Michael (Al Pacino) talking to his girlfriend Kay (Diana Keaton) about family business. What’s he got to do with it? Nothing. That’s what he says. And it’s true. He broke with family tradition. He went to war, came back with the Navy Cross, and he’s got a girlfriend who’s not …  Italian? But somehow, you know, things change. Remember the last famous scene of the movie? Kay says: Is it true? Is it? (That you killed your sister’s husband?) And Michael lies. He says: No. And the transformation is complete: From he had nothing to do with it, to he gave it a test-drive, to he became head of family. (And a killer, a betrayer, and a liar along the way.) Poor Michael!

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• Title/Year: The Godfather
• Written by: Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
• Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
• Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton