Corrected entry: During the communion party Senator Geary thanks Tony's parents for their donation. Then he asks "Mike, Pat, and Kay" to stand up. He should have said Tony instead of Pat, as Pat is his own first name and Tony gets up with his parents. (Intentional in-joke.) (00:14:05)
NancyFelix
22nd Jan 2004
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
22nd Jan 2004
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Corrected entry: Near the end we see some leaves being blown along by a strong wind at Michael's estate. However, the trees in the background don't move at all. (01:00:55)
Correction: It looks like a sudden gust of wind blowing by the ground. Also, note that not all leaves are being blown along.
22nd Jan 2004
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Corrected entry: In the theater, Vito learns from Genca about Fanucci the "Black Hand". Now, here is a man parading the quarter where Vito has lived the better part of his life, sticking out in his white suit and hat, extorting protection money from even the smallest business man, and Vito doesn't know him? (00:45:30)
Correction: Vito didn't know that he worked for Mazaralla, or the exact extent of his notoriety. He had probably seen Fanucci walking around the place before, just not realised exactly what he was or how powerful and feared he was. He learns this from Genca.
22nd Jan 2004
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Corrected entry: The last scene is a flashback where Vito's offspring are waiting for him at his birthday, where a few things don't look OK. First Sonny introduces Tom's "girl" Teresa who seems to be more a housemaid as her only duty is to set the table and carry the birthday cake away. Then Sonny and Michael start a fight where Sonny's tightly buttoned jacket opens up and closes within seconds. Finally Fredo disappears from his seat and we don't know why and how. (01:04:45)
Correction: Teresa's not having any dialogue isn't a mistake, Sonny's jacket doesn't just pop open and we see Sonny ordering Fredo out of the room, after Fredo tries to congratulate Michael.
22nd Jan 2004
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Corrected entry: When Connie asks Michael to pay for her trip to Europe she tells one of Michael's men (Al) to fix a drink for her boyfriend Merle. When the camera is on Michael we can see that Al gets busy behind the counter, but when Connie shouts "You are not my father." Al disappears and never returns, let alone with a drink. (00:24:45)
Correction: The conversation between Michael and Connie quickly grows heated and it makes perfect sense that Al would not want to interrupt, by handing a drink to a man the Godfather disdains.
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Correction: This post is incorrect. The Senator said "Pat" and then quickly corrected himself and said "Kay," in reference to Michael's wife. The misspoken name was put in to show how fake the Senator was and that he didn't even know Michael and his wife all that well, to the point where he actually thought her name was "Pat," before correcting himself in mid-sentence. He was NOT trying to say "Tony." The misspoken name was on purpose and not a movie mistake.
I've always thought this odd too since the senators name was Pat.
Respectfully, I have watched that scene over and over and get no sense that the senator is "correcting" himself, he just says the wrong name. It is possible that he had so little respect for Michael that he got his son's name wrong because he didn't care to remember it, but I do not think he was correcting himself at all.
Admittedly, it is also possible that the senator cared so little for Michael that he didn't care to remember the correct name of Michael's son, which would not make much sense since the check was written out in the son's name, which he just said before he mentioned his parents' names.