The Godfather

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"Pauly! Hey, Pauly! More wine, yeah, more wine..."

Fun Fact: Many people don't know that the scene following this one was deleted. In this scene, Clemenza (pictured) launched into a long lecture about tartaric acid, one of the byproducts of wine production. His section about polyprotic acids was especially good.