query: what is vito corleone real name?

title: Vito Corleone

text: Corleone has a raspy voice, political connections, and disapproves of the drug trade. Brando apparently used tapes of Costello from the Kefauver hearings as the basis for the character's accent. Like Profaci, Vito Corleone owns an olive oil importing business to conceal his criminal activities from the public and law enforcement. Vito Corleone Vito Andolini Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's three Godfather films, in which, in later life, he is portrayed by Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" and then, as a young man, by Robert

title: Vito Corleone

text: In "The Godfather", Don Vito Corleone was portrayed by Marlon Brando. He was portrayed as a younger man in "The Godfather Part II" by Robert De Niro. Both performances won Academy Awards — Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actor for De Niro. Vito Corleone is the only motion picture character played by two different actors to be awarded an Oscar for both portrayals. Brando declined his Oscar, having Sacheen Littlefeather state his reasons during the awards show. "Premiere Magazine" listed Vito Corleone as the greatest film character in history. He was also selected as the 53rd greatest film character

title: Vito Corleone

text: Vito Corleone Vito Andolini Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's three Godfather films, in which, in later life, he is portrayed by Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" and then, as a young man, by Robert De Niro in "The Godfather Part II". He is an orphaned Italian (Sicilian) immigrant who builds an American Mafia empire. Upon his death, Michael, his youngest son, succeeds him as the don of the Corleone crime family. He has two other sons, Santino ("Sonny") and Frederico ("Fredo"), and one daughter Constanzia

title: Vito Corleone

text: by "Empire". The character has also had a major influence on entertainment, most notably: the movie "The Freshman", where Marlon Brando's character is a parody of Corleone; the "Only Fools and Horses" episode "Miami Twice", where the primary antagonist is Don Vincenzo "Vinny the Chain" Ochetti, another parody of Corleone. In the 1993 Mel Brooks' parody of Robin Hood "" the Sheriff of 'Rottingham' meets with Don Giovanni (played by Dom DeLuise) who is a parody Marlon Brando's performance of Vito Corleone, to arrange the assassination of Robin. The Disney animated film "Zootopia", where the character of Mr. Big, an

title: Fredo Corleone

text: Fredo Corleone Fredo (Frederico) Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather". Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation and in the sequel, "The Godfather Part II". He is the second son of the mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is the younger brother of Sonny (James Caan) and the elder brother to Michael (Al Pacino) and sister, Connie (Talia Shire). Being weaker and less intelligent than his brothers, Fredo has little power or status within the Corleone crime family. The infant Fredo had

title: Kay Adams-Corleone

text: Kay Adams-Corleone Katherine "Kay" Corleone (née Adams) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather". She was portrayed by Diane Keaton in Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of films based on the novel. Kay is a native of Hanover, New Hampshire, and the only child of a Baptist minister and his wife. She is also the longtime girlfriend and eventual second wife of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), the head of the Corleone crime family. In 1945, while attending Dartmouth College, Kay meets and falls in love with Michael, also a student

title: Fredo Corleone

text: Michael learns that Fredo had an illegitimate child with Michael's ex-girlfriend Rita Duvall. Fredo Corleone Fredo (Frederico) Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather". Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation and in the sequel, "The Godfather Part II". He is the second son of the mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is the younger brother of Sonny (James Caan) and the elder brother to Michael (Al Pacino) and sister, Connie (Talia Shire). Being weaker and less intelligent than his brothers, Fredo has

title: Anthony Corleone

text: in the first two films, major events in his life were the backdrop of key parts of the second film, and his relationship with his father is a plot point in the third film. He was not mentioned by name in the novel. Anthony has a small role in the first film; his only scene of consequence is when he witnesses the death of his grandfather, Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), who dies while playing with him in the garden. The second film's plotline opens in 1958, with Anthony's first communion. It continues with an extravagant banquet held in his honor

title: Carmine Falcone

text: is based on Marlon Brando's portrayal of Don Vito Corleone from the 1972 film "The Godfather". Loeb stated in an interview that he paralleled the Falcone family to that of the Corleone family: Falcone's power and wisdom akin to Vito Corleone, his son Alberto's personality and appearance that of Fredo Corleone, and his daughter Sofia's temper matching that of Sonny Corleone. Lastly, his elder son Mario's deportation to Sicily, physical appearance and desire to legitimize the Falcone family are all traits shared with Michael Corleone. In a flashback in "The Long Halloween", Vincent Falcone brings his dying son, Carmine (who

title: Vito Corleone

text: anthropomorphic arctic shrew, is a crime boss who shares mannerisms and a similar appearance with Corleone; and the comic book mini-series, "" and "", where the character Carmine Falcone is loosely based on Vito Corleone. "Goodfeathers", a segment of the cartoon show "Animaniacs", features a character called "The Godpigeon", a parody of Vito Corleone. Vito Corleone is based on a composite of mid-20th century New York Mafia figures Carlo Gambino, Frank Costello, Joe Bonanno, and Joe Profaci. Like Gambino, Vito Corleone is nicknamed "The Godfather" and is greatly respected as the leading Mafia boss of his time. Like Costello, Vito

title: Vito Corleone

text: ("Connie"). Vito informally adopts Sonny's friend, Tom Hagen, who becomes his lawyer and "consigliere". Vito oversees a business founded on gambling, bootlegging, and union corruption, but he is known as a kind, generous man who lives by a strict moral code of loyalty to friends and, above all, family. He is also known as a traditionalist who demands respect commensurate with his status; even his closest friends refer to him as "Godfather" or "Don Corleone" rather than "Vito". Vito Andolini's story starts in Corleone, Sicily. He was born on April 28, 1892. In 1901, the local mafia chieftain, Don Ciccio,

title: Corleone

text: Coppola's film "The Godfather". In the novel, Vito Andolini emigrates from the village of Corleone. In the cinematic release of "The Godfather, Part II", young Vito, shy and unable to speak English, cannot respond when asked for his proper name, and is given the last surname Corleone by an immigration official at Ellis Island. Throughout the film series, various members of the Corleone family visit the town. In the films, the towns of Savoca and Forza d'Agrò were used as locations for those scenes set in Corleone. Michael Corleone is played by Al Pacino, whose real-life maternal grandparents were Corleonese.

