Directed by:
Jim AbrahamsCinematography:
Pierre LetarteComposer:
John FrizzellCast:
Jay Mohr, Billy Burke, Christina Applegate, Pamela Gidley, Olympia Dukakis, Lloyd Bridges, Jason Fuchs, Joe Viterelli, Tony Lo Bianco, Vincent Pastore (more)VOD (1)
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This hapless comedy may actually work a lot better on video than it did in theaters. A parody of contemporary mob movies (with a few sidebars skewering such hits as Forrest Gump and The English Patient), Mafia! most closely resembles the first two Godfather films in its generational saga of a gangster family. Lloyd Bridges plays Don Cortino, a native Sicilian who presides over a crime syndicate, and Jay Mohr plays his Michael Corleone-like son. The film is by Jim Abrahams, formerly of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker directing team (Airplane!, The Naked Gun), single- handedly trotting out the old dumb-joke aesthetic that worked wonderfully a lifetime ago but looks a little creaky in the era of There's Something About Mary. Silly allusions to every crime film (GoodFellas, Casino) produced in the last three decades and featuring at least one wise guy or made man find their way into Mafia!'s gags, but most are arbitrary and shrugged off. The film tanked in theaters for good reason; on the other hand, Mafia! might have a lot more to offer if you're slumped on your own couch at the end of a long day, ready for brain-dead entertainment and absolutely apathetic about comic integrity. Even a film this instantly stale on the big screen might have its place in video posterity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Isabel Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436938_7d9ce7.jpg)
Isabel Sanford
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The New Centurions (1972)
![Larry Laverty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677357_04e7ef.jpg)
Larry Laverty
USA
Best movies:
Elephant (2003)
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
High Crimes (2002)
Karen Leigh Hopkins
Best movies:
Cloak & Dagger (1984)
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Corrina, Corrina (1994)
![Gregory Sierra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/514/158514075_b76a22.gif)
Gregory Sierra
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
![Carol Ann Susi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318052_1b9459.jpg)
Carol Ann Susi
USA
Best movies:
The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Just Go with It (2011)
Jerry Haleva
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Hot Shots! (1991)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Joseph R. Sicari
USA
Best movies:
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Parades (1972)
Partners (1982)
Philip Suriano
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Goodfellas (1990)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Ursula Burton
Best movies:
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Anthony Crivello
USA
Best movies:
Lock Up (1989)
Independence Day (1996)
Trade (2007)
Cate Caplin
Best movies:
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
The Hidden (1987)
Dead Heat (1988)
Jason Davis
Best movies:
Rush Hour (1998)
Recess: School's Out (2001)
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Vera Lockwood
USA
Best movies:
Aladdin (1992)
Infidelity (1987) (TV movie)
Out for Justice (1991)
Don Bovingloh
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
Saverio Carubia
Best movies:
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)