THE GODFATHER PART IIz FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY FIRST DRAFT May 10, 1sé¢CAST OF CHARACTERS MICHAEL CORLEONE KAY CORLEONE TOM HAGEN CONNIE CORLEONE VINCENT MANCINI TONY CORLEONE MARY CORLEONE AL NERI PHIL DEVITO DON ALTOBELLO RUSSO BROTHERS WILLIE cIccr ARCHBISHOP GRAZIADET LUCIO VANNI FREDERICK ENTE DON TOMMASINO CARDINAL LAMBERTO LORENZO VIDUCCTFADE IN: onate strain of MUSIC in solo trumpet plays a solemn waltz. ted over BLACK; the familiar puppetee A passi Th Mario Puzo's THE GODFATHER . PART IIT TITLE FADES cut ARCHBISHOP (V.0.) (Italian) A gift of this magnitude, this Sweet spirit of charity, demands a reward. on INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM - DAY The Archbishop raises a religious medal on gold chain. ARCHBISHOP ROCCO GRAZIADEI from Palermo. Member of the Hel; See Sontidant of the Pope, and head of the JOR, the tase Ber it Qpere di Religione, ‘che vatican Bank. The arcnaie, peaks no English; perfect italian, and sometines siciiion® is accompanied by his secretary, MONSIGNOR 2IZOLA, who translates, and several young priests. ARCHBISHOP (Italian) The ler of St. sylvester, degree of Knight Commander star, is bestowed upon Michae Corleone for outstanding service to the Church. VIEW ON MICHAEL apPraching his sixties. His face reflects his sins; the face of a bulldeg, but there is also a new warmth and nuser® MICHAEL (Sicilian) I am honored, Excellency. ARCHBISHOP (ooking around) What a splendid palace this is. Of course the Holy church di not approve of gaming and the love of money, but occasionally, a-small bet, in moderation... (chuckles)icilian) Our family is selling the easinos, Archbishop. Now we are a Cultural Foundation. My associates and I were honored to deposit our money with th, Catholic Bank of Signor Vanni. Now, for important business Teasons, we must withdraw it, but we will leave the twenty nillion dollars to help the poor of Sicily. “It's in the spirit of the Foundation of Vito Andelini Corleone that this gi is given. ARCHBISHOP (Sicilian) Withdraw it immediately? (pause) The Church thanks you. We are in your debt. If one day we could do a stall service tor you? . MICHAL (Sicilian) Your blessing, Excellency. The Archbishop blesses all in the roor. INT, A2URE-PALAZ20 HOTEL BALLROOM - pay per eer eezeing. Music and excitement. The prosperity of the Rew Corleone hotel in Las Vegas is evident everyerecd. Teengeewasy ERE Ceees, the ebullient gazing reons, shoves poveges and bars) and’the "Showplace of Nevadesn the eee e Felazzo Music Hall. Music and vitality abound, VIEW TO STAGE JOHNNY FONTANE, in his sixties, is singing a Neapolitan English. INT. BARBERSHOP - DAY AIGETAM the barber expertly finishes up his patron's haircut. A dandy with white smock. __ WILLIAM You got tickets to the fight?MAN Yes. What about you? WILLIAM (laughing) Five hundred a pop, no way brother. : » hand reaches into a pocket in the fine suit and slips wWil:: a ten, and then two tickets to the fight. WILLIAM Well thanks Mr. Hagen. You're a itleman. He turns the chair around and ve see TOM HAGEN. eld, dressed in a suit, as he has had during busi; the last 45 years. HAGEN Thanks a lot, William. WILLIAM (0.5.) And happy birthday, Mr. Hagen. fe, follow Ton Hagen as he leaves the barbershop moving to the main corporate offices of the Corleone hotels and businesses. INT. CORPORATE OFFICES - DAY Hagen passes through the glassed-in executive area. SECRETARIES Good afternoon, Mr. Hagen. Happy birthday, sir. HAGEN Thank you, thank you all. INT, MICHAEL'S SUITE/LOBBY - DAY MOVE IN He SEE MEN join the others already vaiting, somevhat casually. Some are bodyguards. Tom Hagen joins thes waiting to see Michael. People are congratulating him on his birthday. Sore young paralegal types get them coffee and tend to thes” ENZO the baker, in his sixties, has been waiting. Hagen knows him and starts chatting about old times. The door opens and Michael enters the lobby accompanying the Archbishop and his entourage. ii s Hagen, and goes innediately to him.6 MICHAEL {embracing hin) Tom, good to see you. (to Archbishop) Excellency, this is ny brother, Tom He vill be in charge of tl Foundation, the transfer of funds, as'vell as all the formalities. ARCHBISHOP A pleasure to meet you. Hagen clearly knows little ef vhat is going on. Michael take: him into the suite. INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM - DAY MICHAEL Tom, the best thing I ever did Was to throw you out of the family business and hire you as my legitimate lawyer. HAGEN I never took it personal. It was only business. MICHAEL (embraces Hagen) You've made more pera for me with your briefcase than as a consigliere. HAGEN I did my best, Mike. MICHAEL Now we can sell the casinos. That deal is almost done. So all that's left between us and taking over Societa Mobiliare is the money we have on deposit with the Vatican bank. HAGEN Societa Mobiliare? MICHAEL The biggest landlord on earth. Real estate all over the world worth over five billion dollars. (HORE)iC MICHAEL (contd.) It's the Corleone Family's biggest deal. The Vatican bankers helped us in, but now ve can take it over on our own. Weill leave them with twenty million for their trouble. HAGEN Which goes inte the vitc Corleone Foundation. And then you can run the goney tax £: MICHAEL (reverently) What a racket. But the Foundation vill be legit. we'l) help pecple- HAGEN (shaking his head) Times change. (pause) Fop would have hated this idea. He loved doing it himself —- man to man. MICHAEL We learn from the philanthropists like the Rockefellers, Rob everybody then give to the poor. (pause) Tom, I want you to be CEO of the Foundation. “We'll work together. This is the big step. HAGEN Mike, it's an henor. MICHAEL Still, going legit is dangerous. More and more we have to renounce old ways and associates. We won't use then any more. But others will. HAGEN So your enen: get strong on what you leave benind. MICHAEL (rubbing his eyes) Yes. But soon they won't be able to touch us.HAGEN There won't be any of us lest te touch. (laughing) Of this generation at any rate, MICHAEL Happy Birthday, Ton. jovingly displayed at the burret, finest Las Veg: righev’® Fe beginning to seches! ‘Anuticans. A third genesarcog of a Flirtations going on, a NEPHEW asks a NT and have a dFink together ECE of 17 to go oss NIECE rr says I can't go out h’you == your grandfathec. runs the world heroin traa, The boy looks astonished and fork, of! dejected. He stares jeoking for cousins trom Nec York. VIEW ore GTOUP Of striking young Teo With the unmistakable iock ai,Corleones, energes one ih 2 Wits his curly br way with girls! ne INT. BANQUET ROOM/ANOTHER AREA = DAY We come upon Rosary ANNE MARIE CORLEONE, sonny CORLEONE 's TWIN DAUGHTERS in their thirties, talking to relatives, new husband and anew life. she never talks gbout ay father. My brother Santino won't either; he's dentist and calis himself Sandy,ce Vincent approaches then. VINCENT You two sure look alike... ROSARY Hi Vincent, is your mother here? VINCENT Yeah. ANNE MARIE (coldiy) Did you get a free suite, too? VINCENT No, just a room. Anne Marie turns away coldly and continues filling her pie ignoring hin. ROSARY Vincent, I was dying to see you again. Maybe later on ve cab have something to eat together. ANNE MARIE We're not staying too long. He goes. ANNE MARIE Don't have anything to do with hin. ROSARY But he's our brother. ANNE MARIE Our bastard brother. They turn away. CONNIE (0.5.) Vincent. over here. He turns and sees CONNIE CORLEONE, in a group of men. If ve lock carefully, ve can that they are bodyguards, F pfazing fifty and has changed. she‘is thes. cassette bas taken on some of the charactesiees caporegine. CONNTE. (reproachtully) Vinnie, where you been?10 He gives her a big hug and kiss. CONNIE You stick close by me. Today I'm going to talk to Micha about you. It's important VINCENT (xidding around) I wish you would have told I'd worn a better suit. EXT. AZURE-PALAZZO HOTEL - DAY SE SEE OOM ALTOBELLO getting out of limousine in front of + with bodyguards. He is in his eight looks like an ange Nery fragile. He locks up to the sky and sees a nel sco, He Gavdles he chats with his bodyguards, “He charetocee doorman. He watches the sky. EXT. ROOF OF HOTEL - pay A private Sigorsky helicopter hovers by Roman statuary on t. cf the hotel in Las Vegas. It lands. ‘there is pause, and we see KAY MICHELSON, formerly Corieone phe isin her early titties. A’handsome young man’ farce THONY (TONY) CORLEONE, in his twenties.” Michael's ons Also her husband, DOUGLAS MICHELSON, a lawyer with nigh political connections. They are met by hotel EXECUSTOES « seieote then, carrying flowers for kay, which are whipse the wind as the Sigorsky takes off. EXECUTIVE Mrs. Michelson, the Azure- Palazzo welcomes you. He escorts them to the doorway. EXECUTIVE Hi Tony, how's the new lawyer? TONY A law degr does not yet a lawyer make. This is my stepdad Douglas Michelson, he's the real thing. They shake hands and are escorted down into the hotel. They enter.11 INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM - DAY Michael and Hagen ar ing vith Don Altobello. Altobe holds @ box cf chocolates. They greet each other fond:y MICHAEL You look wonderful. Like a painting of the saints. ALTOBELLO I've lost all the venon, all the juice of youth. 1 lost’the lust for vomen, and now my mind is Clear, my duty to God is clear. (pause) I've come to pay ny respects. And Ihave a great favor to ask of you. Could I attach my name to your father's Foundation, so I could be joined with you in fame and spirit? One million dollars. MICHAEL (pleased) You have a good heart, Don Altobello. He escorts him out of room. 120 INT. IICHAEL'S SU Guests waiting as Michael and Hagen enter with Altobello. a girl calls out: / LOBBY ~ DAY GRACE Oh, Mr. Corleone. Her name is GRACE HAMILTON. GRACE Please, Mr. Corleone, can 1 speak to you one moment? I'n Grace Hamilton. Michael disregards her after a look and walks back into his living room. “AL NERI follows hin. GRACE Johnny Fontane promised he'd call you about me. He said you'd’ si13° INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM - DAY Michael and Neri. MICHAEL Did Johnny call about her? NERI - Yes. MICHAEL Why should I see a photographer? NERI Because he screvs her. MICHAEL Tell him not to pursue it. Neri, surprised, jots down a note. He had not expected Mi to get that sore. 14 INT. KAY'S SUITE = DAY Kay relaxes after the long trip fron New Hampshire. Douglas : : reading a paper. Tony is there. He is immediately lovacic, c big dark eyes, beautiful black hair -- a very sueet ‘ disposition. TONY Mom, stick by me. KAY That's why we're here. Tony Dad was surprised you cane. ray I haven't seen him for eight years, ‘TONY At Grandpa Adams' funeral. KAY He vas cold to me. Brrrr. TONY Did you talk to him?KAY I said, "Thank you Michael for soning." And he said to m respect the loss of a father. He turned away and he left. He never said goodbye. TONY He's tough. He'll take it nara , but he'll understand after a while. ry You know what happens vhen he Starts on the "rights" of the father TONY Having you behind me is tne difference. RY I know. TONY Did Mary make it? Dad won't take it too well if she doesn't show up. They laugh to thenselves warmly when the name “Mary" is mentioned. The phone RINGS. Douglas ansvers ic DouGLas (on. phone) Yes... Hello. one second. (turns to Kay) It's Michael. He'd like to talk te you. VIEW ON KAY On the spot, not ing. She becones Ray Zell Rim... I*11 call him right back. Tony sees her enbarrassnent, and takes the phone. Tony (on phone) Hi, Dad. Mom's taking a shower. I'll tell her to call you right avay.1s 16 17 Having bailed his nother out vith this vhite lie, he says goodbye and hangs up the phone- INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM - DAY Michael hangs up the phone. INT. AZURE-PALAZZO LOBBY - DAY Grace Hamilton sitting dejectedly with her cameras around her Vincent comes up to her. VINCENT (very charming) Hi. You work too hard. Let me show you around. I'l} buy you some chips and teach you how to gamble to win. GRACE Can you get me an interview with Michael Corleone? VINCENT No. I'ma relative but I can't do that. GRACE (charmed) Okay, let's gamble, but what do I do with my cameras? They won't let them into the casino, VINCENT Let ne. US AVSteS UP cameras and gives then to security guard at desk, ith twenty dollar bill. The guard knows hin. erece ace Vincent go inte casino. INT. CASINO OFFICE - DAY AL NERI, in his sixties, watching action through office wali peephole. He sees a ran asking for credit and the credit manager shaking his head. Neri picks up phone and calls pit boss vho has refused cresit. NERI Give Willie Cicci five thousand.18 PIT Boss Al, we'll never get it back. The collectors are scared of him. He throws then out of Windows. NERI Give him the five thousand. VIEW THROUGH PEEPHOLE Willie Cicci happily playing roulette. INT. CASINO/ROULETTE AREA = DAY An enormous man, grotesque as he is larg. sits at the roule=: ore: fable. His clothes are exquisitely tailored. He has a gers tooth. This is WILLIE ciccr. creer Raise the limit, I press into you. (he cackies) The senior pit boss nods his head, and the play continues. Vincent and Grace cone over, buy Chips. They bet and win, GRACE How do you know what numbers to bet? VINCENT It's easy. If a 2 comes up, then you bet the 4, 8, the 28. If 0 Comes up, you’bet 10, 20, 30. If 5 comes up you bet 15, eee They bet and Grace wins. GRACE It works. VINCENT All the time. During this they are leaning all over intimate having fun. They a: they appreciate each other ch other, becoming ne & very good-looking couple They have huge stacks of chips. VINCENT And that's how you become Winning gambler. With this cash we can buy the best dinner in town. Okay?19 Grace Okay. Willie Cicci, losing now, getting out of line. that no one really wants to confrone him. VINCENT Hey, sit down. VIEW ON CIccr Turns, and puts his savage glare on Vincent, Neri comes over. He's sco NERI Willie. What's up? clccr Up? Nothin's up. I'm navin' a good time -- until this ‘fedend Showed up. iH pees (quietly) Hillie. The family don't oun Abe hotels anymore. “In ten days NASDAC runs it. You gotta behave. ‘Cheech, this is Vinnie Mancini, Sonny's’ boy. Cicci turns and looks contemptuously at Vincent. ¢eIcer I know who he is. (Sicilian) Bastard. ent gives him a cold Mafioso lock, VIEW MOVES IN on Tyo tough, color: Carmine is the mus fy, dressea always with Danny is conservative, siim, atesess in very good taste. Soft-speken, alvays irritates by his bro’ INT. FIGHT TENT - pay Workers assenbling the fight. The Russo broth, ts land other preparations for the Push Willie Cicei in,CARMINE What are you doin’, you duce son-o: bitch? Makin! trouble and we're not even here yer. WILLIE Sorry. I was just horsin' around. That Mancini kid annoys ~ Re. DANNY The Corleones don't own the hotels anymore. Act normal. Don't make us scumbari. 20 INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM = pay Connie, followed by Vincen enters. She walks across tne recs, kisses Michael and w 's Some spots away from his celta: CONNIE el, you remenber Vincent ini, Lucy Mancini's boy. MICHAEL Sure, I remember Vincent. (pause, as ne cooks) You're bigger than your father. CONNIE Vincent could use nore responsibility. I want yeu to make hin a capo in Tessio’s old Reighborhcod.. - MICHAEL I don't want him in the streets. TARgRTE tS Mstening actively, but he knows enough nc: anything, CONNIE The Russo brothers are taking over that territory. We need Vincent there. They don't want to pay anymore. VINCENT Mr. Corleone. Can I talk? MICHAEL Sure, Vincenzo.VINCENT I_want to do what I can to help, as a Corleone. Michael looks at him: thinks about hin, smiles. MICHAEL You bet on the fight? VINCENT Sure I did. MICHAEL Who you on, Holnes? Vincent is naturally defiant. VINCENT No, I'm for Spinks. MICHAEL (warmly) Talk to me before you bet ona fight. Now let me think about your future; we'll meet tonight, after the party. CONNIE. By the way, Kay called back, said sorry she missed you the first tine. MICHAEL She called... good. 2200 EXT. TAXI STAND - DAY Alpretty Italinate young woman of 22 struggles with her col) suitcases, clothing bags, etc. and tries to get into the cas This is MARY CORLEONE. MARY Get me to the Azure-Palazzo fast, I'm so late my gocse is cocked if I'm not there in five Binutes. DRIVER Hang on sweetie. The cab rears off, actually blowing Mary's hat out the wi: MARY Wait, my hat!22 The cab stops, she gets cut, retrieves ner hat dangerousiy :- the face of onconing traffic. INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LOBBY - pay qhe Russo brothers enter like big shots; Willie Cicci is deflated, tries to make himself unnoticed as he slides room, Neri greets then. NERI Danny, Carmine ~- welcome to the Azure-Palazzo. BROTHERS It's a pleasure to be here. NERI You guys comfortable, luxury Suites okay? CARMINE Xou can lose the chocolate candy on the pillow. Last night f Slept on it. I woke up’ T thought it was shit on the sheets. Neri barely cracks a smile. DANNY We're surprised and honored that Michael invited us. It's the best way to work things out. INE, I heard the Pope was here Willie, wanna meet the Pope? NERI Just some priests, there's no Pope in Vegas, boys, Connie opens the door. Michael is alone inside. CONNIE Mike says okay now. Willie goes up to the door first, glances in. WILLIE The Mancini kid's in there. Notices Vincen:NERI (indicating Willie Cicci) What about hin? CARMINE He can wait out here. NERI Better like that. Then he nods and the Russo brothers enter. connie enters wit: them. They close the door. 23° INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM - Day CONNIE You ought to put a muzzle on Cicei. CARMINE He looks out for us. MICHAEL What is going on with you guys? Are you crazy? You're going to put us back thirty years, DANNY I don't know what you're talking about Mike. MICHAEL Don't make the biggest mistake of your lives, What mistake, Mik MICHAEL Don't think the Corleone family hasn't been noticing what's going on. DANNY Mike. MICHAEL (pause) You know Vincent? We see the bad blood between then.24 CARMINE We know all the punks in the neighborhood, MICHAEL He's going to be Caporegine of the old Tessio family. It cones from me. Not my sister, CARMINE Forget that territory, for God's sakes Michael. DANNY Sure, you're too big for that territory now, Mike. MICHAEL We let you grow because Hyman Roth wanted it. A great man, but that Jew more Sicilian than us. He was double-crossing Be all along. Any understanding we had is off ni You pay us. When you owe you pay. DANNY The Corlecnes are moving out; money but no muscle. MICHAEL Ihave a soft spot for you boys. I'm sentimental. I always loved ay uncles and the old mustach, Petes. But you are incurab: dumb fucks. “Money is Buscle. CARMINE We'll work these things out er at the meet. INT. BALLROOM = NIGHT } Photo being posed professionally. We SEE the groups of the family emanating out form the key members of the family: Connie seens to be in charge. Michael enters and the farily picture is taken. Then with the rest of the relatives inthe Groups they represent by the family tree. Michael gets Vine ana Brings vincent inte’ the picture, putting him at his side. Some of the family are shocked.25 26 27 INT. BALLROOM/STAGE = NIGHT A big crowd dining and dancing. Full dance bend, shov. zor Fontane on stage, loaded, telling jokes. He sees Michie? ent JOHNNY I'd like to sing something for my Godfather. The audience is thrilled, the orchestra comes UP, and he sin: "Passione,” with English lyric, and throws in a little tei INT. BALLROOM = NIGHT MOVE WITH MICHAEL ¥alking and listening to Johnny's song, receives a series of Tequests from RICH-LOOKING TYPES. 