Long Island Causeway tollbooth (fictional location)

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The Long Island Causeway tollbooth is a fictional highway toll plaza in *The Godfather* where Sonny Corleone is ambushed and brutally gunned down in one of the film’s most iconic scenes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
toll plaza ⓘ
appearsIn The Godfather (1972 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Godfather
associatedWithCharacter Carlo Rizzi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Corleone ⓘ
Santino "Sonny" Corleone ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Corleone

Tom Hagen ⓘ
Vito Corleone ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Mario Puzo ⓘ
basedOnWork The Godfather (1969 novel) ⓘ
cinematicSignificance classic example of staged mob hit ⓘ
countryInFiction United States ⓘ
describedAs one of the film's most iconic scenes ⓘ
diegeticFunction checkpoint on route from New York City to Long Island in fiction ⓘ
editingStyle sudden eruption of violence ⓘ
fandomContext frequently referenced in discussions of memorable movie deaths ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod mid-1940s ⓘ
filmDirector Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
genreContext crime film ⓘ
mafia film ⓘ
locatedInFiction Long Island ⓘ
locatedOnFictional Long Island Causeway ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
memorableFor graphic depiction of Sonny Corleone's death ⓘ
intense bullet-riddled car sequence ⓘ
sudden appearance of multiple gunmen ⓘ
methodOfAttack machine-gun ambush ⓘ
narrativeFunction catalyst for Michael Corleone's rise ⓘ
turning point in Corleone family power struggle ⓘ
narrativeUniverse The Godfather universe ⓘ
notableEvent murder of Sonny Corleone ⓘ
perpetratedBy Barzini family gunmen ⓘ
Tattaglia family gunmen ⓘ
sceneType ambush ⓘ
assassination ⓘ
symbolism cost of betrayal within the Corleone family ⓘ
vulnerability of even powerful mob figures ⓘ
tone tragic ⓘ
violent ⓘ
vehicleInScene Sonny Corleone's car ⓘ
victim Santino "Sonny" Corleone ⓘ
linked to: Sonny Corleone
weaponUsed submachine guns ⓘ

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Sonny Corleone → killedAt → Long Island Causeway tollbooth (fictional location) ⓘ