教父电影海报英语意思

㈠ 用英语写出电影教父的主要内容几句话就可以

The story begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia "family", oversees his daughter's wedding with his wife Carmela. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Through Michael's life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don't want to follow the old ways and look out for community and "family". An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don's influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don's fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.
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㈡ 欧美的教父是什么意思

基督教术语。一般有二意：①古代基督教权威神学家之总称。英文为church fathers。后人从神学家所处的时期，或所使用的语言，或按其神学观点和著作内容来分类，如使徒后期教父、尼西亚教父；希腊教父，拉丁教父；护教教父，哲学教父等。②与教母一起，为基督教礼仪中受洗儿童的作保人。英文为God father。教父（或教母)可替受洗者申明信仰，可替代无能力的父母教育儿童。教父教母制起源于受洗成年人受洗应有主教所认识的一名教徒陪同并为之作保的习俗。各教会对教父、教母要求不一，有的只要求有教父或教母一人，有的要求有教父教母各一人。
电影《教父》是根据美国作家马里奥·普佐的同名小说改编，由好莱坞青年导演科波拉执导的一部经典黑帮片。影片描述了黑手党的产生、发展的全过程：外来移民为生活所逼，铤而走险，靠走私、赌博、贩毒、谋杀而在美国社会中争得一席之地。他们依赖非法营生而逐步发展壮大，其势力也渗透到各个领域，在政府枢纽部门也有了他们的代理人。当他们羽翼丰满时，便不满足于现有的非法地位，力求融入合法社会，毫无恐惧地享受他们的财富。然而，具有讽刺意味的是，他们由非法社会向合法社会的过渡却偏偏是依靠非法的暴力行为得以完成的。影片的深层意义在于它为美国电影史上一个十分悠久的经典类型——犯罪片开拓了宽广的前景，它不仅拓展了犯罪片的表现领域，其思想意义和内涵也远远超越了暴力的范畴，并将主题升华为人类社会中最常见的权力交替中的深层意义——权力与罪恶的关系。影片在70年代初曾轰动一时，取得了商业和评论上的双重成功，片中“教父”的扮演者马龙·白兰度带动的“马龙·白兰度热”像旋风一样几乎波及整个世界，而导演科波拉也从此奠定了他在好莱坞中的“教父”地位。

正常来说，国外的孩子到一定年龄就要受到洗礼，负责给这个孩子洗礼的神父就被称为这个孩子的教父。

还有在意大利黑手党的传统中，黑手党老大也被称为教父，是整个黑帮的所有人的教父

㈢ 教父是什么意思

一、释义

1、在婴儿或幼儿受洗礼时，赐以教名，并保证承担其宗教教育的人；天主教、东正教以及一些新教宗派（圣公会等）行洗礼时为受洗者设置的男性监护人和保护人。

2、教戒的开始。

3、基督教指公元2-12世纪在制订或阐述教义方面有权威的神学家。

二、引申

在意大利西西里有句俗话：世界太危险了，孩子必需有两个父亲才行。因此孩子到达一定年龄后孩子父亲就会请求当地有威望有权威的人（朋友）来充当孩子的教父。

唐：意大利等一些拉丁语国家中对男子尊称用“阁下”或“老头子”，这相当于日耳曼语中的“冯”和英语中的“先生”。

(3)教父电影海报英语意思扩展阅读

教父的其他释义

1、电影

《教父》是由弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉执导，马龙·白兰度、阿尔·帕西诺等主演的黑帮电影，于1972年3月24日在美国上映。该片改编自马里奥·普佐的同名小说，讲述了以维托·唐·科莱昂为首的黑帮家族的发展过程以及科莱昂的小儿子迈克如何接任父亲成为黑帮首领的故事。

1973年该片获得第45届奥斯卡奖最佳电影、最佳男主角、最佳改编剧本奖。2007年被美国电影协会选为“百年百佳影片第二位”。

2、3D动画

教父，3D动画《画江湖之换世门生》中的原创虚拟男性角色。

3、小说

《教父》是美国作家马里奥·普佐创作的长篇小说，1969年首次出版。

该小说主要描写了1945年至1955年之间，意大利移民科利奥尼家族在困境中的挣扎和生存之道，科利奥尼家族是五大黑帮势力集团之一，为了能够生存不惜进行各种残忍的攻略，用枪、用斧头、用刑具，最后在斗争激烈的环境下生存了下来，实现了对美国黑帮势力的统一。