1sT MAN hy friend, you know him, will make a good judge. He will make a great contribution. MICHAEL (smiles) We need good judges. Lebtyists coming to curry faver with Michael Corleone, the v Corleone Foundation with its hundreds of millions to give to support culture, Italian-American culture, and pateiosic causes. 2ND MAN (BLACK) Michael, ve need a good undersecretary in Health and Welfare. Can you help? : MICHAEL See me tomorrow. INT. BALLROOM/STAGE - NIGHT Johnny Fontane finishes the song. The guests and relatives applaud rhythmically until Michael steps up to Jonnny by the microphone. Big hand. Johnny moves to Michael. MICHAEL Thanks, Johnny. Michael hugs Johnny and walks off, but Johnny drunkenly follews hwo INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT MOVING SHOT Michael and Johnny. MICHAEL Johnny, don't drink so much. Don't gamble so much. The €asino has 200 grand of Fontane markers. FONTANE, I'll work it off. MICHAEL I know you will, But if you go on the wagon and cut out. gambling, I'll get the company to tear them up. FONTANE Thanks, Mike. But I'11 work then off. INT. BALLROOM/TABLE AREA - NIGHT Michael walks tovard his family through the smiling croue shakes hands and greets friends, as he's being shoun to ta, honoring Tom Hagen. Michael joins Tony. Mary hasn't ercice Michael kisses his son, and sits down. MICHAEL Where's Mary? I don't see her. TONY You know Mary, she'll get here the last second. Did Mon call you back? MICHAEL We kept missing each other. ToNy There she is. Michael looks. MICHAEL'S POV: There, approaching the other side of the dais, is Kay folic by her husband. Kay, not seeing Michael, stares at the vers he has created to which she is completely alien;Sounis syeets her, other relatives. Then Kay leoks up and ses Michael looking at her. People are talking to hee’ kissing her. VIEW ON MICHAEL watching. VTEW ON KAY trying to gesture to him that she called him back. Michael smiles and nods. VIEW Johnny Fontane at the microphone. He clinks whiskey glass spoon. . FONTANE Folks, folks. Here he is, seventy years young, our own Ton Hagen. The crowd clinks their glasses. The band breaks into "Happy Birthday" and everyone joins in, rising to thess feet. Michael and Boke setting and singing. Michael looks avay her unese, nd Yben he locks back, ‘there's Mary too, sing ng her uncle, as though she's been there all the-tine, “ang to her brother Tony. VIEW ON KAY Sania gions warmly for Tom, who returns her smile a bit enbarrassed. There is clinking of forks against glasses, and cry of OF een aase rot a Tetted, to the microphone. “These ic a sp Pf gpplause from afl generations, who stay on their ect’ little Italian ad-lib trom the crowd. HAGEN Come on, sit down. I'm not a hundred! Laughter. HAGEN Well, vhat a surprise. (winded) As he's talking tvo or three stagehands bring in an enormous, gift-wrapped present. Hagen doesn't believe hin eyes at its Size. MICHAEL Happy birthday Tom, ‘trom the Corleone family. Open it30 Ragen moves to the gigantic gift, he pulls the wrapping of, ad=libking his feelings. The orchestra begins to play’ VIEW ON HAGEN UNWRAPPING THE PRESENT The stagehands help a bit. Some of the faces of the various generations of the fanity, fascinated with the .awrapping. There are spurts ‘of applause as it reveals: Vito Corleone's original DESK and CHAIR on is an exceptional pen with gold engraved pla Pict "On his seventieth birthday, fifty years of service, TOM ‘HAGEN -- FRoy ‘A LOVING FAMILY." The Archbishop rises from his table and blesses the desk anz the entire Corleone family. Ton is very moved. He gets up and dances with his wife of x: years. The WALTZ plays and builds. Excitement builds. cur To: INT. MICHAEL'S SUITE/LIVING ROOM = NIGHT Kay and Michael in a serious discussion. Tony and Mary wait outside. KAY He's afraid to tell you. MICHAEL (smiling) Afraid of what? KAY Of you, of your reaction. MICHAEL When have I ever been unreasonable? Now what's this about net taking the bar exan? KAY He loves music. He wants his life to be in music. He has talent. MICHAEL Talent has nothing to do with this. Music is fine. I love music too. What does music have te do with his taking the bar?KAY He has a law degree. If he passes the bar he'll be a ayer. MICHAEL Kay, I don't understand. He's finished law school S that close. He should finish what began. The door opens and Tony comes in. MICHAEL (cold) I hear you never wanted to be a lawyer. TONY I gave it a try. Because you Were so much for it. But yes, I'm not going to take the bar, I wanted'to tell you myself. MICHAEL Your mother prepared ne. TONY (smiling) So you wouldn't be angry. MICHAEL When have I ever been angry vith you? Tony Never. You didn't have to be. MICHAEL What does that mean? TONY (pause) It means that though I love you, 7 don't want to be in the family business. MICHAEL Anthony, I'm preparing to hand over the vhole family business fo you. It's all legal. You'l, be one of the most powerful men in the world. And you can Pursue your music. “You can have everything you want.a1 Tony You're my father and I love you, I}B grateful for everything ” you've given me. But I'm going Ry own vay. MICHAEL Does that mean I can’t help you? TONY Qaughing) Sure you can. £111 need a1 the help I can get. But either 1 have talent or I don't. The Public will decide and you vith 211 your power can't help in that. He Pauses for a moment and then says very Mietly: TONY I don't want to live your lite. I don't want you to live ay lite. I want to give you'd chance to be a great man. ‘To have your children become the jeaders of this country. to have that chance. TONY No. ray That he got from you. That no. CLOSE UP Michael's face, INT, FIGHT TENT = NIGHT The tight in progress. The punches, hard and violent. VIEW The audience. Johnny Fontane surrounded by beautitul vone: Vincent explaining the action to Grac Rosary and Anne &, cheering. CLOSE SHOTS of MAIN CHARACTERS32 INT. MICHAEL’ SUITE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT ares aot Te Michael, Neri and Hagen on one side, Also prese> Raman ey Ateobello, the Russo brothers tes CUNEO, FRANK ROMANO, the West Coast Mafia chief Marty PARISI who controls the Southern states and ALBERT VOLPE one controls the Miduess A television in the b.g. shows the boxing Michael gets up, addresses the getheoed ea MICHAEL Many years ago ny father made an Agreement with your tanilies tne he vould provide the 2 Protection for your activities in the drug trade.” against nis better judgment. You know with what results finally, A terrible Mars, Since then ve have nade up our differences. We have itch, Volune do. ers. retire. ALTOBELLO Rut We have all invested our good hard-earned money in your pias to take over the Societa’ Mobi iare. How do you leave that? MICHAEL That is a legitinate enterprise and we will go on together in that. CUNEO What if that fails? we hi there is trouble. VOLPE : We had no business getting mixed up with the priests in business’ There are rumors -= MICHAEL Everything will all be resolved. i know that I am responsible for your investments. When have + aver failed you?” We have made a grgat deal of money together, a P itimate money that you can Son te your children without fhe Internal Revenue declaring it illegal. ‘Keep your faith in ge-33 PARISI And when will we get our from our legal investnent Societa Mobiliare ve. curs Michael, you have alvays moneymaker for us over th years. But this -- MICHAEL When this deal is complet will control five billion dollars of real estate it in Europe, be: ond th. of our authorities here i America. All leg: For prize risks must be taken Patience learned. Leave this to m I will take responsibility. ALTOBELLO Well said. We rely on yo absolutely. It is in you: completely. But wnen do some money? MICHAEL I ask you to wait two mont the very latest. And wit! year all of you can retir Safely in any country you choose. There are champagne bottles in ice bue! glasses before everybody. Now Neri an ef everyone. Michael picks up his gia: MICHAEL I ask you to bear with me A toast te our success. They all raise their glasses. Don alt. and kisses him on the cheek. INT. FIGHT TENT = NIGHT The fight is von. The winner is decia: entire weekend in Las Vegas. Boney if the been a e eu, we rr n such a and all full uu ir hands we see ths at hin a e id Hagen fill the glasses SS and raises it on high Obello comes to Michze? red. Big climax to the FADE our.a4 as FADE IN: EXT. NEW YORK APT. BLDG. - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING INT. NEW YORK APT. - NIGHT Naguely outlined are Vincent and Grace Hamilton sleeping. There is a faint sound like the tinkling of glass. Vingent cones instantly avake. He shoves Grace who vakes up. GRACE What is it? (VINCENT I heard a noise. GRACE Jesus She gets out of bed and goes into the living room where the iighE has been left on. ‘she sees nothing but the Curtair sve: fhe balcony door is fluttering. As Grace stares at it eno hands close over her mouth. She is jerked against the veil yith great force. Another man comes out of the kitchen acd he is holding a gun. Both are wearing stocking MASKS. isT MASK (whispering) Don't scream or I'l] cut your throat. 2ND MASK Hold her, I'l] get hin, 2nd Mask goes softly down the hall to the bedroom. the door < closed but there is a light shining through the cack, He kicks the door open and rushes in with gun readys Vincent has been just behind the door holding his own hits the man in the side of the head with his gun_and wn man sags, relieves him of his gun then jerks him to his Pushes him out in the hall and marches hin into the livi 3 EPOm: , Vincent sees 1st Mask holding a knife on Grace's thrcat She is absolutely terrified, Vincent has his prisoner in front of him. His gun is at the man's neck. : VINCENT Let her go. 2ND MASK Cut her throat.Vincent clubs 2nd Mask to the floor and tears off his nasx. 1ST MASK Throw your gun down or I cut her throat. VINCENT (laughing) You must think I'm crazy. 1 hardly know this broac, Grace looks at him with herror. 1ST MASK - Throw your gun down and we'll leave.” Nobody gets hurt. VINCENT (contemptuously) Stop fucking around. “You hurt her and I'l] kill you both. Give up the knife and I'll let you go. 1ST MASK You have no choice. This lady will be dead. 2ND MASK Cut her. Show this bastard sone blood. vingent, looks down at him with almost thoughtful kindness, the: he speaks to 1st Mask. VINCENT I'm going to do something to convince you. Don't get frightened. ‘Don't make any sudden movement or you'll be dead. Now watch. Vincent pulls his prisoner halfway to his feet by the hair of his head. Then he puts his gun in the man's face and pi trigger. th a spray of blood and facial tissue. in horror as his partner lays dead c: the floor with his face blown away. VINCENT Let her go, or that's how you'll look. ist Mask throws his knife away and pushes Grace toward Vincen=. She runs past him into the bedroom. Vincent locks at 1st Neen very coldly and points his gun.36 VINCENT Who sent you? 1ST MASK Nobody. I swear, nebody -- (frightened) Cicci... it “was Cicci. . yincent walks toward him. ist mask holds out his ars to the baler tpeeMe, Shoots him through the pain of'ost hand nig Duties hits the man in the neck. Vincent Seacce dow: racks Oena RoReMt then goes down the hall to the tessoce a PETES TRS oor open. Grace is sitting on the ten seis pillow to her mouth. She looks at hin with fear, GRACE You didn't care if he killed ne. VINCENT. That's gambling. Call the police. GRACE You shot the ether man too? VINCENT He tried to get my gun. call the police. Lovely, a true case of justifiable homicia: INT. MICHAEL'S NEW YORK APT. - MORNING MICHAEL If Altobello and the others don't get results from Societa Mobiliare promptly they'll hold me responsible. HAG! And they will come after you? MICHAEL In the Family business, in all the Families, you only ‘hold your power if you are a moneymaker, That's the highest complinent you can pay to the head of a Fanily. “He makes money. Not so different from the corporations, Just a little more naked.37 HAGEN Can you get their money? MICHAEL I really don't know. They hear some disturbance o.s. MICYAEL Excuse ne. Hichael gets up, goes into living room. Hagen stays, listening to o.s. conversation with Connie. INT. LIVING ROOM + MORNING CLOSE SHOT ON MICHAEL : : Angry. Connie stands up to him. Vincent waits tensely. MICHAEL g++ I told Vincent minimum force, and then he goes and kills'these two guys outright. CONNIE He did the right thing. He got Cicci's nane. MICHAEL I don't want anything to de with Cicei. He's a pazzo. CONNIE All right. Now they fear you. Pause. Michael looks at her. MICHAEL : Maybe they should fear you. Michael turns to Vincent compassionately. MICHAEL Vincenzo, old Bonasera vorked all night to piece my brother Sonny together. So ny mother could look at him. Taidn'e want you to be like him. (big, pause) a:+ But, call yourself Vincent Corleone. VINCENT Thank you, Mr. Corleone.3a 29 40 4a 42 4a MICHAEL No, call me Michael, Vincent is moved; awkwardly he bows his head. VINCENT (moved) : Michael. FADE ovr. FADE IN: EXT. NEW YORK - MICHAEL'S APT. - DAY MUST up. "Michael's Theme" sequeing into "Kay's Thene.” Michael exits his car, says goodbye to his driver. He enters his apartment building. : INT. ELEVATOR - DAY Michael is thinking. DISSOLVE 7 EXT. NEW HAMPSHIRE/MICHELSON HOUSE - DAY Kay and h their dog. F husband Douglas walk to get the newspaper wits DISSOLVE Te: INT. MICHAEL'S APT./DEN - DAY Michael relaxes in a confortable chair. There are pictures os his father, his children. There is an aquarium with tropical fish. He looks through some pictures in an album. Stops as one: the four of them together, when Tony and Mary were lice EXT. NEW HAMPSHIRE/MICHELSON HOUSE - pay key picks up the mail from the mailbox, and they start to we:k to the confortable house in the suburbs of New Hampenire. She looks at a letter: "Mrs. Kay Michelson.” “M. Corleone." She opens it as they enter the INT. MICHELSON HOUSE/STUDY - DAY Kay sits down in the study, as she reads:44 45 46 MICHAEL (V.0.) Dear Kay, today I gave ny okay to Tony.’ I decided ne should do what he wants. Seeing you again after so many ZEars marks a new period of armony, and I hope from time to time ve will see each other at family functions. I am planning a small birthday myself, family only, and since I know Mary and Tony are coming, I hoped that you and your husband would also cone. Michael. Kay sits down by her desk, takes out personalized station and begins a reply. KAY (V.0.) Dear Michael... MUSIC ends. DISSOLVE To: EXT. MANHATTAN BANK BLOG. - DAY MUSIC up. MOVING VIEW archbishop Graziadei, Monsignor Zizola, and the business Tage exit sone cars and proceed into the bank buiiding. INT. BANK BLDG. LOBBY = DAY ROCCO LAMPONE waits by the elevator for the papal emissary to take them to Michael. INT. BANK CONFERENCE ROOM = DAY The Archbishop sits down with his two bankers, one Italian ang the other Swiss. ‘These are LUCIO VANNI and FREDERICK Nee. Vanni is the contact, go-betveen who arranged this meeting, Michael is with Tom Hagen, several young yuppie lawyers and foundation executors and the foundation's lawyers. ‘Ente Garries large volumes of documents in his briefcase. "A young voman attorney for the foundation serves coffee to the group’ Vanni steps forward and shakes Hagen's hand.3a. VANNI Lucio Vanni. My pleasure. HAGEN Tom Hagen. ENTE Frederick Ente. HAGEN Pleasure. The meeting gets started. The Archbishop seens uneasy, under , ARCHBISHOP (Sicilian) The cash Your foundation offers to help the people in south Italy, many good things, but the Church bears'so many woes of the world. We need to keep the money you have on deposit a little onger. Alas, we cannot pay. Michael and Hagen lock up. The Archbishop smiles. He knows Hagen understands Sicilia’ meenargnbishop understands English, though he pretends not ARCHBISHOP Of course, your money is fully collateralized by securities And other instruments issued by major US companies. 