title: Vito Corleone

text: during which he realizes that Barzini masterminded the attempt on his life and Sonny's murder. Michael returns home to become Vito's heir apparent. Michael marries his longtime girlfriend Kay Adams, and Vito semi-retires, making Michael the operating head of the family—something Vito had never wanted for his favorite son. Vito becomes his informal "consigliere", displacing Hagen. Michael persuades Vito that it is time to remove the family from the Mafia. At the same time, Michael and Vito secretly continue Sonny's plan to eliminate the other New York dons, while allowing the Barzinis and Tattaglias to whittle away the Corleone interests

title: Vito Corleone

text: nurse move Vito to another room. Michael affirms his loyalty at Vito's bedside. While Vito recuperates, Sonny serves as acting head of the family. Michael, knowing his father will never be safe while Sollozzo lives, convinces Sonny that he can murder Sollozzo and McCluskey. Michael kills both men and is smuggled to Sicily under Don Tommasino's protection. The deaths of Sollozzo and McCluskey ignite a war between the Corleone and the Tattaglia families, with the other New York families backing the latter. After Sonny is killed by Barzini's men, Vito resumes control and brokers a peace accord among the families,

title: Vito Corleone

text: murders Vito's father Antonio when he refuses to pay him tribute. Paolo, Vito's older brother, swears revenge, but Ciccio's men kill him too. Ciccio then sends his men to fetch the boy, Vito. However, Vito's mother begs Ciccio to spare Vito. Ciccio refuses, reasoning the boy will seek revenge as a grown man. Upon Ciccio's refusal, Vito's mother holds a knife to Ciccio's throat, allowing her son to escape while Ciccio's men kill her. Family friends smuggle Vito out of Sicily, putting him on a ship with immigrants traveling to America. Ellis Island immigration officials rename him "Vito Corleone", using

title: Vito Corleone

text: to lull them into inaction. Vito warns Michael that Barzini will set Michael up to be killed under the guise of a meeting; Barzini will use one of the Corleone Family's most trusted members as an intermediary. Shortly afterwards, on July 29, 1955, Vito dies of a heart attack in his garden while playing with his grandson, Michael's son Anthony. In the novel, his last words are, "Life is so beautiful." At Vito's funeral, Tessio inadvertently reveals that he is the traitor when he tells Michael that Barzini wants a meeting and that he can set it up on his

title: Vito Corleone

text: carves open the elderly Don's stomach, thus avenging his family. Tommasino takes over the town and is the family's staunchest ally in the old country for the next half a century. By the early 1930s, Vito has organized his criminal operations as the Corleone crime family, one of the most powerful in the nation. Genco Abbandando is his "consigliere", and Clemenza and Tessio are "caporegimes". At the same time Vito has his personal family; his wife, Carmela, four sons (one adopted) and a daughter. As a boy, Vito's oldest son, Sonny, brings his homeless friend, Tom Hagen, to stay with

title: Vito Corleone

text: territory in Brooklyn, where Michael would be safe. Days later, Michael carries out Sonny and Vito's plan to eliminate the other New York dons. Tessio and Connie's abusive husband, Carlo Rizzi, are also murdered for conspiring with Barzini. In one stroke, the Corleone family regains its status as the most powerful criminal organization in the country. Vito appears in both "The Godfather Returns", Mark Winegardner's 2004 sequel to Puzo's novel and "The Family Corleone", a 2012 novel by Ed Falco. His rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s and his early relationships with his wife and children are explored.

title: Corleone family

text: Corleone family The Corleone family is a fictional Sicilian family, and the focus of the books and films of The Godfather series. The family was created by Mario Puzo and first appears in his 1969 novel "The Godfather". It is said that the Corleone family is inspired by the real-life Borgia family from Renaissance Italy in the late 15th century. Compared with the real-life Five Families of organized crime, the Corleone family draws comparisons with the Genovese and Bonanno crime families. The Corleone crime family traces its roots to 1920, when Vito Corleone assassinated Little Italy's padrone, Don Fanucci, and

title: Anthony Corleone

text: Anthony Corleone Anthony Vito "Tony" Corleone is a fictional character in "The Godfather" trilogy of films directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He is portrayed by Anthony Gounaris in the first film, James Gounaris in the second, and singer Franc D'Ambrosio in the third. (The character was given the name Anthony because it was thought that the 3-year-old Gounaris of the first film would respond best if his own name was used.) He is the son of Michael (Al Pacino) and Kay Corleone (Diane Keaton), and the older brother of Mary Corleone (Sofia Coppola). While Anthony was never a major character

title: Vito Corleone

text: Vito reprimands his son for letting an outsider know what he was thinking. Around Christmas, as Vito crosses a street to buy oranges from a vendor, Sollozzo's hitmen emerge with guns drawn. Vito bounds for his Cadillac, but is shot five times. Fredo fumbles with his gun and is unable to return fire as the assassins escape. Vito survives, and Sollozzo makes a second assassination attempt at the hospital. Mark McCluskey—a corrupt police captain on Sollozzo's payroll—has removed Vito's bodyguards, leaving him unprotected. However, Michael arrives moments before the imminent attack. Realizing his father is in danger, Michael and a

title: Corleone family

text: compound in Long Island. In 1945, Don Vito Corleone declines drug baron Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo's narcotics business proposal, and this nearly destroys the family. Sollozzo believed Vito's eldest son Sonny Corleone wanted to accept the deal, and he had his men gun down Don Vito outside his office. Vito survives and is hospitalized. Sonny takes over as acting boss of the Corleone family. After a second assassination attempt on Don Vito, Sonny has Bruno Tattaglia assassinated. The situation escalates further when Don Vito's youngest son Michael murders both Sollozzo and corrupt police captain McCluskey during a meeting in the

title: Vito Corleone

text: his village for his surname. He later uses "Andolini" as his middle name in acknowledgement of his family heritage. Vito is taken in by the Abbandando family, who are distant relations of his, in Little Italy on New York's Lower East Side. Vito grows very close to the Abbadandos, particularly their son, Genco, who is like a brother to him. Vito earns an honest living at the Abbandandos' grocery store, but the elder Abbandando is forced to fire him when Don Fanucci, a blackhander and the local neighborhood "padrone", demands that the grocery hire his nephew. In 1920, Vito is

title: Carmela Corleone

text: crimes, because he remains essentially a good man who is devoted to his family. Devoutly Catholic, Carmela attends Mass every day to pray for her husband's soul to keep him from "going down there." In "The Godfather Part II"s flashback scenes, the young Carmela is portrayed by Francesca De Sapio. Carmela is a major character in the 2012 prequel novel "The Family Corleone", which portrays their early years together, raising a family as Vito becomes a crime boss. Carmela Corleone Carmela Corleone (1897–1959) a fictional character in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather", is the wife of Don Vito Corleone. Carmela is

title: Sonny Corleone

text: deal that Vito had declined. Vito later reprimands Sonny for revealing his thoughts to an outsider. Sollozzo later attempts to have Vito assassinated, believing Sonny, as his father's successor, will bring the Corleone family into the drug trade. The failed assassination attempt leaves Vito near death, making Sonny acting boss of the Corleone family. Sonny orders Clemenza to execute Vito's traitorous bodyguard Paulie Gatto. Sollozzo mounts a second assassination attempt on Vito at the hospital, which Michael thwarts. Sonny then orders Bruno Tattaglia, son and underboss of Sollozzo's ally Philip Tattaglia, to be murdered. Sollozzo proposes that Michael to be

