For both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, many scenes which were shot were not shown in the original theatrical run, but were included in the television adaptation The Godfather Saga () and the home video releases The Godfather Epic () and The Godfather Trilogy (). To date, there has not been a single release that contains all of this footage together in one collection.
The Godfather
*After Vito agrees to help Bonasera revenge the beating of his daughter (“Give this to Clemenza”), Vito whistles to Sonny who is peering out the window, presumably at Lucy Mancini, and asks Sonny if he was paying attention. This scene was only shown during the Saga.
*After The Don tells Tom he's to go to California, Tom tells him that the hospital called and the dying Consiglieri Genco won't last the night. Vito tells Sonny he wants all his sons to pay their respects to Genco and for Fredo to drive the big car.
*After Connie's wedding reception, The Don, his sons, and Johnny Fontane go to the hospital where Vito calls Michael’s military decorations “Christmas ribbons”.
*Before Woltz and Tom start talking, Woltz presents his nymphette girl, Janie, with a birthday pony. Her mother is there.
*After Tom leaves Woltz, he's walking to the exit and sees Janie, crying at the top of the staircase, being retrieved by her mother.
*There is additional footage of Tom, Sonny and Vito discussing the Woltz situation before the horse head scene. Vito calls Woltz’s affair with Janie an “infamnia”.
*Michael and Kay pretend to be in New Hampshire to get away, even though they're in New York. The scene is the two of them in a hotel bed, getting a wake-up call at 3 PM. They're supposed to go to the Corleone residence, but Michael doesn't want to go yet. He calls the mansion and Kay pretends to be the long distance operator. Michael tells Tom that they're "stuck in New Hampshire." This scene occurs before Fredo gets the car for the Don.
*There's some short extra footage of Luca Brasi walking through the hotel hallways before meeting with the Tattaglia's.
*After the Don is shot, Sonny gets a phone call from a detective telling him about it. Sonny then tries to call Tom, but Theresa says he isn't home.
*After Sonny gets the call from Sollozzo, he goes to tells Carmella that the Don's been shot. He then calls up Tessio to get 50 of his men over. He tries to call Luca, but he's not there.
*After Michael calls Sonny about Vito’s shooting, there is additional footage near the phone booth of Michael telling Kay to go back the hotel.
*There's some short extra footage of Michael in the car arriving at the mall.
*After Michael meets Clemenza "he's gonna pull through, thank God," he asks Theresa about Tom. The two of them go in to see Sonny who's with Tessio. Tom returns home.
*Before Clemenza leaves the house with Paulie, he and Rocco talk about Clemenza's car with the wooden bumpers. Clemenza gives Rocco the gun he's to use to "make his bones" by killing Paulie.
*After they leave Clemenza's driveway, we see them make a stop "to call Sonny." Clemenza eats a meal and buys cannoli while Rocco and Paulie wait in the car.
*When Michael is hiding in Sicily, there's a scene where Michael and his two bodyguards are laying down to rest. Fabrizio wants Michael to tell him about New York: Michael: How do you know I'm from New York?Fabrizio: We heard. Somebody told us you were real important. Michael: I'm the son of a big shot. Fabrizio: Is America as rich as they say? Calo: Stop bothering me with this rich America stuff! Fabrizio asks Michael if he could be his bodyguard in America. This scene comes before their meeting Apollonia.
*In Sicily, after Michael tells Tommasino that they're going to Corleone, Michael and his bodyguards see a procession of what appears to be Communists marching through the hills.
*There's some short extra footage of Michael and bodyguards walking through Corleone, before he says "where have all the men gone?"
*Before they're on the road as the GIs pass by, Michael visits his father's birthplace (house) and he asks a woman if there are any family/friends of the Andolinis' around. She says they've all left and gone overseas.
*After Tom makes the call to Bonasera following Sonny’s shooting, we see Bonasera getting dressed and contemplating what task the Don is going to ask him to do. (Exclusive to Saga only.)
*After Apollonia gets killed in the explosion, there's a short scene of Michael, in shock and in bed, muttering to Tommasino and Apollonia's mother: "Apollonia..?" / Tommasino:"Dead" / Michael: "Fabrizio..? Get me Fabrizio..."
*Michael and Vito talk after his return from Sicily. Michael says he will avenge the deaths of Sonny and Apollonia so Vito will not have to break his promise to the other Dons.
*At Connie and Carlo's, after Connie hangs up the phone, she walks into the bathroom where Carlo is showering. She confronts him about the "whore" which he blows off, and tells her to make him dinner. The subsequent footage is slightly tailored to fit the standard scene, and a couple of extra lines are added where they weren't before.
*Before Tom asks Michael "why am I out?" there's some short extra footage. There's also some after Michael says "you're out Tom." These two short scenes talk about Al Neri.
*After Tom leaves the room, Vito takes Michael out to the garden though the French doors in the study. (Exclusive to Saga only.)
*After the four Dons are killed, Michael finds Fabrizio working in a pizza parlor in Buffalo, New York. He shoots and kills Fabrizio with a shotgun. (This scene has never been released in any form but publicity stills exist.)
*Kay is in a Catholic church lighting candles and praying for Michael. This was intended to be the final scene.
The Godfather Part II
*After Paolo gets shot, two of Don Ciccio's thugs arrive at young Vito's home looking for him. Vito’s mother says she'll take him herself.
*When Vito and Genco go backstage at the theater, there is additional footage before and after the scene where Fanucci grabs the young girl. Fanucci tells the theater owner that he should have more Sicilian songs and begins to sing. (Exclusive to Saga only.)
*A scene before Vito gets fired from Abbandando Grosseria: While Vito's delivering groceries, he sees three punks over on 9th Street assaulting Fanucci, and they cut his throat "from ear to ear...to scare him." Genco and Vito chat in the store. Vito says Fanucci's not a big shot. Genco says Fanucci has connections. The next time we see Fanucci, he has a scar on his neck.
*Additional footage at the beginning of the scene where young Vito and Clemenza are drinking coffee, talking about the carpet.
*After the new carpet is installed, young Vito, Clemenza and Tessio meet up with a gunsmith, Augustino Coppola, and his young son, Carmine Coppola. This is where Clemenza sells his guns.
*We then see young Clemenza is hocking stolen dresses door-to-door for $5 a piece. He makes one married woman an offer (two for one), and even fools around with her. Clemenza tells Vito to bring the rest of the dresses to Dadine's Store, who'll turn it over the the wholesaler.
*Additional footage at the end of Fanucci's talk with young Vito in the truck.
*Additional footage at the beginning of the scene where young Vito, Clemenza and Tessio are eating spaghetti at Vito's house.
*Additional footage at the beginning of young Vito's meeting with Signora Colombo.
*Additional footage during young Vito's talk with Signor Roberto on the street.
*Additional footage before we see Signor Roberto at young Vito's office. He is seen entering through the garage area where he carefully asks for “Don Vito Corleone”.
*After Signor Roberto lowers Signora Colombo's rent, Vito sees Clemenza, who found a kid to fix the truck. His name is Hyman Suchowsky, but Clemenza calls him "Johnny Lips." Vito names him Hyman Rothstein after Arnold Rothstein.
*In a trip back to Sicily, there is additional footage of Vito’s family exiting the train and walking with a small band.
*While in Sicily, young Vito finds and kills the two thugs who chased him as a boy before he goes with Tommasino to kill Don Ciccio.
*Additional footage of Vito and his family at the train station leaving Sicily. (Exclusive to Saga only.)
*Additional footage of Anthony's First Communion ceremony in church.
*At the beginning of Anthony's party, there's additional footage of singers on the grandstand, and Michael's men in the parking lot. We also see Anthony walking up to the buttonmen, and stopping as Kay calls after him.
*There’s a scene of Fredo and Deanna in the parking lot. Deanna is already drunk and Fredo doesn't want Michael to see her that way.
*At the Communion party, Sonny's daughter, Francesca, comes to see Michael for his blessing to marry Gardner Shaw. Fredo barges in to announce that Pentangeli has arrived.
*Then there's a scene in which Al Neri is talking to Michael (with Tom and Rocco) and they are looking at pictures of Fabrizio. He was brought over illegally from Sicily by Barzini.
*Additional footage leading up to Pentangeli drinking from the garden hose.
*When the family sits down to eat, we see Pentangeli sitting and drinking wine with Anthony. He gives Anthony a $100 bill.
*Neri visits Klingman at the casino and kicks him out.
*After Michael's meeting with Sen. Geary, we see Fabrizio leaving his pizzeria in Buffalo, New York, and getting firebombed in his car. He stumbles out of the car, before he dies.
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