The Godfather

TimK — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:24:20 -0800

What do you do when your family needs you? What do you do when you don’t want to become part of the family business? What do you do when your family conflicts promise to drag you down to ruin?

This famous movie trilogy chronicles the mafia career of Michael Corleone. It is based on a book of the same name written by Mario Puzo. Michael does not want to take over as head of the family. He doesn’t even want to be part of the family business. He’s happy to leave it to his brother Sonny. But when another family ambushes and murders Sonny, Michael has no choice. So begins his long struggle to bring stability between his family and the others, so that he can retire. In the process, his life is changed, irreparably.

The Godfather is one of the most celebrated movie trilogies of all time. As I write this, The Godfather: Part I is voted the number-one all-time best movie by IMDb users. Part II is number 3.

Lorelai and Rory also love these movies, and indications are they own the trilogy on video tape. It’s also the single most referenced work in Gilmore Girls, with at least a dozen references.

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Gilmore-isms that refer to The Godfather

LORELAI: I respect that, but what if he turns out to be Fredo? (Episode 205)
RORY: In the audio commentary, Coppola actually defends casting Sofia. (Episode 210)
LORELAI: Or we could sit in the corner... so that no one can come up behind you and whack you with a cannoli. (Episode 214)
FRANCIE: I wanna stop this war, this vendetta, this Sicilian thing. (Episode 311)
LORELAI: We’ll do Godfather I through ‘Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,’ and a quick Sofia dying (Episode 401)
LORELAI: You have to learn to separate the personal from the business. (Episode 404)
LORELAI: Well, every family has a Fredo. (Episode 406)
RORY: Bada-bing all over his nice ivy-league suit. (Episode 407)
JACKSON: Either your signature or your brains are going to be on the contract. (Episode 509)
LUKE: I'm going to be like Michael Corleone dealing with that slimy brother-in-law of his. (Episode 602)
BRIAN: You make her an offer she couldn't refuse? (Episode 604)
SOOKIE: Godfather it up for me. (Episode 610)
RORY: [Taylor] He's basically the mayor of Stars Hollow and the Don Corleone all wrapped up into one. (Episode 718)

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