Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia! is a 1998 comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, and Christina Applegate. It spoofs Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather series and various other mafia films, notably Martin Scorsese's Casino. The film also parodies films in other genres, ranging from Forrest Gump to Il Postino and The English Patient. Like The Godfather: Part II, the narrative of Mafia! consists of a series of flashbacks interwoven with the main plot. Jay Mohr plays Tony, the son of a prominent Mafia don, Vincenzo Armani Windbreaker... Cortino . As the film opens, Tony introduces the main thread when he exits a Vegas casino and walks to his car, accompanied by a voiceover explaining his philosophy of life. When he starts the car, it explodes. The story then regresses more than half a century to describe the boyhood of Tony's father, Vincenzo, who was born in Italy, the clumsy son of a Sicilian postman. One day, while making a delivery for his father, Vincenzo trips and the parcel bursts open, revealing a strange white powder.
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| Release date: | July 24, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Jim Abrahams |
| Runtime: | 84 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bill Badalato, Robert L. Levy |
| Editor: | Terry Stokes |
| Music by: | John Frizzell |
| Cinematography: | Pierre Letarte |
| Screenplay by: | Jim Abrahams, Michael McManus, Greg Norberg |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |