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3 unusual facts about Vito Corleone


Corleone

It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in The Godfather, most notably Vito (Andolini) Corleone,

Don Corleone

Vito Corleone, the original Don in The Godfather, played by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro

Robert O. Lowery

Either as tribute or by happenstance, his name is shown prominently in a scene of the first movie The Godfather, printed in bold red letters on a hospital fire safety box in the scene where Michael Corleone protects his father, Vito Corleone, against would-be assassins in the absence of his bodyguards.


Bruno Tattaglia

After the Tattaglia family's subsequent attempt on the life of Don Vito Corleone fails, Corleone's son Sonny has his men assassinate Bruno as revenge.


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Amerigo Bonasera

Initially terrified, Bonasera is relieved when Vito Corleone comes to his funeral parlor with the corpse of his elder son, Sonny Corleone, who has been gunned down by the Barzini Family.

Carmine Falcone

Loeb stated in an interview that he paralleled the Falcone family to that of the Corleone family: Falcone's power and wisdom akin to Vito Corleone, his son Alberto's personality and appearance that of Fredo's and his daughter Sofia's temper matching Sonny's.

Consigliere

At the end of The Godfather, Don Vito's successor and son, Michael, temporarily demotes Hagen within the organization, saying that things could get rough during the family's move to Las Vegas, and he needs a "wartime consigliere." (In an earlier scene, Sonny Corleone, Michael's older brother and acting Don after Vito Corleone's attempted assassination, similarly criticizes Hagen.) Vito Corleone, Michael's father, replaces Hagen at Michael's side as de facto consigliere until his death.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

The interior of the old infirmary was used in The Godfather, for the scenes in which Mafia Don Vito Corleone is in the hospital after being shot, and his son, Michael Corleone, attempts to protect him against gunman who are trying to kill him.

The Sicilian

Michael Corleone – The son of the famed Vito Corleone and heir to the Corleone family.