title: Corleone

text: Corleone Corleone (; or ) is an Italian town and "comune" of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including: Tommy Gagliano, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather", including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone. The local mafia clan, the Corleonesi, led the Mafia in the 1980s and 1990s, and were the most violent and ruthless group ever to take control of the organization. The Corleone

title: Michael Corleone

text: Michael Corleone Michael Corleone is the main protagonist of Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather". In the three "Godfather" films, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Michael was portrayed by Al Pacino, for which he was twice-nominated for Academy Awards. In June 2003, Michael Corleone was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute, although some critics consider him to be a tragic hero. Born in 1920 to Mafia don Vito Corleone and his wife Carmela, Michael has two older brothers, Santino "Sonny" Corleone and Frederico "Fredo" Corleone, and a younger sister, Constanzia "Connie" Corleone.

title: Connie Corleone

text: Connie Corleone Constanzia "Connie" Corleone is a fictional character in "The Godfather", a novel by Mario Puzo and the 1972 film "The Godfather". In the film, Connie is portrayed by Talia Shire, the sister of the director Francis Ford Coppola. Shire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Connie Corleone in "The Godfather Part II". Born in 1925, Connie is the youngest child and only daughter of Mafia don Vito Corleone and his wife Carmella. She is the sister of Sonny, Fredo and Michael Corleone. In 1945, she marries Sonny's friend Carlo Rizzi.

title: Vito Corleone

text: befriended by Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio, who teach him how to survive by fencing stolen dresses and performing favors in return for loyalty. Fanucci learns of Vito's operation and demands a cut of his illegal profits or he will report Vito and his partners to the police. Vito then devises a plan to kill Fanucci. During the festival of Saint Rocco, Vito trails Fanucci from Little Italy's rooftops, jumping from one building to the next, as Fanucci walks home. Vito enters Fanucci's building and fatally shoots him as Fanucci is unlocking his apartment door. Vito then takes over the

title: Mary Corleone

text: Mary Corleone Mary Corleone is a fictional character in "The Godfather Part III", portrayed by Sofia Coppola. She is the daughter of Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and sister of Anthony Vito Corleone. Mary first appears in "The Godfather Part II" as the youngest child of Michael and Kay. She is a young child (aged about 4 or 5) in the late 1950s. Like Anthony, she does not have a significant role or story arc in the film. Mary is one of the pivotal characters of "Godfather Part III", set in 1979-80. Her father's favorite, she is sheltered from the

title: Sonny Corleone

text: Sonny Corleone Santino "Sonny" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather" and its 1972 film adaptation. He is the oldest son of the mafia don Vito Corleone and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie. In the film, Sonny was portrayed by James Caan, who reprised his role for a flashback scene in "The Godfather Part II". Director Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman Coppola played Sonny as a boy in the 1920s scene of "The Godfather Part II". In both the novel and the movie, Sonny is the eldest

title: Connie Corleone

text: with his belt. She phones the Corleone compound and asks Sonny for help. An enraged Sonny drives off alone to help Connie, leaving his bodyguards following in a separate car. At the toll booth Sonny is ambushed and killed by Barzini's Tommy gun-wielding men. Michael returns from Sicily and takes Sonny's place as Vito's heir apparent. When Vito dies, Michael becomes the new Don and avenges Sonny's murder by having Carlo garroted by "caporegime" Peter Clemenza, part of a wave of murders orchestrated by Vito and Michael to eliminate the Corleone family's enemies. Connie flies into a rage when she

title: Corleone

text: Linked to the Corleone clan was also the mayor of Palermo, Vito Ciancimino, born in Corleone. Located in the southwestern area of its province, the municipality of Corleone has an area of 229.46 square kilometers (88.60 sq mi) and is located in a basin in a mountainous inland area, approximately above sea level, south of the prominent Rocca Busambra. It borders the municipalities of Bisacquino, Campofelice di Fitalia, Campofiorito, Contessa Entellina, Chiusa Sclafani, Godrano, Mezzojuso, Monreale, Palazzo Adriano, Prizzi and Roccamena. Its only hamlet ("Frazione") is the village of Ficuzza, an enclave in the municipal territory of Monreale. Work on

title: Sonny Corleone

text: novel stated that Lucy never bore a child with Sonny. Sonny Corleone Santino "Sonny" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather" and its 1972 film adaptation. He is the oldest son of the mafia don Vito Corleone and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie. In the film, Sonny was portrayed by James Caan, who reprised his role for a flashback scene in "The Godfather Part II". Director Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman Coppola played Sonny as a boy in the 1920s scene of "The Godfather Part II". In

title: Sonny Corleone

text: of Vito Corleone's five children. Unlike his soft-spoken, quietly calculating father, Sonny is brash, rambunctious, hot-tempered and quick to violence. At age 16, Sonny committed a robbery. When Peter Clemenza, Vito's right-hand man and Sonny's godfather, informed Vito about it, Vito demanded his son explain himself. Sonny said he had witnessed Vito murder the feared "Black Hand" gangster Don Fanucci, years before, and he now wants to join the "family business". Vito sent him to Clemenza for training. Sonny "made his bones" when he was 19. By his mid-20s, he was promoted to a "caporegime" in the Corleone family. By

title: The Family Corleone

text: The Family Corleone The Family Corleone is a 2012 novel by Ed Falco, based on an unproduced screenplay by Mario Puzo, who died in 1999. It is the prequel to Puzo's "The Godfather". It was published by Grand Central Publishing and released May 8, 2012. The novel, set in the Great Depression, is the story of how Vito Corleone consolidated his power to become the most powerful Don in New York City. Also, it tells of Sonny Corleone's inauguration into the family business and Tom Hagen's graduation from being an adopted member of the Corleone family before becoming the "consigliere".