600 million® HAGEN You'll pledge six hundred Billion fully secured by major securities? Michael catches on to this. ARCHBISHOP We have one billion dollars in securities invested with ten ks in Italy and two in Switzerland. “All belong to Ente and Vanni's banks. It vould cost too much to sell. Those banks will verity the vatican Bank owns those securities. MICHAEL $0 you're asking for a loan. And you're responsible?ARCHBISHOP I answer to no one except Rone, and to God. (pause) The Churen plays many roles in many gountries. It needs money. You can't run the Church on Hail Marys VIEW ON HAGEN ‘ jistening. | He looks at Michael, vho doesn't like this, bur remains caln. MICHAEL What do you think, Ton? Hagen and Michael exchange glances. ARCHBISHOP (indicates Vanni) Signor Vanni is well anead of his tine as far as banking matters are concerned. HAGEN The securities in question. The Vatican has then? VANNI They are held by banks controlled by myself and Ente But the Vatican banks will give letters of comfort. HAGEN Letters of comfort? I've never heard of then. ARCHBISHOP A guarantee by the Pope himself. MAGEN Could we get the certificate Dumbers to see that they're not hot? (laughing) VANNI Certainly. AGEN Could they be shipped to the United States to be checked? VANNI Impossible. Too involved, ve can't let them out of our hands.ARCHBISHOP Let me resolve this dilemma. 1 will take a random sampling of ten million dol. securities. I you, on ny own to be tested. lars worth of will ship them to responsibility, HAGEN Then it's okay. ARCHBISHOP Beh. I havea He gets up, as does zizcla. the door. Plane te catch. Michael and Hagen escort ther <5 Vanni and Ente remain. when the archbishop ve gene MI CHAEL Now that the Archbishop is gone we can talk business withoue Worrying about blasphemous. Vatican Bank ha Payment of our being ow come the 1s suspended money. VANNI I assure you it is only for a Short time. You know the Pope is very ill; there is great disorder in the functioning of the Papal administration. matter of shuff. It is merely a ling papers. The Matter of a month or two. MI I need that mon, CHAEL ey. Right now, ENTE We know. You a control the Secieta Mobiliars MI re trying to CHAEL And you don't want me to? a Our banks have that organizatii NTE an interest in on. We welcome you as one of the partners. We do not velcome you as the shark who will swallow us up. MI ‘CHAEL And that's why yeu have stopped Payments from the Vatican Bank on ny loan to you.bankers are VANNT You must have patience. ENTE That is true. Unless you vant £9, 9° through lawsuits that wil] take years, “ Z can't wait years. 1 deposited the money with you, we have a contract that you pay. Now you don't pay. And you Say next’ Bonth. Next month and next Ronth and next month. I'm telling you now, I hold both of You personally responsible it + don't get that money. HAGEN Michael, take it easy. This is a Jegal matter. It would take time. ENTE (smiling) That is true, VANNI But not too long. Be patient, MICHAEL (very coldly) T have alvays run Ry businesses on a very personal level. t zegard my most important business dealings as personal relationy snips. J s2Y this to both of you Nery clearly. You have betrayca me on a very personal level. “se you understand what I am saying? jards them with his cold Godfather eye and the very nervous. ENTE it is mot personal, it is only business. MICHAEL Very well. You want to do business? I will do business with you. Hagen turns away. He knows vhat this means and he is worried,47 a8 ENTE (mot understanding) Good. VANNI (frightened; understands) Be patient. We will resolve this. MICHAEL I'll give beth of you some good advice. Don't come to this country again. Unless you have the money in your hand. Now you can leave. The bankers exit. HAGEN (thinking) I want to check something out. DISSOLVE To: INT. HAGEN'S HOME/STUDY - NIGHT HIGH ANGLE MOVING CLOSER to Tom Hagen alone in his study, records. Finds what he wants, fi. DeVito. He looks through then. joing through some ola s he had kept on a Phil INSERT = OLD CLIPPING In the fifties, DeVito sent up for counterfeiting. Hagen finds a number in a book he has taken out of a snail safe, and dials a number. : HAGEN Hi, Phil? Tom Hagen. Ye. Yeah, long time no see. Maybe you can help me out. Can I cone See you? EXT. WOODSIDE, NEW YORK - NIGHT Hagen's lone car makes its way up the eerie, night-1it alleys ef this urban industrial neighborhood Just outside the city. He parks the car, locks it and moves ough the still, nostit: landscape. He sees a light on by the "Eag and moves there. @ Manufacturing co.°49 50 EXT. INDUSTRIAL BLDG. - NIGHT Ragen moves up past the steel mesh and knocks quietly. the doer opens ane PHIL DEVITO, in his fifties, anvers ic, DEVITO Come in, Tom. INT. INDUSTRIAL BLDG. - NIGHT They sit quietly in the workroom. DeVito gets soe coraiai pours for the two of then. DeVito seems HAGEN Phil, you told me to call, that if you could ever help me, you would. : DEVITO Absolutely, Tom. What you done for me could never be repaid. But you know I'm not a button anymore. I can't do that. HAGEN No, no, just a question, Phil. How hard is it to forge a U.S, security certificate... say like, Coca-Cola company, big companies. distracted by the question. DEVITO Why do you ask, Tom? HAGEN (doesn't notice) Something that happened: a business, a big legit business deal. What about the hot list? DEV: Well, the hot list red flags stolen securities, they got the numbers. But securities no one knows exists wouldn't be cn the hot list. See what I mean? Are you conning me Tom, I'd never do anything against the Corleones. HAGEN What do you mean, conning you? a8He pours himself another drink. Hagen vasn‘t expecting t (nervous Well, I can't speak, Ton. But eS, securities is like a good 20 bill. It can be printed -- but it's expensive. Took Tom. 1 gwe you, But don't et anybody know I talked to you. Hun? HAGEN Phil, what are you scared of... I've been a legit lawyer for twenty years, I don't know What's going on between the families... DEVITO Gon Attobelc... he's got a big geal, bankrolling the Russo brothers. Big money, HAGEN (whistles) Jesus. DEVITO Tom, when I got sent up, it was you who came personally to visit Ry wife and kid. And they were taken care of. HAGEY That was the old man. DEVITO But yey cane, personally. HAGEN . I enjoyed it. DEVITO Now we're doing very well, I owe ou, though I put my life on the Yine. That Carmine Russo is crazy. He's got death in his HAGEN (frustrated) What the hell is it, Devito? DEVITO Come on... I'l) show you.52 Gevite leads Hagen to another part of the Eagle Manufac! co. INT. INDUSTRIAL BLDG./SECURITIES AREA - NIGHT DRAMATIC SHOT DeVito reveals to Tom a thick stack of securities: "cCoca-: Bottling Co. of Los Angeles." Other stacker "IBM," "Gene Motors," etc, DEVITO (0.5.) Every decent printer or plate ker is working on it here and in the Midwest. HAGEN Altobello's behind this? DEViTO Big deal, big money. HAGEN How big? DEVITO About sixty million dollars, Ten percent, if the ten percent of the deal gces the whole order is one billion two hundred Billion. HAGEN Who's buying them? DEVITO (shrugs) All I know is Altobello is behind it. HAGEN (shaking his head) That son of a Bitch just gave a million dollar donation te Mike for the Foundation, He takes a security certificate. HAGEN Let me borrow one. DEVITO Tom, my life is in your hands.HAGEN c (warmly) : Give my regards to your wife ang . family, And I appreciate those beautiful business cards you send ne every Christmas. Thanks, Phil. 52. EXT. NY RESTAURANT - NIGHT agen parks and leaves his car with the doorman. A si reads “CLOSED - PRIVATE PARTY." $2 INT. NY RESTAURANT - NIGHT A nice intimate family party given with the help of a weescc7ang.. Michael is’ there, with his children Tong ci We see a few other close friends, Al Neri, Hagen's wife an. children. Michael's closest family in a restaurant gf formality, so Kay and her husband will also feds Sengortable. Connie is the hostess, and serves her mother's menory vell: Mary gives her fath. Fan elegant, stylish shirt and tie. a MICHAEL Thank you, Mary. It's very bright. (laughs) Toes ohio wonderful, a real favorite of the ferily, tu to his father. TONY Dad... Dad. I have a present fer you. Michael is happy to be with them. MICHAEL A present for me. Go ahead. ens eMeves to the little combo that has been playing takes the guitar. Kay leoks on approvingly from hee can He begins to play a Sicilian love song. TONY (strumming guitar) It comes from the town of Corleone. I learned it for you.soft Parla piu piano e nessuno sentira; sss Tl nostro amore lo viviano lo ete. Nessuno sa la verita... CLOSE ON MICHAEL Everyone is charmed, but Michael has an emotional react, MICHAEL No. It's nothing. I know the song. Go on, Tony. Sing. Tony goes on. The guests are moved. VIEW ON TOM HAGEN A preoccupied Hagen enters the party, greeting People harpy see hin, but making his way to see Hichael unde> pretense c+ Ret wanting to disturb the song. TONY Neppura il cielo che o guarda da jassu... Insiene a te 10 resters anore mio, sempre cosi. ZeLy peEpily finishes the song, it is very beauti there are very roved. Hagen approaches micneeys HAGEN Mike, can I talk to you? ful and ald MICHAEL Did you hear Anthony sing? (HAGEN It was beautiful. Mike, T need a minute. cs Michael accomplishes that. MICHAEL Sure, Tom. What is it? HAGEN All this activity from the Russo brothers has to do with a big lo move into counter- feiting securities. over six hundred million worth of then. MICHAEL This is reliable?54 55 HAGEN I saw then. I've got a forged Certificate in ny Briefcase MICHAEL (angry) This guy Vanni... the banker. Check him out, Seeing Tony, looking on for approval. MICHAEL Tom, take care of this for me. Go talk to the Archbishop, warn hin, (turns to Tony) Tony, I'm proud ef you. TONY So it's okay? MICHAEL It's okay. They exbrace. Hagen's wite and family center around him. Everyone's haps CLOSE ON HAGEN He greets then, and has a glass of wine vith then, but his x. is somewhere eise. DISSOLVE To: EXT. WALDORF HOTEL - NIGHT MUSIC up. - Tom Hagen parks his car with the doorman, and enters. INT. WALDORF SUITE - NIGHT Hagen is received by Monsignor zizola and another young pries: in bathrobes. He is led to a room where the Archbishop is Agctee. waiting in his robe, having just been aveneerge Hg £its. amusing himself making shadow figures on tre curtain. He stops as Hagen cones in.ARCHBISHOP (in Sicilian) You said it was urgent. Have you come to confess your sins? HAGEN I'm afraid it's bad news. ARCHBISHOP But why not speak Sicil‘an with me? Ee HAGEN I would rather give you bad news _ in plain English. There is a Possibility that some of your ertificates may be forgeries. ARCHBISHOP Vanni and Ente are God's bankers. They are beyond suspicion. HAGEN They could be deceived. ARCHBISHOP No, no, they are meticulous. Ente is Swiss, you know. opens his briefcase, takes out certificate, and hands it to the Archbishop. ARCHBISHOP Have you had ancther opinion? HAGEN No. ARCHBISHOP Oh, you haven't shown it to anyone. HAGEN Only to you, in strict confidence. CLOSE SHOT The Archbishop locking at the certificate carefully, under the light. ARCHBISHOP It looks authentic to me. But I'm not zealty, a@ banker. And you say this is forged.56 HAGEN : Hot from the press. And six hundred million worth just like it will soon go on sale. The Archbishop for the first time becomes Worried. Stangs up ARCHEISHOP This is terribly serious. on What a burden the church has jaid upon me. Truly the sins of the flesh are simple. But money -- What do you recommend? ‘AGEN Send al] the securities to be tested. ARCHBISHOP Yanni and Ente say that can't be done. - I will send the random Sampling as we agr Ivil. take drastic teps when I return to the Curi faver is tired, he hasn't done this kind of leg work for years he is seventy and gone legit and soft: HAGEN Thank you, Excellency. ARCHBISHOP once again, our thanks are yours, (quoting last verse of "Inferno. *) "Alas Constantine, how much pisfortune you cased. Not by beconing Christian, but by thy dowry which the first rich Father accepted trom you" RR LHEAR the echo of Zizola's translation as Hagen retreats ip the shadows. FADE our. FADE IN: EXT. NEW YORK OFFICE BUILDING = pay MED. VIEW An office building. Tom Hagen exits glass door. A mounted Policeman is making his rounds.87 MOVING CLOSE ON HAG: Hagen walking down steps, when he HEARS the sound c+ hoofbeats coming closer to-hin. He looks up, tusse sr A MOUNTED POLICEMAN COMING AT uUs_ Sirecery anegnetgs Out his arm rigidly and fires nis reve easectly at Tem Hagen. Hagen is hit and falls; wiser se trampled. He tries to get back inside, bised Splattering the glass. CLOSE sHOT Hagen's bloody briefcase in the street. A hand snatches from the street and throws it to the gunman on the horse takes it and manages to gallop through the staliog trate INT. MICHAEL'S APT./OFFICE - NIGHT Al Neri knocks on the door. ‘NERI We're not retired yet. They shot Hagen. MICHAEL Is he alive? NERT They rushed him to the hospital, that's all we know. I got him covered there. I called Rocco's People. MICHAEL But why? Tom had nothing to do with anything illegitimate. (pause) Get my car, I'm going to the hospital. + INT. MICHAEL'S CAR - NIGHT On the way to the hospital with connie and Vincent. CONNIE, Why would they shoot Tom? MICHAEL I don't know yet. But I have an idea. (to Vincent) We know you're as brave as your father: now we'll see if you're smarter than hin,60 61 62 EXT. HOSPITAL - NIGHT Michael's car pulls up. INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - NIGHT Ragen 's yife and children there with Rocco Lampone and fe Me eeeed eer ey eek Uby DUE the bodyguards are novcaiars Michael enters. “Kisses Theresa. THERESA He's alive. It's going to be okay. MICHAEL (warmly) Teresa. I'm sorry. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT Michael enters Hagen's room. Hagen looks very bad, weak. HAGEN The bullet was nothing. That fucking horse got me. MICHAEL De you know who did it? HAGEN Those pazzi... the Russo brothers? MICHAEL Stones in my shoe. HAGEN The Russo brothers have Altobello behind thi big contract Mi Jersey vorking on it. Thes. securities are phonies, Mike. MICHAEL So, after all these years, you're a consigliere again. INT. CHIPS BAR - NIGHT Storm, windy outside. The figures of carnine and Danny Russo move toward us. Don Altobello is there.63 a“ SARMINE. He's still alive. Fuck. re Bakes things so much nore complicated. ALTOBELLO You young people. For a hundred Billion dollars you can't kell one man. Shame. vas d'to empty the gun. ALTOBELLO Things have now gene_tee tar. The Corleones will not forgive, no matter what they pretend. DANNY Michael will never go to war, We outgun him ten to one. ALTOBELLO An, but he has ten tines more money. Guns do not work for dove. Better not to wait. we Bust put this to sleep. CARMINE Ciced is ready. He hates the Corleone bastard. ALTOBELLO Ah, Vincent. That is one of the old breed. what he would do for a hundred million gives me night- mares. Tell Cicci'to be careful. INT. RESTAURANT - DAY Vincent waiting: he's as sure as ever, and his younger, thoug: nezious buttonten are standing guard over hits But there is a Cigace ee so h nin that We haven't sean Deere, He smokes a SoseEn csok> the end, Lights anew one. His sain bodyguard is JOSEPH (JOE) ALESSI. JOE Sit down, I never nervous.’ It makes VINCENT She's late.JOE a Maybe she won't come. rt {\ happens to the best cocksmah. look from Vincent stops him in his ¢: ace: JOE Me, I'm not nervous. gust Precautious. Vincent is relieved as he sees someone... after a while, she enters, Mary Corleone. MARY Hi, Cousin Vincent. well, rim here. He's happy she's there. MARY (ooking arouna) a. So you were raised in this neighborhood. VINCENT Yep. Went to school three blocks up. MARY I went to Catholic school until I vas fourteen. Then all of a sudden, were sent to live with By mother and stepfather, That's when I became Katherine Hepburn. (pause It's exciting to visit you here. VINCENT (his come-on style, but kidding) Sure, I'm an exciting guy; | so now that you finished college what next? MARY Work. Maybe in the fashion industry. Become a millionaire on my own. (pause) Isn't it odd ve never sav each other? VINCENT I missed growing up with my cousins. I never knew you but 7 Bissed you.€3A 64 A long electric pause. MARY I pissed you, too. I'd hear ay mother talk about you and ay father. VINCENT I'm in the family now. (pause) If your father ever finds out you came here, he'd be really Sore. I'd be’in big trouble” MARY I wanted to come, VINCENT Well maybe sonet. sonewher we'll go out MARY Give me acall. Be careful, They, Jock at each vther, tempted to kiss. then he pulls her softly and kisses her on the cheek. VINCENT Good night cugina. MARY (breathlessly) Geod night. I love you, cousin. She rushes out. THROUGH WINDOW She gets into an Alfa sportscar that sone college girltrien: driving. Joe rushes into the restaurant, goes te Vincent. JOE They blew Bp Phil Devito's car. Got his family. EXT. DEVITO'S STATEN ISLAND HOUSE = pay at) {k0.$ Mercedes blown to smithereens. Detectives and press piintTeune. area taped off. Anbulances present: fea light blinking.VIEW ON DEVITO injshock. Burned, but alive. They carry away the bodies his family. 65 INT. MICHAEL'S APT./OFFICE - NIGHT Broken upeagee and Neri. Hagen is weak, uses a cane, ye is broken up over the news. HAGEN No one knew anything about Phil, I never mentioned hin, even to you, Mike, MICHAEL You had a certificate. _, .HAGEN I showed it to the archbishos, Z asked him not to mention it to Michael thinks, his eyes bother hin. MICHAEL We are back with the Borgias. Turning to Neri. THE VIEW STARTS To MOVE IN. MICHAEL This is what I want you to do. Gyeate an extra regine and give it to Vincent. And for Vincent's regime get the Twins. NERI ‘ (smiling) The two best bodyguards. MICHAEL We'll need them. NERI How do we play it now? MICHAEL Neri, you and Vin protect m of this ing’ on the aggressive side. Protect ourselves but don't strike back. way outHAGEN Easier said than done. MICHAEL That's it for now. We can ghange. Altcbello never vas this smart, ‘not in the old days. Or operated on this high a level. Something's wrong.” He can't be doing this alone. We have to get people to Sicily and find out what's going on; 66 EXT. MICHAEL'S APT./GARDEN = Day Michael and Vincent. VINCENT I say we go after the Russo brothers and Cicci, MICHAEL if we de it's all out war. They will go after you first. VINCENT I'll be careful. MICHAEL I feel responsible for you. You know that. Your father’ my brother, we vere opposites’ we used to argue and fight. But $ never doubted he loved He'd go anything for me. Anything: But his temper clouded his Feason. I don't want you to Rake that mistake. Your father, too, had a way with women. and that could be dangerous. 