The Godfather教父 1972 Movie Script

MICHAEL groans, and lifts his hand to his jaw. He looks at McCLUSKEY; we are his VIEW and everything goes spinning, and he falls to the ground, just as we see HAGEN and CLEMENZA'S MEN arrive.

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EXT DAY:

MALL (WINTER 1945) HIGH ANGLE VIEW of THE CORLEONE MALL. The gateway now has a long black car blocking it. There are more BUTTON MEN stationed more formally; and some of them visibly carrying rifles; those of the houses close to the courtyard have MEN standing by open windows. It is clear that the war is escalating. A car pulls up and out get CLEMENZA, LAMPONE, MICHAEL and HAGEN. MICHAEL's jaw is wired and bandaged. He stops and looks up at the open window. We can see MEN holding rifles.

MICHAEL:

Christ, Sonny really means business.

They continue walking. TESSIO joins them. The various BODYGUARDS make no acknowledgment.

CLEMENZA:

How come all the new men?

TESSIO:

We'll need them now. After the hospital incident, Sonny got mad.

We hit Bruno Tattaglia four o'clock this morning.

INT DAY:

DON'S HALLWAY They enter the house past the scores of new and strange faces.

INT DAY:

DON'S OFFICE (WINTER 1945) SONNY is in the DON's office; he is excited and exuberant.

SONNY:

I've got a hundred button men on the streets twenty-four hours a day.

If Sollozzo shows one hair on his ass he's dead.

He sees MICHAEL, and holds his bandaged face in his hand, kiddingly.

SONNY:

Mikey, you look beautiful!

MICHAEL:

Cut it out.

SONNY:

The Turk wants to talk! The nerve of that son of a b*tch! After he craps out last night he wants a meet.

HAGEN:

Was there a definite proposal?

SONNY:

Sure, he wants us to send Mike to meet him to hear his proposition.

The promise is the deal will be so good we can't refuse.

HAGEN:

What about that Tattaglias? What will they do about Bruno?

SONNY:

Part of the deal: Bruno cancels out what they did to my father.

HAGEN:

We should hear what they have to say.

SONNY:

No, no Consiglere. Not this time.

No more meetings, no more discussions, no more Sollozzo tricks. Give them one message: I WANT SOLLOZZO. If not, it's all out war. We go to the mattresses and we put all the button men out on the street.

HAGEN:

The other families won't sit still for all out war.