㈣ 看过“教父电影”的进！

你说的应该是教父2了 那个面包店的伙计是时任教父回忆他父亲 也就是柯里昂家族的首任教父作为一代移民进入美国年轻时的生活境况 柯里昂从一个被追杀的年幼孤儿从西西里逃到美国 直到做了父亲还在做小偷小摸的勾当 后来杀了地方上收保护费的恶霸 然后靠往古巴卖橄榄油发了家 直到最后混成纽约最牛B的家族 和他一起倒卖橄榄油的人中有一个后来建立了现在的赌城拉斯维加斯 本部电影里就有提到的 火拼厮杀？傻孩子你还迷信古惑仔呢？意大利黑手党听说过没？教父就是他们的领袖 你想想一个孤儿到美国混成上流社会的大佬 只是两代积累总统上任都得有他家支持 你行么？看教父是要学做人做事 看火拼厮杀看好莱坞吧 教父1里有个好莱坞大佬不听教父的话 第二天一觉醒来豪宅空荡荡的 就剩一个死马跟自己躺一床上 乖乖就范了 宅子里那么多保镖哪里去了？教父3里梵蒂冈教皇都是受教父控制的了 孩子 真正牛B的人 一句话就是一场战争 火拼厮杀都是小混混才这样干 因为他们命不值钱 《美国黑帮》里的大毒枭 到教父1里面就是那个很没地位的毒贩 只是后来教父放松对毒品生意的管制 毒品才进入美国 靠毒品发家的毒贩子混成大毒枭的时候 教父早已经将家族生意洗白 变成某跨国公司幕后董事兼政府高级官员了 大毒枭可以抓进监狱 但教父绝对是超越制度和法律没人敢动的

㈤ 谁能介绍一下电影《教父》

教父剧情介绍

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1945年夏天，美国本部黑手党科莱昂家族首领，“教父”维托·唐·科莱昂为小女儿康妮举行了盛大的婚 礼。“教父”有三个儿子好色的长子逊尼，懦弱的次子弗雷德和刚从二战战场回来的小儿子迈克。其中逊尼是“教父”的得力助手；而迈克虽然精明能干，却对家 族的“事业”没什么兴趣。 “教父”是黑手党首领，常干违法的构当。但同时他也是许多弱小平民的保护神，深得人们爱戴。他还有 一个准则就是决不贩毒害人。为此他拒绝了毒枭素洛佐的要求，并因此激化了与纽约其它几个黑手党家族的矛盾。 圣诞前夕，素洛佐劫持了“教父”的大女婿汤姆， 并派人暗杀“教父”。 “教父”中枪入院。素洛佐要汤姆设法使逊尼同意毒品买卖，重新谈判。逊尼有勇无谋，他发誓报仇，却无计可施。 迈克去医院探望父亲，他发现保镖已被收买，而警方亦和素洛佐串通一气。各家族间的火并一触即发。迈克制定了一个计策诱使素洛佐和警长前来谈判。在一家 小餐馆内，迈克用事先藏在厕所内的手枪击毙了素洛佐和警长。 迈克逃到了西西里，在那里他娶了美丽的阿波萝妮亚为妻，过着田园诗般的生活。而此时，纽约各个黑手 党家族间的仇杀却越来越激烈。逊尼也被康妮的丈夫卡洛出卖，被人打得千疮百孔。“教父”伤愈复出，安排各家族间的和解。听到噩耗的迈克也受到了袭击。被收 买的保镖法布里奇奥在迈克的车上装了炸弹。迈克虽幸免于难，却痛失爱妻。 迈克于1951年回到了纽约，并和前女友凯结了婚。 日益衰老的“教父”将家族首领的位置传给了迈克。在“教父”病故之后，迈克开始了酝酿已久的复仇。他派人刺杀了另两个敌对家族的首领，并亲自杀死了谋害他 前妻的法布里奇奥。同时他也命人杀死了卡洛，为逊尼报了仇。 仇敌尽数剪除。康妮因为丈夫被杀而冲进了家门，疯狂地撕打迈克。迈克冷峻地命人把康妮送进了疯人院。 他已经成了新一代的“教父”——唐·科莱昂。

