I'm not positive but IIRC Puzo describes it as a Sicilian dialect (Sollozzo switches to it to make it even less likely they will be overheard and understood).

In the book, after Michael returns to the table, Puzo says that Michael is not concentrating on what Sollozzo is saying: "It was literally gibberish to him". The use of the subway train tries to recreate that cinematically.

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When Sonny is driving the car by himself, there is a baseball game on the radio. It's New York Giants & Brooklyn Dodgers playoff game- The Shot Heard 'round the world.

Which was in 1951, and Sonny is killed in (probably) 1947.

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Posted by TigerintheNO

New Orleans

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Posted on 1/25/14 at 5:49 pm to Kafka

When Vito is shot there is poster for a Jake Lamotta title fight above the fruit stand. I don't think he won the championship until the 50s. So that would have been off as well. And of course De Niro would go on to play both men.

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Posted by jose canseco

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Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:48 pm to TigerintheNO

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Damn you really know the Godfather. Kinda like my Dad. He has seen that movie so many times he doesn't need the audio to enjoy.

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Posted by SoFla Tideroller

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Posted on 7/5/21 at 2:51 pm to jose canseco

Watching it now on a rainy day and I went to the Googles for the translation. This thread from long ago popped up.

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Posted by Locoguan0

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Posted on 7/5/21 at 6:12 pm to Kingwood Tiger

This is one of the things that has always made The Godfather I & II unique. The mob was very much still in power and influential in Hollywood. You had to very careful to remain respectful to Their Thing. Once they were taken down in the early '80s you began to see crap mob movies and caricatures appear.

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