67 INT. MICHAEL'S APT./DINING ROOM - Day Michael, Vincent, Neri, Conni n Hagen, and having dinner together. Mich doesn't s MICHAEL This close to getting out. 1 don't want to be pulied back in. Tom, you'll have to act as consiglier (MORE) cco Lampone al) well.MICHAEL (contd. ) Arrange a conference with the “commission.” I vant to talk to Altobello face to face, in trons of their eyes. With the Russos. With the fiv families. Without violence. Tell then that I's getting out. HAGEN Right. But we shouldn't be careless, VINCENT Everybody will be covered. MICHAEL Vincent, be careful. Nothing drast It's always better to use reason than force. VINCENT The Russo brothers only understand one language. MICHAEL That's why we're calling the conference. The other fanilies will see reason. They'1i persuade the Russos, HAGEN And Altobello? MICHAEL : He'll agree. Then we have to watch him. During the conversation, a large spider floats down fron the sondi2e, Suspended by a’ single thread of ire sec® After a away in herven See the spider, are startled, geep, 2° reve away in horror. MICHAEL Jesus. Connie sees it, takes off one of her high heel shoes. CONNIE on, you m She marches up and kills it mercilessly with her high heel. All laugh, FADE OUT.a 69 70 7 FADE IN: EXT. UPSTATE NY = SMALL AIRPORT - pay A small Hohauk Aiplines prop Plane lancs at the rural aise: Three well-dressed men in eit 60'S get out, are net by aca EXT. UPSTATE NY = RoaDS - pay Two big cars wind up a country road. EXT. ALTOBELLO'S HOUSE - pay saceig? Stone mansion in the country. Private, imposing, Several cars are Parked roadside. Others arrive, INT. ALTOBELLO'S HOUSE - pUSK Michael and Don Altobello speak privately for » moment, ALTOBELLO Michael, it gives me joy to see YOU again. Like old fines vert) make these pecple see reasons MICHAEL They don't listen to me. rim sure they will listen to you" ALTOBELLO i will ask nothing for myseig, Only peace for ny old age, That is ny drean. MICHAEL Call off the Russo brothers. Get Cicci cut of ay shoes ALTOBELLO And Michael, I have gencern you. And perhaps i11 be to your profit. after Bust accept whatever rds are given us here on he MICHAEL Be more specific,72 sé ALTOBELLO (smiling) About what? “You want to know everything. Michael gets up, and they join the others. we addresses the gathered leaders. MICHAEL This is my final meeting vith all of you. “Now I am retired, The Corleone Family will be run by my nephew, Vincent Mancin:. I hope you will all agree and cooperate. ‘Then no troubles will arise, The Maliosi murmur to themselves. MICHAEL Be loyal to the man vho will take my place in the Corleone Family. All these old Mafia chiefs look at Vincent vith disdain, DON ALTOBELLO You have all our loyalty, and so will your nephew, Vincent. But I'm sure he will'listen to our advice, he is young and he can Profit from our experience. MICHAEL Like my father and ayself, he is @ reasonable nan. Michael picks up his glass and raises it. A toast to the new head of the Corleone Family, Vincent Mancini Corleone. They all raise their glasses to vin is a deadly smile. Don Altobello co on the cheek. it who smiles at thi $ to him and kisses h DON ALTOBELLO My dear son. EXT. BALCONY = DUSK Michael and Vincent talking privately.MICHAEL How do you think the meeting went? VINCENT They don't love ne. MICHAEL You'll make thea call you pon. VINCENT Is that vhat you want? MICHAEL Some day, VINCENT Tunderstand part of it. rm the front man, you realiy still Fun the Family. Right? MICHAEL For a while. ‘Things are too Gangerous to leave you standing alone. But Vincent, I don't, fant anybedy else to know except Hagen and Neri. Not even Connie. I want everybody to think I'm out. That I'm clean, VINCENT Maybe we should strike first. MICHAEL Peeare tent want that. someday Zwant us all out of this. you too, Vincent. VINCENT - I don't want out. MICHAEL Nobody does what I want then to do. VINCENT T like this lite. MICHAEL, You're your father's son,73 74 VINCENT Yes. I'll do everything you want me to do. 1 want only one revard. When you really retire, you help me keep the Fanily. That's all I want. MICHAEL iy telling you it's the wrong thing. VINCENT For you, net for me. MICHAEL You don't know what it costs. VINCENT I'11 pay. MICHAEL You're saying that is one of the prices I have to pay. VINCENT No. I do this because of what 7 am. I want to fight then ality ZI want the power. MICHAEL (resigned) A man has only one destiny. Maybe my father was right. Okay, ye all have to do what we have to do. I promise you the Fanily- DISSOLVE To: EXT. ALTOBELLO'S ESTATE - pusK It-is raining. Ten parked Cadillacs, Chrysler rmperials Lincolns on the apron in front of the garage, another tw parked on the field. A police car pulic up. The trooper i: at all the parked cars. ‘He looks at his Partner. EXT. ALTOBELLO HOUSE/SCREENED PORCH - NIGHT Pain, 0ccasional lightning. thick steaks are Sizzling on tne parbecue. The men are in various rouge” Grn, ‘S$ around the huge stone barbecue pit in the sereenes pore between the ssTheT phoyse and the four car garage. some of sie convers js in Italian. others, old friends or relatoret talk and la75 ong Shemselves while they eat and drink. They are dresse2 | and necare Light suits of Italian silk, whiteey te shayhighty polished shoes of sozt leather tno Rajority a: their late sixties and early seventies. Dignitied, pond, INT. ALTOBELLO HOUSE - NIGHT Several men burst in breathlessly. aN Some police are taking down funbers of the cars parked out there. ANOTHER That's just a state cop. He bothers us once in a while, but he's harmless. They think’ this is a business convention. VIEW ON VINCENT withing in from the outside, he bends over and whispers to Michael. “ Michael rises, then hears voices by the barbe, OLD MAN (0.5.) Road block. State police. sits back down and shakes his head. He looks v. MICHAEL Go quickly, Vincent. I'm sick, Leave me here. Get Ton Hagen. y ili. Vincent hesitates. MICHAEL, Don't wait. Go! VIEW BY THE BARBECUE nh comping tesryb, a They're stopping everybody, They're all’ beed the piace! ghe men start putting down their steaks and drinks. There is Banas, On every face. Some head out directly rin their guneo, & prosperous gentleman, puts on nis expensive canei's hair Goat, MOVING VIEW The panic begins. The old glassed-in rooms. Well-grooned, Out of windows and down hallways.16 7 78 NEW VIEW The Russes, and others bolting through the back doors EXT. ALTOBELLO'S ESTATE - NrcHT Euffing and puffing, the aged bosses make their way throug bushes and shrubbery. NEW VIEW State Troopers Pursuing them, arresting then. the old Mafics: are scampering like coward. INT. ALTOBELLO'S HOUSE - NIGHT Rain-beats on the windows. Michael sits in pon Altobello's best chair, fuming over the betrayal. altaboiro is the oniy gfher Mafioso who-has not run avay. He haces Secrets: an Bis angelic face. Obviously it is he who‘has infornea Police of this gathering. ON MICHAEL He can't breathe. He unloosens his collar and tie. MICHAEL Give me water. He fumbles and brings out a bottle of Pills. Can't open the= He is ebviously without coordination. Pa @rops the pills stares at everybody. Altobello rushes te help him. “Micnae Pushes him away. Don Altobello rises up from the floor wich the bottle of pills. Suddenly he is not 25 frail or angelic. ALTOBELLO Get him a doctor, Michael gazes at him blankly -- ne can hardly stand. MICHAEL Traitors. cowards. ALTOBELLO Rest. You're ill. EXT. FOREST = NIGHT MOVING VIEWS - MEN hurrying into the woods. Their fin Bud; therns and burrs catching on VIEW funee trying to get his camel's hair coat tron the 1 tree. A trooper rounds him up with the othece,79 80 INT. ALTOBELLO'S HOUSE - NIGHT Thunder and lightning. MOVING VIEW ON MICHAEL He looks at the angelic face of Don Altobello. 1ytzouazz angry, yet very {ais ockibg) What are you doing? (Seeing the nen running) Run at thunder. Thunder can't hurt; harmless noise, bullshit, I pay Pezzonovante... The wind is blowing... A string I forgot to pull? “oh, ny eyes... He slumps back in his chair. Everyo: intinidated by his rage. He seens*d ne there is astonished and lazed, uncoordinated. DISSOLVE To: INT. POLICE BOOKING AREA - NIGHT phe chock reads 7:00 as some 40 members of the Conmiss: been detained and packed into various ross nt the szali substation, The troopers look with awe at 1S one by one they are summoned to the SERGEANT'S desk. the men a: SERGEANT : All right, please count out your money, Cuneo lays $8,000 on the table. SERGEANT What is your occupation? CUNEO I've been unemployed for 20 years62 SERGEANT Would you mind telling me wny you were at Mr. Altobello's? CUNEO Looking at real estate. Ong PY ong the nen, vith brambles and foliage in their hair Gvestioned as to their reason for being at Altobelleiy nace CRIME Boss I had brake trouble on the road. J remenbered my friend had a house in the area and I stopped to make a phone call. Michael is seated in a chair, bigedy.. He has obviously put up a struggie, They gp0, fine three small guns.’ one at the spine oftis back, on an ankle helster, and one strapped to his lefe force POLICE INTERROGATOR I thought nobody was alloved to come to these meetings personally arned CARMINE T have permits for those guns. POLICE From the authorities maybe. But not fron your buddies meeting here. CARMINE They get yild animals up her I'm afraid of bears, Denag se Continue to search, and find tye bags of dru: sin Panny i's Pocket. The police interrogator sticks © finger in cne bag, puts finger in mouth, POLICE INTERROGATOR Lovely stuff. You'll get at least five years. CARMINE, (softly) Maybe we can make a deal.ar VIEW ON MICHAEL it sinks in through the haze and lawyers and taken to the se. Ellis Island. OFFICER Your name? MICHAEL Michael corleone. OFFICER Sign here. EXT. NY STREET - pay Mary and Kay walking, shepping. MARY So did you ever meet vincent Mancini? KAY Only in Las vegas last monty, MARY qs it true what people say? ray, BoE; _Re decks a lot like sonny Corleone. maeeetOeS: her face vhitens, and she Steps back and picks uz a newspaper. . INSERT -- HEADLINE noig, Roundup Implicates Top Mobster Michael Corleone," Ancth heacline: "Russo Brothers Fees Indictment." MARY Mom, what is it? Kay hands the paper to mary. waRY (Teading, frightened) How is this passible? kay Your father has mi iny enenies. All powerful men do’82 MARY How can they call him a pagnesgez? He's a creat aan, an honored man. INT. NY HOTEL - pay They are in their hotel room. the TV news is on, ANNOUNCER (V.0.) gaz RBS been under investigation fer several months (ete.) Kay turns the Tv ofs. MARY Z thought that was all over years ago. KAY That's what your father always Said. Through a1] the yeareys¢ Suz Battiage, that it would pe Meersyet waited and waited ang it never was. MARY But why did you leave? KAY pesekoet father. rt cante tez2 you that. MARY I'm grown up now, CLosE view Kay and Mary. Kay He always said it was business, MARY What does that mean?Kay When Connie's husband vas filled: men his brother Fredo C was killed. that was business: MARY ty father would never have done those things, RAY I never understood. 1 loved hin ghd, 7 still do. “aut r cane “et feel, I still feel, it cas being dn love with the devil, “*s.0 he MARY How do you know he did those Shings? Did he admit st, aig you Rave proofs grote D8g, hole that grovs ene For “eaih he middle of your Tove foreach other. Ana this there's nothing left. “Hers guilty. 83 INT. POLICE HOSPITAL ROOM ~ Day z2 Bed. Hagen and a Doctor are there. Connie She greets Michael with a» kiss, Michael looks at her. Hagen doctor are about to leaves |. HAGEN qhe formalities are taken care SE Mike, they can't nold yoo" if/8 @ FR job now, ve'll Kendle it. Doctor doll arrange transfer to the hospital. Hagen and the dector go, leaving Michael alone with Connie.ag CONNIE, What a ness. MICHAEL Did you find out what I asked you to find out? CONNIE. The Russo brothers have been indicted for drug trafficking. One of them vill talk. MICHAEL The old story again. CONNIE, i Wmat do I tell Vincent and weri? MOVE IN ON MICHAEL Michael looks at her for long moment, then nods his head Vincent, Neri, and connie. many framed photographs. Ness has Peblackboard and chalk in'room” fe Rakes an "Xx." This-is tre gegeral Building where the Russos aint testify tomorrow to the Grand Jury. NERI itis, impossible ‘to kill the Russo brothers. They're testifying es FRE Gand Jury'this whole week” FBI follow them around, polis GFeisers follow then wherever they go. And keep their hosces under surveillance. and Ciest givays rides in their car. “Sarg {Rpossible. You'd have to kill ign in view of a million peapie and a hundred cops. He shows him on the blackboard, VINCENT Not impossible. NERT How would you do it?as as NERI The important thing is no Civilians get hurt. VINCENT Guaranteed. (pause) Is this what Michael would vant? CONNIE He's too sick to decide. we have to act for him, VINCENT al? NERI Connie is right. We have to do it. FADE ovr, FADE IN: EXT. NY FEDERAL BLDG. = Day The Russo brothers move out door, surrounded by bodyguards, copsz etc-. into car in which wil) Cicci sits in the Passenger seat. Srey Police, FBI and cops get into a number of cars, escorzez by NYC police. EXT. STREET - Day Twe School buses stop, cutting off the Police cars. EXT. ANOTHER STREET - pay MOVING VIEW The guarded entourage makes its vay through city trarric. INT. RUSSO CAR = pay Millie Cicci is a human blockade for the brothers, who r the back seat. ANGLE ON FBI CAR Agents following the Russo car,EXT. STREETS - pay A garbage truck backs into another car, Cuts off the se horns henk, and the drivers get out oF their vehicles. MOVING VIEW The Russo brothers! car without protection. EXT. 46TH STREET - Day A Sar Slows, stops, drives off, having dropped vincent walks. INT. RUSSO CAR = Day fillie cicei laughs at the cops and feds. The brothers fee? safe as long as Cicei's with then EXT. 46TH STREET - pay MOVING VIEW ON VINCENT = Stops. Buys a cigar, lights it up. MOVING VIEW ON RUSSO CAR plany {5 Short and cocky and thinks he looks like Richarz Cigmark. | _Sharkskin suits, monograsmea cufflinks, the works. Carmine is smoking a cigar. EXT. RESTAURANT - Day PneeeTESa the sign: JOE AND MARY'S TTALTAN RESTAURANT." aipgens is ene block avay from the restargee We see a Guy ® nearby doorvay who sees Vincent. “Here got a valkie-taly. NEW VIEW - 4 tank truck swings in front of the Russo car and hits it. creer “Jesus! A spurt of flame from the tank truck, EXT. STREET - pay Enraged, Cicci a giant in the middle of the street roaring enorsous Men aPPear from vehicles and bloe hie away vith an Sver he gmount of automatic fire. A woman trans her coat over her ten-year-old daughter ow themselves on Barelcurarge Other bodyguard, the driver ts vomnaes and is not Particularly good with his pistol,87 VIEW INTO STREET Several of ‘the gunmen run down 46eh street toward a gez ear. One speaking inte a walkie-talkie. EXT. RUSSO CAR = DAY Z Danny steps out. CLOSE VIEW DOWN Sunshots ring out just as his $200 loafers touch the cen. Vincent shoots both Russo brothers, Sareéss Danny is funpi with a gun. VIEW The police cars are catching up. VIEW ON VINCENT He throws down the in. He takes a few Steps as a car sheets rousac® St¥eet, making a wall of cars seal eee his escape route. qreftic stands still on FE. 46th street and horns blare as gaping moterists and pedestrians Bisck traffic. VIEW ON THE RUSSO BROTHERS An pool of blood on the concrete, The cigar is still in Carmine's teeth. MUSIC up. FADE ovr, FADE IN: INT. HOSPITAL SUITE - pay CLOSE SHOT A big brass shield: "vito corleone Pavilion." 