"The last level consists of taking down an enemy helicopter while protecting Michael Corleone. The Godfather (1991 video game) The Godfather is a side scrolling shoot 'em up game released by U.S. Gold in 1991. The plot is based on the three ""Godfather"" films. The game has five levels of gameplay which reflect the locations seen in the movies, including the streets of New York City, Miami, and the village of Corleone in Sicily. It was released for several computer formats, including the Commodore Amiga, the Atari ST and MS-DOS, with the latter version coming on six floppy disks. Critical"
"""The Godfather Part II"" (1974), also (partly) based on Puzo's novel, and yet another big winner at the Academy Awards, as well as films based on real Mafiosi like ""Honor Thy Father"" and ""Lucky Luciano"" (both in 1973) and ""Lepke"" and ""Capone"" (both in 1975). An ambitious 13-part miniseries by NBC called ""The Gangster Chronicles"" based on the rise of many major crime bosses of the 1920s and 1930s, aired in 1981. American Mafia The American Mafia (commonly referred to as the Mafia or the Mob, though ""the Mob"" can refer to other organized crime groups or organized crime in"
"Corleone Corleone (; or ) is an Italian town and ""comune"" of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including: Tommy Gagliano, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"", including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone. The local mafia clan, the Corleonesi, led the Mafia in the 1980s and 1990s, and were the most violent and ruthless group ever to take control of the organization. The Corleone"
"Emilio Barzini Emilio ""The Wolf"" Barzini is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"" and in its film adaptation, in which he is portrayed by Richard Conte. The Barzini crime family was inspired by the Genovese crime family. Barzini heads one of New York's Five Families, and is the second most powerful Mafia don in the country after Vito Corleone. His criminal interests are in narcotics, gambling, and prostitution, and he is looking to expand his empire to Las Vegas and Nevada. Barzini first appears as a guest at Connie Corleone's wedding. Soon after,"
"the family boss, Mickey Cohen, was imprisoned and the family was decimated. The Chicago Outfit has a long history of portrayal in Hollywood as the subject of film and television. Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the South Side Gang, or The Organization) is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, which dates back to the 1910s. It is part of the American Mafia originating in Chicago's South Side. The Outfit rose to power in the 1920s, under the control of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone and the"
"Godfather"" movie. Although he was acquitted of the murder charge, McLean went to prison for two years for illegal possession of a firearm. Leading the Winter Hill Gang against their Charlestown rivals for more than two years, McLean was finally shot dead by Stevie Hughes as he left the 318 Club on Broadway, Winter Hill. He was succeeded by Howie Winter then, later, by James ""Whitey"" Bulger. James McLean (mobster) James Joseph ""Buddy"" McLean (January 26, 1930 – October 31, 1965) was an Irish-American mobster boss, who was the original boss of the Somerville, Massachusetts-based Winter Hill Gang during the"
"Carlos Marcello Carlos Marcello, also known as The Godfather and ""The Little Man"" (February 6, 1910 – March 2, 1993), was a powerful Italian-American mafioso who ruled the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s. G. Robert Blakey and other conspiracy theorists have asserted that Marcello along with Santo Trafficante, Jr. and Sam Giancana masterminded the 1963 assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in retaliation for federal prosecution that threatened their secret criminal organization's increasingly profitable businesses and their multi-billion dollar international organized crime empires. Born as Calogero Minacori (or Minacore) to Sicilian parents in"
"blood families who happen to be involved in criminal activity, and not necessarily based on blood relationships. In Sicily and America, most Mafia bosses are not related to their predecessors. Films like ""The Godfather"" and a spate of late-1980s ""Mafia princess"" television movies underscore this confusion. It can further be speculated that the Mafia was simply emulating, to a certain degree, a more medieval order in which a noble family would more or less serve as the power in a local village, in a sort of inverted hacienda culture. The Calabrian ""'Ndrangheta"" is, however, purported to be organized along familial"
"universe, Vito Corleone is the largest olive oil importer in the United States. In the opening scene of The Godfather Part III, Michael Corleone, son of Vito, is named a Commander of the Order of St. Sebastian at a ceremony in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Joe Profaci Giuseppe ""Joe"" Profaci (October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was a New York City La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what is today known as the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for"
"Philadelphia crime family The Philadelphia crime family, (pronounced ) also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob/Mafia, or the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed and based in South Philadelphia, the criminal organization primarily operates in various areas and neighborhoods in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Delaware Valley) and New Jersey, especially South Jersey. The family is notorious for its violence, due in particular to its succession of violent bosses and multiple mob wars. As the Bruno crime family, under the twenty years reign of boss Angelo Bruno (1959–1980) the family enjoyed"
"The adaptation of the town's name into the name of a criminal gang leader in ""The Godfather"" is however predated by Graham Greene's 1938 novel ""Brighton Rock"", which was made into a popular film in 1947. The leading character crosses the rival gang leader 'Colleoni' in the English seaside town of Brighton. Corleone Corleone (; or ) is an Italian town and ""comune"" of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily. Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including: Tommy Gagliano, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano."
