Another question I’d ask is if in his research for the film he found any cases of people calling the Dons of the families by their last names rather than their first names. You never heard them say “Don Vito†or “Don Michaelâ€, only “Don Corleoneâ€. Maybe they’ll say their first and last name after they say “Don†every once in a while throughout the trilogy but not a lot.
Calling the Don by his first name, I believe, is a Sicilian custom--as in "Don Tomassino," or "Don Ciccio" Calling the Don by his last name is an American custom, probably because it seems more "businesslike."
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
