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The Godfather Part III

Probably Unanswerable Questions

How Vincent became the Don so fast; how much time passes between Part II and Part III; how old Mary is

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  • How did Vincent go from a hotheaded leather jacket to Armani-wearing Don in two scenes?
  • The timeline is worked through: Fredo is killed in the early 60s, the third film starts in 1979, so roughly 15 or more years pass.
  • Mary's age is estimated from her line that she was 8 when Vincent was 15 and her appearance in Part II.
  • A made-up claim about Michael and Al Neri discussing the 1961 World Series tests whether Chris is paying attention, leading to a Mazeroski and Pirates exchange.