The Alto Knights - Spoilers

[Ironhold]

OK. 

Went to the theater as normal to see the movie of the week for review. 

"Snow White" is so radioactive that I'm not touching it. But the movie I was wanting to see was a bust as the projector in that theater was busted, and so my next alternative was The Alto Knights. 

In the film, DeNiro plays a dual role as infamous mobsters Frank Costello and Vito Corleone. It's told from Frank's perspective, and goes from his early days to his decision to entrap the leaders of syndicates from across the nation as a maneuver to ensure that he and his wife were truly "out" of the game. 

His plan is that he wants a big mafia shindig at a single, central site so that he can hand over leadership of his neck of the woods to Vito. Officially, he wants this to happen so that there's no way he can take back leadership or Vito can deny that Frank gave it up peacefully. In reality, Frank knows that the site - a large farm in New York state - is already under at least casual investigation by New York authorities for being a key juncture for smuggling between the United States & Canada. All Frank has to do is drop a few anonymous tips to law enforcement, make up some excuse to justify a late arrival, dawdle until the cops get it done, and reap the rewards. 

Well, in the lead-up to everyone arriving at the farm, there's a scene where Vito and his crew pass the welcome sign for Palmyra. 

Cue Vito's driver bringing up the church, leading to the kind of blundering conversation you'd expect. 

So yeah... a mob movie just gave us some advertising. 

[LDSGator]

16 minutes ago, Ironhold said:

Palmyra

We’re going there this weekend. Already in North Carolina 

[NeuroTypical]

Little passing mentions in shows that have nothing to do with us are fun.