㈥ 电影《教父》的片头为什么“The Godfather”的图案上有一只手，好像在玩牵线木偶

应该是寓意着教父的权力虽在幕后，却能控制一切。

㈦ 电影教父什么意思

40年代的美国，“教父”维托·唐·柯里昂（马龙·白兰度 饰）是黑手党柯里昂家族的首领，带领家族从事非法的勾当，但同时他也是许多弱小平民的保护神，深得人们爱戴。因为拒绝了毒枭索洛索的毒品交易要求，柯里昂家族和纽约其他几个黑手党家族的矛盾激化。[1]
圣诞前夕，素洛佐劫持了“教父”的大女婿汤姆，并派人暗杀“教父”。“教父”中枪入院。素洛佐要汤姆设法使逊尼同意毒品买卖，重新谈判。逊尼有勇无谋，他发誓报仇，却无计可施。
迈克去医院探望父亲，他发现保镖已被收买，而警方亦和素洛佐串通一气。各家族间的火并一触即发。迈克制定了一个计策诱使素洛佐和警长前来谈判。在一家小餐馆内，迈克用事先藏在厕所内的手枪击毙了素洛佐和警长。
迈克逃到了西西里，在那里他娶了美丽的阿波萝妮亚为妻，过着田园诗般的生活。而此时，纽约各个黑手党家族间的仇杀却越来越激烈。逊尼也被康妮的丈夫卡洛出卖，被人打得千疮百孔。“教父”伤愈复出，安排各家族间的和解。听到噩耗的迈克也受到了袭击。被收买的保镖法布里奇奥在迈克的车上装了炸弹。迈克虽幸免于难，却痛失爱妻。
迈克于1951年回到了纽约，并和前女友凯结了婚。日益衰老的“教父”将家族首领的位置传给了迈克。在“教父”病故之后，迈克开始了酝酿已久的复仇。他派人刺杀了另两个敌对家族的首领，并亲自杀死了谋害他前妻的法布里奇奥。同时他也命人杀死了卡洛，为逊尼报了仇。
仇敌尽数剪除。康妮因为丈夫被杀而冲进了家门，疯狂地撕打迈克。迈克冷峻地命人把康妮送进了疯人院。他已经成了新一代的“教父”——唐·科莱昂。

㈧ 电影《教父》讲的是什么

电影《教父》讲的是美国黑手党柯里昂家族首领，教父维托柯里昂以及他子女：长子桑尼，次子弗雷德和小儿子迈克。老教父在和其他家族斗争中去世，桑尼也被暗杀，本来与世无争的小儿子逐渐显露出他的才干，天赋，最终成为了新一代的教父。

该片改编自马里奥·普佐的同名小说，讲述了以维托·唐·科莱昂为首的黑帮家族的发展过程以及科莱昂的小儿子迈克如何接任父亲成为黑帮首领的故事。1973年该片获得第45届奥斯卡奖最佳电影、最佳男主角、最佳改编剧本奖。2007年被美国电影协会选为“百年百佳影片第二位”。

(8)教父电影海报英语意思扩展阅读：

影片票房

《教父》于1972年在美国上映，上映首周票房就超过了524万美元，首轮上映的票房达到8150万美元，恰好是其拍摄和宣传投入的14倍。影片重新上映后，北美票房总额达到1亿3400万美元。截至1997年5月，影片在全球的累计票房超过2亿4500万美元。