"and coerces Carlo's confession for his part in arranging Sonny's murder. Carlo admits Barzini was the mastermind. On Michael's orders, Clemenza strangles Carlo with a wire. In a single strike, the Corleones become the most powerful crime family in the country. As well as appearing in the original film, ""The Godfather"", Sonny features in the sequel, ""The Godfather Part II"". In this film, he briefly appears in some flashback scenes as an infant and as a young child. He makes a final appearance at the end of the story, in a scene that portrays Vito's birthday celebration in 1941. Michael"
"The Family (2013 film) The Family (released as Malavita and Cosa Nostra in some countries) is a 2013 black comedy crime film directed by Luc Besson, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, and John D'Leo. The film follows a Mafia family in the witness protection program who want to change their lives. The film is based on the French novel ""Malavita"" (""Badfellas"" in the 2010 English translation) by Tonino Benacquista. Mafia boss Giovanni Manzoni, who offended Don Luchese, a rival mafia boss, survives an attempted hit on him and his family at a barbecue. He"
"Corleone family The Corleone family is a fictional Sicilian family, and the focus of the books and films of The Godfather series. The family was created by Mario Puzo and first appears in his 1969 novel ""The Godfather"". It is said that the Corleone family is inspired by the real-life Borgia family from Renaissance Italy in the late 15th century. Compared with the real-life Five Families of organized crime, the Corleone family draws comparisons with the Genovese and Bonanno crime families. The Corleone crime family traces its roots to 1920, when Vito Corleone assassinated Little Italy's padrone, Don Fanucci, and"
"crime family"" from 1931 to 1957, when it was renamed after boss Vito Genovese. Originally in control of the waterfront on the West Side of Manhattan and the Fulton Fish Market, the family was run for years by ""the Oddfather"", Vincent ""the Chin"" Gigante, who feigned insanity by shuffling unshaven through New York's Greenwich Village wearing a tattered bath robe and muttering to himself incoherently to avoid prosecution. The Genovese family is the oldest and the largest of the ""Five Families"". Finding new ways to make money in the 21st century, the family took advantage of lax due diligence by"
"Saint John Cemetery in the Middle Village section of Queens, in one of the largest mausoleums in the cemetery. After Profaci's death, Magliocco succeeded him as head of the family. In late 1963, the Mafia Commission forced Magliocco out of office and installed Joseph Colombo as family boss. At this point, the Profaci crime family became the Colombo crime family. Profaci's legacy is reflected in the novel and the film, The Godfather, in which the title character, Vito Corleone, owns an olive oil importing business to conceal his criminal activities from the public and law enforcement. In the movie's fictional"
"Tommy Lucchese Thomas ""Tommy"" Lucchese (pronounced ; born Gaetano Lucchese, December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967) was a Sicilian-born American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the ""Cosa Nostra"" in Sicily. From 1951 until 1967, he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the Five Families that dominates organized crime in New York City. Gaetano Lucchese was born on December 1, 1899, to Baldassarre and Francesca Lucchese in Palermo, Sicily. The surname ""Lucchese"" suggests family origins from the Sicilian city of Lucca Sicula. In early 1911, the Lucchese"
"Tommy Lucchese Thomas ""Tommy"" Lucchese (pronounced ; born Gaetano Lucchese, December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967) was a Sicilian-born American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the ""Cosa Nostra"" in Sicily. From 1951 until 1967, he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the Five Families that dominates organized crime in New York City. Gaetano Lucchese was born on December 1, 1899, to Baldassarre and Francesca Lucchese in Palermo, Sicily. The surname ""Lucchese"" suggests family origins from the Sicilian city of Lucca Sicula. In early 1911, the Lucchese"
