THE GODFATHER -TARANTELLA SCENE

[glennjridge]

the woman singing at the beginning looks like every other aunt of mine.

[hurleyOC]

I love Italians, the Food, the culture, The Women.. Muy Bueno !!

[MrPakman94]

@ILoveCurves88 Louis prima

[BlackCrowNavajo]

very possibly this is the actual reason of using the old gentleman in differenet scenes. Good catch from you! and of course you're right - perhaps the mafia life is shown in a slightly too romantic way, but why not? The movie industry hitherto only portrayed mafia as breed of soulless and even mindless murderes. So the time had indeed come to show the upside of the mob people also. After all, nothing is shown unrealistically sweet and nice in any of the Godfather's heroes' lives, right?

[checko5555]

proud sicilian!

[Chandersson25]

What is the name of that song?

[checko5555]

@Chandersson25 cella luna

[666BrotherofMetal]

Chez la luna mezzo mare mama mia mari tariiiiiiiii

[Faragnigskni]

I'm reading the book at the moment, the old man doesn't feature in it :( not happy.

[lucaenio]

Canzone e film stupendi. 

[zinnerNL]

I'm so lucky to go a year to italy for my studies next year. And get to learn the language and their culture :)

[MrFuntime16]

Mama Corleone and Mr Corleone look so beautiful together!!! :)

Who gives a damn if he leads one of the most respected mafias...THE CORLEONES ARE GREAT!

[bestlions]

MAMA CORLEOONE REAL ITALIAN MAMA <3 :D

[epiclolsauce]

Don corleone: " i can grant you one wish on this, the day of my daughter wedding

Don stracci: I want......to SING!!!!

[wolfhound692]

ohhhh the 70s were great

[ILoveCurves88]

Here's what the old man sings in English: Mama dear come over here N see who's looking by my window, It's the baker boy N oh he's got some bread in his hand, He begins to bake his bread, In this room, In that room, Pretty soon my bun is in the oven. N when my bun begins to grow it messes up my figure! LMFAO My Uncle's fluent in Italian N translated it...

[ZoradanHawk]

@ILoveCurves88 Is your uncle fluent in south italian dialects? I'm from Rome and I only get one or two random words XD

[IAmMrLeroy]

My grandpa was Italian :D

[mrbeanchannel]

For those who aren't aware, that old guy is Don Anthony Stracci one of the head of the five families.

[lordvoldemort578]

@mrbeanchannel No the Old guy is a Corleone Family member, Stracci was killed in the Elevator remember.

[nobuthorpe]

@mrbeanchannel Well I think you're right, or at least there are twins haha

[BlackCrowNavajo]

@mrbeanchann This is not Stracci. First - Stracci is not that old, as we could see in the movie. Second - Stracci was not shown present at that wedding at all, unlike Barzini. And thirdly - most importantly! - even if Stracci was there, he wouldn't have been entertaining guests with funny songs. It's a different society, my friend, and heads of the most powerful families don't behave public like clown. Could you imagine Don Vito, or even young Michael doing this?

[Smiler93]

@BlackCrowNavajo You're right it's not Stracci. But Stracci was at the wedding. He is at the same table as Barzini, just not focused on. Secondly the old man singing was at the meeting with all the Dons after Sonny's death. But he gets a blink and you'll miss it shot. So he may not be a Don, but he is someone connected with the Five Families.

[BlackCrowNavajo]

@Smiler93 most definitely he's connected with at least one of the families. As they all came from a relatively small ethnic group - Sicilians - matrimonial interconnections between the families were extensive. The old man could easily be a father of a Corleone-family girl who's married with a boy from the Barzinis, thus representing both sides.Strictly speaking, I'm sure all 5 heads of families were somehow related to each other, even though remotely. And thanks for telling me about Stracci. 

[wisedevil05]

@BlackCrowNavajo he wasnt acting like a clown. It is a sicilian wedding and he was dancing/singing a national song. Don Vito and Michael would not behave like that but not because they couldnt. Its all about personalities. Don Corleone was a humble and serious man, so was his son Michael. Frank Pentangeli for instance was often acting like a clown, just like in GF2 and he was capo regime - representative of Corleone family in NYC. Capo is a high rank too.

