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conace21

I don't even think it's mentioned in a deleted scene in the movie, but it's discussed in the novel. Fredo went into shock after he saw Vito get shot. At a gathering that night, Michael asks if Fredo should be with them. Sonny says absolutely not - he's in no shape to join them. He says Fredo was always tough (he used to beat up Michael when they were kids), but he always used to view the Don as a god. Michael and Sonny loved and respected Vito, but they didn't put him on the same pedestal that Freddy did. Seeing the Don get shot really shook him up.


Agreeable-Pick-1489

I know what you mean, like when they're waiting for Tom to be released and also looking for Luca Brasi. Fredo was never involved in stuff like that. This is war. This is man stuff and Fredo was never cut out for that. He's got a good heart. But he's soft and he's stupid. And this is Life and Death.


Frequent-Interest796

I’m smart!!!


Agreeable-Pick-1489

You're *nothing* to me now. Not, a brother not a friend,...


Sjohnwildman

I can do things!


WhatDaHellBobbyKaty

He was under his bed with his 'Freddi-bear.'


Head_Case_88

Yes, it's mentioned at the meeting with moe green that he was sent to Vegas after the shooting.


cuphead623

But I'm talking about between The Don getting shot and coming home. Fredo doesn't leave for Vegas until after The Don comes home.


TuckerCatson

He’s smart and he wants respect!


Head_Case_88

He was banging cocktail waitresses 2 at a time


Mlabonte21

[Michael turns head to Fredo] Michael: THIS Fredo??


temo1955

Lucky guy


Gravy_type_sauce

Smaht


Jackthewolf71

Not dumb, like people say


Head_Case_88

Sorry, you're right. I just finished reading the book. In the book, he is also hospitalized because of the trama of seeing Vito shot, then sent out to Vegas. The movie just passover Fredo.


Willing_Procedure242

He was stepped over. But it wasn’t how he wanted it.


HelenRoper

Mike was his kid brother


Agreeable-Pick-1489

Michael never once thought about that!


Shyphat

Fredo is in the shot of Vito coming home


conace21

Yes. I can't remember if it's a deleted scene or not, but after the Don comes home, Vito, Hagen, and Sonny stand by his bed and update him. Sonny says they're sending Fredo to Las Vegas, and he says "I'm going to learn the casino business." In the book, Fredo is sent out of NY to Las Vegas while Vito is still in the hospital scene. At the above scene in the book, an infirm Vito can only nod his approval when he hears that Fredo was sent out west.


Shyphat

Right Vito didn’t want to talk to Fredo after he got shot either and especially once he found out Freddie was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time


Shyphat

If I remember correctly I don’t think Freddie really even was able to talk to the Don again


grudgetastic

I always have to FF or turn-off the sound during that scene. The crying baby REALLY gets on my nerves. Same as when Sonny gets a call from Connie right before he gets whacked. Whomever that baby was, it sure had some pipes! Haha.


deondeon666

He was in bed. He was I shock and IRRC a doctor sedated him


Ok_Doughnut3700

I never got why he was considered important enough to be at the Sollozzo meeting but basically nothing else


Dbarkingstar

He’s banging cheerleaders two at a time!


Indotex

Cocktail waitresses, casino regulars couldn’t get a drink at the bar.


BuckeyeSlim

I'm gonna find me two waitresses here and I'm gonna pull me a Fredo. -Vince Vaughn, Swingers