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And then we watch Phil happily watch the entire brutal killing.

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Since nobody else brought it up:

Joey G (the actor who played Vito) was on the Stern show Monday. He said the scene they shot was much, much more brutal than what made the final cut. He specifically mentioned that Phil had a line, where he instructs the goons to "Pull down his CS'ing, MF'ing pants."

I'm guessing that led up to the pool cue insertion.

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I heard Joey G say (ESPN Radio, I think) that they filmed a scene where Vito was killed off by throwing him out of a moving car into traffic or something. Apparently, they filmed Vito being killed off several different ways.