The Godfather Part II" is celebrating 50 years.
This major motion picture version brings back memories of my youth in Cuba. In 1958, during a First Communion party, Michael has a series of meetings in his role as the don of the Corleone crime family. Frank Pentangeli, a Corleone capo, is dismayed that Michael refuses to help defend his Bronx territory against the Rosato brothers, who work for Hyman Roth, a Jewish Mob boss and long-standing Corleone business partner. Senator Pat Geary, an anti-Italian xenophobe, demands a bribe to secure a casino gaming license for Michael. Michael refuses and counters that Geary should pay the license fee. That night, an assassination attempt at his home prompts Michael to depart suddenly after confiding in consigliere Tom Hagen that he suspects a traitor within the family.
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Michael tells Pentangeli and Roth each that he suspects the other of planning the hit, and arranges a peace meeting between Pentangeli and the Rosatos. At the meeting the brothers attempt to strangle Pentangeli, telling him "Michael Corleone says hello" before they do so, making Pentangeli believe it was Michael who ordered the hit. A police officer coincidentally walks in forcing the brothers to flee. At a Carson City brothel run by Fredo, family enforcer Al Neri frames Geary for the death of a prostitute. Hagen, who like Geary is Irish-American, arrives later and reassures the bewildered senator that the crime will be covered up if he pledges friendship to the Corleone family.
A sickly Roth, Michael, and several of their partners travel to Havana to discuss their Cuban business prospects under the government of Fulgencio Batista. Roth is exuberant, but Michael has doubts about the government's response to the Cuban Revolution. At a later meeting, Roth becomes angry when Michael asks who ordered the Rosatos to kill Pentangeli. On New Year's Eve Fredo pretends not to know Roth's right-hand man Johnny Ola, but eventually slips, revealing himself to Michael as the traitor. Michael orders hits on Ola and Roth; his enforcer strangles Ola but is killed by Cuban soldiers as he tries to smother Roth. Batista resigns and flees Cuba due to rebel advances. During the ensuing chaos, Michael, Fredo, and Roth separately escape Cuba. Back home, Michael is told that his wife Kay has miscarried.
The compelling sequel to "The Godfather," contrasting the life of Corleone father and son. Traces the problems of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in 1958 and that of a young immigrant Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) in 1917's Hell's Kitchen. Michael survives many misfortunes and Vito is introduced to a life of crime.
John Cazale as Fredo Corleone was desirous to be noticed, Fredo dresses for attention at his nephew’s Communion party by not only wearing black tie (when all the other men are in suits and sport jackets) but a flashy black-and-rust plaid silk dinner jacket that shines in the Lake Tahoe sunlight.
- Black, rust, and white-checked dupioni silk single-button dinner jacket with self-faced shawl collar, welted breast pocket, straight jetted hip pockets, 3-button cuffs, and ventless back
- White cotton evening shirt with semi-spread collar, wide-pleated front, front placket, and double/French cuffs
- Gold-trimmed, black-filled square studs
- Gold square cuff links with amber stones
- Black silk diamond-pointed bow tie
- Black single-pleated formal evening trousers with on-seam side pockets, satin side braid, and plain-hemmed bottoms
- Black silk triple-pleated cummerbund
- Black patent leather oxford shoes
- Gold pinky ring with ruby stone
- Gold ring with large black-filled square surface
- Stainless steel wristwatch with diamond-studded case encircling black dial on black leather strap
Do Yourself a Favor and… watch it again.
Although The Godfather Part II did not surpass the original film commercially, it grossed $47.5 million in the United States and Canada and was Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film of 1974, and the seventh-highest-grossing picture in the United States. According to its international distributor, the film had grossed $45.3 million internationally by 1994, for a worldwide total of $93 million
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