碟片发行

2013年12月，中国首次引进《教父》系列电影，并由泰盛文化发行《教父三部曲》BD四碟套装珍藏版以及DVD三碟套装珍藏版

㈨ 用英语表达为什么喜欢电影《教父》

What a shocking movie! Most incredible achievement movie ever that directed by famous Francis Ford Coppola. The greatest 3-part gangster movie made him won 47th Academy Award in Directing 1974. He is from a superb and legendary movie family. His nephew is the superstar Nicolas Cage, his daughter is also a famous director, Sofia Coppola. The casting of Godfather serial saga is unprecendented: Marlon Brando, Rober De Niro, Al Pacino, Robert Duval, Diane Keaton, all these superstars are Academy winners too.The Movie were so close to describe what really happened in 1950 American gangster story. even it said some part of underground hero style which challenge the sociaty value that moment. The great saga was going through almost 2 decades. the amazing one was Part to Part 3 it took over 16 years long. length of 3 movies was over 520 minutes, it means almost 9 hours, an epic movies truly. Though it took such a long time. it still captured the heart and focus from all fans.I have been seen twice of each part and why? Such a greatest saga woulc never showup up in our history again. superb story, director, actors and actress, film, editing, it could never had such a combination again. countless words for me to describe the greatest epic movies.

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At the wedding reception of Don Vito Corleone's daughter Connie and Carlo Rizzi in the late summer of 1945, Vito, the head of the Corleone Mafia family – who is known to his friends and associates as Godfather – and Tom Hagen, the Corleone family lawyer and consigliere (counselor), are hearing requests for favors from friends and associates, because "no Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter's wedding day". Meanwhile, the Don's youngest son Michael, who has returned from World War II service as a decorated war hero, tells his girlfriend Kay Adams anecdotes about his father's criminal life, reassuring her that he is not like his family.

Among the guests at the celebration is the famous singer Johnny Fontane, Corleone's godson, who has come from Hollywood to petition for help in landing a movie role that will revitalize his flagging career. Jack Woltz, the head of the studio, will not give Fontane the part, but Don Corleone explains to Johnny: "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." Hagen is dispatched to California to fix the problem, but Woltz angrily tells him that he will never cast Fontane in the role, for which he is perfect, because Fontane seced and "ruined" a starlet that Woltz favored. The next morning, Woltz wakes up to find the bloody severed head of his prize $600,000 stud horse in the bed with him. Woltz gives in.

Upon Hagen's return, the family meets with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, who is being backed by the rival Tattaglia family. He asks Don Corleone for financing and political and legal protection for the importation and distribution of heroin, but despite the huge amount of money to be made, Corleone refuses, explaining that his political influence would be jeopardized by a move into the narcotics trade. The Don's oldest son, hotheaded Sonny, who had earlier expressed to the Don his support of the family entering into the narcotics trade, breaks rank ring the meeting and questions Sollozzo's assurances as to the Corleone Family's investment being guaranteed by the Tattaglia Family. His father, angry at Sonny's dissension in front of a non-family member, privately rebukes him later. Don Corleone then dispatches his top button man (hit man), Luca Brasi, to infiltrate Sollozzo's organization and report back with information.

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, the Godfather.Soon after his refusal to support Sollozzo, Don Corleone is shot several times in an assassination attempt, and it is not immediately known whether he has survived. Meanwhile, Sollozzo and the Tattaglias kill Luca Brasi. Sollozzo then abcts Tom Hagen and persuades him to offer Sonny the deal previously offered to his father. Enraged, Sonny refuses to consider the deal, and issues an ultimatum to the Tattaglias – turn over Sollozzo or face war. They refuse, and Sonny responds by having Bruno Tattaglia, son of Don Phillip Tattaglia, killed.

Michael, who is considered a "civilian" by the other Mafia families, not involved in mob business, visits his father in the hospital, but is shocked to find there is no one guarding him. Realizing that his father is again being set up to be killed, he calls Sonny with a report, moves his father to another room, and goes outside to watch the door. With the help of Enzo the baker, who feels indebted to the Don and has come by the hospital to pay his respects, he bluffs away Sollozzo's men. Police cars soon appear with the corrupt Captain McCluskey, who breaks Michael's jaw when he insinuates that McCluskey is being paid by Sollozzo to set up his father. Just then, Hagen arrives with "private detectives" licensed to carry guns to protect Don Corleone, and takes Michael home.

Following the attempt on the Don's life at the hospital, Sollozzo requests a meeting with the Corleones, which Captain McCluskey will attend as Sollozzo's bodyguard, and Michael volunteers to kill both men ring the meeting. This initially amuses Sonny and the other senior members of the family; however Michael convinces them that he is serious, and that killing Sollozzo and McCluskey is in the family's interest: "It's not personal. It's strictly business." Although cops are usually off limits for hits, Michael argues that since McCluskey is corrupt and has illegal dealings with Sollozzo, he is fair game.

