The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Quiz

Answer: Shorter

According to Amazon, "The Godfather Part III" has a runtime of 162 minutes (2 hrs 42 min). "The Godfather Coda" is about four minutes shorter with a runtime of 158 minutes (2 hrs 38 min). However, both versions remain the shortest of the trilogy. "The Godfather" has a runtime of 175 minutes (2 hrs 55 min), while "The Godfather Part II" has a runtime of 202 minutes (3 hrs 22 min).

Answer: Immobiliare

"The Godfather Part III" opened with an overview of the abandoned and flooded out home of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) at Lake Tahoe. It also featured a scene of Michael Corleone getting inducted into The Order of Saint Sebastian by Archbishop Gilday (Donal Donnelly). In addition, a flashback scene from "The Godfather Part II" was shown.

All of those scenes were cut from "The Godfather Coda". The newer version instead began with Michael Corleone discussing the acquisition of a stake in a Vatican backed corporation named Immobiliare (which means 'real estate' in Italian) with the Archbishop, a scene that was originally placed about 40 minutes into the film. Following this meeting, the newer version moved on to the reception scene celebrating Michael's induction to the Order.

Answer: Vincent Mancini

Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia) was the illegitimate son of Santino (Sonny) Corleone (James Caan), Michael's oldest brother. Vincent's mother was one of the bridesmaids that Sonny had an affair with during the wedding scene of the original "Godfather" film. Sonny would later be gunned down while stopped at a toll booth.

Vincent Mancini was introduced during the reception scene about eight minutes into "The Godfather Part III". This scene was edited to occur a few minutes earlier in "The Godfather Coda", with Vincent making his first appearance in the film about five minutes into the story. Vincent eventually took over as the new head of the Corleone Family after Michael declared his retirement.

Answer: Sofia Coppola

One of the major criticisms of "The Godfather Part III" was the performance of Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone. Sofia is of course the daughter of the movie's director Francis Ford Coppola and her inclusion in the film is often seen as being a case of nepotism. Sofia Coppola was actually a last minute replacement as Winona Ryder had been originally chosen to play Mary Corleone, but she was forced to turn down the role due to health issues.

Many fans of the trilogy feel as though Sofia Coppola's acting skills were sub par in her performance as Mary Corleone. Another major complaint about Mary Corleone was the incestuous relationship she had with Vincent Mancini. Despite these criticisms the majority of her scenes in "The Godfather Coda" were unaltered.

Answer: Atlantic City

In order to try and sever ties with the Mafia once and for all, Michael Corleone had set up a meeting with The Commission (the ruling body of the Mafia) at the top of a casino named the Palazzo Azzuro which was located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Parts of the scene were filmed at the former Trump Castle (currently the Golden Nugget), which is a real life casino in Atlantic City.

Michael had attempted to buy out The Commission by offering them lump sums of money. Joey Zasa (Joe Mantegna), who had taken over the illegal side of the Corleone Family business felt like he was being left out of the deal. He left the meeting in anger and shortly after flew to the window of the meeting room in a helicopter. He and his entourage killed nearly the entire Commission. Michael, Vincent and several other characters survived the attack.

Answer: Connie

In "The Godfather Part III", following the casino attack, Michael suffered a diabetic episode triggered by stress from renewed Mafia shenanigans. Seeing Michael in a weakened state and thirsting to get revenge on Joey Zasa, Michael's sister Connie Corleone (Talia Shire) and the family enforcer Al Neri (Richard Bright) gave Vincent the go ahead to carry out Joey Zasa's assassination without Michael's approval. Following the hit, Vincent, Al and Connie were all reprimanded by Michael.

In "The Godfather Coda", the scene authorizing the attack was cut and it was instead implied that the meeting between Vincent, Al and Connie occurred off camera. The reprimanding scene was left in the "The Godfather Coda". Anthony Corleone (Franc D'Ambrosio) was Michael's son. Fredo (John Cazale) was killed in "The Godfather Part II". Tom Hagen (Michael's adoptive brother) had died some time between "The Godfather Part II" and "The Godfather Part III"/"The Godfather Coda". The character was killed off due to a pay dispute with actor Robert Duvall.

Answer: Don Altobello

Don Altobello (Eli Wallach) was once a trusted ally of the Corleone Family. In fact, he had been named the godfather of Connie Corleone. When Michael attempted to sever ties with the Mafia, Don Altobello had advised him reconsider his actions, that it would likely upset some of the other bosses. Following the helicopter massacre, seeing that Don Altobello had ducked out right before the shooting began, Michael began to suspect that Don Altobello betrayed the family.

In "The Godfather Part III", while Michael was recovering in the hospital, he questioned Don Altobello about the attack. Don Altobello's responses pretty much gave the audience proof of his betrayal at an earlier point of the story. In "The Godfather Coda", this scene was deleted and Don Altobello's true motives were not revealed until later in the movie.

Answer: He was stabbed in the neck with his glasses.

Don Lucchesi (Enzo Robutti) was a powerful Mafia boss from Sicily who also had strong political ties to the Catholic Church. He was very much against having Michael Corleone partner with the Vatican in their Immobiliaire deal. Don Lucchesi would later be revealed to have been the mastermind behind the helicopter massacre in Atlantic City.

During the opera/multiple assassination scene of "The Godfather Part III/The Godfather Coda", Don Lucchesi was stabbed in the neck with his own glasses. Apparently some of the blood had to be edited out of the original film to avoid it receiving an NC-17 rating. In "The Godfather Coda" however, Don Lucchesi's wound gushed out blood as if it were a water fountain.

Answer: No

After Mary Corleone was killed in an assassination attempt on Michael, the story shifted to the final scene. In both films, an elderly and emotionally drained Michael Corleone sat alone in a chair outside a castle in Sicily with two dogs playing around him.

In "The Godfather Part III", Michael slowly fell out of his chair as he passed away. In "The Godfather Coda" despite being subtitled "The Death of Michael Corleone", Michael Corleone did not die on screen, but instead just stared out into the audience as the movie faded to black.

Answer: ...and a Sicilian never forgets.

After "The Godfather Coda" faded to black a message appeared to the audience. The first line shown was "When the Sicilians wish you 'Cent'anni'... it means 'for long life'". The next line "...and a Sicilian never forgets" finished the quote before the credits began to roll. This quotation was not included in "The Godfather Part III".

The change in the ending was seemingly done to allow first time watchers to speculate for themselves what Michael's final fate was. However, the quotation at the outro seemed to imply that Michael's guilt would not have allowed him to die for a long time and that he would be forced to endure a long solitary life as punishment for his many sins.