title: Vito Corleone

text: the Corleones and Vito unofficially adopts him. As an adult, Sonny becomes a "capo", Vito's heir apparent and "de facto" underboss. Fredo, Vito's second-born son, is deemed too dim witted to handle important family business and takes on only minor responsibilities. Vito has a difficult relationship with his youngest son, Michael, who wants nothing to do with the family business and becomes a war hero while fighting in World War II. Vito's only daughter, Connie, is prohibited from participating in the family business because of her gender. Around 1939, Vito moves his home and base of operations to Long Beach,

title: Carmela Corleone

text: Carmela Corleone Carmela Corleone (1897–1959) a fictional character in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather", is the wife of Don Vito Corleone. Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the novel, and in "The Godfather Part II". King was born Maria Grazia Morgana Messina in Pleasantville, New York; her parents were "from Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy." King is better known as a singer and is given a brief chance to display her vocal skills in the wedding reception scene of "The Godfather" when she sings the song "Luna Mezz'O Mare". Carmela

title: Vito Corleone

text: New York on Long Island where Genco serves as Vito's most trusted adviser until he is stricken with cancer and can no longer fulfill his duties. Tom, who by now has become a practicing attorney, takes Genco's place. Vito prides himself on being careful and reasonable, but does not completely forsake violence. In 1945, when his godson, singer Johnny Fontane, wants to be released from his contract with a bandleader, Vito offers to buy him out, but the bandleader refuses. Vito then makes the bandleader an "offer he can't refuse": he threatens to kill him unless he releases Fontane for

title: Vito Corleone

text: neighborhood and treats it with far greater respect than Fanucci did. Vito and Genco start an olive oil importing business, Genco Pura, or Genco Olive Oil. It eventually becomes the nation's largest olive oil importing company, and the main legal front for Vito's growing organized crime syndicate. Between Genco Pura and his illegal operations, Vito becomes a wealthy man. In 1923, he returns to Sicily for the first time since fleeing as a child. He and his partner Don Tommasino systematically eliminate Don Ciccio's men who were involved in murdering Vito's family and arrange a meeting with Ciccio himself. Vito

title: Vito Roberto Palazzolo

text: Vito Roberto Palazzolo Vito Roberto Palazzolo (born July 31, 1947) is an Italian businessman previously living in South Africa. Born in Terrasini, he moved to South Africa in the mid-1980s. He also goes by the name Robert von Palace Kolbatschenko. He is alleged to be a member of the Sicilian Mafia, an allegation he denies. In March 2009, the highest court in Italy confirmed a 2006 nine-year sentence for association with the Mafia. He is alleged to be a Mafia treasurer linked to Bernardo Provenzano, the Mafia boss arrested in April 2006 in Corleone, Sicily, and his predecessor Salvatore Riina,

title: Vito Corleone

text: a much smaller sum. Later, when movie mogul Jack Woltz refuses to cast Fontane in a film role that could rejuvenate his waning career, Vito's men kill Woltz's champion racehorse and place the severed head in Woltz's bed as he sleeps. Heroin trafficker Virgil Sollozzo asks Vito to invest in his operation. Sollozzo is backed by the rival Tattaglia family, and wants Vito's political influence and legal protection. Vito declines, believing the politicians and judges on his payroll would turn against him if he engaged in drug trafficking. During the meeting, Sonny expresses interest in the deal. After the meeting,

title: The Godfather (novel)

text: Don), whose surname (Italian for "Lionheart") recalls the town of Corleone, Sicily. His birth name is Vittorio Andolini, but after emigrating to America, he refused to tell the immigration official his last name. The person in charge of the lines said the boy was from Corleone, and the official recorded his name as Vito Corleone. Vito fathered four children: Santino "Sonny" Corleone, Frederico "Fredo" Corleone, Michael "Mike" Corleone, and Constanzia "Connie" Corleone. He also has an informally adopted son, Thomas "Tom" Hagen, who became the Corleone Family's "consigliere" (counsellor). Vito Corleone is also godfather to the famous singer and movie

title: Anthony Corleone

text: he witnesses Fredo's murder from his bedroom window, explaining the third film's revelation that he knows the truth about his uncle's death. In these novels, Anthony has a difficult relationship with his father; he loves Michael but does not want to become like him. Anthony's ambivalence hurts Michael, but he understands it, as he had once felt the same way about his own father. Anthony Corleone Anthony Vito "Tony" Corleone is a fictional character in "The Godfather" trilogy of films directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He is portrayed by Anthony Gounaris in the first film, James Gounaris in the second,

title: Fredo Corleone

text: father, weeping. In the novel, Fredo is sickened after witnessing his father being shot, going into shock. To aid Fredo's recovery and protect him from possible reprisals, Sonny sends his younger brother to Las Vegas under the protection of Don Anthony Molinari of San Francisco. While in Las Vegas, Fredo learns the casino trade and becomes acquainted with former hitman Moe Greene (Alex Rocco), who runs a major Vegas hotel that the Corleone family bankrolled. When Fredo's womanizing starts affecting business, Greene slaps him in public. After Sonny is assassinated, Vito chooses Michael as his successor of the Corleone Family.

title: Michael Corleone

text: The family "consigliere", Tom Hagen, is their informal adoptive brother. Unlike his two older brothers, Michael wants nothing to do with the Corleone “family business”, wanting instead to lead a more normal, Americanized life. Vito does not want Michael to join the Corleone criminal empire either, preferring that his favorite son go into politics. As a young man, Michael enrolls in Dartmouth College, but dropped out in 1941 to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps when the United States enters World War II. During the war, he fights in both the Pacific and European Theaters, and is wounded in battle.

title: Carmela Corleone

text: the novel, she develops a close relationship with Michael's girlfriend and future wife, Kay. She is given more expansive dialogue in "The Godfather Part II", notably when she confronts her daughter Connie about her behavior early in the film, and when she discusses family life with Michael, who fears that his role as Don of the Corleone criminal empire will cost him his family. Carmela Corleone dies toward the end of the sequel. Carmela was disturbed by Vito's change from a kind, quiet young man to a pragmatic and ruthless criminal. However Carmela seems to forgive Vito for his many

title: Carmela Corleone

text: was born in Sicily in 1897 and emigrated to the United States shortly after the turn of the century. She married Vito Corleone in 1914; they were married for just over 40 years until Vito's death in 1955. They had four children – Sonny, Fredo, Michael and Connie. They also took in Sonny's friend Tom Hagen, who later served as the family "consigliere". In the movies, Carmela Corleone is portrayed as a traditional Italian immigrant woman who speaks in very broken English. In the novels, however, she speaks fluent English as an adult, with a marked New York accent. In

title: Vincent Corleone

text: from his predecessors' morals, would have entered the family into the drug trade, driving the Corleone clan back into corruption and eventual decline and ending with his being killed similarly to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. This proposed film would have been titled either "The Godfather Part IV" or "The Godfather: The Final Part". Flashbacks would include Vito Corleone's early days as Don, and the childhood days of Sonny, Fredo, Michael, and Connie Corleone, when they discover the precise nature of their father's business. The film would have portrayed the early days of Tom Hagen, Luca Brasi, and Johnny Fontane,

title: Kay Adams-Corleone

text: to return. Hagen risks his own life by revealing to Kay some Corleone family secrets and "hypothetical" reasons for Michael's actions. Kay converts to Catholicism and attends Mass daily to pray for her husband's soul (just as Carmela Corleone had done for Vito). An early draft of the film's script ended with Kay's lighting candles for Michael. At the beginning of "The Godfather Part II" (set in 1958-60), Kay, who is pregnant with the couple's third child, implores Michael to fulfill his promise to legitimize the family business. Michael continues making a genuine effort to eliminate the family's criminal ties.