[BlackCrowNavajo]

@wisedevil05 Agree. The word "clown was indeed a bit too much, but I meant to say that Top Man of the family, no matter if Corleone or Zalucchi, would not entertain people publicly, even at a happy family event. Pentangeli, and even Clemenza, were indeed some sort of "fun guys", through their personalities. Yet indeed had very considerable weight in the family structure. But still, you know, the status of Capo de tutti capi does require sober and stern decorum.

[wisedevil05]

@BlackCrowNavajo the guy who is dancing was attending the meeting of 5 families. The only people allowed for the meeting were the heads of the families or their representative (in case one of the Dons could not attend) as well as their consigliere and/or underbosses and bodyguards.

He is obviously not a bodyguard (according to his age and the fact that he was sitting at the table during the meeting) so he must be a very high ranked person...consigliere or underdon

Source novel

[BlackCrowNavajo]

@wisedevil05 :-) In the depth of the dispute we forget that it's just a movie not a documentary chronicle. I'm sure Coppola simply used one and the same people for multiple scenes, where the role was really minor, and crowd needed to be composed. Really, the movie is so great that makes us talk about it as if genuine events..

[wisedevil05]

@BlackCrowNavajo I think that the real reason behind this old man is bigger than just a scene placeholder. The true purpose of him, fist dancing and then appearing at the commision meeting is romantisizing of mafia. Coppola tried to portrate Mafiozi as not just people who wear expensive suits, smoke cigars and deal with serious business but people who just like all of us can also sing, dance and have fun. Godfather is romantization of the mafia.

[reportermar]

yo quisiera saber la traduccion

al español solo me lo imagino por las caras de alegria de la gente.ha de ser toda una tradicion en las bodas italianas.

[lacrisalideverde]

@reporteLa luna se encuentra en medio del mar mi madre, tengo que casarme, Mi hija, a quien yo te doy, mamá-mi, que tenga cuidado. Si te doy un chef de repostería, que va, es decir, y cannoli en mano, si se lleva a su imaginación: El cannoli se lo da a su tía. ¡Oh! Mamá, quiero casarme, ¡Oh! Mamá, me quiero casar ¡Oh! Mamá, me quiero casar Mi hija, a quien yo te doy, -Cuida de mi madre.

[lacrisalideverde]

@reporteLa luna se encuentra en medio del mar mi madre, tengo que casarme, Mi hija, a quien yo te doy, mamá-mi, que tenga cuidado.

 Si te doy un chef de repostería, que va, es decir, y cannoli en mano, si se lleva a su imaginación: El cannoli se lo da a su tía. ¡Oh! Mamá, quiero casarme, ¡Oh! Mamá, me quiero casar ¡Oh! Mamá, me quiero casar Mi hija, a quien yo te doy, -Cuida de mi madre.

olà no es perfecto pero es muy similar ...falta otra mitad...

[starwarscary]

@Godfather486 Yeah but the Italians have something they call swager

[mrtundra45]

~ SICILIAN ~

[gbloquendox]

esa es luna mez'o mare

[Wotanraven]

I always figured this song was about grotesque sex, especially cause of the old man's movement at 0:46 and the crowd's delightfully shocked reaction. But I can't find translated lyrics for it... I wish I could, it seems like a funny song.

[lordvoldemort578]

@Wotanraven It's on youtube some italian guy sings it in english I guess someones daughter is asking who she should marry and the mom is saying if you marry the- and they go on and on. it is about sex somewhat.

[leozinhu999]

@MrThrasamund Thanks.

[leozinhu999]

anibody knows wich kind of music is this?

I really want to know

[Prepster954]

the old guy was great....

[gonza2695]

it dosent look like if it was acted

[seitzmateo]

does anyone know what they are saying?

[seitzmateo]

I wish I was Italian too!!

