The Godfather: Part II 教父2 1974 Movie Script

UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAY - MOVING VIEW - DAY Officials move a group of immigrant men, including Vito, to the quarantine section of the Island.

INT. QUARANTINE HALLWAY - DAY The official stops at each doorway, and reads off a name.

OFFICIAL:

Salvatore Ormenta.

The man moves into the room, and the group proceeds.

OFFICIAL:

Vito Corleone.

No one responds. The guard moves to the boy, reads his new name tag. And then, not unkindly:

GUARD:

That's you.

He opens the door, and Vito enters the room.

EXT. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - DAY The VIEW slowly begins to pull back, revealing this to be the view from inside the quarantine cell, where Vito stands on his bench, looking out to the statue through the barred window.

Then he turns, and sits in the corner. He is silent for a long time.

Then, in a sweet, pure voice, he sings to himself in Sicilian.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. CATHOLIC CHURCH - MOVING CLOSE SHOT - DAY A nine year old boy, dressed immaculately in white, with a large white silk bow tied to his shoulder, moving slowly down the aisle of the church with a group of other children dressed in white. He has dark black hair, and his face is unmistakably similar to young Vito's. He moves slowly, his hands clasped around a golden missal. We HEAR only the pure voice of Vito in Sicilian, his sad song reaching out from the past, as ANTHONY CORLEONE, his Grandson, moves on the way to his First Holy Communion more than fifty years later.

FULL VIEW:

The little children move in procession down to the Altar, where the PRIEST raises the Host, and performs the Communion Mass in Latin.

PRIEST:

Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi.

MOVING VIEW ON THE PRIEST and Altar boys, as he moves along the row of kneeling children, blessing them, and administering their first Communion.

CLOSE MOVING VIEW as the innocent faces receive the Host; finally, the Priest comes to Anthony.

PRIEST:

Corpus Christi.

ANTHONY:

Amen.

EXT. LAKE TAHOE ESTATE - DAY The lawns of this great estate on the shore of Lake Tahoe are covered with guests of a wonderful party to honor the First Holy Communion of Anthony Corleone, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Corleone. A full dance orchestra plays music of the times on a pavilion bandstand built especially for the occasion. Speedboats roar through the water, pulling youthful waterskiers; and the pool and private harbor are filled with laughing, swimming guests. It is Fall of 1958.

MED. VIEW Anthony, in his Communion suit sits alone at the table, looking like a lonely young Prince.

KAY (O.S.) Smile, Anthony. Smile.

He does, and a flash goes off.

PHOTOGRAPHER (O.S.) Now, one with the whole family.

KAY (O.S.) Mr. Corleone can't right now... KAY CORLEONE enters from the side, leading her four year old daughter, MARY, and MAMA CORLEONE to pose with Anthony.

KAY (O.S.) ...but we'll get one with the ladies.