The Godfather: Part II Page #6

WAITER:

(offering the tray)

Only champagne and cocktails.

PENTANGELI:

Forget it...

Finally, he sees someone he recognizes, Fredo, and shouts

out in a husky voice:

PENTANGELI:

Fredo! Sonuvabitch. You look great.

Fredo squints in his direction; finally recognizes him.

FREDO:

Who's that? Pentangeli? Frankie

"Five-Angels"...thought you were

never coming West.

PENTANGELI:

(affectionately)

Gotta check up on my boys. Hey,

what's with the food? Some kid in

a white jacket brings me a ritz

cracker with some chopped liver.

'Canapes,' he says. I say, 'Can a

peas, my ass, that's a ritz cracker

with chopped liver.' Go get me a

salami sandwich and a glass of wine

or I'll send you and your white

jacket to the dry cleaners!

They get a good laugh at this fresh breath of New York.

FREDO:

Gee, Frankie, it's good to see you.

Reminds me of old times.

PENTANGELI:

You remember Willy Cicci, don't

you, Freddie? We was all together

with the old man Clemenza in

Brooklyn... before...uh...

FREDO:

We were all upset about that.

PENTANGELI:

That's what I'm here to talk to

your brother about. What's with

him, I got to get a letter of

introduction to have a 'sitdown'?

FREDO:

(throwing his arm

around him)

C'mon, I see what I can do.

EXT. TAHOE PAVILION - MED. VIEW - DAY

The orchestra wears white summer sportcoats and black tuxedo

slacks as they play a tango behind monogrammed music stands.

A professional dance team, probably imported from Vegas,

dance the tango for the excited guests.

INT. TAHOE BOATHOUSE - DAY

A large and very beautiful room overlooking the lake. It is

dominated by an enormous bar, behind which stands ALBERT

NERI, discreetly in the background.

MICHAEL CORLEONE sits on a large sofa, his back to us.

Standing to one side is a tired and somewhat uneasy TOM

HAGEN. Standing before Michael is SANDRA CORLEONE, Sonny's

widow; her daughter, one of the twins, FRANCESCA CORLEONE,

and a handsome young man of twenty, GARDNER SHAW.

SANDRA:

Michael, this is Gardner Shaw.

Francesca and he have been seeing

each other for six months now.

Gardner, this is Francie's Uncle

Michael.

GARDNER:

(a little nervous)

I've heard a lot about you, Mr.

Corleone.

MICHAEL (O.S.)

Sit down. Francie.

The couple sit themselves on the sofa opposite Michael.

SANDRA:

They would like to set an engagement

date, and...

MICHAEL:

Let them speak for themselves.

VIEW ON MICHAEL, calm, thoughtful. One can tell that he has

special affection for his niece.

FRANCESCA:

We love each other, Uncle Michael.

And, we want to be married. I came

to ask for your blessing.

There is a loud KNOCKING on the door; then Fredo's voice.

FREDO (O.S.)

Hey, Mike...guess who's here?

Neri goes to answer it, cracks the door open.

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