title: The Family Corleone

text: The novel also reveals how Luca Brasi first became associated with the Corleones, and introduces a number of new characters, including the crime boss Giuseppe Mariposa. Reception for the novel was mixed to positive, with George De Stefano in "New York Journal of Books" arguing that "Ed Falco deftly pulls off a feat of literary necromancy, bringing back to life one of the most iconic figures in American popular culture: Don Vito Corleone." "The Washington Post"s Patrick Anderson wrote, "Falco has captured Puzo's rich prose style and eye for detail. If you want to read another installment of the Corleone

title: Mary Corleone

text: Worst New Star of 1990. In his review of the film in his "Movie and Video Guide", critic Leonard Maltin calls the casting of Coppola an "almost fatal flaw". Mary's aunt, Connie Corleone, is played by Talia Shire—Sofia Coppola's real-life aunt. Mary appears as a minor character in Mark Winegardner's sequel novels "The Godfather Returns" and "The Godfather's Revenge", although in the original novel, Michael's second child is a boy. Mary Corleone Mary Corleone is a fictional character in "The Godfather Part III", portrayed by Sofia Coppola. She is the daughter of Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and sister of

title: Vito Ciancimino

text: business enterprises and Vito grew up in what in Corleone was a relatively prosperous home. He was hired to teach Bernardo Provenzano maths early, and had other contacts with fellow townsmen who were to become Mafia bosses in later life. He studied engineering at University of Palermo but did not complete his degree. As a Christian Democrat politician, he became a protégé of Bernardo Mattarella, who supported his political and financial career. In 1950 Ciancimino obtained concessions for all railway transport inside Palermo. The three other firms that had made a bid were put out of the game, because Ciancimino's

title: Corleone

text: The adaptation of the town's name into the name of a criminal gang leader in "The Godfather" is however predated by Graham Greene's 1938 novel "Brighton Rock", which was made into a popular film in 1947. The leading character crosses the rival gang leader 'Colleoni' in the English seaside town of Brighton. Corleone Corleone (; or ) is an Italian town and "comune" of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including: Tommy Gagliano, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.

title: The Godfather (novel)

text: Fontane is based on Frank Sinatra, and Moe Greene on Bugsy Siegel. In addition, the character of Vito Corleone was a composite of real-life organized crime bosses Frank Costello and Carlo Gambino. The Godfather (novel) The Godfather is a crime novel written by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955, and also provides the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood

title: Michael Corleone

text: Corleone enterprises, but Greene refuses to sell. Before his death in 1955, Vito warns Michael that Barzini will likely attempt to assassinate Michael under the pretense of establishing peace between the families, and tells Michael that whoever approaches him about the meeting is the traitor within the family. When "caporegime" Salvatore Tessio unknowingly exposes his complicity with Barzini by arranging the meeting, Michael sets the plan in motion to murder the other New York Mafia heads: Barzini, Philip Tattaglia, Carmine Cuneo, and Victor Stracci, as well as Greene. The plot unfolds on the same day Michael stands as godfather to

title: Michael Corleone

text: his father the time is right to remove the family from the Mafia. More than a year after his return, Michael reunites with Kay and they marry. He promises her the Corleone family will be completely legitimate in five years. Within two years, they have two children, Anthony and Mary. In the novel, Kay gives birth to two sons. Vito semi-retires in 1954, and Michael becomes operating head of the family. He attempts to buy out casino owner Moe Greene's stake in the Las Vegas casino that the Corleones bankrolled, intending to move the family to Nevada and legitimize all

title: Connie Corleone

text: Her father disapproves of the relationship, and only agrees to the marriage on condition that they hold an old-style Sicilian wedding. Carlo, whom Puzo characterizes as "a punk sore at the world", abuses and cheats on Connie out of frustration at being shunted aside by the Corleone family. Their wedding night turns out to be a harbinger of things to come; he gives Connie a black eye when she refuses to give him a purse containing cash gifts from the wedding guests. After one particularly bad beating, Connie complains to her father, who refuses to help. Vito is in fact

title: The Godfather (2006 video game)

text: sister, Frankie (Jennifer Copping). As Aldo explains what happened, there is an attempted hit on Vito nearby. Aldo ensures Frankie is safe, before helping Fredo (Andrew Moxham) get Vito to the hospital. Aldo then heads to the Corleone compound, where he meets caporegimes Peter Clemenza (Doug Abrahams) and Salvatore Tessio (Abe Vigoda), acting Don Sonny Corleone (James Caan), and consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall). Impressed with Aldo's contributions, Tom makes him an Enforcer, and Clemenza sends him to help guard Vito in the hospital. Whilst there, Aldo meets Frankie, and the two make a date. Meanwhile, Michael Corleone (Joseph May)

title: Real-name system

text: users may feel uncomfortable with the knowledge that their real names would be publicly displayed and choose, instead, to use a fake name that appears real to Facebook under its Name Policy. Unlike Facebook, the Twitter social networking site does not require users to enter real names when creating Twitter accounts, and the site is entirely void of the real-name system. According to Twitter's former CEO, Dick Costolo, the social networking site does not care what a user's real name is as long as the site connects users to the information that they care about. Whether the information comes from

title: Vito

text: with this name include: Vito Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word ""vita"", meaning "life". It is a modern form of the Latin name "Vitus", meaning "life-giver," as in Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern Italian folklore. The Name "Vito" is unrelated to, yet still often confused with, the German name "Wido," which is derived from Ancient Germanic, and the Slavic name "Vitomir" which is sometimes shortened to "Vito" and related to the Slavic deity Svetovit meaning "worldseer" but has a completely different root in the Proto-Slavic word

title: Vito

text: Vito Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word ""vita"", meaning "life". It is a modern form of the Latin name "Vitus", meaning "life-giver," as in Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern Italian folklore. The Name "Vito" is unrelated to, yet still often confused with, the German name "Wido," which is derived from Ancient Germanic, and the Slavic name "Vitomir" which is sometimes shortened to "Vito" and related to the Slavic deity Svetovit meaning "worldseer" but has a completely different root in the Proto-Slavic word "vit" meaning "ruler". People

title: Vito (Leblanc)

text: Vito (Leblanc) Vito is a brand name of Leblanc which was started in 1951. Vito is a brand name for Leblanc USA, now part of Conn-Selmer USA. The Vito name was used for student instruments. Leblanc USA was formed in 1946 by Vito Pascucci, and the French woodwind manufacturer, G. Leblanc Cie of France. To meet high demand, Leblanc USA started to manufacture clarinets in the US from plastic bodies and French keys. Eventually all of the parts were made in the US. These student clarinets were named "Vito". There were also Vito saxes and flutes. Some saxes may have