At the meeting, after being searched by McCluskey, Michael excuses himself to go to the restroom, where he retrieves a planted revolver and assassinates Sollozzo and McCluskey. For his safety Michael is sent to Sicily, while the Corleone family prepares for all-out warfare with the rest of the Five Families, united against the Corleones, as well as a general clampdown on the mob by the police and government authorities. In Sicily, Michael lives under the protection of Don Tommasino, an old friend of the family. While there, he falls in love with and marries a local girl, Apollonia Vitelli, who is later killed by a car bomb intended to assassinate Michael.

Back in New York, Don Corleone returns home from the hospital and is distraught to learn that it was Michael who killed Sollozzo and McCluskey. Some months later, in 1948, Sonny severely beats Carlo Rizzi for brutalizing the pregnant Connie, and threatens to kill him the next time he abuses her. An angry Carlo responds by plotting with Tattaglia and Don Emilio Barzini, the Corleones' chief rivals, to have Sonny killed. Carlo beats Connie again in order to lure Sonny out. Furious, Sonny drives off alone to fulfill his threat. On the way, he is ambushed at a toll booth and machine-gunned to death in his car.

Instead of seeking revenge for Sonny's killing, Don Corleone meets with the heads of the Five Families to arrange an end to the war. Not only is it draining all of their assets and threatening their survival, but ending the conflict is the only way that Michael can return home safely. Reversing his previous decision, Vito agrees that the Corleone family will provide political protection for Tattaglia's traffic in heroin. At the meeting, Don Corleone determines that Don Barzini, not Tattaglia, was ultimately behind the mob war and Sonny's death.

With his safety guaranteed, Michael returns from Sicily. More than a year later, he reunites with his former girlfriend, Kay, telling her that he wants to marry her. With the Don semi-retired, Sonny dead and middle brother Fredo considered incapable of running the family business, Michael is now in charge, and promises Kay to make the family completely legitimate within five years.

Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio, two Corleone Family caporegimes (captains) complain that they are being pushed around by the Barzini Family and ask permission to strike back, but Michael refuses. He plans to move the family operations to Nevada and after that, Clemenza and Tessio may break away to go on their own. Michael further promises that Connie's husband, Carlo, is going to be his right hand man in Nevada. Tom Hagen has been removed as consigliere and is now merely the family's lawyer, with Vito serving as consigliere. Privately, Hagen complains about his change in status, and also questions Michael about a new regime of "soldiers" secretly being built under Rocco Lampone. Don Vito explains to Hagen that Michael is acting on his advice.

Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen (left) and Al Pacino as Michael Corleone (right)In Las Vegas Michael is greeted by Fredo and Johnny Fontane in the hotel-casino partly financed by the Corleones, and run by Moe Greene. Michael explains to Johnny that the Family needs his help in persuading his friends in show business to sign long-term contracts to appear at the casino. In a meeting with Moe Greene, Michael offers to buy out Greene but is rudely rebuffed. Greene believes the Corleones are weak and that he can secure a better deal from Barzini. As Moe and Michael argue, Fredo takes sides with Moe. Afterwards, Michael firmly tells Fredo to never again take sides with anyone against the family.

Michael returns home. In a private meeting, Vito explains his expectation that the Family's enemies will attempt to kill Michael by using a trusted associate to arrange a meeting as a pretext for assassination. Shortly afterwards, Vito dies of a heart attack while playing with his young grandson Anthony in his tomato garden. At the burial, Tessio conveys a proposal for a meeting with Barzini, which identifies him as the traitor that Vito was expecting.

