Feast of San Gennaro - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• It was a crime scene on CSI: NY in the season 2 episode "Corporate Warriors".

• The Feast of San Gennaro was featured in "The Godfather Part II" and "The Godfather Part III. In "Part II" it is during the religious procession associated with the festival that Vito stalks and assassinates Don Fanucci. In Part III, Vito's grandson Vincent "Vinnie" Mancini-Corleone assassinates rival Joey Zasa during the festival in public, causing widespread panic throughout Little Italy. A furious Michael Corleone orders that nothing like that ever be done again.

• It was also featured prominently in the 1973 movie Mean Streets.

• It is mentioned in the song "Sad Nights" by Blue Rodeo.

• There is an episode of The Sopranos, in which Tony, Carmella, and several other members of the family attend the festival.

• Brian Altano tells a story about the (few) differences between the New Jersey festival and the Italy festival on The Comedy Button podcast.