title: Hyman Roth

text: mechanic. He is noticed by Peter Clemenza, who has been calling him "Johnny Lips". Clemenza introduces him to Vito Corleone, who suggests that he change his name, which was originally Hyman Suchowsky. When Vito asks him whom he admires, Suchowsky says Arnold Rothstein for fixing the 1919 World Series; accordingly, he changes his last name to Roth. Expository dialogue later in the film explains that Roth worked diligently with the Corleone family during Prohibition, and was a close friend and ally of Moe Greene, the "inventor" of Las Vegas. Roth, as well as Don Corleone, started out running molasses out

title: Corleone family

text: Mafia activities. The underboss of the Corleone's criminal enterprise, Joey Zasa, resentful of the reforms, aligned with aging kingpin Don Altobello, and together orchestrated an assassination attempt on Michael Corleone during a meeting in Atlantic City. When in 1980, Michael appointed his nephew and Sonny's illegitimate son, Vincent Mancini, to be his successor as Don of the Corleone family, he allowed him to change his name to Vincent Corleone. In return for this, Michael ordered him to end his relationship with Michael's daughter (and Vincent's cousin) Mary. Vincent assured him that he would. Under Michael's mentoring, Vincent is remade into

title: Vito LoGrasso

text: & Spellbinder. He also later attacked Jerry Lawler. After a lot of success in those promotions, Vito met up with extreme wrestler Tazz at Johnny Rodz training school, who was able to get him a try out in ECW. When he started in ECW, he was still using the name Skull Von Krush. He later changed his name to Vito "The Skull" LoGrasso and became a member of "Da Baldies" stable, who in the storyline, claimed to be an offshoot of a real life New York street gang, and as such took issue with New Jack calling himself a "Gangsta"

title: Sandra Corleone

text: Sandra Corleone Sandrinella "Sandra" Corleone (née Colombo) is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather", the "Godfather" film trilogy, and the . She was portrayed by Julie Gregg in the first film. Born in 1917, she married Sonny Corleone, with whom she had four children: Francesca Corleone (b 1937), Kathryn Corleone (b 1937), Frank Corleone (b 1939), and Santino Corleone (b 1945). She and Sonny live in a house in the Corleone Mall. After Sonny's death, she takes her children to live with her parents in Florida. She is depicted as a large-breasted woman who immigrated from

title: Fredo Corleone

text: pays her to tell Johnny it was the best she had ever had. At Colma during the funeral for Don Molinari of San Francisco, Fredo gets the idea of setting up a necropolis in New Jersey. The Corleone family would buy the former cemetery land, now prime real estate, and also be a silent partner in the graveyard business. Fredo proposes his plan to Michael, wanting to impress and convince him and others of his abilities. Michael, however, dismisses the plan as unrealistic. Fredo arrives at the Corleone Christmas party with Deanna Dunn, a fading movie starlet. A few months

title: Don Vito (producer)

text: years later, Don Vito ventured out with the R&B group, Cherish. In 2005, Don Vito launched Don Vito Productions, a music & video production company. Don Vito (producer) Rodney "Don Vito" Richard (born July 9, 1978) is an American record producer. He is best known as the producer who collaborated with Kandi Burruss on projects portrayed on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta", including Kim Zolciak’s breakout single “Tardy for the Party”, as a judge on "The Kandi Factory" airing on Bravo, and as executive producer for Kandi Burruss' weekly webisode series "Kandi Koated Nights". Don Vito was born on July

title: Sandra Corleone

text: family, despite Sandra urging Hagen to abandon the Corleone family. Sandra is a minor character in "The Godfather Returns" and "The Godfather's Revenge", Mark Winegardner's sequels to Puzo's novel. In "The Family Corleone", she appears as a teenager, the granddaughter of Signora Colombo, a minor character in the original novel. Sandra Corleone Sandrinella "Sandra" Corleone (née Colombo) is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather", the "Godfather" film trilogy, and the . She was portrayed by Julie Gregg in the first film. Born in 1917, she married Sonny Corleone, with whom she had four children: Francesca Corleone

title: Vito Ciancimino

text: Palermo. Ciancimino died of a heart attack aged 78 on November 19, 2002, leaving a wife and five children. His fortune remained elusive. His son, Massimo Ciancimino, was arrested in June 2006 and charged with money laundering and other offences. Prosecutors believe the fortune accumulated by the son and heir of Vito Ciancimino could be about €60 million. They claim to have established a paper trail linking Ciancimino Jr. to accounts in the Virgin Islands, Amsterdam and Switzerland. In the notes found at the shack outside Corleone where Provenzano was arrested, two of the hundreds of his notes mention Ciancimino

title: Fredo Corleone

text: times throughout the film; the dialogue makes it clear that Michael is tormented with guilt over ordering his brother's death, and that it has alienated him from his ex-wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), and his son, Anthony (Franc D'Ambrosio), both of whom know what really happened. Michael himself cries out Fredo's name while having a diabetic coma due to diabetic hypoglycemia. Later in the film, he breaks down in tears while confessing having ordered Fredo's death to Cardinal Lamberto (Raf Vallone), who later becomes Pope John Paul I. Michael's daughter, Mary (Sofia Coppola), asks her cousin and love interest, Vincent Corleone

title: Vito Cascioferro

text: of Procida. For years, a sentence believed to be carved by Cascioferro was legible on the wall of his Ucciardone cell: "Prison, sickness, and necessity, reveal the real heart of a man." Inmates considered occupying Don Vito's former cell a great honour. Historians consider this account a legend rather than fact. Vito Cascioferro Vito Cascioferro or Vito Cascio Ferro (January 22, 1862 – September 20, 1943), also known as Don Vito, was a prominent member of the Sicilian Mafia. He also operated for several years in the United States. He is often depicted as the "boss of bosses", although such

title: Corleone family

text: Michael attempts to legitimize the Corleone business, but is pulled back into crime after a failed attempt on his life by Miami gangster and Corleone business partner, Hyman Roth, attempting to halt the takeover of Las Vegas. Roth is eventually murdered on Michael's orders. Michael's older brother, Fredo Corleone, was ensnared by Roth to conspire against the Corleones. At their mother's funeral, Michael sanctions the assassination of his surviving older brother. By 1979, the activities of the Corleone family were nearly completely legitimate. Michael Corleone sold their interests in all casinos and hotels and invested only in businesses unconnected to

title: Vincent Corleone

text: Vincent is, roughly speaking, an amalgamation of the five Corleone family males, having Vito's cunning, Michael's ruthlessness, Fredo's sensitivity, Sonny's fiery temper and Tom Hagen's absolute loyalty. In "The Godfather", married Sonny Corleone and his sister's bridesmaid, Lucy Mancini were having an illicit affair; Vincent Mancini is the result of that union. Being illegitimate, as a youth he was not included in the Corleone family. When Michael Corleone offers him employment in one of the family's legitimate businesses, Vincent declines, preferring to work for Joey Zasa, who runs the remnants of the Corleone family's criminal empire in New York City.

title: Joe Profaci

text: universe, Vito Corleone is the largest olive oil importer in the United States. In the opening scene of The Godfather Part III, Michael Corleone, son of Vito, is named a Commander of the Order of St. Sebastian at a ceremony in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Joe Profaci Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was a New York City La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what is today known as the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for

title: Peter Clemenza

text: Vito kills Fanucci and takes over the neighborhood - the beginnings of the future Corleone family. Clemenza is last seen at Vito's side as they open Genco Pura Olive Oil, the front for their criminal empire. Clemenza appears briefly in Puzo's second "Godfather" installment, "The Sicilian". He meets with Michael during his exile in Sicily, at his brother Domenico Clemenza's home in Trapani. They discuss what the fate of Turi Giuliano is to be, following the orders of a recovering Vito Corleone. Clemenza tells Michael that he should report to him after a week, with or without Giuliano, and that

title: Tom Hagen

text: member of the Corleone family. As a child he grew up in a broken family, the son of an abusive alcoholic. Sonny Corleone finds the orphaned Hagen living on the street and suffering from a bad eye infection, takes him home, and demands he live with the Corleone family. Vito Corleone becomes a surrogate father to Hagen, but never officially adopts him out of respect for the boy's father. In the novel, Hagen asks to work for Vito after graduating from law school, knowing full well that his adoptive father is the most powerful Mafia chief in the nation. Vito

title: Vincent Corleone

text: Vincent Corleone Vincent Santino Corleone (né Mancini) is a fictional character in the 1990 feature film "The Godfather Part III", in which he is portrayed by Andy García, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. Vincent is the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone and his mistress Lucy Mancini. He eventually succeeds his uncle Michael as head of the Corleone family. Retroactive continuity ("retcon") was employed to create the character's existence for "The Godfather Part III", as it is evident from Mario Puzo's original novel that Lucy did not conceive a child with Sonny. Coppola has said that

title: Corleone

text: three thousand people from Corleone, in alliance with the city of Palermo. In recognition, the Senate of Palermo called Corleone "soror mea" (my sister). During the reign of Frederick IV of Sicily, called The Simple, the city successfully rebelled against the crown but was recaptured in 1355. Corleone was besieged from Ventimiglia in 1358. During the reign of the four vicars, Corleone became the property of the powerful Chiaramonte family, but in 1391 was donated by Mary Queen of Sicily to Berardo Queralt, canon of Lerida, but he never took possession. Instead, it was occupied by Nicholas Peralta, vicar William's

title: Vito LoGrasso

text: Vito LoGrasso Vito Joseph LoGrasso (born June 18, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling as Big Vito and more recently World Wrestling Entertainment and working for their "developmental territories" Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling as Vito. LoGrasso started wrestling in 1990 on the independent circuit until being approached by NOW Wrestling Federation, based in Japan. Vito then went on to work in the USWA and WWC using the name Skull Von Krush. LoGrasso holds a rare pin one on one pin against Mitsuharu Misawa. He also teamed with "The

title: The Godfather (novel)

text: The Godfather (novel) The Godfather is a crime novel written by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955, and also provides the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood. The book is noteworthy for introducing Italian words like "consigliere", "caporegime", "Cosa Nostra", and "omertà" to an English-speaking audience. It inspired a 1972 film of the same name. Two film

title: Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

text: Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescenzia) is the name of a Catholic church in Rome, officially named Santi Vito e Modesto. It is located in the Rione Esquilino, adjacent to the Servian Wall. It is near the Oratory of Santa Maria Immacolata della Concezione. Its facade is on Via Carlo Alberto, with the entrance on the Via San Vito. The church was first recorded in the "Liber Pontificalis" for the reign of Pope Leo III (795–816). The original name was San Vito "in Macello Martyrum" or "in the marketplace of the

title: Corleone

text: municipality has an area of with a population density of 49 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located in an inland area of the mountain, in the valley between the Rocca di Maschi, the Castello Soprano and the Castello Sottano. Corleone is located at above sea level. The etymology of the name is uncertain, undergoing various modifications from the Ancient Greek "Kouroullounè" to the Arabic "Kurulliùn" \ "Qurlayun" of the Emirate of Sicily, from Latin "Curilionum" to the Norman "Coraigliòn", from the Aragonese "Conillon", "Coriglione" from which the Sicilian "Cunigghiuni" originated. The modern name ascends from 1556. Another belief is

title: Amerigo Bonasera

text: that puts them in the hospital for months. Bonasera sends his thanks to Vito through Corleone family "consigliere" Tom Hagen. Though feeling safer now that he has Don Corleone on his side, Bonasera begins dreading the day Corleone asks him a favor; he has a nightmare of the Don ordering him to bury the bodies of two men he has just killed. Later in the film, Hagen calls on Bonasera to finally pay back the favor. Initially terrified, Bonasera is relieved when Vito Corleone comes to his funeral parlor with the corpse of his eldest son, Sonny Corleone, who has

title: Don Vito (producer)

text: Don Vito (producer) Rodney "Don Vito" Richard (born July 9, 1978) is an American record producer. He is best known as the producer who collaborated with Kandi Burruss on projects portrayed on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta", including Kim Zolciak’s breakout single “Tardy for the Party”, as a judge on "The Kandi Factory" airing on Bravo, and as executive producer for Kandi Burruss' weekly webisode series "Kandi Koated Nights". Don Vito was born on July 9, 1978, in Gary, Indiana to Louis and Juanita Richard. While in high school, he learned the art of DJing and would perform at school

title: San Vito (Costa Rica)

text: inhabitants going from 1,000 to 28,000. SICA began the construction of a series of buildings such as the hospital, the school, the sawmill, industries, and businesses, while the government of Costa Rica undertook to construct a highway between San Vito and Golfito. Cattle farming was very successful. Contrary to popular belief, the name San Vito does not refer to Vito Sansonetti, one of the first landowners in the area, but honours the Italian saint Vito de Lucania, founder of villages, who coincidentally had the same name. The name “Jaba”, according to the legend, is due to the fact that at

title: The Family Corleone

text: story, "The Family Corleone" is a solid piece of work." "Kirkus Reviews" gave it a positive review, calling it: "A worthy addition to the lurid world of the Five Families." The estate of Puzo had sought to keep Paramount Pictures from producing a feature film based on the novel. This has been resolved, with Paramount gaining the rights to make more "Godfather" films (as of early 2018, no plans had been announced). An audio book of "The Family Corleone" was produced by Hachette Audio, read by Bobby Cannavale. The Family Corleone The Family Corleone is a 2012 novel by Ed

