OK in the book when Micheal is sent away for killing Sollazo and the Police Captain. Yea Yea to make a long story short..... Anyway you when Micheal marries Apolionia and she is killed by one of his body guards. In the book it say that the body guard owns a pizza shop in New York and Micheal finds him and someone is hired to kill him. Why wasn't this in the movie?

Still doesn't explain what really happen to bodyguard after he ran away? I guess you can say the book gives more detail.

The killing of Fabrizzio was actually filmed twice. In the first scenario, filmed for Part I, Michael himself shoots Fabrizzio (using the same lupara which Fabrizzio had formerly used to guard Mike with in Sicily). Michael was wearing a white fedora, and a still photo from this scene became one of the movie's best known. The scene was cut out of the movie before its release.

For Part II Fabrizzio is killed by a car bomb (after he left his pizzeria). This scene was cut, but added back into the Saga version.

(not THE picture, but this was taken
from the scene deleted from Part I
- photo from Geoff's website - )


[ July 31, 2001: Message edited by: SC ]

Thanx those picture are cool. Where do you always get your pictures from anyway?

I could tell ya, but then I'd have to kill ya

Geoff's website (where the old message board was) has lots of great pictures.

[ July 31, 2001: Message edited by: SC ]

I always seem to defend the book as I always say nearly any book is better than any movie based on it. Im still yet to be proven wrong. But many people in here would still prefer the Godfather movie to the novel.

Books can go on for aslong as the writer likes, if its good enough the reader will read it. But movies have to entertain a new audience of people, many of whom have shorter attention spans so the average film length is around 2 hours. For some films/epics they can aproach the 3 hour mark. Its not often they go on for longer than that and still keep the attention of the viewer. So therefore many scenes that could have been included never make it into the movie.

Imagine if all that crap with Docter Jules Sagel was included in the movie.

Have I actually made a point or is this pointless banter?

I agree with the Dr. Jules Segal part. I thought it was a bit unnecessary. I wonder though, would I have felt the same way if I read the book first and watched the movie second...

I agree with you, Turi, but not alone the Dr. Jules part is crap. The are some more parts.

By the way, did you receive my personal message?

Oh yeah I got it thanks Don Michael. But I keep getting 'site not found'

Here's the link again then, maybe is miss typed.

http://www.anne3.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/002268.html

If this works I am in your debt Don Michael.

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Im in your debt. These are excellent.


[ August 01, 2001: Message edited by: Turi Giuliano ]

I like that greamlin that's vommit's very much. But the beer drinking are one of my favorits too.

I like the pimp daddy

Thanks, Don_Michel

JG

Testing...



I made a local collection of emoticons/smilies/graemlins for our use, to make it easier - check 'em out here !

JG

Ok looks good. I've found them on the net a couple of weeks ago.

Do we ever get to see the bit with michael in the white hat, killing fabrizio with the lupara?

Maybe on DVD.

I agree Dr. Jules stuff was crap. Ditto on the love life details of Johnny Fontaine. The Hollywood parts were subpar in general. Except, of course, the horse's head. I do think it was done better in the movie--more suspense and shock and grosse.

Calo dies in the book doesnt he?

yeah, he was in the car with Apollonia and the car exploded.
I thought he had been in the car also in the movie, but then I saw GFIII, so aparently he wasn't. (But we see him go behind the car. Wouldn't he get hit by flying pieces? unless he can run really fast)