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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 02/09/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Slapstick, Parody/Spoof, Farce, Crime Comedy, Absurd Comedy, Gross-Out Comedy

Satirist Jim Arahams returned with this comedy spoofing the Godfather trilogy, and other films and TV, including Jurassic Park, Lord of the Dance, and Barney. The opening emulates a Saul Bass sequence with Anthony Cortino (Jay Mohr) in a flight amid flames much like Robert De Niro in the Casino credits. After flashbacks go back in time to Sicily, Coppola/Scorsese references abound. Young Vincenzo (Jason Fuchs) travels to America to later become the clumsy chief of organized crime (with the late Lloyd Bridges as the aging Vincenzo) with his sons -- short-fused Joey (Billy Burke) and educated Anthony. Tony's WASP fiancee is Diane (Christina Applegate), recalling Diane Keaton in the Coppola films. During the wedding, assassins try to do away with Don Vincenzo, who's hospitalized, so Tony sets out to gain revenge for the murder attempt. In Vegas, Tony gets involved with showgirl Pepper (Pamela Gidley). When betrayals begin, can violence be far behind? This was Lloyd Bridges' final movie, and the film is dedicated to him. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Jay Mohr - Anthony Cortino
Billy Burke - Joey Cortino
Christina Applegate - Diane
Pam Gidley - Pepper Gianni
Olympia Dukakis - Sophia

Mafia!, directed by Jim Abrahams (the "A" in the "ZAZ" team that created Airplane and The Kentucky Fried Movie), comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles on this release. Supplemental materials include a production featurette. People who know what to expect from Abrahams will certainly enjoy this DVD, but there is nothing here to win over anybody who does not appreciate his anarchic style. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide