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Who was the smirking kid... #528709
01/16/09 11:32 AM 01/16/09 11:32 AM
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...who opened the door for the nervous landlord (at the Genco office) in GF2? Young Tom?

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: RTintera] #528723
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It was Genco wasn't it..

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: DE NIRO] #528725
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Tom would have still been a baby, and the Corleones didn't know him yet. He and Sonny met when they were about 10, if I'm not mistaken.

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: DE NIRO] #528727
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Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
It was Genco wasn't it..


Not Genco- this kid was late teens-early 20's, wearing (if memory serves) a soft cloth cap. When the landlord fumbled with the knob trying to beat a hasty departure this kid calmly opened the the door, with the afore mentioned smirk.

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: RTintera] #528739
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I can't swear to it (my memory is fading) but I'm pretty sure that was Genco who opened the door for Sr. Roberto.

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: SC] #528743
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Of course it was Genco. Don't you remember the scene when Genco took Vito to the opera to see Genco's girlfriend? It's the same guy? Would Tom have been as old as Vito? Don't you remember the scene outside their apartment after Vito kills Fanucci and all of their kids are gathered around including Sonny who would have been about ten or so?

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: SC] #528754
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Originally Posted By: SC
I can't swear to it (my memory is fading) but I'm pretty sure that was Genco who opened the door for Sr. Roberto.


It was Genco, there were other people doing something outside, but it was definitely Genco who opened the door.
Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: dontommasino] #528759
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I thought it was, i nearly had to watch the scene again just too double check..

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First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: DE NIRO] #528773
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Well, you all are right. Consarn my senior memory. crazy I just slapped the dvd in and...of course, it's Genco. Just for the fun of it I went here to triple check: http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Godfather-Part-II.html
If you haven't checked it out, it's kinda fun. the movie follows this script pretty close, but parts are different.

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: olivant] #528774
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Originally Posted By: olivant
Don't you remember the scene outside their apartment after Vito kills Fanucci and all of their kids are gathered around including Sonny who would have been about ten or so?

Michael is a newborn in that scene. Is there really 10 years between Sonny and Michael?? Sonny might be closer to 10 when they go to Italy (when he gives the older woman the Statue of Liberty), but that's several years later.

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Re: Who was the smirking kid... [Re: Sicilian Babe] #528775
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Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Originally Posted By: olivant
Don't you remember the scene outside their apartment after Vito kills Fanucci and all of their kids are gathered around including Sonny who would have been about ten or so?

Michael is a newborn in that scene. Is there really 10 years between Sonny and Michael?? Sonny might be closer to 10 when they go to Italy (when he gives the older woman the Statue of Liberty), but that's several years later.


In the movie, Sonny was about 4 or 5 when Fanucci was killed.

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Well, some of the novel bleeds over. There, Sonny follows Vito across the roofs when he's about to kill Fanucci. I can't see a kid much younger than about 10 doing that.

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Originally Posted By: olivant
Well, some of the novel bleeds over. There, Sonny follows Vito across the roofs when he's about to kill Fanucci. I can't see a kid much younger than about 10 doing that.


You're mixing apples and oranges.

Sonny never saw Vito kill Fanucci in the movie. Yes, in the novel, Sonny was born in 1910 (he's described as being 35 years old at Connie's wedding in 1945). In the movie, Sonny was born in 1916, so there's six years difference between Sonny's age in the book and the movie.

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