Mafia! (1998)
- Original title
- Jane Austen's Mafia!
- Directed by
- Jim Abrahams
- Genre
- comedy film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 220 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This comedy film makes fun of famous mafia movies like The Godfather and Casino. A Korean War veteran tries to get back at the people who attacked his crime boss father and win back his ex-girlfriend who becomes the President of the United States.
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What happens
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. In the film, a Korean War veteran avenges an assassination attempt on his crime boss father. The veteran subsequently manages a casino in Las Vegas, until surviving another assassination attempt. He sets out to gain vengeance, and to regain the love of his ex-girlfriend. By that point his girlfriend had been elected as the President of the United States, and he has to convince her to postpone her plans for world peace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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