Mafia!

Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 crime comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate, and Billy Burke. The film is a parody of The Godfather with references to Forrest Gump, Il Postino, and The English Patient.
==Synopsis==
Follows the Cortino crime family. When the patriarch Vincenzo Armani Windbreaker Cortino is injured in an assassination attempt, his son Tony must take over the crime family.
==Cast==
*Jay Mohr as Anthony "Tony" Cortino
*Lloyd Bridges as Vincenzo Armani Windbreaker Cortino
**Louis Mandylor as young Vincenzo
**Jason Fuchs as Vincenzo Cortino as a boy
*Christina Applegate as Diane Steen
*Billy Burke as Joey Cortino
*Pamela Gidley as Pepper Gianini
*Olympia Dukakis as Sophia Cortino
*Sofia Milos as young Sophia
*Joe Viterelli as Dominick Clamato
*Tony Lo Bianco as Cesar Marzoni
*Blake Hammond as Fatso Paulie Orsatti
*Phil Suriano as Frankie Totino
*Vincent Pastore as Gorgoni
*Marisol Nichols as Carla
*Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Clamato
*Gregory Sierra as Bonifacio
*Steve Kruth as Lon Cortino
*Catherine Lloyd Burns (uncredited) as Woman in Vegas Show
*Don Cornelius (uncredited) as Himself
*Alex Trebek (uncredited) as Himself
*Sherman Hemsley (uncredited) as George Jefferson
*Isabel Sanford (uncredited) as Louise Jefferson
==Trivia==
*Lloyd Bridges' final film role. This was released four months after he died and the film was dedicated to his memory.
*Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford make uncredited cameos as George and Louise Jefferson. This would also be their last time sharing any screen time together.
*As of 2024, this is the last film Jim Abrahams directed.
*The movie is also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!. The joke being that Jane Austen, a 19th century author known for Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, was somehow involved with a story about the Italian Mafia set in the 20th century.
==Videos==
Mafia! (1998) ORIGINAL TRAILER
==External links==
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Category:1998 films
Category:Touchstone Pictures films
Category:Live-action films
Category:PG-13 rated films