Vincent Mancini-Corleone
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Vincent Mancini (born November 30, 1947) also known as Vincent Mancini-Corleone became the succeeding Don and head of the fictional Corleone mafia family after Michael Corleone in the film, The Godfather Part III. Vincent was portrayed by Andy Garcia.
[edit] Bio
Vincent was the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone and Lucy Mancini.This plotline seems exclusive to the movie, as it directly contradicts book's assurances that Lucy Mancini had not gotten pregnant by Sonny. Vincent was never treated as a real member of the Corleone family and was never given access to the family's criminal empire. He endeared himself to his uncle, Michael Corleone, in 1979 by trying to protect him from rival Mafia families, and the aging Don took the hot-headed, irrational, violent young man under his wing to try to redeem him, as a way to redeem his own bloody past.
Vincent saved Michael from an assassination attempt orchestrated by Michael's rival Joey Zasa, whom Vincent then personally murdered. Vincent's irrepressible violent streak often angered Michael, but not nearly as much as his burgeoning romance with Michael's daughter (and Vincent's cousin) Mary, whom Michael feared would be endangered by being involved in Corleone family business.
Despite their personal differences, Michael appointed Vincent the new Don and head of the Corleone family in 1980. His time spent with Michael had made him into a new man much wiser, patient, and aware of his status as the new Don. In return for being elevated, Vincent had to end his relationship with Mary. The same night the romance ended, however, Mary was killed in an assassination attempt on Michael although Vincent quickly managed to eliminate the assassin responsible.
What follows according to author Mario Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola is not exactly known. However, on The Godfather Part III's DVD commentary, Coppola explains that both he and Puzo had envisioned a fourth part to the saga, one storyline of which would deal with Vincent's reign as head of the Corleone family. Vincent, in opposition to the morals of his predecessors, was to have involved the family in drug dealing, trafficking, and shipping cocaine, driving the Corleone clan into corruption, sleaze and their eventual decline. The script ends with Vincent finally being hunted down and killed in a manner similar to the death of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. This proposed film, aptly titled The Godfather: Part IV, would also have flashbacks to Vito Corleone's early days as a Don (once again portrayed by Robert De Niro) and the boyhood days of Sonny, Fredo, and Michael Corleone, when they discover exactly what their father does for a living. They have composed a rough draft which has elements of the first three Godfather films, Scarface, and Miami Vice. Leonardo Dicaprio, Luis Guzman, Ray Liotta, and Garcia himself have all expressed interest in doing this film. So far, nothing concrete has come from the planning.
The character of Vincent Mancini was said by Coppola to, roughly speaking, amalgamate the males of the Corleone Family. While this concept is arguable among fans, Coppola describes Vincent as having Vito's cunning, Michael's ruthlessness, Fredo's sensitivity and Sonny's fiery temper.
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- Vito Corleone — Grandfather; played by Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro.
- Santino 'Sonny' Corleone — Father; played by James Caan.
- Costanzia 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi — Aunt; played by Talia Shire.
- Fredo Corleone — Uncle; played by John Cazale.
- Tom Hagen — adopted Uncle; played by Robert Duvall.
- Michael Corleone — Uncle and mentor; played by Al Pacino.
- Anthony Vito Corleone — Cousin; played by Anthony Gounaris in Godfather I, played by James Gounaris in Godfather II, played by Franc D'Ambrosio.
- Mary Corleone — Daughter of Michael, love interest and cousin; played by Sofia Coppola.
- Carmella Corleone — Grandmother ; played by Morgana King.
- Lucy Mancini — Mother; played by Jeannie Linero