Michael arranges for a series of murders to occur while he is standing as godfather for Connie and Carlo's son:

Don Stracci and his bodyguards are shot by Clemenza with a shotgun as they exit an elevator;
Moe Greene, while having a massage in one of his hotels, is shot in the eye by an unknown assassin;
Don Cuneo, while leaving a hotel, is trapped in a revolving door by Willi Cicci and shot;
Don Tattaglia and a woman he is with are gunned down while in bed by Rocco Lampone and another unknown assassin;
Finally, Don Barzini is shot on the steps of a courthouse by Al Neri, who is disguised by wearing his old policeman's uniform.
After the baptism, Tessio believes he and Hagen are on their way to the meeting between Michael and Barzini that he has arranged. Instead, he is surrounded by Willi Cicci and other button men. Realizing that Michael has found out about his betrayal, Tessio tells Hagen that his betrayal was only business. Meanwhile, Michael confronts Carlo about Sonny's murder and gets him to admit his role in setting up the ambush. Michael informs Carlo that his punishment is to be excluded from the family business and hands him a plane ticket to exile in Las Vegas. Carlo gets into a car to go to the airport, where he is garroted by Clemenza.

Later, Connie confronts Michael, accusing him of Carlo's murder. Kay questions Michael about Connie's accusation, but he refuses to answer. She insists, and Michael lies, assuring his wife that he had no role in Carlo's death. Kay is relieved by his denial, believing it to be true. The film ends with Clemenza and new caporegimes Rocco Lampone and Al Neri paying their respects to Michael. Clemenza kisses Michael's hand and greets him as "Don Corleone." Kay watches with dawning comprehension--Michael is the new Godfather.

[edit] Differences from the novel
One of the primary parts of Puzo's novel which was not used for the movie was the flashback story of Don Corleone's earlier life, including the circumstances of his emigration to America, his early family life, his murder of Don Fanucci, and his rise in importance in the mafia, all of which were later used in The Godfather Part II.

Many subplots were trimmed in the transition from the printed page to the screen, including: singer Johnny Fontane's misfortunes with women and his problems with his voice; Sonny's impulsive dabbling in street crime as a teenager and his utter lack of the tact and coolheadedness possessed in such abundance by his father; Sonny's paramour Lucy Mancini's new-found love in Dr. Jules Segal (a character entirely missing from the film), who not only repairs Lucy's vaginal malformation but puts Michael in touch with the surgeon who repairs Michael's facial bones (which had been damaged by Capt. McCluskey) and also operated on Johnny Fontane's vocal cords, thus restoring his singing voice; Jack Woltz' increasing pedophilia; Kay Adams's home life; Luca Brasi's demonic past; the Corleone family's victorious rise to power in earlier New York gang wars in which Don Corleone survives a previous assassination attempt and Al Capone sends triggermen from Chicago in an unsuccessful attempt to aid a rival gang; Don Corleone's ingenious plan used to take Michael out of exile in Sicily; the detailed savage attack on the two men who assaulted Bonasera's daughter, which was led by Paulie Gatto and involved retainer thugs (which was only alluded to in the film).

Additionally, the novel makes it clear that Lucy was not pregnant by Sonny when she moved to Las Vegas, thus leaving no room for Vincent Mancini of The Godfather, Part III. Curiously, Puzo wrote the screenplays of all three movies, so the contradiction was well known to him.

Characters with smaller roles in the film than in the novel include Johnny Fontane, Lucy Mancini, Rocco Lampone, and Al Neri (the latter two are reced to non-speaking roles). Characters dropped in the film adaptation beside Dr. Segal include Genco Abbandando (only spoken of, he appears in a deleted scene featured in The Godfather Saga; he first appears on film in The Godfather II) and Dr. Taza from Sicily. Also, in the book, Michael and Kay have two sons, but in the movies they have a son and a daughter.

The novel and film also differ on the fates of Michael's bodyguards in Sicily, Fabrizio and Calo. The film has them both surviving (Calo, in fact, appears in the third installment). In the book, however, Calo dies along with Apollonia in the car explosion, and Fabrizio is shot and killed as one more victim in the famous "baptism scene" after he is tracked down running a pizza parlor in America. Fabrizio's murder was deleted from the film but publicity photos of the scene exist.[6] (He is later killed in a completely different scene in The Godfather Saga which was deleted from The Godfather: Part II).

The ending of the book differs from the end of the movie: whereas in the film Kay suddenly realizes that Michael has become "like his family", the drama is toned down in the book, where Tom Hagen lets her in on secrets for which, according to him, he would be killed should Michael find out. During the film's baptism scene, all the heads of the Five Families were killed. In the novel, only Barzini and Tattaglia, previously at war with the Corleones, are killed.