"Mafia! Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. The film spoofs Francis Ford Coppola's ""Godfather"" series and various other mafia films, notably Martin Scorsese's ""Casino"". It also parodies films in other genres, ranging from ""Forrest Gump"" to ""Il Postino"" and ""The English Patient"". Like ""The Godfather Part II"", the narrative of ""Mafia!"" consists of a series of flashbacks interwoven with the main plot. Tony is the son of a prominent Mafia don, Vincenzo Armani"
"Kansas City crime family The Kansas City Crime Family, also known as Civella crime family (pronounced ), is a Mafia family based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Italian-American organized crime family began when two Sicilian ""mafiosi"" known as the DiGiovanni brothers fled Sicily to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1912. Joseph ""Joe Church"" DiGiovanni and Peter ""Sugarhouse Pete"" DiGiovanni began making money from a variety of criminal operations or rackets shortly after their arrival. Their fortunes greatly improved with the introduction of Prohibition, when they became the only group bootlegging alcohol in Kansas City. Their rackets at this time were controlled"
"criminal charges. With all of Scarfo's loyalists serving lengthy prison terms, it became clear that Scarfo would not be able to maintain control of the family from prison much longer. To avoid a total power vacuum in the Philadelphia Mafia, Sicilian-born mobster John Stanfa helped run the family for Scarfo. With the support and endorsement of the influential Gambino crime family in New York, Stanfa was named boss of the Philadelphia crime family in 1991. To many older Mafia members, and especially in the eyes of the New York crime families, Stanfa had substantial mafia credentials. He was born in"
"Mayfield Road Mob was the name of a gang which began around 1920 in Little Italy. Among the members of the ""Mayfield Road Mob"" were James T. Licavoli and Jimmy Fratianno. This Mafia faction was even mentioned by its old name in the movie ""The Godfather"" as the Lakeview Road Gang, as Lakeview Cemetery borders Mayfield Road Hill. University Circle University Circle is a district in the neighborhood of University on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. One of America's densest concentrations of cultural attractions and performing arts venues, it includes such world-class institutions as the Cleveland Museum of Art;"
"Colombo crime family The Colombo crime family (pronounced ) is the youngest of the ""Five Families"" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the Mafia (or ""Cosa Nostra""). It was during Lucky Luciano's organisation of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, and the assassinations of Giuseppe ""Joe The Boss"" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci was recognized as the ""Profaci crime family"". The family traces its roots to a bootlegging gang formed by Joseph Profaci in 1928. Profaci would rule his family without"
"Buffalo crime family The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, the New York State crime family, the Todaro crime family and The Arm, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York, United States. The family operated throughout Western New York, Ontario, Canada and Erie, Pennsylvania. The Buffalo crime family gained power during the Prohibition era through bootlegging. In 1931, the family boss, Stefano Magaddino, became an original member of The Commission, the governing body of the American Mafia. The family remained strong and relatively united until his leadership was challenged in the"
"ending any remnants and influence of the family in Los Angeles. Throughout the family's history, the family has had over 64 well-known mobsters as members or associates of the family. William ""Stumpy"" Zevon (born 1903- 1976) was a Ukrainian-born Jewish mobster and member of the Cohen gang, headed by Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen.Father of Rock musician Warren Zevon. Cohen crime family The Cohen crime syndicate, or the Siegel crime syndicate, was an Italian-American Mafia / Jewish Mafia crime family created by New York Jewish American mobster Benjamin ""Bugsy"" Siegel in the early 1930s. Siegel ran Los Angeles and later"
"Genovese crime family The Genovese crime family (pronounced ) is one of the ""Five Families"" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the Mafia (or ""Cosa Nostra""). The Genovese crime family are rivaled in size only by the Gambino crime family, and are unmatched in terms of power. They have generally maintained a varying degree of influence over many of the smaller mob families outside New York, including ties with the Philadelphia, Patriarca, and Buffalo crime families. The current ""family"" was founded by Charles ""Lucky"" Luciano, and was known as the ""Luciano"
