The Godfather: Part II 教父2 1974 Movie Script

EXT. THE BOATHOUSE - DAY A porch-like foyer of the boathouse, where a group of five or six men wait, some nervously. Some sit, and some pace.

MED. CLOSE VIEW on one of these men, FRANKIE PENTANGELI, approaching his sixties, with gray hair (the little of it left). He's a bit scruffy, this morning's shave of his white beard is not perfect, and he seems tired. He is accompanied by an associate-bodyguard, WILLY CICCI; thin and dark, and also dressed up for the occasion. Frankie tries to get the attention of one of the waiters; a college-groomed young man in white sports jacket and black bow-tie.

PENTANGELI:

Hey, kid! You got any red wine?

WAITER:

(offering the tray) Only champagne and cocktails.

PENTANGELI:

Forget it... Finally, he sees someone he recognizes, Fredo, and shouts out in a husky voice:

PENTANGELI:

Fredo! Sonuvabitch. You look great.

Fredo squints in his direction; finally recognizes him.

FREDO:

Who's that? Pentangeli? Frankie "Five-Angels"...thought you were never coming West.

PENTANGELI:

(affectionately) Gotta check up on my boys. Hey, what's with the food? Some kid in a white jacket brings me a ritz cracker with some chopped liver.

'Canapes,' he says. I say, 'Can a peas, my ass, that's a ritz cracker with chopped liver.' Go get me a salami sandwich and a glass of wine or I'll send you and your white jacket to the dry cleaners!

They get a good laugh at this fresh breath of New York.

FREDO:

Gee, Frankie, it's good to see you.

Reminds me of old times.

PENTANGELI:

You remember Willy Cicci, don't you, Freddie? We was all together with the old man Clemenza in Brooklyn... before...uh...

FREDO:

We were all upset about that.

PENTANGELI:

That's what I'm here to talk to your brother about. What's with him, I got to get a letter of introduction to have a 'sitdown'?

FREDO:

(throwing his arm around him) C'mon, I see what I can do.

EXT. TAHOE PAVILION - MED. VIEW - DAY The orchestra wears white summer sportcoats and black tuxedo slacks as they play a tango behind monogrammed music stands.

A professional dance team, probably imported from Vegas, dance the tango for the excited guests.

INT. TAHOE BOATHOUSE - DAY A large and very beautiful room overlooking the lake. It is dominated by an enormous bar, behind which stands ALBERT NERI, discreetly in the background.

MICHAEL CORLEONE sits on a large sofa, his back to us.

Standing to one side is a tired and somewhat uneasy TOM HAGEN. Standing before Michael is SANDRA CORLEONE, Sonny's widow; her daughter, one of the twins, FRANCESCA CORLEONE, and a handsome young man of twenty, GARDNER SHAW.

SANDRA:

Michael, this is Gardner Shaw.

Francesca and he have been seeing each other for six months now.

Gardner, this is Francie's Uncle Michael.