Word: fredo
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...past did not matter Wednesday, though--what did matter was that the Crimson put together one of its finest games in recent memory to put away the Cardinals. Senior captain Fred "Fredo" Herold, who has capably tended Harvard's nets for the last two years, was grinning ear-to-ear after the contest...
...know it--a more or less annoying collection of relatives--and "family" in the sense that the Corleone family is a dynasty possessing a private army, administering a state within a state. Michael has to make the choice, time after time, between these different families--his weak brother Fredo sets him up for a "hit," his wife gets an abortion rather than bear him a second son--and at the end he has achieved neither respectability nor happiness. His mother is dead, he has had his brother killed, his wife has left him, and the old-time lieutenants have departed...
...sneak preview in San Diego on Nov. 27, just two weeks before the world première, Coppola, his wife Eleanor, John Cazale (who is superb as the hapless Fredo), a crew of film editors and a contingent of buddies watched a packed house respond enthusiastically. But the assembled loyalists all knew the film was seriously flawed; the last hour seemed jumbled, confused, cold. All during the showing Coppola muttered notes to himself into a pocket tape recorder. Some scenes needed lengthening, others were dropped. The idea of an intermission was scrapped...
...film is meticulously cast. Special note should be taken of John Cazale, who is so subtle and adept as Caul's foggy assistant that he seems once again (he was the brother Fredo in The Godfather) to be among the best young character actors. For Hackman, Caul presents a substantial challenge. It is a largely interiorized role in contrast to the action parts on which he has recently built his career. He responds with the most sustained screen performance he has done. "Jay Cocks
...authentic look: Al Pacino as Michael, the Ivy-educated son who succeeds the Godfather; James Caan as the lusty Sonny, the oldest son whose hot temper betrays him; Robert Duvall as the adopted son Tom Hagen, the lawyer who be comes the family's consigliere; John Cazale as Fredo, the timid, feckless son who is given a Las Vegas casino to play with. For the role of Luca Brasi, the Godfather's muscleman, Ruddy signed Former Wrestler Lenny Mantana, whom he spotted idling among a crowd of bystanders during the early shooting. Several of these actors had distinguished...