Talk:Vito Corleone

message: I think some of the sections here were written by a non-native English speaker.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.215.16.154 (talk) 22:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: English

message: Odd question but did the don ever carry a gun around with him..just in case?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.51.66 (talk) 01:36, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Don Corleone packing heat?

message: How do you pronounce his surname?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.9.9 (talk) 17:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Surname

message: : He found out later that Sonny saw him commit the murder, and he afterwards blamed himself for his son's violent streak.
How could this be possible? -- Toytoy 08:00, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
:This isn't true at all. I removed it. K1Bond007 07:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sonny 

message: Does anyone know who the real-life model for Vito Corleone might be? Would this be worth including in the article? john k 07:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real life models? 

message: Vito's early life had some alterations made to it for the films, and this page's article seems to treat the film as the canonical version, rather than making reference to the changes made. 
For example, it says that his family was murdered when he was nine, that he avenged their death as an adult, and that he was renamed Vito Corleone on Ellis Island. The book states that he was twelve. Only the film says he was nine. In the book, his father was not killed by a Mafia boss--he himself killed the Mafia boss, and then was killed in retribution. Vito's mother, then still alive, sent him to America. In the film, an immigration officer renames him Vito Corleone. In the book, he takes that name for himself to honor his native city.
2011-03-17 - Agreed. It even attributes film distinctives to the novel, rather than just presenting the film version of the story. It will take quite a bit of time to undo this problem.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.169.43.24 (talk) 06:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: coded-movie@trackers.info 93.86.237.160 (talk) 00:21, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film over book prejudice 

message: 'Corleone later met Peter Clemenza, who gave him an opportunity to obtain a rug for his home. So, both men went into the home of Clemenza's friend, who was not home, and took his rug, almost being caught by a police officer.'
A very small point - and must admit I have only seen the films (many times) and never read the books - but surely there is little evidence that this was really a friend of Clemenza - just a 'cased' house to which Clemenza had a skeleton key? I'm quite sure that this was just an introduction to crime ...
Yeah, well clearly you're not going to kill a cop if he catches you taking a rug with the permission of its owner.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.148.5.119 (talk) 05:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small Inaccuracies 

message: I'm just curious.  What is the source for this date?--Son of Somebody 14:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See birth date above: On the monument the death date reads 'July 29, 1955'. How does this tally with the other sources? Michel Doortmont (talk) 16:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of Death

message: Are you sure the Corleones resided on Long Island? I thought they resided in the borough of Staten Island...?
: NewYork1956 06:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Long Island?

message: I just moved all the quotes on this page to Wikiquote. There was already a "The Godfather" article in Wikquote, so I just appened the quotes in this article to the Wikiquote version.
However, this meant the  template wouldn't work, since it links to whatever the Wikipedia page name is. Under Wikipedia, "Vito Corleone" has his own article; under Wikiquote, "Vito Corleone" is only a section under "The Godfather." Since there's no "Vito Corleone" article on Wikiquote, it doesn't go anywhere. So, I just made a plain text link under "References."
Is there a way to fix the template? Or should "Vito Corleone" be created as a #REDIRECT page to "The Godfather" in Wikiquote?
Nevermind, Wikiquotepar did the trick.
In this Wiki, there's a reference to Vito saying "I want all inquiries made", when Tom Hagen informs him that Sonny was killed.  In fact, Vito says "I want NO inquiries made", and this is a critical distinction.  Even if this word was muffled on the screen, it also makes sense - given Vito's desire to now meet with the heads of the Five Families - that Vito would NOT make inquiries, because this would give the impression that Vito was planning something, possibly to retaliate for Sonny's murder.  By making NO inquiries, it makes his overt gesture more genuine, as if to say "I accept what has happened, but now we must move on".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomada36 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: Robert DeNiro also received an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather II as Vito Corleone, so I think there should be an image of him as Vito in the character's biography. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.196.105.235 (talk) 20:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert DeNiro image 

message: Logically, wasn't Vito Corleone's father, Antonio Andolini, the head of the Corleone family, before Vito took over?? It is the same family, after all, and he was the head of the family, before Vito attained adulthood.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwakkles (talk • contribs) 17:53, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Head of Corleone family before Vito 

message: Is it absolutely necessary to mention that Vito showed signs of male chauvinism? The story is set in the 1940s. I think it goes without saying that his views would be chauvinistic. It was hardly a concious choice of Coppola's to include that side of him. It cheapens the article considerably to include such a hackneyed feminist intepretation of a character who neither invites it or needs it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.225.192 (talk) 15:03, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Male Chauvinism 

message: :Image:Vito GF.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot 22:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Vito GF.JPG

message: In the article, it states that the information concerning Vito Corleone’s background comes from “In the Novel.”  However, much of it is taken from the movie The Godfather, Part II.  In the novel, there is no mention of Vito having had a brother or that his mother was killed. 
Vito's father is killed not for refusing to pay tribute per se, but rather because he has quarreled with another villager who then took his case to an unnamed local Mafia chief who sided with him.  Vito’s father refuses to accept the Mafia chief's judgment, presumably continuing the quarrel for which he is ultimately killed.  The Mafia chief begins to worry that Vito, now age 12, will eventually seek revenge and “makes inquires” regarding the boy, which are presumably perceived as a threat to murder the boy. Vito is then sent by his mother to live with friends (the Abbandando family, Italian grocers who take the boy in and put him to work) in New York City.  All of this is contained within Book III of the novel, upon which the movie embellishes.  
The first two movies don’t always strictly follow the novel. (In regard to Part II, the portions contained within the novel.)  Would people here rather I change the article to correct for all this or would you rather make some sort of note that the article is drawn partially from the novel and partially from the second movie?  Please advise.  
--I added a clarifying note at the beginning of the relevant section under "Backstory."  
—Preceding unsigned comment added by HistoryBuff14 (talk • contribs) 18:57, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Running Info From the Second Movie Together With the Novel 

message: There are multiple, inconsistent, sources on Vito Corleone's date of death.  Paramount's official series website (http://www.thegodfather.com/) says 1954.  OTOH, the tombstone in the movie (first movie, about the 2:33 mark in the DVD cut, near the start of the funeral), says April 28, 1887 - July 29, 1955.  A screencap of that is at: http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/64606-3/vlcsnap-82113.png
This problem has been mentioned before.
But since this gets edited back and forth, we should pick one, and add a comment in the article to keep it that way, with a link back here for an explanation.  I suggest we accept the tombstone as accurate.  It's really subject to the least possible amount of interpretation.  Rwessel (talk) 16:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: hair-type@infrigment-report.dnk 93.86.237.160 (talk) 00:20, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death (1954 vs. 1955)