Daily Dialogue — February 8, 2018

“You and I are gonna move my father to another room. Now can you disconnect those tubes so we can move the bed out?”

— The Godfather (1972), screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, novel by Mario Puzo

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Bed.

Trivia: The hospital scenes were filmed in two different locations: the exterior scenes were filmed at a side entrance to the Bellevue Hospital, and the interior shots were filmed at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in Manhattan, New York.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Don Corleone consigned to a hospital bed after his assassination attempt. The threat of a follow-up is an opportunity for young Michael to insert himself into the family business, eventually taking it over.