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Probably Unanswerable Questions

A spouse’s ransom value and the rescued man’s airplane seatmate

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  • One host asks the maximum ransom someone would pay, with children changing his answer; he declines to reveal negotiating limits.
  • The other imagines sharing the flight with an injured, unwashed rescued man and a grieving wife; depleted finances undermine first-class hopes and even a shower seems omitted.
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Who Won the Movie?

Crow (one clear ballot; apparent agreement garbled)

In the discussion (3)
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  • The first clear choice is Crow; an apparently agreeing response is transcribed unassailably crap, so only one ballot is certain.
  • The performance is called the speaker’s favorite, above Gladiator; Insider is praised and LA Confidential is kept outside a personal top three.
  • The response emphasizes how completely the actor owns the role.
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Most Rewatchable Scene

The garden conversation (two votes); the christening murders (one vote)

In the discussion (13)
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  • Sollozzo’s pitch to the family is nominated.
  • Clemenza’s meatball lesson is nominated.
  • Michael deciding to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey is nominated.
  • The Louis restaurant assassination is nominated.
  • Sonny’s tollbooth murder is nominated and debated.
  • The Five Families meeting is nominated.
  • Michael and Vito in the garden receives two votes.
  • The christening murders receive Chris’s vote.
  • The Las Vegas confrontation with Moe Greene is nominated.
  • The opening undertaker audience is nominated.
  • Sonny beating Carlo is nominated.
  • Tom Hagen visiting Jack Woltz is nominated.
  • The wedding is praised as an extended sequence.
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What’s Aged the Best?

The wedding, family politics, food, moral complexity, performances, and precise lines

In the discussion (21)
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  • The wedding world-building is praised.
  • The Woltz-house sequence and its later appearance in Fletch are praised.
  • The family structure remains legible and rich.
  • The use of the word consigliere is praised.
  • “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes” and the newspaper-wrapped fish are called a great one that went into the lexicon; a participant only now noticed it was rolled in the bulletproof vest.
  • Mama Corleone warning Sonny not to interfere in Connie and Carlo’s argument is praised.
  • The movie’s eating and food-preparation scenes are praised.
  • Michael’s face before the restaurant shooting is praised.
  • Tom delivering news of Sonny’s death is praised.
  • Vito’s prediction about narcotics reshaping organized crime is praised.
  • The story’s shades of moral compromise are praised.
  • The Mafia’s role beside failures of formal government is discussed.
  • Clemenza’s Hitler-at-Munich line is praised.
  • Jack Woltz’s ethnic insults remain memorably performed.
  • Pacino’s controlled performance grows in stature when viewed with Part II.
  • Michael’s presidents-and-senators line remains resonant.
  • Every Fredo scene is praised, including his Vegas outfit.
  • Clemenza’s sauce recipe remains memorable.
  • The “Tattaglia’s a pimp” line is praised.
  • Tessio asking to be spared for old times’ sake is praised.
  • Vito’s garden death is praised.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Al Martino’s acting; Kay, the Sicily section, racist dialogue, and the missed punch

In the discussion (7)
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  • Kay Adams’s characterization is criticized and defended.
  • The Sicily section is debated as beautiful but momentum-slowing.
  • Apollonia’s performer was reportedly sixteen during production.
  • Racist remarks in the Five Families scene are flagged.
  • A visibly missed punch in Sonny’s attack on Carlo is flagged.
  • Johnny Fontane is criticized as a character and performance.
  • Al Martino’s acting is treated as the most conspicuous weakness.
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Casting What-Ifs

Lancaster, Brando, Scott, Beatty, Nicholson, O’Neal, Redford, Hoffman, Sheen, Caan, De Niro, and Stallone figure in casting history.

In the discussion (14)
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  • Burt Lancaster and Laurence Olivier were considered for Vito Corleone.
  • Marlon Brando’s contested casting and screen test are recounted.
  • George C. Scott is discussed as a possible Vito.
  • Mia Farrow auditioned for Kay.
  • Warren Beatty was considered for Michael and around directing.
  • Jack Nicholson was considered for Michael.
  • Ryan O’Neal was Robert Evans’s preferred Michael.
  • Robert Redford was considered for Michael.
  • Dustin Hoffman auditioned.
  • Martin Sheen auditioned.
  • James Caan tested for Michael and Tom before moving to Sonny.
  • Carmine Caridi was originally slated for Sonny.
  • Robert De Niro left the Paulie role for The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight.
  • Sylvester Stallone unsuccessfully auditioned for Paulie and Carlo.
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The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson

Business, not personal; hide your thinking; beware Sicilian women; never oppose family publicly; distrust rival intermediaries; honor wedding-day requests; drop the gun and walk away; the dated “men may not be careless”; Clemenza’s sauce; spend time with family

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  • Remember that it is business rather than personal.
  • Never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking.
  • In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
  • Never take sides against your family in public.
  • Treat a trusted intermediary sent by your biggest rival as a possible assassination setup.
  • No Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter’s wedding day.
  • After a public shooting, drop the gun and walk away without running or making eye contact.
  • Vito’s claim that women and children may be careless but men may not is identified as a lesson that has aged badly.
  • Cook meatballs and sausages first, then add them and wine to the tomato sauce.
  • A man who does not spend time with his family can never be a real man.
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The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Jack Woltz

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:55Read transcript
  • Clemenza is nominated.
  • Sollozzo is nominated.
  • Moe Greene is nominated and receives Chris’s vote.
  • Jack Woltz is nominated and receives the other two votes.
  • Luca Brasi is nominated but not considered a heat check.
  • Richard Castellano’s unusually brief film career and impact are discussed.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

The research section covers Sofia Coppola, Sinatra, Pacino, Caan, Brando, cars, deleted deaths, salaries, and real figures.

In the discussion (10)
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  • Sofia Coppola played the baby in the christening.
  • The Sinatra–Puzo confrontation story is recounted.
  • Pacino really had his jaw wired during part of the shoot.
  • A cast mooning tradition and Moon Champion belt are recounted.
  • James Caan confronted Robert Evans after seeing his cut-down role at the premiere.
  • Brando’s slap of Al Martino was reportedly improvised.
  • Apollonia’s car is identified as a 1946 Alfa Romeo.
  • Fabrizio’s death was cut from the first film, then filmed and cut again for Part II.
  • Moe Greene is linked to Bugsy Siegel.
  • Pacino, Caan, Keaton, and Duvall’s salaries are compared.
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