which I think is the best movie of all time, and one scene in particular stands out to me as one of the greatest, most iconic scenes of all time. When Michael Corleone is eating dinner with the dirty cop (McMcloskey) and the Mafia capo (Sollozzo) who wants to start selling drugs in New York, and he needs the support and cooperation of the Corleone family, which was refused by Don Corleone. Decision was made that Sollozzo needed to be killed so a plan was hatched for Michael to kill the dirty cop and Sollozzo during dinner at a restaurant.
A handgun was planted in the restaurant’s bathroom for Michael to retrieve and shoot both of these guys; everything had to go perfectly to pull it off; Michael asks permission to go to the bathroom; he is frisked a second time BEFORE he goes to the bathroom, but not frisked AFTER the bathroom; the gun was where it was supposed to be; Michael retrieves the gun, hides it in his coat pocket and walks back to the table; as soon as he sits down, the frenzied noise begins; Michael waits for the El train, which adds to the frenetic scene, to pass by; Michael’s heartbeat is very high; he is getting more nervous with each passing second; he finally pulls the gun out and shoots both men, killing them; music very loud at this point; he gets up and starts walking out of the restaurant; he forgot to drop the gun immediately, as he was instructed to do, but he does finally drop it before he exits the restaurant; he goes outside, gets in the waiting getaway car; deed done!
The first couple of times I watched this movie, I was almost as nervous as Michael during this scene….such drama and suspense! What iconic scenes in this movie, or any other movie, stand out in your mind?