Mafia! (1998)

Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father

Director:

Jim Abrahams

Writers:

Jim Abrahams, Greg Norberg

Stars:

Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jay Mohr	...	Anthony 'Tony' Cortino
Billy Burke	...	Joey Cortino
Christina Applegate	...	Diane Steen
Pamela Gidley	...	Pepper Gianini
Olympia Dukakis	...	Sophia
Lloyd Bridges	...	Vincenzo Cortino
Jason Fuchs	...	Young Vincenzo Cortino
Joe Viterelli	...	Dominick Clamato
Tony Lo Bianco	...	Cesar Marzoni
Blake Hammond	...	Fatso Paulie Orsatti
Philip Suriano	...	Frankie Totino (as Phil Suriano)
Vincent Pastore	...	Gorgoni
Marisol Nichols	...	Carla
Carol Ann Susi	...	Clamato's Wife
Gregory Sierra	...	Bonifacio

Storyline

Young Vincenzo Cortino, son of a Sicilian postman, delivers a package for his father and accidentally sees something he should not see. In a donkey's, well, he is smuggled out of town, where he tries to reach a ship headed for America. There, Vincenzo works his way up to the top of the Mafia. One day, his youngest son makes a mistake and has to leave town. A little later, he ends up as a casino boss in Las Vegas. But the heads of the other families want old Don Cortino out of the way. So, they shoot him 47 times and send a *very* attractive woman to distract his son from his casino work. Will he fall for her or will he return to Diane, who, by the way, had run for President successfully in the meantime?

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Plot Keywords:

parody | slapstick comedy | absurd comedy | black comedy | dark comedy | 

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Taglines:

If you like Oscar winning drama and touching romance and you've got an hour and a half to kill This Summer Prepared to get Whacked

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, language, violence and drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film runs for 86 minutes, 6 of which are taken up with credits.

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Goofs

During the final epilogues of the main characters, Joey Cortinos text says he started an impotency clinic and has a website at "www.my stiffy.com". A web address can't have a space in it.

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Quotes

Gorgoni: [shot in the head at close range] I can hear the ocean.

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Crazy Credits

Another caption informs us that Anthony's son went on to become the first blonde leader of an organized crime syndicate.

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Alternate Versions

The version of the movie syndicated to stations by Buena Vista Television eliminates all of the joke credits from the final credit roll, presumably to save time.

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Connections

Spoofs Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

The Wedding March
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Performed by Nigel Ogden
Courtesy of Promusic

User Reviews

Don Cortezone

This film is a nice tribute to the late (great) Lloyd Bridges in his final role as the main Don Conrtino (he keeps mixing it up though) who must pass on his business (mob) to his son Tony (played hilariously by Jay Mohr). A great spoof as always coming from ZAZ man (A man actually) Jim Abrahams who casts Bridges for the 5th time. He also brings to the screen zany yet funny parodies of films (gnagster in general) including- GoodFellas, Casino, The Godfather Trilogy, Jaws, Jurassic Park 1 & 2, and countless others. Plenty of gags and two great performances save this film from plot destruction. One of the funniest spoofs ever. A+

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

24 July 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mafia!

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,577,961, 26 July 1998

Gross USA:

$19,889,299

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$19,889,299

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tapestry Films, Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS (in selected theatres)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1