2 CTY opulent penthouse hospital suite. Millions of flovers thes ggg Mell cards. We discover micneer fe bed but getting purcigatk, bathrobe and pajamas. He looks terrible. Connie is Care RU eSLippers on nis feat. He can orang Up but he cannot walk without help. Vincent appears in FRAME and Michael Puts his arm around his and walks very slowly to an armchate, ibe VIEW WIDENS and ve see Neri and Joe Alessi and Rocco Lampone. Also Hagen. Michael if armchair. He is in grea: pain but he smiles. ‘seens to be having trouble with his Vision,She hesitates, Michael giv MICHAEL Who would have thought life that the real ene: inside ny body? after ay YY was CONNIE Do you have enough pain Bedication? MICHAEL No, I won't take it. re scrambles the brain. Now listen all of you, T have what they Gall adult’diabetes anytrophy. A couple of weeks here on their drugs and I'll be okay.” But they tell me I have to avoid pasta and stress. HAGEN Don't worry, we'll handle everything. MICHAEL I've decided. Vincent takes ny Place. His orders are ny orders. CONNIE He's too young. MICHAEL (short; the diabetes makes him irritable) And you're a woman. AGEN You make Vincent a big target. MICHAEL Neri, I know the job should be yours but I have zy reasons. NERI You're my boss. I obey. CONNIE Vincent's too young, too hot-blooded =~ (seeing Vincent rise Beyond her) her a Godfather look. she stHAGEN re in the middle of this tican bank business. MICHAEL In two veeks, I'll be better, I'll make nyselr better. Then ve all go to Italy. We wind up the Vatican bank affair in Rone and then ve go to Palermo te hear Tony sing. (making a joke) And then I retire and live an unstressful life. CONNIE De you know that Vincent sees Mary on the sneak? MICHAEL Connie. No stress, renenber. CLOSE ON VINCENT AND MICHAEL 3 VINCENT We're just friends. va That is listen to n retreating inte civiliz into normal jife. But I leave too many €nemies behind. Vincent you and Neri and Alessi are my reir guard. Keep me sat. HAGEN And the Vatican bank deal? us. After that you retire. It's Vincent's Family. Bodyguards at the door allow nurses to bring in more flovers. ‘They take Michael's temperature and pulost ‘They leave. MICHAEL Neri, old friend. Be loya2. T'll'reward you, NERI Just get well,cONNZE He's not ready. MICHAEL (final) That's it, then. Alessi? JOE Get well, Don Corleone, that is all I wish. MICHAEL Gocd. That's done. In two Weeks all will be as before. we Will meet in Sicily, (pause) Vincent, help me to bed. 1 vant to speak to you alone for a moment. The others leave. Vincent helps Michael take off his stizs and bathrobe. MICHAEL I didn't want to tell you this in front of the others. I didn't want then to think t lacked confidence in your judgment. I didn't want to essen your authority. ningent sits on the bed and waits calmly. He knows what Michael is going to say. MICHAEL You made the wrong move killing the Russos and Cicci. It was not what I wanted. VINCENT You were too-sick to make a decision. I had the okay from i and Hagen and Connie. There is a long pause. iI Connie? eeeceee VINCENT It was the right decision.MICHAEL It was not what I wanted. But pow ve have to go on. Vincent, listen to Our world is end. our to problens are no longer th answers. We have to I've been working for twenty years to e that. change. And then you kill three People right in the middie of Billion people. In the street of the biggest city in the world. Then they hit Hagen. Altobello Eipped off the cops about the big meeting and got you arrested. We didn't know what. ey would do next. Sot figured, just stop them in their tracks. By the time they could Feact I figured you'd be well enough to take over. MICHAEL Tt was too much. Tt was too out if the open. That's net the way to operate now. VINCENT I had to protect you and the Fanily. ~ MICHAEL And Neri ahd Connie agreed. VINCENT Yes. MICHAEL (sighing) Zt's done. But from now on, no more of these preventive strikes, do you understand? VINCENT Okay, He does not really like this command.MICHAEL We'll protect ourselves, but no more outright war. Vincent is silent but obviously resents the criticism, MICHAEL Vincent, listen to ne. t've been shrough what you are going through. f made decisions thaz YRze yrong. | Maybe not so vrong then but wrong for what I an Do you understand? VINCENT My decisions are not urong tor ne. MICHAEL the bey my orders as alive. (long pause} If something should happen to me, don't take vengeance, Protect the Family, make a deal. There's enough money for eyzvbody to live the lives they want. You're taken care of, too, It will be all over. Vincent doesn't answer, MICHAEL Do you understand. VINCENT 7 I understand, He arranges the covers of the bed carefully over Michael, VINCENT T'll stay here and vatch. MICHAEL No. Go home. VINCENT T'll watch over the Family,EXT. LITTLE ITALY - pay MOVING VIEW : Vincent and Mary walking in Little Ttaly. They are like the scores of other tourists, buying spick-knacks and having speyegime in the Italian neignsorhacg hat has becoze, ike Bodyyuasay’g2 business. “Every once se ¢ while, ve Siz’ Vincent stops and points upvard. VINCENT Mary looks up. WHAT THEY SEE: The windows of a Little Italy industrial Building. The cere paint is still visible on the eee floor: "Genco Olive of: Company," VINCENT (0.5.) Genco Olive 011 Conpany. That vas Grandpa's. This is where he was shot. They walk on. MARY Do you remember your father? VINCENT Santino, ny mother aiyays called hin Santino. “He vas kities before I was born. mary My mother always called hin Sonny. VINCENT He was the legend of the o1g days. I've heard a million stories about hin. mary What about my father, unat dia you hear about hin?as They part. Vincent resains with the inevitable INT. HOSPITAL SUITE - Day Bodyguards outside. Michael is much better, xisit hin. | she has a beautiful new bathrone a him. Michael kisses her. MICHAEL They are beautiful, but I'm getting out soon. MARY You can wear them at hone. Michael puts on bathrobe, walks by hinself to armcha MARY You're so much better, MICHAEL The drugs, the bed rest. (smiles) And no stress, MARY Did Mom come to see you? MICHAEL (pause) You're a very varn-hearted girl, you alvays were. I hear you're fond of all your relatives, especially your cousin. Yes. MARY Oh, Vincent, yes. I love him. MICHAEL He's a first cousin. You can't marry. MARY Marriage? I an, I just love him. I like MICHAEL He's a dangerous man to love. He's a dangerous man to be vith. MARY So were you.MICHAEL And you know what happened. Your mother. We ruined each other's lives. mary She doesn't teel that vay. She's happy now. MICHAEL (irritated) : Fine. It's you I'm worried about. Don't see Vincent anynore. (it's an order) MARY No. MICHAEL He's not for you. MARY You're my father and I love you and I read all these stor, about what you did. Horrible stor, And I still love you. You'll alvays be my father.” You say Vincent’is dangerous. but he's no danger to me. If T can jove you why can't I love nim> Michael sighs and then smiles. MICHAEL Do what you want then. I have So fake what Iocan get. “are you coming with us to sicily? MARY I'm dying te see it, where the family came from. MICHAEL And how is Tony? MARY He's doing well... everyone's saying he's going to be the next Caruso. He wanted to fly back to see you. I told him you wouldn't want that. MICHAEL Good.90 92 He hugs her and she leaves. MICHAEL (to himsels) In Sicily. EXT. LA GUARDIA AIRPORT - Day Michael, Hagen, Vincent and Neri are Standing beside a snail) Bepieorte et Teady te board vnen a car pulls weeice Phil 2 gates, izving a very plump bag gets ont pebiie has becone scare Pros tegerous Bani a man with nothing to tose’ He has scars from the burns on his fa Tom Hagen shakes his hand Shey eireeuges Bim to Michael Corleone. ihey sere’ hangs. They all board the Plane. INT. PLANE - Day Already inside are two men who are Michael's BEST BODYGUARDS. bey 25et812 and povertully built and nandsore They are iressed very elegantly in the Roman style. Perfectly tailored and perfectly barbered. Elegant shoes They could be mistake: for nobility. But there is somethin. ery feral about both of them. They are twins. They nod Politely and wish Michael a good day. “Michael gives them a smile. yee Plane has a small conference table like a diner's booth at which Michael, Vincent, Neri, Tom Hagen and Phil DeVizo sit. They are Silent as the plane takes off. CAMERA is on the conference table. MICHAEL You can determine absolutely whether th Securities are counterfeit? DEVITO With the equipment I got in ny bag, yes. MICHAEL Tom, when you checked them out did they look good? HAGEN Perfect. And they are not listed as hot or stolen. DEVITO I tested the batch of securities Tom brought to the States. (MORE)DEVITO (conta, ) They vere all good. ‘No counterfeits. “so bringing me all th here for nothing. MICHAEL It's worth the cost to be absolutely sure. Now DeVito, You Xnow the job. You are going to check six hundred milliog worth of securitie: ock in big American companies like Coca Cola and General Motors. These e Securities are owned by th, Vatican Bank and are to be used as collateral. I want to sure that my money is safe DEVITO You think the Vatican Bank would knowingly defraud you? MICHAEL Not the Bank but the bankers. The Archbishop is supposed to direct them but phey have to know more about banking than he oes. HAGEN The Archbishop himself gave ne the securities ve tested her He said it was a random sample of the billion they held. DEVITO I don't understand. They have to all be ood. Unless they got them from itobello, and the Archbishop himself is in on it, Is that possible? MICHAEL We'll find out in Rome. With a very simple test. The arci bishop Said he couldn't ship the securities to New York. Okay. But we ask him to let you test the securities, He hi time to prepare. If he makes an excuse and refuses Pernission, we know he is in on it. (MORE)92 MICHAEL (contd. } Tg he lets you test, then even if you find’ they're take, ve know the Archbishop is in the en i. DEVITO They have no idea I'm coming? HAGEN I told then w 7 advisor on how to structure the joan. “Not who you really are. VINCENT 7 guarantee you'll be safely back in the United States tomerrow night. DEVITO. No. I'll stay. I'1] be the button. They all lean back. one of the Best Bodyguards comes over and asks then vhat they will have to drink ata Serves them. They Fateh as the plane cones over Rome and we See the dome ef sa Peter's Cathedral, DISSOLVE Te: EXT. ROME - VATICAN MAIN GATE - pay fhe Bain gate of Vatican City inside Rome. This main gate is ranned by SWISS GUARDS in fancy uniforms, Through these gazes come Michael and his group in & car, Michael sees how sober everybody is, listening attentively to Portable radios. MICHAEL (to guard, Italian) What is it? GUARD (Italian) Pope Paul is very i11. They enter the building vhere they will have their Meeting.GAMERA Goes te one of the side gates where the poor people ¢ XTEREG Peksonnel enter Vatican city, tne ugh this gate. c: Alkobello with his bedyguards. The Swist Guards here ace sober black uniforms. CUT To: INT. ARCHBISHOP'S OFFICE SUITE - pay ishagt and his party being ushered into the Archbishop's office suite. They are ushered in bys young priest. DESY im the suite are Monsignor zizola and Vanni and Ente. eee aes charming but a little tense. the Archbishop sees th: everyene is confortable in armchairs and sotss” ARCHBISHOP Iwas delighted that the securities TI sent prov. genuine. You had me worried, I admit. And who are your friends? Gighser introduces Devito, Neri and vincent. The Archbishop greets then with greet cordiality. the bankers are uneasily pying,the plump black bag DeVito’has ae poe feet, and his burned, scarred face. MICHAEL Excellency, T hope you'll be free to attend ny san's Performance in Right. ARCHBISHOP Z thank you for the tickets you sent. Regretfully, I must attend to my duties here in Rome. With your permission, the tickets will be given to the poor priests who need bread nore but will be happy with music. MICHAEL Of course, ARCHBISHOP And are ve Prepared to go forward with our business?MICHAEL -Yes. VANNI (opens briefcase. ie is tense, eager) j have all the necessary papers. Already signed by everyone bat you. ighael the papers. Michael nands then over to Hager ies then. MICHAEL Before I sign, one final precaution.” Mr. Devito is an ert on counterfeit curities. That black bag of his has instruments to tes: guthenticity of ink and paper If he says the securities sre genuine, I'll sign the agreement. The Vati keeps the 600 Million. ENTE That will take veeks. Tine is of the essence now. That is ‘sn outrageous impudence. It is impossible. HAGEN I find your attitude most unprofessional. ENTE (scornfully) You will never be’a real banker... Vanni is alarmed, calms Ente down, VANNI The Archbisho) (really angry) You question the very integrity of the Archbishop. What Dlaspheny,MICHAEL (chuckling) Perhaps Signor Ente has heard the old adage: "the best way to ateal from a bank is to buy gs catPelogize. But strange things can happen. 1 vould never question th, integrity of i But he is atter a geider of dof sheep. He is not an expert in finance, ARCHBISHOP (on the spot) This seems a sixple matter, one of common sense, neither holy nor financial. ‘of course yoor expert can examine all the Securities. I will arrange it. VANNT Excellency, I stron: ty advise against it: “we will tind otter financial institutions that will gladly loan the money. ‘These People are not serious. ly and cold) is doing a for the church. Faith etier, after ali. (to Michaez) today is Wednesday. Performs in Palerzo on Come back to Rome Monday and everything will Se arranged for Signor Devito te exami the securities. Ts that agr le? MICHAEL Yes. Thank you. Fate plucks the papers out of Hagen's hand. ENTE fe vill hold these until you have made your decision. Michael and his party leave after shaking hands all around. CUT To:INT. BANK OFFICES = pay s bankers, Vanni and Ente, and Don Altebelig, YANNI Your American friend, Michael Corleone brought an expert to test the securities you supplied HS, 2,%F- Devito. the archbishop has given permission for the examination on Monday. We have five Gays to solve the problen. Do you know this DeVitod ALTOBELLO (angelic’ smile) No, At my age one knovs so few people. ENTE Will they pass? ALTOBELLO Those forgeries are perfect. But they won't stand up to the chemical tests. Then the whole deal is dead. VANNI How did he ever suspect? ALTOBELLO He's a Corleone. ENTE There is a more dangerous Problem. The investigatin Ragistrate, Lorenzo Viducc., ALTOBELLO How close is he ENTE Monday. Something must be done. ALTOBELLO I have very dear friends vno will help us. Before Monday. ENTE That is in your field of competence.MICHAEL And you know vhat nappened, Your mother. We Tuined each other's lives. MARY She doesn't teel that vay. She's happy nov. MICHAEL (irritated) Fine. It's you I worried about. Don't see Vincent anymore. (it's an order) MARY No. MICHAEL He's not for you. Mary You're my father and I love you id I read all these stories about what you did. Horrible gtories. And I still love you. You'll always be my father.’ You Say Vincent is dangerous, but he’s no danger to me. If T can dove you why can't I love hin? Michael sighs and then smiles, : MICHAEL Do what you want. then T have So,fake what I can get. are you coming with us to sieiiy? MARY I'm dying to see it, where the family cane tron. MICHAEL And how is Tony? MARY He's doing well... everyone's Saying he's going to be the next Caruso. He vanted to fly back: to see you. T told him you wouldn't want that. MICHAEL Good.90 92 He hugs her and she leaves. MICHAEL (to himselr) In Sicily. EXT. LA GUARDIA AIRPORT - Day Michael, Hagen, Vincent and Neri are standing beside a snai) Bap fensee Jet Feady to board when a car pulls Up aud Phil DeVito, carrying a very plump bag gets one. DeVito has becom seeue ter ttngerous mani a man with nothing to tese® He has and introsucns PUERS OR Ris face. Tom Hagen aheres nit hang they air eeces Bim to Michael Corleone. Ihey ences hands. They all board the plane. INT. PLANE - pay Already inside are two men who are Mich, Bhey aye tall and povertul1y built and nendsoses They are grgssed very elegantly in the Roman sty: Perfectly tailored and perfectly barbered. Elegant sho, Thay could be mistake then Padity, But there is something very fires about both of them. They are twins. They nod politely and wish Michael a good day. “Michael gives them a shit 3 BEST BoDyGuaRns. The plane has a small conference table lik diner's booth Preynich Michael, Vincent, Neri, Tom Hagen and Phil DeVito siz They are silent as the plane takes off, CAMERA is on the conference table. MICHAEL You can determine absolutely eoeeeeree {securities are eit? DEVITO Hith the equipment r got in ay bag, yes. MICHAEL Tom, when you checked them out did they lock good? HAGEN Perfect. And they are not listed as hot or stolen. DEVITO I tested the batch of securities Tom brought to the States. (MORE)we know he ig in DEVITO (contd.) They vere all good. ‘No counterfeits. so ybe you're bringing me al) the vay dver here for nothing. MICHAEL It worth the cost to be absolutely sure Now DeVito, You know the job. “You are going itlion to check six hundred worth of curities eet in companie: @ Coca 1. Motors. ‘These the to be used Collateral. I want to be ure that my money is safe. : DEVITO fou think the Vatican Bank would knowingly defraud you? MICHAEL Not the Bank but the bankers. The Archbishop is supposed to direct then but Ehay have to now more about banking than he joes. HAGEN The Archbishop himself gave ne the securities ve tested He said it vas a random samp of the billion they held. DEVITO TZ donit understand. they have Ep aati be good. Unless. they got them from Altobellc, and thi Archbishop himself is in on it. Is that possible? . MICHAEL We'll find out in Rome. With a very simple test. Th Archbishop said he couldn't ship the securities to New York. Okay. But ve ask him to let you test the securities. He has no time to prepare. If he makes en excuse and refuses pernission, (MORE)92 MICHAEL (contd. If he lets you test, ¢! even if you find the fake, ve know the Archbishop is in the clear. Then it! ose God's Ba who are swindling the Vatican bank they are handling. DEVITO They have no idea I'm coming? HAGEN I told then we're bringing an 7 advisor on how to structure the lean. Not who you really are. VINCENT Z guarantee you'll be safely back in the United States tonorrow night. DEVITO. 