One could assume that it was because Part II also had its own original music in addition to the reused music. And yet bafflingly, Rota would later win for Part II even though it too had previously used music. Nino Rota's music for the first film was disqualified by the Oscars after it was found out that its Love Theme used similar music from a previous film Rota had scored.
No other actor can claim every role he made was in a Best Picture nominee. Cazale deserves special mention during his sadly short lifetime that got cut by lung cancer at the age of 42, he appeared in five movies, all of which were at least nominated for Best Picture (he also appeared in Stock Footage for a flashback scene in Part III, which was also nominated). Three actors were nominated for Part II, but John Cazale wasn't among them, even with Fredo taking on an emotional crux in the latter portions of the film.He was even nominated in the wrong category (as Supporting Actor) for Part I when he was obviously the main character. Yet, he received no Oscar for either one. Al Pacino's performances as Michael Corleone in Part I and Part II (especially the latter) are considered to be among the best performances in film history.This might seem churlish in light of the fact that the first two movies each won Academy Award for Best Picture and numerous other Oscars besides (though Coppola lost Best Director for the first one to Bob Fosse for Cabaret, he won for the second one), but amazingly enough, Gordon Willis' seminal camerawork in the first two movies wasn't even nominated.It became the highest-grossing movie ever upon release, and is frequently in "best of all time" lists. Francis Ford Coppola was hired only for his Italian origins the studio gave him limited funds and complained about every decision of his. And You Thought It Would Fail: Paramount had no expectations for the film, despite it being based on a bestseller.Did Michael plan on killing him from the start and just feign forgiveness so he could draw information out and question him? Or did he genuinely want to reconcile and only considered killing him after realizing that Fredo's insecurities were both petty and a continuing threat? However, after listening to his rant in the boathouse, Michael instantly disowns him and prepares to order his death. Michael is still shown to be rather forgiving toward Fredo in Part 2, telling him that they are still brothers and telling Tom Hagen that he feels Fredo was misled.Is this an allusion to his "fishing tip" to Anthony earlier in the film, or does he know he's about to die? When Fredo is about to be assassinated, he is heard saying Hail Marys.
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