The Final Moments of Salvatore Tessio | The Godfather Explained

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  @CineRanter · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  <b>Why Robert Duvall was not in The Godfather: Part III:</b><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymWhO6TiKFs">https://youtu.be/ymWhO6TiKFs</a>

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  @CrookedEyeSniper · 5 years ago

  Abe Vigoda lived in my neighborhood towards the end of his life, and he couldn&apos;t have been a more down to Earth, gregarious guy. He was always so great to my kids and wife and I&apos;m lucky enough to have known him for at least a little while. The last time I had seen him, he was going to stay with his daughter as there was a pretty big blizzard coming. He headed to Jersey and he passed away there. I was glad that he was at least with his loved ones, and not cooped up in the apartment in Riverdale during a blizzard. RIP.

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  @robertromero8692 · 5 years ago

  Tessio may have &quot;liked&quot; Michael, but he obviously didn&apos;t respect him.

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  @nhmooytis7058 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Tessio didn’t die. He switched sides to become a cop in the 12th precinct under Barney Miller. As Michael said what Tessio did was the smart move.

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  @davidgerald133 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I remember Richard Pryor had a joke that Tessio was begging in the car still trying to use nostalgia to get him out...&quot;hey Willie.....remeber when I taught you to drive&quot;

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  @TywinBlue · 4 years ago

  I always believed the killing of Tessio on the same day as the four Dons of rival families, gave the Corleone&apos;s the opportunity to say to police investigators that their family was not behind the killing of the Dons, as their own family had someone in leadership killed as well- -Sal Tessio.<br><br>The location of his body in Barzini territory makes that story more creditable.

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  @marquesjohnson6359 · 5 years ago

  I always assumed they just shot tessio &nbsp;quick and clean

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  @stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan · 5 years ago

  Michael has seen action in WWII, Pacific Theater. People seem to forget he’d likely seen more death fighting the Japanese than any of the thugs in NYC. Thats probably why he was colder than his enemies thought.

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  @mardavijpoursaleh9810 · 4 years ago

  The last scene with Tessio is a very intense moment and a climax in the movie. He talks to Tom and then accepts his fate and is escorted to the car to be killed. This is a very powerful moment.

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  @willy565 · 5 years ago

  One of the best deleted scenes is when Clemenza makes Paulie wait in the car, so he can go call Sonny in the Restaurant. He never calls Sonny, just sits down and has a big bowl of pasta, while Paulie is sitting in the car for over an hour.

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  @ronfriedman8740 · 5 years ago

  Tessio was drowned and &nbsp;slept with the fish only to be reincarnated as Detective Phil Fish on Barney Miller.

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  @muhammadmuhey7824 · 5 years ago

  This movie needs year’s of observation it really is timeless

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