Vito Rizzuto

authorities to identify criminals. There is also protection from gaining law enforcement kind of attention. (Flaren, 2016) In the show called the fifth state, the episode of death of the don, explores a powerful family in the criminal underworld, with a net worth in billions. The Rizzutos were a big crime family of Montreal, as well as associated with New York’s Bonanno crime family who followed as traditional set of rules. The family was ruthless and devoid of feelings for anybody, even members were killed at any hint of disloyalty. The episode explores the mafia relations and social relations embedded in mafia cult. The case also shows the structure of organized crime. Vito Rizzuto came to high importance in both fame and reputation after gruesome job. It was in the early 1980s, when the acting head of the Bananno family, gave a killing contract to Vito and his crew. Vito took the contract and eliminated 3 captains that were suspected to be disloyal to Bananno family. It was a cold case of triple homicide where he also cut up the bodies and got rid of them, and Vito earned his mob murder stripes as a crime lord in Montreal. He was the ruthless king of crime with a criminal empire worth billions. Vito Rizzuto was the boss and the CEO of Canadian crime family known as Montreal’s Teflon Don. He created the empire with his father, Nick Sr. and his son, Nick Jr. The main earning of his empire came from controlling the flow of heroin through Montreal to the U.S. The earnings also…

childhood he portrayed the life of the gangster from his childhood perspective and started Goodfellas with the line: "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.". In a way he painted a portrait of gangster royalty just like Velasquez did. What this did in the film itself could be the same thing that happened in this film, it introduced instability in a previously stable system of representation, or at least it seemed like a stable system of representation, but there are…

After the death of Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando), his youngest son Michael (played by Al Pacino) is now the head of the Corleone crime family. With new responsibilities placed on his shoulders, Michael now orchestrates the murders of his rivals, the other head families, in order to take control as the dominant family. Through a five minute scene, the murders and the baptism of his nephew manage to intertwine a lot of prevalent themes in the Godfather (by Francis Ford Coppola), into a…

I give The Godfather four stars out of four stars. It is an excellent movie. The first thing that makes The Godfather an excellent movie is the music score. The music fit with the movie perfectly. The composers of the songs did an excellent job composing pieces that fit with the scene. The final song, composed by Nino Rota, is very memorable. From now on, whenever I hear Rota’s song, I will think of The Godfather. The action is the second thing that makes The Godfather an excellent movie. The…

Vito Corleone, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is the patriarch and heads the Corleone family in The Godfather. He plays a shrewd Mafia boss known as the Godfather an older man in the first movie of this trilogy; however; as a young man, he is a depicted as a callous, yet ambitious Sicilian immigrant in New York. Vito is a loving father and husband who represents strong family, traditional values; preserving the sacredness of the family at any cost. One of the first examples of strong family values…

Francis Ford Coppola’s, The Godfather Part II, released in 1974, provides additional insight into the Corleone family affairs following the events of the first film. The film begins with a mafia chief executing all of Vito Corleone’s immediate family in Sicily. Left alone, young Vito flees his hometown and travels to America. As Vito gets older, his career of crime begins with petty theft and later escalates into the neighborhood negotiator. Despite his life of crime, Vito continues to be…

lack of interest in his family’s affairs through his unwillingness to engage Kay in a conversation about Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana). Finally, Kay gets Michael to tell her the story of how Vito got Johnny Fontane (Al Martino) out of his contract when he was younger. The story involved Vito and Luca threatening the manager with a gun. Michael is ashamed of his family’s involvement in criminal activities and tells Kay, “That’s my family Kay, it’s not me” (The Godfather, 1972). He feels that he is…

Our class viewed the film the 3 Godfathers and I focused on the direct, indirect, and development of the character Pete. If you have seen the movie before you might of noticed the changes that Pete has gone through, throughout the movie. This paper is about the character analysis of Pete. This paragraph is about the direct characterization of Pete. You can tell that Pete latino descent because he speaks spanish, wears a sombrero, knows exactly where the Mexican border is, and the sattle of…

“Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli” Film influences our lives in multiple aspects. New films are released every day; however, only a great film can make a lasting impact on society. In 1972, America was faced with national cynicism and an ever-changing cultural view, due to the Watergate Scandal, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Equal Rights Movement for women. Francis Ford Coppola made a bold move by producing a film called The Godfather, which detailed the inter-workings of the Mafia in a…

“Ano ang hindi mo gagawin para sa kanya?” a tagline from the movie entitled Honor Thy Father. This tagline means “what can you not do for him?” which is a really a rhetorical question when it pertains to your family. Honor thy Father is a Filipino film with a genre of crime, drama and thriller. It was mainly all about a family that wants to get by to their lives and lately experienced lots of tragedy as they entered the ponzi scheme that is owned by the father of Edgar’s (Cruz) wife, Kaye…