4 No. I'll stay. I'11 be the button. Ons of the Best Sodyguards comes ever ang Sreney itl have to drink and serves then the ef Sa, watch as the plane comes over Rome and we SEE the do: ne 5 DISSOLVE To» EXT. ROME = VATICAN MAIN GATE - pay Fennel ey antes oeetigen City inside Rome. This main gite is. Cone Hie et TSS ,CUARDS in fancy uniforms. Through these ‘gates come Michael and his group ina car, Michael sees how sober everybody is, listening attentively to | portable radios. MICHAEL (to guard, Italian) What is it? GUARD (Italian) Pope Paul is very ill. They enter the building where they will have their meeting. |93 er es to one Of the side gates vnere the Poor people ¢ yorking personnel enter Vatican City, Through this gates: dupebello with his bodyguards. the Sviss cusnas here ate sober black uniforms. CUT To: INT. ARCHBISHOP'S OFFICE SUITE - pay Michael and his party being ushered into the Archbishop's office suite. They are ushered in by a young Priest, The Arghbishop is not in ceremonial dress. sone sort of ipformal clerical garb but vith something a little outlandi, dike a funny beret or maybe a half clerseas Shirt that isn: appropriate. He greets Michael, he is happy nave: the Already in she suite ore, Hosignon pana and Vanni and Ente. The: charmin ut a ttle tense. @ Archbisho; fyene Ss coarerrenze tt ‘armchairs and sot, Poe ARCHBISHOP I was delighted that the urities T sent proved to be ine. You had me a little worried, I admit. And who are your friends? eVito, Neri and Vincent. the Archbishop gre Fae bag eagtitY;, The bankers are uneas.:> Suengd gebiume black bag Devito has at nis feet eng his burned, scarred face. MICHAEL Excellency, I hope you'll be free to attend ny son's debut Performance in Palermo saturday night. ARCHBISHOP I thank you for the tickets you sent. Regretfully, I must attend to my duties here in 7 Rome. With your permission, the tickets will’be given to the - oor Priests who need bread more ut will be happy with music. MICHAEL Of course. ARCHBISHOP And are we prepared to go forward with cur business?MICHAEL VANNT (opens briefcase. He is tense, ager) Z have all the necessary papers. Already signed by everyone put you. He hands Michae Hagen studies th © Papers. Michael hands then over to Hage: MICHAEL Before I sign, one final precaution.” Mr. DeVito is an expert on counterfeit securities. That black bag of his has instruments to test-the authenticity of ink and paper. If he says the securities sre genuine, I'l] sign the agreenent. The Vatican Bank keeps the 600 million. ENTE That will take weeks. Tine is of the essence now. That is an outrageous inpudence. “It is impossible. HAGEN I find your attitude mest unprofessional. ENTE (scornfully) You will never bea real banker... Vanni is alarmed, calms Ente down. VANNT, The Archbishop has already sent a random sampling to the United States and they have been declared genuins ENTE Ye se tee Fan) integrit; ou question the very integrity of the Archbishop. wnat? blaspheny.MICHAL: (chuckling) Perhaps Signor Ente has heard the old adage: “ite best vay to steal from a bank is to buy ShEa7, Lapclogize. But strange things can happe: Rever question the integrity of the Archbishop, is after all, a holy zen, of souls, a He ia not an (on the spot) seems a simp), tter, one er holy f course your ine all the Twill arrange it. VANNT Excellency, r Strongly advise against it. “We will find other financial institutions that will gladly loan the money. These People are not serious, ARCHBISHOP (very steely and coia) Signor Corleone is doing a service for the church,” Faith is our netier, after ail, (to Michael) My son, today is Wednesday. Your son performs in Palerao ‘on Saturday. Come back to Rome Monday and everything vill se arranged for Signor DeVito to examine the securities. Is that agreeable MICHAEL Yes. Thank you. Ente plucks the papers out of Hagen's hand. ENTE We vill hold these until you have ade, your decision. Michael and his party leave after shaking hands all around. CUT To:INT. BANK OFFICES - Day The God's bankers, Vanni and Ente, and Don Altos YANNI Your Azerican friend, Michael Corleone brought: test the securiti no4, Supplied BS, a,MF. Devito. “the archbisnop has given permission for the qyanination on Monday. We have give days fe solve the problen De you know this Devito! ALTOBELLO (angelic snile) No. At ny age one knows sco fey People. i a ENTE Will they pass? ILTOBELLO Those forgeries are perfect. But thay won't stand up to the Ghemical tests. ‘Then the whole deal is dead. VANNI How did he ever suspect? ALTOBELLO He's a Corleone, ENTE There is a more dangerous Problem. The investigatin: Ragistrate, Lorenzo Viducei. ALTOBELLO How close is he? ENTE Monday. Something must be done. ALTOBELLO I have ve; iF friends who . Will help us. Before Monday. ENTE That is in your field of competence.9s 96 97 ALTOBELLO Unhappily, yes. But since ve are all in this’ toget! ould tell ‘chbishop ~~ a friend? VANNI (looks at Ente) the securities are Nothing else. ALTOBELLO An Archbishop? why? ENTE. Because of his bad investments the Vatican Bank stands to lose a billion dollars. Tf that comes out he vill be a bishep of some village in Australia. ALTOBELLO Such a holy man. A saint. tt Rust be hard for him, Yanni and Ente smile. Altobello notes the sn: angelic look. EXT. COURT OF JUSTICE - DAY Official building of the court of Justice in armed soldiers and police. INT. COURT OF JUSTICE - Day Bichael, Hagen and DeVito enter the building. PSGSETEs to the office that bears the name of LORENZO vIDUCCI. INT. MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE - pay MAGISTRATE VIDUCCI is a man of about forty. sincere locking. He speaks English. vipucer Now, Michael Corleone, how may 1 help? er, I think you one thing. Is the ile with an Ron Guardez by They are MAGISTRATE Very intense andHAGEN We are involved in a deal w the Vatican Bank. We have hear that you are investigating some of the banks owned by the bankers who are advisors to the Archbishop Graziadei. The men : who are called God's Bankers. vrpucer Whoever calls them that has a sense of irony. You understand that a magistrate in Italy is also investi That has bee: three years. those "God's weeks I will p: t Charges. The banks they own are Rear collapse. only pressure from my political superiors nas kept me from doing so until now. MICHAEL How? vipucer These bankers advise the Archbishop Graziadei to lend their banks money, It is all dost, the money has disappeared, The banks will fall unless Vanni pulls something out of his heaven, MICHAEL My money has been siphoned off fo the other banks? To prop them up? viIpuccr And then it will vanish. MICHAEL But there is a Letter of comfort from the Vatican Bank. Surely that cannot fail. Vvipucer (smiling) The Vatican is a sovereign state. They do not come under our jurisdiction, You can have letters signed by St. Peter and whistle for your money,98 MICHAEL 4R any case they vill be charged in two veeks? HAGEN That's why they were in a hurry. vrpuecr Always beware in legal matters when people are in a hurry. MICHAEL ts the Archbishop also guilty? vipucer dyyill_never know in court. put here -- (he taps his heart) and here ~~ (he taps his head) T know he is guilty. HAGEN Why won't you know in court? vrpuecr Because the great politicians of this country will never aliow (se $e Rappen. Also the Vatican isa foreign sta If the Archbishop AS guilty, they will have to ery hin, He embezzled their money. And that they will never do. HAGEN and if a new Pope nas new ideas? vipuccr Popes are like magistrates... neither is indispensable. 7 MICHAEL (rising) Thank you for your help. They all shake hands and Michael and Hagen leave, EXT. ROME = DAY They valk for a while. People are gathering, crying. the news deadns @1179 through the press and people: “Pope Paul VI is dead." FADE our.99 100 FADE IN: EXT. PALERMO = DAY “Intermezzo.* Early Rorning MONTAGE: The city of Palerzo on a bright sunny day over its cathedrals, the Greek and Avabic buildings, the opera house. Then the case: just outside the city limits, DISSoLvE: EXT. VILLA OF DON TOMMASINO IN SICILY - pay Michael and DON TOMMASINO are seated under the tree that is in front of Don Tommasino’s hou: The house in which mayse Michael lived in when he was in exile in Sicily, TAY ofke, Matted ata vooden table which holds a pov! of olives and other huge wooden bowls and platters holding a variety of feed, also some bottles of win ino“is in his Rineties, in a wheelchair. He is na he: for a man so old, but he is Sips wine but doesn‘ MICHAEL ‘ You see the fix I'm in. 1 know those bankers and the Archbishop are lying, but sho can I go to? The CENCE, pezzonovantes of the DON TOMMASINO I know one man. He is a saint on earth. MICHAEL And who is that? DON TOMMASINO Cardinal Lamberto. He is the Cardinal of Venice. A wise and good man. MICHAEL Can you arrange for me to see hin?101 102 DON TOMMASINO: We vere boys together, ve both grew up in the same little Village in Sicily. Alas, our paths separated. But he will Fenenber. He will see you. MICHAEL, You'll arrange it then? DON ToMASINO Of course. Michael, why don't you Duy a farm like’me and live this life. Here I a man almost ninety, and I'm happy and healthy. MICHAEL (smiling) T wish it were that easy. CUT To: EXT.. PALERMO COUNTRYSIDE/MOSCA'S VILLA - pay MUSIC from "Cavalleria Rusticana." A car drives up to a substantial villa and farmhouse a@ nearby hill. ‘Servants work t iG chores etc, Outside the big villa waits a he i cheerful face. his hand. He is landowner. He co: peasant rich Rusticana. Out of the car steps pen Altobello. They greet each other warmly and ve learn the man's name is Dov Mosca. EXT. MOSCA'S GARDEN = DAY in his atter o: Don Mosca whips out a ome lemons hanging on the ALTOBELLO This is ay dream. To live Peacefully in Sicily. How beautiful it is here. He f103 Mosca I'm honored you've cone this dong vay trom Palerno to pay ne a visit. It's bi you've never called on Have I grown too He says all this in a very jovial vay vith backslappings. ALTOBELLO Don Mosca, I've been saving you for something inportant. Yo are my ace in the hole we say in America. I have a big stone in my shoe. I hope you can remove it. Mosca Only one stone? ALTOBELLO It's dangerous. You vill nave to take precautions. Mosca If it vere easy, how could 7 Rake a living? (smiling) Tell me your problen. Then r will tell you my price. ALTOBELLO {in ecstasy) An, what bread, olives in their virgin cil. only in Sicily. INT. MOSCA'S HOUSE - DAY Mosca goes into the house. He gees UP te the bedroom and costones? Closet vith his key. “In this closets a rack of costumes. He takes some out. One is of @ Hotel doorman, eee ee business suit with nomburg, anothecres @ pol ste. He leoks at then thoughtfully and shares nie head.Then he takes out the sout. then the round black hat st t ape Bat, Rolds the scutane agai Rirror with admiration. DISSOLVE to; 204 EXT. VENICE CANAL = NIGHT Michael stands in a Solitary speedboat Roving through the mis: in Venice. With hin is bon Tommasino. 105 106 CARDINAL LAMBERTO Don Tommasino, vhen wilt'r hear your confession? DON ToMAstNo Ah, I'm too old to sin> MICHAEL Michael Corleone. An old friend ef Don Tommasino. ie Tequested this interview as a favor to me. CARDINAL LAMBERTO fet's go out to the gardens plant ny garden again. “cane® Come.107 EXT. CLOISTER GARDEN - DAY He leads them out into a beautiful garden with statues cf SEpDTE ong Greek fountains. They sit in stone cnairs> Se nav: marble. The garden is full of flowers. - CARDINAL LAMBERTO Speak. If I can help you f will. LONG SHOT. gi Michael tells his story of the archbishop and the vatican Bankers. ar thi He seems not to flowers that grow around hii CARDINAL LAMBERTO If what you say is true, there will be & great scandal. MICHAEL I will do all I can to prevent anything from being made public. CARDINAL LAMBERTO Tam called to dead and we must elect a new Pope T will Personally look into this Batter. And I thank you for bringing it to my attention. Then we come in CLOSE on the listening but is Playing wi Michael is in some distress. He unloesens his collar and he very pale. The Cardinal notices this. MICHAEL Is it possible that I could have a glass of orange juice or anything sweet? Ihave a little i trouble with diabetes, My blood sugar goes too low, CARDINAL LAMBERTO Certainly. Be gings bell and a young priest appears. cardinal gives nin gn order and the priest innediately brings glass of drance juice and some candy bars on tray. Michael gulps the orange juice and his symptoms immediately disappear? MICHAEL (apologetically) When I am under stress this sometimes happens.94 CARDINAL LAMBERTO I understand, MICHAEL To cone to you on such a delicate matter, an accusations against your archbishop. It was ditticult. CARDINAL LAMBERTO How long have you been 411? MICHAEL The doctors tell me for man. years. But only lately has ‘it become so severe. CARDINAL LAMBERTO The mind suffers, the body cries out. (smiles) We have had some saints vho vhen their minds suffered, flagella~ ted themselves to make th bedy ery out. But that was in less civilized times. Now the body cries out without such help. MICHAEL (gazes intently into the Cardinal's face) That may be true. CARDINAL LAMBERTO (to Don Tommasine) Could you leave us a few minutes alone together? Qon Tommasino is wheeled out by one of the YOUNG priests. the €2zdinal and Michael are alone except for the young ‘priests by the door and out of earshot. CARDINAL LAMBERTO Would you like to make your confession? MICHAEL Your Eminence, I haven't made a true confession for thirty years. It would take up too much of your time108 CARDINAL LAMBERTO (smiling) I always have tine to save souls. Just because I wear a red hoe doesn't mean I'm still not a priest. MICHAEL (also smiling) beyond redemption. NAL LAMBERTO That is the sin of pri God always calls, only refus. his forgiveness. “rf you cannot behold the living God withoue hatred, then your hell is voluntary, ae. Cazdinal rises from his chair and leads Michael to ance: Part of the garden. EXT. CLOISTER GARDEN/ANOTHER AREA - pay Here there are two chairs with a screen of Plants between t: * Weird approximation of the confessional bee in church CARDINAL LAMBERTO I Sometimes hear the confessions of my young priests here. Sometimes the desire to confess is overvhelming and we must Seize the moment. He hands Michael a candy bar he has Palmed from the tray. CARDINAL LAMBERTO Maybe this will help you. Michael is amused by this approach. “He sits in one of the chairs. MICHAEL What is the Point of confessing if I don't repent? CARDINAL LAMBERTO You suffer, that is enough for now. He sits down in the other chair. MICHAEL It's useless.CARDINAL Laserro Do it to help me, if t savers soul, heaven will give nes exedit. I hear you're a practical aan. iat have you got to lose? Richael unvraps the candy bar and takes a bit. He speaks almost insolently. MICHAEL I betrayed ay wite. {CARDINAL LAMBERTO (staring avay tron Michael) Go on ay gon, MICHAEL I betrayed mysels. The Cardinal bows his head. MICHAEL have killed men and ordered men to be killed, There is a long pause. CARDINAL LAMBERTO Go en ny son. MICHAEL fe pagred the death of ny brother, He injured me. T killed’ay mother's son. I Kil father's son. Suddenly Michael is weeping. His voice breaks, Stares away impassively. Michael takes out a han Wipes his eyes. CARDINAL LAMBERTO God will forgive you, that. Your sins are te it is just that lite could be you do not bi + Yo will not change. But renenber this, your sins vill be forgiven somewhere in eternity.109 110 ani reg Cardinal rises briskly to his feet as is he had hearg Bost banal of confessions’ CARDINAL LAMBERTO fou see, you haven't lost any- Ehing. And you feel better tow, Another glass of orange juice? MICHAEL No. I'm all right." Thank vou. EXT. PALERMO AIRPORT - DAY (Note: Palermo has a ve: Surrounded by mountains so Rever get in or cut.) A's ocky, SBall airport complete: t it looks like a plane cs private plane lands. EXT. PLANE = DAY Michael getting off the Plane. The two Best. Bodyguards have already gotten cut and are waiting, DISSOLVE To EXT. PALAZZO GARDEN = pay Chazagrect BBrbled terrace of the palazzo si characters of our story. The terrece is shai dipieg, Wish green and white stripes: Trees fables. At one is seated Mich, These include: Tony. and Johnny Fontane apart from the o with Vincent. On the s. Ade of the garden against the wall is a platform on which a SMALL ITALIAN BAND pl. Ys, opera selections. The band MICHAEL I want to introduce to you Don Tommasino, m Protector man: ‘3 ago'here in Sicily. "nd the nant Rost admire, respect and love.VIEW Den Sparesine is seated under a tree in the garden, He bis glass of wine to acknovledge the Compliments. His presecuction is a mere formality. Ne gets ROSE of the peop: Present. VIEW ON MICHAEL aise MICHAEL I have invited you here to Celebrate ny son's first You will all receive tickets. ‘I hope you 1 be able to ttend. To tell fhe truth I never vanted him os bea jsinger, until one day f heard hin sing. “Ten I wished with all ay heart. “Tony, TONY gud, Eke RY sister mary to nelp gue. sing the hard parts because have to save ny voice for th performance. And ay godfather, zehnny Fentane, vno was my first and best teacher in music! including "ge wy and they go to ___ MICHAEL Don Tommasino, allow me to introduce my nephew, ncent. He is the son of santines DON TOMMASINO A handsome fellow. (smiling) If you ever need a place to hide, come to my hom + Michael? MICHAEL No place better.99. DON TOMMASING Congratulations. Your son - singing in the Teatro Massimo. What an honor. And you, ay young Vincenzo, do you sing too? This is good-humoredly sardonic. tne pon knovs very vell vhaz Vincent does. VINCENT No, I help with the fa: business. I'm a busin VINCENT 3 kiss your hand, Don Tommasino. DON TOMMASINO Bless you. Bless you. They get up and go back to the terrace, AES 3mail table just below the terrace are Seated Michael's Bodyguards. The sogyguards are watching everythings: pergigily. They stand up casually as ff to stretch by walking around the garden. GAMERA ON TABLE ON TERRACE: only Gonnie, Vincent and Hagen are iene table: Kay and Hagen's wife have less and are ming! with guests. heir legs CONNTE Are those two men as good as they look? VINCENT Better. The best. They won't jet Uncle Michael out of their Sight no matter where he goes. CONNTE They sure don't look like the men my father had when I kid. old ‘tat Clemenza, 7, Luca Brasi. VINCENT (smiling) Times change. Images change. HAGEN Connie, I know you have a lot of bad memories. (MORE)We have the Fi and deal with the most Fespectable people in the vorid., S It's a vhole new empire CONNTE (-) (very coolly) 0G We still have to watch out for’ Michael. VINCENT Don't. worry. Michael comes back to the terrace where Tom Hagen, Vincent, and Connie are waiting. MICHAEL {to Vincent) Altobello still mays he's our friend. He's coming to the performance. Have you got people who will cover him from the. monent he leaves his hotel? VINCENT All taken care of. HAGEN Go slow. MICHAEL Yes. Vincent, you've instructed those. bodyguards, no show of force unless absolutely essary? I don't want Kay to + T.don’t want her to Fenenber. VINCENT They'll be like ghosts, MICHAEL (Joking) Good ghosts. VINCENT (grave) Yes. Michael touches Vincent's head affectionately.MICHAEL You look just like your father, CONNTE, (affectionately) Yes, you do. MICHAEL (to Connie) You lock like your father, too. T see sone of Lucy in Vincent’ Not at all. They sit back and listen to the singing. | Xay and Ton wasen's pie Some back to the table. ‘Thay Sit listen. “A sERvan? brings a phone to Kay. SERVANT Telephone, Signora. Kay picks up the phon CLOSE ON MICHAEL watching her, She moves a slight distance avay (listens) oh Ghat’s terrible. zt vould have been so much fun to have Ou he: Ye do understand, love you, T'ii cali you tomorrow. She hangs up phone. Turns to Michael, KAY Douglas’ jury trial will go another week, I'm sorry. RAY Will you have time? MICHAEL Sure. They smile at112 The singers finish singing. Everybody in the garden up to applaud. Tony and Hazy and Johnny Fontase takes VIEW Gonnie. She has put her arm through Vincent's as is locking them both against the rest of the fanily. FADE our. FADE IN: EXT. PALERMO = DAY The next porning. Kay and Michael are valking down an avenue lined with sidewalk cafes, their tables and chairs filled a People having their early morning coft Michael and Kay ar chatting pleasantly like ti friends. Far off, down near the end of the enue, we see a motorcycle and RIDER in helmet - only a spot really + except we hear tne motorcycle Fearing. Michael and Kay are valking in the direction of the motorcycle PES Eeehty yards: behind Michael and Kay a long black coe’ ce following then slowly, One of Michael's CHAUPFEURS Se driving it.” Beside him is Al Neri. KAY I see you still always have Al Neri guard: you. Even after all these years of respectabil- ity. Do you still need hin? |, MICHAEL (smiling) I'm getting old. 1 need Somebody to help me out of the car. To carry ny briefcase. ie 5 KAY (smiling) Oh, Michael, you're still such a liar. MICHAEL (deadpan) No, seriously, watch me walk. Michael then does an amazing transformation. He is an old naz walking with a shuttling gait, he takes out a handkerchief ana blows his nose, his hands trembling.Kay watches him gravely. Suddenly, Michael straig! shen quickly tries to stand on nig ‘hands Tex's ¥ bursts out laughing. Michael can't Bake it and s pavement. Kay helps hin get UB. He may or may n ahat, which has fallen off and wnich ny picks up, MOVING SHOTS . see Rae TOMeNE the motorcycle starts coming tovard then. we Ste Neri in the car instantly alert but tng motorcycle goes Slogly by: UP the avenue and passes Michael ToS Kay and continues on up the avenue. Neri relaxe: far up the avenue ve see the motorcycle nake back down the avenue and then come to's stop. Kay and Michael keep valking. MICHAEL I've planned everything out for you and Mary and whoever else you want to sightsee have a car and dri couple of guides. RY Are you as excited about Tony's debut as I an? MICHAEL Yes. KAY Are you pleased? are you really happy? MICHAEL Yes, I am, neatly cuts Kay’ furis nis OPS, 2%, the coffee tables get ane eet Rotion he hurls his chair into the path of the oncoming motorcycle whi brings it crashing to the ground. tes ariver is sprawled in the avenue, stunned. At the same time ve see the other Best Bodyguard standing poesad Nay ane Michael, his gun draun, aaYeuar sees hin and notions him to put nis’gun avay before Kay sees it. Meanwhile, the car with Neri is speeding down the street ass the motorcycle, but slows when it eraanes®113 MICHAEL (reassuring Kay) TPT ea Purse snatcher. Happens all the tine. Meanvhile, the first Best Guard uno Shrew the chair is 1iss the rider off the ground and pulls off his helmet: aiai3 Justa young kid. the guard gives him two very sentie slaps an each side of his tace wnile smiling at hin.’ Zn7s angels Pe done to show the containnene ae ferocity, the siazs must be very gentle as you would give as infane. FIRST Guarp = Give the lady back her purse and beg her forgiveness’ £2¥ 820 Michael approach. the boy wears the purse to Kay a gologizes. The Best Bodyguards have Riraculously disapreirs: 85 he does so. Neri is out of the car ang angry. fay, ig, disarmed by the youthfulness of the thief and relievea Shar this is just an ordinary street ert kay Michael, just let him go. He's so young. Michael smiles at the boy while Batting Kay on the shoulder, MICHAEL (Siciliany Go get your bike and go home to Your mother. “And do an honest Gay's work for your patrol. (translates for Kay} Kay and Michael watch the boy wheel his bike down the ave: MICHAEL After Tony's performance, can we go out one night for dinner? ray We'll see. CUT To: EXT. ROME = COURT oF JUSTICE - pay We SEE armed soldiers around the building.14 11s INT. VIDUCCI'S OFFICE = pay The office of the Magistrate Viducei He is ina state cs sresant saeemene, 2 sheath of documents Sn his hand. Present are three AIDES and secretary” VIbuecr ie have them nov, those God's bankers. (to secretary) Sens a courier at once to the palazzo of the Corleon: Tell him I have all the evidence wo Reed and that I will proceed against vanni and Ente inmed, conth@ Politicians can never stop me now. The secretary leaves the office. FIRST AIDE You will be in danger. ve should take precautions. vipuccr They would never dare. He, goes to window. Looks out the window into the cours below, ya VviIpucer I have a hundred soldiers guarding ne already, SECOND AIDE This will make your career, vipucer Orend it. we need some air in here. With a typically vigorous Gesture he opens the window. There is a tremendous explosion. ite body goes sailing out of css window. In i icriminating documents Eilh fhe 447 and then the room fs burning and the documents with then, CUT To: INT. VATICAN CHAPEL - EVENING MED. CLOSE VIEW : oRE Sgnstave Of CARDINALS sitting in rous of chairs in the chapel. The results of the fourth ballot are read:117 118 CARDINAL 9 votes for Lamberto, 11 ser Siri, 1 for Lorscheider. announced, there is a tre: applause from the gathering. Th Yatious masters of cerenonies CAMERLENGO. De you accept your canonical election as suprene pontit?? All eyes upon Cardinal Lamberto, He hesitates, CARDINAL LAMBERTO Fay Sod forgive you for unat you CAMERLENGO By what nama do you wish to be called? CARDINAL LAMBERTO (pause) John Paul the First, Boe voting cards are sturtea into the antiquated steve, and the bianco (white) handle is pulled® EXT. VATICAN - pay IEW trom st. Peter's square, White smoke comes fron the chimney. Bells RING. A new Pope has been elected. FADE our. FADE IN; EXT. PALERMO = pay Uazy and Vincent are valxing fhrough a little street fair, Gougint,i8 buying her little funny gifts. They are a beaut couple and attract attention. EXT. CAFE - pay They sit at the table of an outdoor care,220 121 MARY Btys Been such a vondertul day, Didn't we have fun? VINCENT Yes, we did. Will you meet ne in Paris after this is all over? waRY Vincent, I don't know, I do care for you but I don't know whether it's just a cousinly aftection® VINCENT I'll take any kind. mary Don't spoil the day by Raking me answer. I just love being wit you. - VINCENT Okay, but I have ene fina) treat. I've been saving this. pomething really weird.” But you have to promise you won't get all girly and faine. MARY I promise. EXT. CEMETERY JUST OUTSIDE oF PALERMO = Day pigcent and Mary get out of car that holds driver and bodyguard. Another INT. CONVENT - pay A MONK leads the way after Vincent gives him money. They go down into the catacombs. INT. CATACOMBS - pay qhere in a vaulted chamber are the mummified bodies of those a2g Bave been the most povertul peopsenis Sicily. The nunnies 2 easgsaret in costumes of their'day* + prince of the churcn, 1 arias ebacutigul women in elesnne gowns. Fel ing i2S.9F glass boxes, young cones’VINCENT Do people still do this? Have thenseives buried this way? MONK No, not anymore. But pecple still come to see their ancestors. To pay their respects, wary Vincent, let's go. They leave. 122 EXT. CONVENT - Day They sit together on a stone bench in the convent gro: VINCENT I'm sorry. I Ehought you'd like Ys it. The real sici MARY Vincent, I can't go with you to Paris. VINCENT Why not? MARY I don't want to be part of your life, as you live it. you really loved that room down the: You really loved the whole idea of it. VINCENT Yes, I did. I thought you'd like it. MARY Vincent, I love you. But I don't want to share these things, your bodyguards, the way you love Sicily. VINCENT (emotionally) Mary... I... MARY Please...123 124 VINCENT Well, ve did have one beauti¢uy day. MARY We did. I'l) always mber it. And I guess 1/2] cry when I do. INT. VATICAN DRAWING ROOM = NIGHT The Archbishop sits quietly in the dark room. A guest ve enters the room and sits down. VIEW ON THE ARCHBISHOP'S HANDS He raises his hands and begins to make shadow-fisures on tne curtain. A licn changes into a fox. , ARCHBISHOP (making the figur. sigeie lion cannot protect himself trom traps, and the fox cannot defend hinselt fron Wolves. One BUst the: fox to recognize traps. jion to frighten volves. The VIEW MOVES, revealing vho his guest is. It is altcbei:s, ALTOBELLO Ghose that wish to be only tions do net understand this. EXT. PALAZZO GARDEN - EVENING Zhe whole family is dining al ftesco. There is a long table Michael is seated at the head of 1: Kay at his left, connie Hague araett; TORY and Mary turther aXty_ Vincent facing hin. Hagen and/his vite at the botton of tre table. It is a joyous cccasion. tomorrow Right Tony vill be singing Raking his debut. Johnny Fontane in Sitting on the other sice of Tony. He gets up and raises his gicee: FONTANE Here's to Tony. To his success tomorrow night. He going to be ghere 1 alvays wished I could se, sieht stage of an opera house Ih Sicily. Tony, knock 'em dea Everybody raises their glasses to drink.MICHAEL And to Kay, who encouraged hin while I was trying to make a lavyer. They all drink to Kay who nods her acknowledgement. CONNIE, And to Michael, who made al) this possible. Sbf'g,2 Little Jealous that Kay gets attention. Kay is ail the outsider in the family, ‘But noo they are all and drinking and the conversation beccses general. Hagen and Michael speak privately. : HAGEN a Vidueci dead. Where does that leave us? MICHAEL Even in the old days, we never dared to kill a prosecutor, Maybe Vincent is right, HAGEN Vineent has a lot of his rather Sonny in him. A lot of temper He is worried. Michael gets up, moves over to Kay. Michael in a low voice to Kay, MICHAEL Tomorrow, I'd like to take you ona picnic. We'll go see tne gountryside. Visit Bon Tonmasino and take a look at the toun of Corleone. Maybe you'l? understand the family story a little better. Ray (aryly) T understand it well enough. MICHAEL Your plane to the States leaves en Monday. There's nothing much to do here.125 EXT. OUTSIDE MICHAEL'S PALAZ20 = MORNING A gat is parked outside waiting. an SFen touring car, tn ex griver's seat is aman dressed in Sicilten Peasant style. see PRg ees rough clothes, red bandana arouna age neck.” He waiting patiently. geryants come cut of the house to put picnic baskets ang vine in the trunk of the car. Kay cones Out dressed in picnic sre hee enone decks younger than in pravices tose, With ner are her children, Tony and Mary. They are ali eect to the ca RAY I'll be back for dinner, Where's Michael? At that moment the driver lists his cap and turns his head ts the camera. MICHAEL At your service, Signora. Bey co MeTY and Tony laugh as Michael goes into an imitation Raugnsecttt8A servitor, respecezul but proea® Deferential yer haughty. MARY Have a good tine. sea ea Sg PRFORt Wrapped in a scart, vaves goods Michael fay Ley ative away in the snazzy touring cas cory its top down Kay looks back and waves. 126 INT. CAR - pay They are in the countryside and Kay taxes a long lock behing Shead genesis thoughtful. Michael iccks ae eee%q, untains, the sheep grazing, the colorful flowers, the lense ten es. MICHAEL Beautiful. XAY Michael, we're really alone. T don't see any bodyguards. MICHAEL (laughing) I sneaked away. I wanted t. have one day, just you ana like it was be ‘Ore the family troubles.127 128 129 NOTE: All through this audience should be remind. priest appears, ve think it priest. We see a band of hunters etc. The threat is of the scenes, ¥ Michael and Kay spend together = that Michael is in'danger $ Mosca but it's just ac n with Luparas bi always underneath the bossy ray n't that dangerous? MICHAEL Kay, I'm finally out of everything. Too late for you and Re but finally I'm out’ EXT. ROAD - WEDDING - DAY wees soTt tO a Little village and they cone upon a Peasant yedting ig progress. Michael stops the car for tre Procession an br. A priest on a bicycle appears in che ing furiously toward them. We cannot see his es under his hat. There is a long sheath on the handlebars which could be a gun. Zhe priest approaches them on a narrow road. one of his hands Picks up the sheath and suddenly ve see it is © long bouquet o {lowers which he waves at them in greeting as neordsce By. is obviously on his way to the Wedding inthe village. INT. CAR - DAY Michael and Kay. KAY Did you have a wedding like shat when you were married in Sicily? MICHAEL Something like that. They drive on without looking at each other. EXT. LEMON GROVE - pay Then Michael parks the car beneath a grove of lenon trees. They get out of the car. Michael takes the Picnic basket out OF che frunk and leads Kay to a place deeper’in the orchard where there is a marble fountain.130 EXT. FOUNTAIN = pay Breck TE eY2teF and flovers groving all around, tn, fe Greek statue, alnost in complete ruin but seily, Kay Oh, Michael, it's lovely. : Michael unpacks the picnic basket, throvs aside his cap. That's why I mbered it after all these years. way Did you come here often? MICHAEL Yes, I used to go for long walks with my bodyguards and we rested here. Boek, 27zgnge themselves on the ground to eat and drink the bottle of Wine that M: KAY Why did you get married here? Were you madly in love? r MICHAEL I didn't know if T would ever be able to I didn't know KAY Was she beautiful? MICHAEL Yes. KAY You told me she died. was that true? MICHAEL Yes, ray Was she ill or was it an accident?Ray utiful country It's such a and so violent. MICHAEL Yeah, they have more killings in one little village here than in fhe whole state of New Hampshire in its history. New Hampshire Z always loved that we knev each other when I vas in college. KAY I remember when your biggest worry was passing your esans. MICHAEL Iwas really vorried. They are both silent. Then Michael accidentally spills sone food on his cloth Kay Jaughs. Michael takes off his entre and goes to the marble fountain, Very carefully ne vashes his face and arms and scrubs his shirt. tnen he comes back to where kay is sitting and watching MICHAEL Clean enough? KAY Tt will have to do. MICHAEL The town of Corleone is only a half hour from here. Would’ yeu like te see it? KAY Where it all began? MICHAEL Yes. KAY (smiling) Okay. Sure. - They gather up the picnic stutf. make this in some vay intimate.131 2132 RAY Back in New Hampshire, on a Sunday ve couldn't call it a acnic. We called it eating funen‘cn th grass. Baptists. CUT .To: EXT. TOURING CAR = pay Kay and Michael going through sicilian countryside untiz finally they cone to the toun af Corleone” EXT. CORLEONE = pay pighsel parks the car in the town square. He gives noney to a Be recaeng hans to guard the car and proninge’ them more when pe returns. This could be comical acd touching, Michael coule pice been the grandfather of one of tress children’ “pee Michael 1 and and takes her through the crookes Q As he does he recounts the fanily Diskory,, How his father was smuggled sun of the town ina donkey’ basket. Finally the tour is over and they start back to the square. Key is very thoughtful. She doesn't say anything. They turn into the square and the children ore Still guarding the car. But also the: eof about six men with Lupsrse standing They Grete jtichael is instantly wary, “ite Comes up to then. They greet him courteously. He responds, MICHAEL (Sicilian) Are any of you related to the Andolini family? One of the men steps forward. FIRST MAN Who wants to know? fe is distinctly less courteous. such a question is impolite. In Sicily, MICHAEL (hesitates) My name is Michael Corleone. My father was called Vito andolini,133 134 aa ’ ly came to Sicily for a visit. We are cousins, Michael embraces him and shakes hands with the other Ren. He introduces Kay and they acknowledge her with extreme courtesy ANDOLINT You must have a drink with us before you go. And igs you ete time r invite’ you to my house for dinner, “oe have been hunting and there will be fresh rabbit. MICHAEL A drink certainly. put Bust be back in Palerno tor ainnes® EXT. CORLEONE CAFE - DAY They go to a nearby cate and they al} drink together, ANDOLINI FeyYORE beatth and good rortune, fast think, it your tather hed pot jgone. to America, you woute Be shooting rabpits'witn us ‘ter your meat. him pay. They escort him saa Kay to the car ang wave then on their way. INT. TOURING CAR - pay Michael and Kay in the open touring car. MICHAEL Besotike, te make one nore stop before we go back to Paleras: Okay? RAY Where?13s 136 MICHAEL T want to visit Don Tommasino. KAY We have to be back in Palerno for dinner. MICHAEL We will, ghey ative on inte the hills of sicily until they cone to tne guarded villa of Den Tommasine. EXT. DON TOMMASINO'S VILLA = pay Guards at the Be tne getty Villa recognize Michael and let through. Inside the gates on th steps of the villa, they are greeted by another more well, dressed GUARD who also Fecochizes Michael and greets him with a vara hug” Michael introduces fa GUARD MICHAEL Kay? Kay We can wait a little bit. 7 could use a cold drink. GUARD Sertainly. don Tommasino will be heartbroken if he doesn't 3 you. They enter the villa. INT. VILLA/SITTING ROOM = Day The guard leads then into a huge sitting room which has a larce 92388 vindow through vnich ve see the countryside. A woman Sell ian egg h Jugs Of Wine and glasses afate tray of Sicilian food appetizers. The guard and servant leave, Kay and Michael are alone. KAY So this is the house you lived in, It's quite charming.137 MICHAEL Would you like to see ny room? I spent a lot of time up there & janing about vhen I would get 101 Kay gets up and Michael leads her Upstairs and down a hall to the corner bedroom. INT. VILLA/BEDROCM = pay ie,ds,uite large and full of ligne, the sort light of very lata afternoon, Mionacy #8 overcone by mencries of Apes Kay goes to the window to lock out, Michael sits on the be. MICHAEL Z used te sit in this room night after night thinking of you. kay And then you got married, MICHAEL (quoting) Better to marry than to burn. honsce! 