The Godfather

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DON CORLEONE stands at the Gate, flanked on either side by a

son:
FREDO and SONNY, all dressed in the formal attire of

the wedding party. He warmly shakes the hands, squeezes the

hands of the friends and guests, pinches the cheeks of the

children, and makes them all welcome. They in turn carry

with them gallons of homemade wine, cartons of freshly baked

bread and pastries, and enormous trays of Italian delicacies.

The entire family poses for a family portrait: DON CORLEONE,

MAMA, SONNY, his wife, SANDRA, and their children, TOM HAGEN

and his wife, THERESA, and their BABY; CONSTANZIA, the

bride, and her bridegroom, CARLO RIZZI. As they move into

the pose, THE DON seems preoccupied.

DON CORLEONE:

Where's Michael?

SONNY:

He'll be here Pop, it's still early.

DON CORLEONE:

Then the picture will wait for him.

Everyone in the group feels the uneasiness as the DON moves

back to the house. SONNY gives a delicious smile in the

direction of the Maid-of-Honor, LUCY MANCINI. She returns

it. Then he moves to his wife.

SONNY:

Sandra, watch the kids. They're

running wild.

SANDRA:

You watch yourself.

HAGEN kisses his WIFE, and follows THE DON, passing the wine

barrels, where a group of FOUR MEN nervously wait. TOM

crooks a finger at NAZORINE, who doublechecks that he is

next, straightens, and follows HAGEN.

EXT DAY:
MALL ENTRANCE (SUMMER 1945)

Outside the main gate of the Mall, SEVERAL MEN in suits,

working together with a MAN in a dark sedan, walk in and out

of the rows of parked cars, writing license plate numbers

down in their notebooks. We HEAR the music and laughter

coming from the party in the distance.

A MAN stops at a limousine and copies down the number.

BARZINI, dignified in a black homburg, is always under the

watchful eyes of TWO BODYGUARDS as he makes his way to

embrace DON CORLEONE in the courtyard.

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