The Godfather Part III
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The Godfather: Part III is a 1990 film about aging mafia don Michael Corleone, who in the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings, seeks to attone for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
- Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
- Written by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo.
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[edit] Dialogue
- Johnny Fontane: Michael, it's your favorite song! Where are you going?
- Michael Corleone: I'm just gonna go into the kitchen and listen to some Tony Bennett records.
- [Michael Corleone's son Anthony has refused to join the "family business"]
- Michael Corleone: You could have helped me, Kay. You could have helped me to convince him.
- Kay Corleone: Convince him of what?
- Michael Corleone: He throws his life away. He throws greatness away!
- Kay Corleone: This is greatness? You know, Michael, now that you're so respectable I think you're more dangerous than you ever were. In fact, I preferred you when you were just a common Mafia hood.
- Michael Corleone: Alright, can we talk now? Common sense?
- Kay Corleone: Alright. Tony knows you killed Fredo.
- Michael Corleone: Why did you come here?
- Kay Corleone: I came here to protect my son. I didn't come here to see you disguised by your church. I thought that was a shameful ceremony.
- Michael Corleone: I spent my life protecting my son! I spent my life protecting my family!
- Kay Corleone: Let's be reasonable here, Michael. I mean, that's your big thing, isn't it? Reason backed up by murder.
- Michael Corleone: Oh, God, you hate me. You hate me.
- Kay Corleone: No, I don't hate you, Michael. I dread you.
- Vincent Mancini: You like to gamble? Why don't we go to Atlantic City? My town. I'll show you how to gamble.
- Grace Hamilton: Yeah, but I like to win. How will I know what numbers to pick?
- Vincent Mancini: Do I look like a guy who's gonna lose?
- Vincent Mancini: Don Lucchesi, you are a man of finance and politics. These things I don't understand.
- Don Lucchesi: You understand guns?
- Vincent Mancini: Yes.
- Don Lucchesi: Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
- Michael Corleone: Joe Zasa would never pull something like this without backing. He's just muscle, he's an enforcer, he's nothing. He doesn't have the wit for that helicopter attack. He doesn't even have the ambition to wipe out the whole Commission. Certainly not the balls.
- Vincent Mancini: I say we hit back and take Zasa out!
- Michael Corleone: [leaning to Vincent] Never let anyone know what you're thinking. [to Vincent, Connie and Neri] All right, let's get a ... let's get a message to Joey Zasa. I respect what he's done. The new overthrows the old, it's natural.
- Vincent Mancini: How can you do business with this guy?
- Michael Corleone: I'm a businessman, first and foremost. I want no conflict with anyone.
- Vincent Mancini: Well, you can tell him from me that he can live or he can die.
- Michael Corleone: Vincent, WILL YOU SHUT UP?!
- Michael Corleone: Don't EVER, again, give that kind of order. Not while I'm alive, understand?
- Vincent Mancini: You were too sick to make a decision. I got a go-ahead from Neri; I got a go-ahead from Connie.
- Michael Corleone: Connie?
- Vincent Mancini: It was the right decision, Uncle Michael.
- Michael Corleone: It was the wrong decision. I command this family, right or wrong. It was NOT WHAT I WANTED!
- Don Altobello: Treachery is everywhere.
- Michael Corleone: You still have your fingers on the strings, even now.
- Vincent Mancini: [in a helicopter] I'd like to take Joey Zasa up in one of these and drop him.
- Michael Corleone: Joey Zasa is nothing. He's a small-time enforcer. He bluffs, threats, but nothing. You can see him coming a mile away.
- Vincent Mancini: We should kill him before he kills...
- Michael Corleone: No! Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
- Michael Corleone: I feel... I'm getting wiser now.
- Kay Corleone: The sicker you get, the wiser you get, huh?
- Michael Corleone: When I'm dead, I'm gonna be really smart.
- Cardinal Lamberto: Would you like to make your confession?
- Michael Corleone: [flustered] Your eminence, I... it's been so long... I wouldn't know where to... It's been 30 years. I'd use up too much of your time.
- Cardinal Lamberto: I always have time to save souls.
- Michael Corleone: Well... I am beyond redemption.
- Cardinal Lamberto: I hear my own priests' confessions here. The urge to confess can be overwhelming.
- Michael Corleone: What is the point of confessing if I do not repent?
- Cardinal Lamberto: I hear you are a practical man. What have you got to lose, eh? Go on.
- Michael Corleone: [hesitantly] I... I betrayed my wife.
- Cardinal Lamberto: Go on, my son.
- Michael Corleone: I betrayed myself. I killed men, and I ordered men to be killed.
- Cardinal Lamberto: Go on, my son, go on.
- Michael Corleone: I... ah, it's useless.
- Cardinal Lamberto: Go on, my son.
- Michael Corleone: [choking up] I killed... I ordered the death of my brother. He injured me. [sobbing] I killed my mother's son. I killed my father's son!
- Cardinal Lamberto: Your sins are terrible, and it is just that you suffer. Your life could be redeemed, but I know you do not believe that. You will not change.
- B.J. Harrison: [about the newly ordained Pope John Paul I]: The Pope's doing exactly what you said he'd do, he's cleaning house.
- Michael Corleone: He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.
- Archbishop Gilday: The Pope is gravely ill. Until he recovers, I am powerless.
- B.J. Harrison: What if he dies?
- Frederick Keinszig: Then, as you Americans say, all bets are off.
- Vincent Mancini-Corleone: I am your son. Command me in all things.
- Michael Corleone: Give up my daughter. It's the price you pay for the life you choose.
- Vincent Mancini-Corleone: Done.
- Michael Corleone: Nephew, from this moment, call yourself Vincent Corleone.
- [Vincent has broken off his romance with Mary]
- Mary Corleone: I'll always love you.
- Vincent Mancini-Corleone: Love somebody else.
[edit] Taglines
- All the power on earth can't change destiny.
- Real power can't be given. It must be taken.
- Never Hate Your Enemies, It Affects Your Judgement.
[edit] Cast
- Al Pacino - Don Michael Corleone
- Diane Keaton - Kay Adams Mitchelson
- Talia Shire - Connie Corleone-Rizzi
- Andy Garcia - Don Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone
- Eli Wallach - Don Altobello
- Joe Mantegna - Joey Zasa
- George Hamilton - B.J. Harrison
- Bridget Fonda - Grace Hamilton
- Sofia Coppola - Mary Corleone
- Raf Vallone - Cardinal Lamberto
- Franc D'Ambrosio - Anthony Vito Corleone
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Godfather Part III quotes at the Internet Movie Database
