On July 4, we celebrate people coming to America, sailing past the Statue of Liberty with nothing, and making a better life for them and their children. To celebrate this, yesterday I watched a film where someone does just this--The Godfather, Part II. I had watched The Godfather the previous night because Marlon Brando died. Both are such excellent films, but it had been quite while since I had seen them. I noticed something that gives me a greater appreciation for The Freshman--the casting of Bruno Kirby as the guy who brings the Matthew Broderick character into the family. I was unaware that Bruno Kirby (credited as B. Kirby, Jr.) was in The Godfather, Part II, where he plays the young Clemenza, bringing young Vito Corleone into the world of crime.