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| “ | Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork! | „ |
| ~ Jack Woltz to Tom Hagen. |
Jack Woltz is a supporting antagonist in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation of the same name.
He was portrayed by the late John Marley.
Biography[]
Jack Woltz was a successful Hollywood movie producer. He was the founder of Woltz Intermational Pictures, which became one of the biggest studios in Hollywood. He used to be a propaganda adviser during World War II which gave him many political contracts. He was known for molesting young actresses auditioning for his movies and even their daughters. He had also interest in horses, and managed to get a horse called Khartoum for $600,000.
In 1945, he was about to release a war film from a best-selling novel, that Vito Corleone's godson Johnny Fontane wanted to star in. Woltz refused to cast Johnny, whom he hated for stealing his prized starlet away from him. Johnny went to Vito's daughter Connie's wedding to ask Vito for help, and his Godfather promised him that he would get the role.
Vito sent his consigliere Tom Hagen to California in order to negotiate with Woltz. Hagen offered to take care of Woltz's problems with an actor's union in return for casting Fontane, but Woltz angrily refused, insulting both Hagen and Vito with ethnic slurs. Once Woltz learned who Hagen's boss was, he invited Hagen to his house for dinner and told him that he would do any other favor for the Corleone family, but he still refused to cast Johnny. When Hagen insisted that Johnny be cast, Woltz ordered him to leave, defiantly saying that he was not afraid of the Corleone. As he left the house, Hagen noticed a preteen girl leaving Woltz's room barely able to walk, while her mother had a triumphant look on her face; he then realizes that Woltz raped the girl.
Hagen informed Vito of Woltz's refusal, even telling him about him being a pedophile, which so disgusted Vito that he decided to teach Woltz a lesson.
The following morning, Woltz woke up in his bed only to find blood everywhere around him. After pulling back the covers, he saw the severed head of his favorite horse, Khartoum, next to him, and screamed in terror. He realized that Vito Corleone's men killed the horse and would soon kill him unless he granted Vito's request, and so reluctantly cast Johnny in his film.
Personality[]
Despite his fame and success, Woltz was known as a ruthless, arrogant, disrespectful, and petty man who overestimated his power and underestimated other's power. He was also a pedophile and a racist, as well as a hothead. In many ways, he was the exact opposite of Vito Corleone.
Trivia[]
- Woltz's pedophilia was not mentioned in the film, although a deleted scene portrayed a crying young girl leaving his office, with the implication being that he raped her.
External links[]
- Jack Woltz on The Godfather Wiki
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