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The Mystery of the Godfather Oranges


We aren't exactly sure what they symbolize in the world of the Corleone's but oranges pop up with a great frequency in the three Godfather films. We have identified twenty-two scenes where the camera lingers on this tasty fruit. Some suggest that they indicate death or the threat of violence for the character interacting with the orange ... and Francis Ford Coppola corroborates this to a certain extent in his audio commentaries on the DVD sets. He says it started out as an accident but once they realized they had used oranges so frequently in the first movie they started to purposefully use them in subsequent movies. We identify their many appearances in our Mystery of the Godfather Oranges feature.




Tessio holds an orange during Connie's wedding reception in The Godfather


An orange is prominently featured in a fruit bowl in front of Sonny Corleone's wife in The Godfather


Jack Woltz sits in front a large bowl of oranges in The Godfather


Don Corleone buys a bag of oranges in The Godfather


Oranges spill out on the street after Don Corleone is shot in The Godfather


There is an orange in front of Don Emilio Barzini during the mafia family sit down in The Godfather


Don Corleone cuts up an orange right before he dies in The Godfather


Johnny Ola gives an orange to Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II


Bowls of oranges cover the table when the heads of the New York families meet in The Godfather Part II


Michael Corleone sits in front of a bowl of oranges at the Mafia meeting in Cuba in The Godfather Part II


Don Fanucci buys an orange in The Godfather Part II


Vito Corleone buys an orange in The Godfather Part II


Michael Corleone eats an orange in The Godfather Part II


Michael Corleone's lawyer is served orange juice in The Godfather Part III


Don Cuneo sits in front of a stack of oranges in The Godfather Part III


An orange rolls onto the table right before the attack on the Dons in The Godfather Part III


An orange sits on the table in front of Vincent Corleone in The Godfather Part III


Al Nieri eats an orange in The Godfather Part III


Vincent Corleone holds an orange in The Godfather Part III


Michael Corleone is given orange juice after a diabetic attack in The Godfather Part III


Don Altobello sits in front of a bowl of oranges in The Godfather Part III


Michael Corleone drops an orange on the ground as he dies in The Godfather Part III



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