn't do . As to the murders of the Andreotti look-alike, the archbishop, etc., not only was it completely implausible to organize all this on such a short notice, not only is it unclear how it would have gotten them back the half-billion dollars, but all the hell would have broken lose as a result, on all fronts. No way would they have been walking away from that. I'd argue that that the previous 2 films skirt the suspension of disbelief, despite some notable lapses, but III just blows it up sky-high, which is one of it's most egregious short-comings.
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