Mafia!
Sign in to saveMafia!, also known as '''''Jane Austen's Mafia!''''', is a 1998 American crime parody film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. It was Abrahams’ final directorial effort before his death in 2024.
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5.5After growing up poor in Salmonella, Vincenzo Cortino installs himself as the preeminent, if bumbling, Mafia don of the New World. But now he must pass on power to one of his two sons: either level-headed veteran Anthony or vituperative loose cannon Joey.
Released: 1998-07-2484 minDir: Jim AbrahamsComedy, Crime
Cast
- Jay Mohr as Anthony Cortino
- Billy Burke as Joey Cortino
- Christina Applegate as Diane Steen
- Pamela Gidley as Pepper Gianini
- Olympia Dukakis as Sophia
- Lloyd Bridges as Vincenzo Cortino
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Mafia!
- Film.image
- Mafia!poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Jim Abrahams
- Film.producer
- Peter AbramsRobert L. Levy
- Film.writer
- Jim AbrahamsGreg NorbergMichael McManus
- Film.music
- Gianni Frizzelli
- Film.cinematography
- Pierre Letarte
- Film.editing
- Terry Stokes
- Film.studio
- Touchstone PicturesTapestry Films
- Film.distributor
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 84 minutes
- Film.country
Key dates
- Published
- 10 September 1998
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- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jim Abrahams
- Screenwriter
- Michael McManus
- Cast member
- Anthony Crivello
- Composer
- John Frizzell
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Filming location
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Mafia!, also known as '''''Jane Austen's Mafia!''''', is a 1998 American crime parody film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. It was Abrahams’ final directorial effort before his death in 2024.
The film spoofs Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather series and various other mafia films, notably Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995). It also parodies films in other genres, ranging from Forrest Gump to Il Postino and The English Patient.
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1990s parody films1998 American films1998 crime comedy films1998 English-language films1998 filmsAmerican crime comedy filmsAmerican parody filmsEnglish-language crime comedy filmsFilms about assassinationsFilms about fictional presidents of the United StatesFilms about the American MafiaFilms directed by Jim Abrahams