"Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." This famous line is spoken by Peter Clemenza, played by Richard Castellano, in "The Godfather" (directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1972). When the Corleone family can't get a hold of Luca Brasi, they wonder what happened to him and where he is. The family will find out that he's been dumped in the ocean for deep, deep sleep. He was portrayed by Lenny Montana in the film. The Tattaglia family starts a war against the Corleone family by killing Don Corleone’s fanatically loyal assassin Brasi.

When the answer about Brasi comes, it is almost immediate for the people looking for him. It comes in the form of a mysterious brown paper package that is tied up with string. Inside the package, there are two fish wrapped in a bullet-proof vest. As Clemenza explains, "It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." It is considered a slang phrase which figuratively means “a body is feeding the fishes” once it has been drowned”.

"The Godfather" is now widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. It is a mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. The film focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). Some inevitable cycles of violence and betrayal are pointedly highlighted in the movie. The film was produced by Albert S. Ruddy, edited by William Reynolds and Peter Zinner, and distributed by Paramount Pictures in March 1972.

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