[xianneh]

pam papam papam papam pa pa pam ---Pentangeli

[hizay]

0:33 - 0:59  = Swag ^_^

[Becky123190]

im half Italian i wish the mafia was still around.

[superDJkiwi]

@Becky123190 they are

[ThePistons4life]

@Becky123190 the mafia is still around....they just deal more with drugs and mainly sports....they dont kill like they used to...everybody is getting paid so its less enemies...rarely hear about the murders....NFL=Mafia

[Antralian]

@Becky123190 i'm totally italian from Italy and i can say....mafia is the worst thing ever created.

[sucubusa]

Homer did the same.

[davidegermano]

@sucubusa

i've watched that episode recently.

seeing homer singing that nearly killed me

[balduppo]

daughter: c'e' la luna in menzu 'o mari = there is the moon in the might of the see mamma mia, m'aiu a maritari! = my (dear) mom, i wanna married! mother: figghia mia, a cu t'aiu a dari? = my (dear) daughter, to whom i must "give" you? (= my (dear) daughter, who can i select (good enougth for you)?) daughter: matri mia, pensaci tu! = my (dear) mom, it's you problem! (= my (dear) mom, you must think it!) 

[TheProudAmerican777]

somedays I wish I was italian.

[jimhofmann]

Everyone has fun at the Godfather wedding but the Corleones. OK, Sonny excepted.

[PlanTonto]

Can someone translate what the old codger is saying? I have a feeling it's nasty! :)

[ranbrent]

00:47 - 00:52 best bit ever.

[blacklabelbich]

wish i was italian

[Dank951]

@blacklabelbich Move to New York...Trust me, everyone there is practically italian. I'm half with the other half being spaniard.

[SuperMetalhead96]

@blacklabelbich ur really missing out we have so much fun

[GussarooViola]

@blacklabelbich dude, i'm italian - its just the same as anything else. lol jks its awesome

[lemonZEEBRA]

@blacklabelbich you mean Sicilian :) We are as different in culture as the English are from the Scottish/Irish.

[lucaenio]

@blacklabelbich  puoi diventarlo! :)

[mabbeman]

@blacklabelbich it rocks, my last name ends with "ini"it's thoroughly good

[guasto47]

@blacklabelbich too bad your not. better luck next time.

[brokenwing36566754]

what the hell does he sing from 46 to 52 seconds?

[Kor88Di]

What are they saying ?

[mahler71]

I'm British but I live in Italy and I know the song is about the daughter marrying a man who always has his "fish" ie his thingy in his hand. It's a bit vulgar but funny!

[Antralian]

@mahler71 le canzoni meridionali sono molto, molto volgari, ma fantastiche.

[lordvoldemort578]

Haha Its a song about sex mean while Sonny is about to bang Lucy lol

[lilrabbitcuz]

what are they saying i wish i knew italino

[jeemz662]

@lilrabbitcuz: i once read that the song is about the mother's weddingnight and losing her virginity

[andresitoand]

tumbs up if tou think the old man rocks!!

[MRkirkyboy1]

@andresitoand have u saw how long his arms r lool

[renduke]

@andresitoand he rocks but what did he say ?

[renduke]

@renduke pretty sure he's singing about banging a girl does well with sonny upstairs in the bedroom...best movie ever made

[nonnaida]

@renduke I'm italian and I don't undestand anyword

[NYItaliano89]

@nonnaida the whole movie they speak more of a "slang" Italian not proper Italian.

[nonnaida]

@NYItaliano89 dialect of south italy

[666BrotherofMetal]

@andresitoand Don Victor Stacci :)

[Vlaanderen4LIFE]

I love this part ^^ could anyone translate what the old man is saying?

Thx 4 upload :)

[ValeTifaNapoliTie]

@Vlaanderen4LIFE I'm Italian but do not really understand much what he says, sings the song "luna mezzo mare"

[varrah1]

@Vlaanderen4LIFE google it "Translate_luna_mezzo_mare_to_­english"

[Troublesome2008]

@varrah1

Thanks for the tip! I always wondered what they sang :).