"Rosario DeSimone Rosario DeSimone (11 December 1873 – 15 July 1946), was the head of an Italian crime family during the 1920s to 1940s that was the predecessor to the Los Angeles crime family of the American Mafia. Rosario was the father of the future California mob boss, Frank DeSimone. Not to be confused with the Chicago Italian Timothy Rosario DeSimone. DeSimone was born in Salaparuta, Sicily, in Italy, on 11 December 1873. He initially settled in New Orleans before moving to Pueblo, Colorado. In Pueblo he was part of that city's Mafia organization, and was evidently well-respected. He became"
"considered for the role of Don Corleone, but lost to Marlon Brando. In """", Barzini has protagonist Aldo Trapani's father killed, motivating him to take revenge. In the game, Trapani kills Don Barzini on the court steps. Emilio Barzini Emilio ""The Wolf"" Barzini is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"" and in its film adaptation, in which he is portrayed by Richard Conte. The Barzini crime family was inspired by the Genovese crime family. Barzini heads one of New York's Five Families, and is the second most powerful Mafia don in the country"
"the modern-day of the Casalesi crime family of the southern Italian region of Campania. The film follows five independent plots of people whose lives are influenced by organized crime in Naples and Caserta. Despite failing to represent Italy in the category of Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, ""Gomorrah"" is still regarded as one of the more prominent mafia films from the Italian cinema. The animated movie ""Shark Tale"" contained an Italian Mob boss as one of its main characters and had several references to the acclaimed ""The Godfather"" including character traits, etc. In addition, mob film"
"Circella, was cooperating in the federal investigation of the Outfit's scheme to extort money from the Hollywood movie studios. When authorities discovered Carey's body, it appeared that she had been tied to a chair, savagely beaten, then set afire. Following the death of his brother, Leonard ""Fat Lennie"" Caifano, in 1951, Caifano was made overseer of mob-controlled casinos in Las Vegas. Caifano had a wife named Darlene Caifano who was from outside of Louisville. It is said that Caifano traded the ""blonde-haired bomb shell"" to the Godfather of the Chicago Mob, Sam Giancana, a childhood friend of Caifano's, for the"
"faction Other territories Associates Members Associates Notes Bibliography Colombo crime family The Colombo crime family (pronounced ) is the youngest of the ""Five Families"" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the Mafia (or ""Cosa Nostra""). It was during Lucky Luciano's organisation of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, and the assassinations of Giuseppe ""Joe The Boss"" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci was recognized as the ""Profaci crime family"". The family traces its roots to a bootlegging gang formed by Joseph Profaci"
"as mobsters, including films such as Martin Scorsese's ""Goodfellas"" and TV series such as David Chase's ""The Sopranos"". A comprehensive study of Italian American culture on film, conducted from 1996 to 2001 by the Italic Institute of America, showed that close to 300 movies featuring Italian Americans as mobsters (mostly fictitious) have been produced since ""The Godfather"", an average of nine per year. ""The Godfather"" epic, encompassing the original trilogy and the additional footage Coppola incorporated later, is by now thoroughly integrated into American life and, together with a succession of mob-theme imitators, has led to a highly stereotyped concept"
"prison, acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. His father Nicolo Rizzuto began his Mafia career in Canada as an associate of the Cotroni crime family that controlled much of Montreal's drug trade in the 1970s while answering to the Bonanno crime family of New York City. By the 1980s, the Rizzutos emerged as the city's pre-eminent Mafia crew after a turf war between the Montreal family's Sicilian and Calabrian factions and the murder of Paolo Violi, a Bonanno soldier who had been named acting boss of Montreal's family. According to law enforcement officials, Rizzuto oversaw a"