"Leave the gun, take the cannoli"

Pretty cool article on the Godfather script.

"An Offer He Can't Refuse": Rare Look at Early 'Godfather' Drafts Reveal Famous Line's Origins

"The Godfather trilogy has produced some of the most quoted lines in movie history.

Hollywood insiders picked four for The Hollywood Reporter’s top movie quotes poll: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” (No. 79), “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer” (No. 41), “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli” (No. 31), and “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse” (No. 6). Plus, “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes” landed at No. 115.

Mario Puzo’s literary archive — 45 bankers boxes of material, including the original 744-page draft of the the Godfather novel (working title: Mafia), nine partial and eight complete versions of the Godfather script, multiple drafts of the Godfather II and III scripts, letters between Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola, and hundreds of pages of handwritten notes — sold at auction to a private collector for $625,000 in February 2016.

Before the sale, RR auctions and the Puzo estate gave THR a peek at some of the material about the.."

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/an-offer-he-cant-refuse-rare-look-at-early-164506916.html

Just a few days ago DonDiego came across an internet piece about the best Hollywood movie lines improvised by actors. It included Clemenza saying: "“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”

jatki99's link confirms it.
"In the original script (and book), the line was just “Leave the gun.” When it came time to film the scene, Richard Castellano, who played Clemenza, improvised “take the cannoli” based on a suggestion from his onscreen and real-life wife, Ardell Sheridan, to riff on an earlier scene where she had asked him to pick up the dessert."

NEVER MIND

Thx for the hyperlink. I don't get it, sometimes when I link, it works, other times it only pastes the address.

I looked up the top 100 lines. I guessed the number one line, but I'm guessing most on this board would get it also.

Here are the top ten lines.

10. "The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club."
Fight Club, 1999

9. "There's no place like home."
The Wizard of Oz, 1939

8. "You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver, 1976

7. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
Casablanca, 1942

6. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
The Godfather, 1972

5. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
The Wizard of Oz, 1939

4. "May the Force be with you."
Star Wars, 1977

3. "You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Jaws, 1975

2. "Here's looking at you, kid."
Casablanca, 1942

1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
Gone With the Wind, 1939

Dustin Hoffman pounding the cab's hood and yelling "I'm walkin' here!!" was also improvised

I thought you went to Casa Di Amore and got the free shirt with your dessert.

"Bueler...Bueler...Bueler"

"You just keep thinkin', Butch. It's what you're good at."

"I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here."

"You're killing me, Smalls."

"Just put your lips together and blow."

"Yo, Adrianne!"

I've hosted an Oscars party for the last 5 years and I have a sheet of quotes (some famous, some not so much) that we go through to identify the movies. Wanna know how good you would do? drop me an e-mail at [email protected] and I'll send it to you. And you can ask here for the ones you don't get.