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Post by Charity on Nov 17, 2005 12:44:16 GMT -5
When we think of the Mafia we get flashes of movies like "The Godfather" and Al Cpaone. This mini unit will explore the mafia, it's origins and influence through history.
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Post by Charity on Nov 17, 2005 12:48:40 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 17, 2005 13:06:10 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 17, 2005 13:23:01 GMT -5
Borgia instituted the selling of indulgences!! It was the selling of God's free pardon that enraged Saint Martin Luther and led to the blessed Reformation. Borgia instituted that fraud by selling a pardon to those who could not come to Rome for the Jubilee Year of 1500. Had the great Savonarola lived, the Reformation would have begun in FLORENCE . . . not Wittenberg: "The second plan was the selling of indulgences, a thing that had never been done before: these indulgences affected people who had been prevented by reasons of health or by business from coming to Rome for the Jubilee; the journey by this expedient was rendered unnecessary, and sins were pardoned for a third of what it would have cost, and just as completely as if the faithful had fulfilled every condition of the pilgrimage. For gathering in this tax a veritable army of collectors was instituted, a certain Ludóvico della Torre at their head. The sum that Alexander brought into the pontifical treasury is incalculable, and some idea of it may gathered from the fact that 799,000 livres in gold was paid in from the territory of Venice alone." (Dumas, The Crimes of the Borgias, pp. 151-152). Borgia and his "crime family" inspired Mario Puzo to write The Godfather!! In 1969, Italian-Cabotian writer Mario Puzo wrote a worldwide bestseller entitled The Godfather. Don Vito Corleone and his son Michael were really based on the real life careers of Alexander Borgia and his son Cesare. However, the Mafia were CHOIRBOYS compared to the Borgia crime family: "Mario was fascinated with Renaissance Italy, and especially with the Borgia family. He swore that they were the original crime family, and that their adventures were much more treacherous than any of the stories he told about the Mafia. He believed the Popes were the first Dons—Pope Alexander the greatest Don of all. For most of the years we spent together, Mario told Borgia stories. Their escapades both shocked and amused him, and he even rewrote some of the incidents to make them contemporary enough to put in his Mafia books. "(Puzo, The Family, p. 371). Here is a quote from page 304 of this wonderful Puzo exposé of the Borgia crime family: www.reformation.org/girolamo-savonarola.html
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Post by Charity on Nov 28, 2005 9:27:20 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 28, 2005 9:49:58 GMT -5
This is a list of movies about the Mafia and organized crime.
American Me Analyze This Analyze That Angels With Dirty Faces As Tears Go By Bella Mafia Belly Billy Bathgate Blood In Blood Out Bonanno: A Godfather's Story Boyz in the Hood A Bronx Tale Bugsy Carlito's Way Casino Corky Romano Crazy Joe Gallo thingy Tracy Doorway To Hell Donnie Brasco Eight Heads In A Duffel Bag The Enforcer The French Connection French Connection II The Freshman The Funeral Fury The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Gangster No. 1 Gangster Wars Get Carter Get Shorty Ghost Dog: Legend of the Samurai The Girl Who Knew Too Much The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part III The Godson Gotti Goodfellas Hoodlum I, Mobster Jackie Brown Johnny Dangerously Juice The Killer King of New York Knockaround Guys La Scorta The Last Gangster Lansky The Last Don 1 The Last Don 2 Last Man Standing Little Caesar Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Lost Capone Love and a Bullet Mafia! Mafia Princess Married to the Mob Mean Streets The Mechanic Menace II Society Mickey Blue Eyes Miller's Crossing Mobsters Mob Story Mob War Monument Ave Once Upon a Time in America On the Waterfront Oscar The Outfit The Professional Prizzy's Honor The Public Enemy Reservoir Dogs Road to Perdition Scarface (1932) Scarface (1983) Serpico Shaft Smart Money Snatch Southie The Squeeze St. Valentine's Day Massacre State of Grace The Sting The Sting II Suicide Kings Underworld The Untouchables The Usual Suspects The Valachi Papers Witness to the Mob Retrieved from
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mafia_movies"
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