title: Vito Cruz LRT station

text: same name, although the station is far from the station, requiring a commute from the station. Vito Cruz LRT station Vito Cruz LRT station is a station on the Manila LRT (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Vito Cruz station is above-ground. The station serves Malate in Manila and is the first station from Baclaran and the last station from Roosevelt to lie within Manila city bounds. The station takes its name from the former Vito Cruz Street (now Pablo Ocampo Sr. Street), which was named after a former "alcalde mayor" of Pasay ca.1871. The station is the fifth station

title: Corleone

text: that the name derives from an Arab fighter named Kurliyun (Lionheart), who conquered it for the Aghlabids in 840. The territory of Corleone has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Recent research has identified several settlements distributed around two main areas: Pietralunga and The Old One ("La Vecchia"). This name refers to a mountain that rises to about , and is about from today's town. The site of Pietralunga was occupied from the final Neolithic Period to the Bronze Age (the presence of a glass bell decorated in pointillé) while the site of The Old One has been inhabited since the

title: Corleone

text: same Garibaldi. On that occasion, a team of volunteers ("Picciotti", Sicilian for "boys"), led by Ferdinando Firmaturi, joined the march of Garibaldi in Palermo. The nineteenth century ended with the social action by Bernardino Verro, a leader of the social movement "Fasci Siciliani". After founding the Fascio of Corleone on April 3, 1893, he founded the new Farm Lease that was entered into between farmers and agricultural Sicilian "gabelloti" in Congress on July 30, 1893, held in Corleone— so much so that the city began to assume the title of "peasant capital". Corleone contributed to the Great War with 105

title: Corleone

text: a certain John of Bologna. In 1452 the city was finally granted to attorney James Pilaya. In 1516, Corleone joined the revolutionary movements of Palermo against the Viceroy Moncada. The revolt of Corleone, led by Fabio La Porta, received popular support as its purpose was the request for tax relief. However, the revolt was violently repressed by the viceroy's troops led by the Vicar General Gerardo Bonanno. Cardinal Anthony 'Bognor' Iannazzo (1480-1516?), a native of Corleone, and a political ally of the Borgia family, otherwise known for a history of frequently terminating local clergy under his employ, tried unsuccessfully to

title: Connie Corleone

text: she suffered at his hands. Talia Shire described her character as "'a pain-in-the-ass, whiny person' in the shadow of all-powerful men." Connie appears as a supporting character in Mark Winegardner's sequel novels "The Godfather Returns" and "The Godfather's Revenge". Connie Corleone Constanzia "Connie" Corleone is a fictional character in "The Godfather", a novel by Mario Puzo and the 1972 film "The Godfather". In the film, Connie is portrayed by Talia Shire, the sister of the director Francis Ford Coppola. Shire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Connie Corleone in "The Godfather Part

title: Douglas Corleone

text: Douglas Corleone Douglas Corleone (born 1975) is an American author of contemporary crime novels and international thrillers. His debut novel "One Man's Paradise" won the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award. A former New York City criminal defense lawyer, Corleone now resides in Hawaii. Douglas Corleone’s first three novels feature the anti-hero protagonist Kevin Corvelli, a hard-drinking Honolulu criminal defense attorney seeking redemption following a high-profile professional free-fall in New York City. The Kevin Corvelli series includes "One Man’s Paradise", "Night on Fire", and "Last Lawyer Standing". Corleone’s fourth novel "Good As Gone" is an international thriller

title: Real-name system

text: Real-name system A real-name system is a system in which when a user who wants to register an account on a blog, website or bulletin board system, is required to offer identification credentials including their legal name to the network service centre. One may use an on-line pseudonym, however, the person's real identity would be available if rules or laws are broken. South Korea is the first country to put the real-name system into practice. Since June 28, 2009, thirty-five Korean websites have implemented a name-registration system pursuant to the newly amended Information and Communications Network Act of Korea. It

title: Facebook real-name policy controversy

text: the acronym is employed, Facebook automatically changes to lower-case all letters except the first. (Use of periods, e.g. D.L.G., will result in a message telling users that "Profile names can't have too many periods.") Therefore, someone commonly known in real life by a name such as Mary De Leon Guerrero Mafnas would have to resort to using what on Facebook would end up being "Mary Dlg Mafnas". The message is not accompanied by an option to challenge/appeal the restriction or to send Facebook documentation that the format is how one normally formats their name in real life. In January 2015,

title: Fredo Corleone

text: brothel, and "it will be as if she never existed". Geary agrees to their terms. Fredo later betrays Michael after being approached by Johnny Ola (Dominic Chianese), an associate of rival gangster Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg). Ola and Roth tell Fredo that Michael is being particularly difficult in business negotiations between Roth's organization and the Corleone family. Fredo secretly agrees to aid them in exchange for compensation; the film never reveals what specific assistance Fredo provides Ola and Roth against Michael, what he was offered in return, or whether he knew that Roth's men would make an attempt on Michael's

title: Douglas Corleone

text: which was released in 2015. In 2013, Corleone was selected by the Estate of Robert Ludlum, creator of the Jason Bourne series, to continue Ludlum’s series of thrillers featuring ex-Navy SEAL and former government covert agent Paul Janson, who first appeared in the bestselling novel "The Janson Directive". Other books in the series include "The Janson Command" and "The Janson Option", both written by Paul Garrison. The fourth novel in the Paul Janson series, titled "The Janson Equation", was released in June 2015. Douglas Corleone Douglas Corleone (born 1975) is an American author of contemporary crime novels and international thrillers.

title: El vito

text: the ascending motives, and the phrygian mode, which is the most characteristic of Andalusian music, for the descending mode, which generates an harmonic accompaniment based on the Andalusian cadence. It is also sung with different lyrics, humorous or serious. Folk duo Esther & Abi Ofarim recorded a version of "El Vito" for their 1967 album "2 in 3". El vito El vito is a traditional folk song and dance music of Andalusia whose origins can be traced back to the 16th century. Its name refers to the "disease" known as St. Vitus's dance, for its lively and vivid character. It

title: El vito

text: El vito El vito is a traditional folk song and dance music of Andalusia whose origins can be traced back to the 16th century. Its name refers to the "disease" known as St. Vitus's dance, for its lively and vivid character. It was created in the nineteenth century as a dancing song typical of the bolero. Includes steps of the art of bullfighting and is usually played by women. The typical costume includes jacket and brimmed hat. The melody of El vito is played in fast 3/8 timeplayed on a 3/8 tempo, and it uses the harmonic minor scale for