9¢¢ UP and stares out the window with Kay for a long monent. : MICHAEL i Rever forgot you. rt stijy dreamed about you, Kay is touched. She puts her ams around Michael and they gently kiss. MICHAEL Take a little nap, T'11 go downstairs and wait for Bon Tommasino. Kay goas over to the bed, takes off her shoes and lies down. Michael lowers the shutters of the windon So that the rocn is jarker. He goes over to the bed and isses Kay gently on the cheek. She reaches up and holds him and fine ly they are in each gpher’s arms. They lie doun on the seg together and make love. Tey ove, Sgene should be nore in renessrecgs of the tragedies they shared than anything else138 139 140 14a EXT. VILLA - pay Villa gates as they open and fetch jon Tommasino. INT. VILLA/LIVING ROOM = pay The prece out and walled off That seems to rust TES, Beard WHO has gone 2: He is returning algne. GUARD Tim sorry. I was unable to find Don’ Tonmasi ne. MICHAEL Upset you, GUARD He has vanished. He nade none of his usual visits. MICHAEL Have him call ne when he returns. GUARD ¥es, Don Michael. But rm worried. Perhap: send some nen. wi: in Palermo Ss I should th you back to MICHAEL Palerno, That's not neces: knows where I an. ding dial EXT. VILLA = pay T Gates swii cars down until Mic! guard escorts Kay and Ag open. the road. hael' oque is in Sicilian s from the ¢, A3_Mich, EXT. MICHAEL'S PALAZZO - pay Michael a: Palazzo i ind Xay getting out o, n Palerzo. They get ‘Sary. Nobody c © that Kay is again sh: ‘amily troubles. ar and the Villa gugh we SEE two lodyguards who wa & Car passes and then sving in sefiea gs CUT To: eoghe car in front of Michael's out and stand together.142 A pause. MICHAEL Maybe there's another chance. Maybe ve could start all over. KAY Tean't. rean't, 3 cane forget. MICHAEL t's been wonderful to have you back, even for such a short tine. RAY Yes. ‘They walk irto the Palazzo together, arm in arn. INT. PALAZZO/LIBRARY - NIGHT Michael, Hagen and Vincent are ting. HAGEN We got the news just before you arrived. They found Don Tommasino in the mountains. MICHAEL Dead? HAGEN Yes. Shot. MICHAEL At the age of ninety? christ. VINCENT When you were having your ing with the ‘Arenbishop, tebello came through the side gate of the Vatican and had a Beeting with those bankers, ir on. MICHAEL The picture is getting very clear. HAGEN The Archbishop vas just stalling. VINCENT I've got svgaygning covered. But we should hit first.143 a MICHAEL No. I'm finally out of that thing. I want to stay out. VINCENT Maybe you can't stay out, MICHAEL (exasperated. with 4 note of comedy) : I kept t: ng te go up mn society. imere everyenin higher up would” +_ Straight. But the higher I go the crockeder te Where the hell dees it HAGEN Once we get Past this, you'll be in the clear. INCENT. v: And then what? anything happens use a force. “ We don't want headlines linking Anthony's performance, with anything bloody. VINCENT T'll have everything covered. EXT. PALAZZO GARDEN = DAY EBS, garden outside the house. connie ang Michael are sitting beside each other. Michael is locking very tired and il]. Connie is alive with energy. Tom told me about Venice you met the new Pope and Your confession to him. MICHAEL It seened a good idea. after all these years, at leCONNIE Why? It's not like you. Michael, ve all depend on you, We always have. You don't have to confess your sins to a stranger: MICHAEL is something about hin. how it seemed the proper There And 30: ti CONNIE, Michael, what is it. are you that ill? MICHAEL No, I'm all right. I feel lousy but that's the diabetes. CoNNTE Then is there something else wrong? Are you afraid of something? MICHAEL Connie, we can't be lucky forever. CONNTE, You were lucky, I wasn't. MICHAEL Okay, then I can't be lucky forever. As I said, he way an impressive man. He helped me. suddenly Connie is weeping. she reaches over to embrace Michael, CONNIE I forgive you. It took so many years but I forgive you noi And I felt guilty tod. That 1 Rarried a man vho betrayed the Family. That I Was used so that they could kill sonny. But we can't weaken nov. We can't let Vincent, we can't let anything happen to him. We can't let the Family be destroyed. You can't let your guilt weaken us Those were terrible ti; maybe it could have been different. You did terrible things, I know. (MORE)144 CONNTE (contd. ) But I forgive you ay husband, forgive you Fredo. “gust be strong now, That's all dene. Don't worry, Tvon't veaken. (laughs) Till take care of everything. Connie dries har tears. she is resolute again. CONNIE Ziti hele you. Vincent wiiz help you. _, MICHAEL (smiling) an. Vincent. “You knov the old lan Was wrong about one thing. Said every man has one destiny. Now that is true about Vincent. But Youyknow, a 1eng time ago, I be! a other destiny truer tiny. That Cardinal made ne 9 believe that a for one moment. CONNIE That's all finished. we can make believe it all never happened. And now ve can be AEP Y cout children are safe, and tomorrow we'll hear Toa: ging, and ve iil all grow tig fogether. And ve'll just thick “gf the tines ve were happy. That's all we have to doy CHAEL Mri (laughing) It's a cinch. EXT. TEATRO MASSIMO - NIGHT cargid* the opera house. streets are jammed with people and Sf the Gamera SEES that cars filled mize armed men a of the corners of the square.Yincent goes to each of the cars to give iast minute instructions. He is on foot and he ceeps watching the pecpi, in the square. He is very alert. He goes to che final car which contains four zen in Police uniforms. VINCENT Remember, no shooting. arrest them only and we'll get rid of then outside Palerzo: CARS ARRIVING Pineditebello's car pulls up. He gets out, goes up the steps Vincent watches him closely, VIEW Michael, Kay, Hagen and his wife, Johnny Fontane, Connie and TY get out of their long limousine. the driver oe the Pimousine is also very alert. Michael leads tye Party up the steps of the opera house. RAY (to Michael) I used to worry so that he'd never find anything in lig he really wanted to do. T it making plans for him to become a professor, or a lawyer or sone ind of scientist. The one thing I never imagined him to be vas an opera singer. Connie waves at Vincent when she sees him in the street. CONNIE. Vincent, hurry. The opera will start soon, VINCENT T'll be right in. - Ashe SPEAKS, a flock of about TWENTY YOUNG PRIESTS come up th Rired kisee, \yPig,PUrly Ronsignor. We see that chien re the hired killer, Mosca, who under the pretense of the young je “sees the The fferant from thes. flock of priests who are chatterii + They are obvious): CUT To:145 146 147 148 INT. TEATRO MASSIMO = NIGHT People are settling into their s. and his parcy front. Vincent comes in to sit besi Two sections ayy Mosca is shepherding his innocent priests into tnecs seats: but he is observing Michael. Mosca gives hiss speculative look, then he sits down. Vincent is seated so that he is guardin: Tow of seats. He leans forward to s: opposite end of the row. Their eyes back. The opera, “Cavalleria Rusticana," begins. seein ene aging Turiddu's opening sole, "Serenade to Lola. watch the opening of the gpera, shets of Michael, Kay and the rest of the family applauding.’ Shot of Mosca in’Ase priestly garb. Then camera on Vincent as at intermission he sl ins cut, CUT To: EXT. TEATRO MASSIMO - NIGHT Fee Fone ene four _Policemen on the steps. two cars pull ep STE FOUR MEN gat out of each and start up the opera hones steps. POLICEMAN stops then. POLICEMAN The opera is in progress. you can't go in there. 1ST MAN We have cur tickets. You have no right to stop us. At this moment Vincent appears at the top of the steps. He Sexes 2,2i97a) and four cars blocking the street pull ap £o tne STdRE Gaz: So now the intruders are faced with | hopeless situation. Four police in front of them and at leaccrs men behind them who already have weapons ready. INT, TEATRO MASSIMO - NIGHT The villagers in the darkness, holding hes, intone "Hymn to the Savior". EXT. TEATRO MASSIMO - NIGHT Vincent comes down the stairs and addresses the intruders.149 150 VINCENT I knew why you're + lAnd Youlre very lucky men. rf it vas By decisicn you'd already be dead. But I have orders ‘to let You go in peace. With this Marning. Don't try again.» Now get back in your cars and 7 i to drive a long vay 0. The eight intruders get back into their cars and drive avay, Vincent goes back into the opera hones? cur To: INT. TEATRO MASSIMO - NIGHT THE PERFORMANCE ENDING with the SFY ony tanhe ammazzato cenzare uriddu." Big finale. Applause: Tony taking his bows wits the other cast members, Michael and xa Mary are veeping with i Tom Hagen and his wit Then Connie leans over ,_ CONNIE ts everything all right? VINCENT Rverything is fine. pen't verry, BeetPeLAUss but he is watching the crowd Of people milling to weEnget Of the opera house. the ws Best Bodyguards are also Standing up and watching everything very carefully, INT, TEATRO MASSIMO/ROYAL BOX - NIGHT CELEBRATION PARTY after the performance. Tony and other cast remersest® Accepting the homages ae their friends and relatives, TONY Well, Mom, what did you think? Kay stiles and hugs hin. KY I'm very proud of you.152 152 153 154 iss Tony Dad? MICHAEL Xes, Anthony. “Yes, I'm proud ef you too, - CUT To: EXT. STREETS OF PALERMO = pay Early Sunday morning. the streets pi Palermo. overview os cs, 2S 204 we HEAR the ‘tolling of Cathedral Belis. Very | traffic. We SEE a flock of priests on bicycles, about thirty of then acing through the streets with % big heavy priest in tne lead, We SEE that this priest is Most CUT To: EXT. APARTMENT = DAY Small apartnent in old style palatial apartment building abeus @ block from Michael's Palazz5* win Bodyguards. o; ndew, Watching his tching Michael's binoculars he's, They are such a cu: stantly becomes alert 3@StS go Without hin. EXT. APARTMENT = pay Mosca gets off his bike. He leans against the courtyard wali, He is near the car in the courtyard. We can see that Mosca is in distress. He is eengsering abit and he takes a bottic of pills out of his pocket ‘Oks around and then cones ints the courtyard. slowly he comes up the door of the twins apartnent. INT. APARTMENT = pay ghe,tyin shaving puts doun his razor. The twin at the vindow sen a (gthe G2cE Of the apartment es tne other tuin covers hin with a gun. The first twin opens the door.156 157 158 Mos: Sguie I trouble you tor a giass of water. It's ny hearts 7 must take these pills, (at the door) Come in Father. sit down. osca comes in and sits in one of the gagirs. He is cbviousiy in distress. The twin vho has bees shaving puts his gun avay pian tds 2 glass of water. He gives ty to Mosca who takes hi pill and swallows the water Siatgéully. we gives the glass Pack to the man and gets to His fecct MOSCA He reaches to take it First Twin whe ri Uses his lett nan Silencar. The other twin ha: is holding and his gun ts halfway oe ay aa and Ne falls. Mosca kists the glass veryuty CkLY shoots the tuo ralies men in the He looks around the room and miles. Then he goes out, shutting the door caretully behing him. Tose goes to his bicycle and rides off in the direction of the cathedral, EXT. FRONT OF MICHAEL'S PALAzz0 - Day MUSIC, "Te Deum." The Corleone family is going to churn, they get into the waiting open touring cars. Hichael, Kay, fontie, Hagen and his vite, in one Sd carteti, Vincent, Mary, Tony and Johnny Fontane in'the Second car, INT. VATICAN/POPE'S BEDROOM - Day a EE SEE & shadow move out of the room. Then a SISTER en The sisec 1OOX8. The new Pope, ‘cardingy Lamberto, is dead. The sister rushes out crying. CLOSE sHor The dead Pope, mouth open. His Spectacles still on, CUT To:160 161 There is nore S$ Michael's caz EXT. CATHEDRAL = Day The cars arrive at the Cathedral. Everybody gets out. the. bythe steps. Vincent lags behind and fre eyes search ¢. Bodyguards. “Mich: is at the top of the steps. others go by as he waits for Vincene. Hcnakes out his gun and shoots Michael is"ete head.” We sce Michael Baal ee pack and stare to fall, Hagen peeds to him an ghan Michael falls tries to litt nia from ect ground and at th same tine shield his body. NEW VIEW Mosca has fled into the crowd. vincent stares unbelievingly after hin. Then he runs up the steps to Michael and Hagen.’ 4 stares down at Michael. Hagen lifts Michael in his arms and garries him into the cathedral. Kay and ti i INT. CATHEDRAL - pay Hagen lays Michael against a brilliant gold mosaic, light coming from the stained glass vindes” The oth CLOSE vIEWw : Hagen holding Michael in his arms, ,HAGEN No, Mikey. We're out now. You have to sleep, rest. Kay leans over. Michael looks at her. KAY Michael, will you die? MICHAEL (pause) No. fichael is dead. Hagen, ever the true brother, weeps over nh. bitterly.2 VIEW ON CONNTE o She looks at Vincent, he looks at her, Slowly she nods her . head. DISSOLVE to; 162 EXT. PALERMO - DAY esgion is forming. A tong line of hors drawn negrse containing the body, ‘the wagane® We SEE dy, Connie, Vincent, Kay, Tony sno Mary cone Then Johnny Fontane, Neri, i mand his get into different carriages or auccg’ cane ee eases {vith black horses leading the vay. Bening the> come the people from the country with their painted carts. ral procession go to the cathedral to be blessed Archbishop Graziadei hinsel?. CUT To: 163° EXT. ROME - VANNI'S HOUSE - DAY Vanni 1 wife C drive off. ying his palatial home with DRIVER. He v, es to his S Ana cheerful mood. “He gets into car “avg they 364 INT. VANNI'S CAR = DRIVING - pay yanni gets busy vith his briefcase checkin Papers. Finally igcks up and is surprised to see an uneeat dar section of Rone that he does not recognize but it is obviously a slum. ‘VANNT Driver, this is not the vay : to the’vatican, DRIVER I thought you might like to see where the poor live. The ones your banks have robbed. azni is amazed. car stops. Inmedi: ly two cars pull up gagngside. Four men get out. They oped’ eh door of Vanni's g2z and get in with him. We see a‘sc the men hold tne banker and efficiently stab hin to acave Then the nen get out. So does. the driver who throws nes chauffeur's hat back. cur to:165 166 167 168 169 EXT. CATHEDRAL - DAY Funeral winding its vay to the cathedral. The mourners are going up the steps of the Cathedral. INT. CATHEDRAL = DAY Mass is being said and ritual perforned. Vincent staring hard at the Archbishop, connie and he e. Ganges, They know the Archbishop is their enemy. fay°%s there, dressed in black. cur To: EXT. MOSCA'S FARM AND VILLA - DAY Hesse is outside as before with his Lupara ready when the lon: PIACK SRT ,CoRES UP: Then gunfire comes fron the car ang Meck is riddled with bullets. cuT To: EXT. CATHEDRAL - DAY FUNERAL PROCESSION leaving Cathedral to go to cemetery. ve have shots of the family and kay. CUT Te: INT. ROME OFFICE - DAY Fiesent gffice of Ente. We see a typewriter and the paper it.” We SEE scneone is typing a suicide nota. ZNSERT 7 THE NOTE: | "I am truly repentant for ny sins ag Ty fellow man and the Vatican Bank. I take my own lite ago remorse and to save my honor.” AS more vords appear the CAMERA CUTS TO: ENTE HANGING FROM THE CEILING. A gold chain is his rope crucifix the hanging knot. The camera surveys the doce body very carefully, noting the perfi tailored suit. Then the typewriter clicks again. then ve a hand take the paper ar put it in the dead man's hand. CUT To:fay iG 170 7. 172 232 EXT. ROAD - pay TEETRAL PROCESSION nearly at the canetery. Maybe it is vingi, ate way through Sicily to the town of covieon® which I think pay about an hour from Palerno. The shore countryside pays homage with their carts etc. : selnee his cut to the funeral procession ve Bust notice an eminous thing. Vincent h, ed. He vas valking beside §onnie, behind agen and his vite ang Kay. Hagen looks ‘bass Sees Connie Vadking alone, | He pushes his vite forvard to vaix with Kay and he valks beside Commies HAGEN Where's Vincent? CONNIE et us again at the EY. He'ly cenet INT. CATHEDRAL/CORRIDOR = pay The Archbishop in his full regalia is walking dos Rarble corridor behind the altar o¢ the Cathedra: his way to the living quarters= Along thi which hold holy statues. These niches a; dust barely see the saints in these . The Archbishop valks past the first niche. He glances around bpeasily. He feels something is Wrong. He passes the second niche and then turns his head, There is a dead body in tne niche where the saint should be, It is Don Altebelio- The Archbishop stands absolutely stilz, Then he cro: himself and faces the third nicke in th 3 wall. Vincent Steps VIEW The shadow his hand makes. Vincent fires three times. the Archbishop falls. Vincent runs down the marble corridor. CUT To: EXT. CEMETERY = pay THE FUNERAL PROCESSION. Going into the cemetery. The fina) Neri and Sayittich 9° on.” Shots of Hagens Kay, Tony, and Mary. Neri and DeVito,133. fe ground. Then camera on ¥ appears beside her. then cae orderly lines of mourning bresn’ up as en shots of the casket going into ¢) donnie and Vinette suddenty af; ceremony is over and ¢! People go avay. FINAL SHOT: 7 THE MOUNTAINS. The tovn of Palerno vith its crooked street ts. CLOSE UP ON Kay in widow's black veil. FADE our.