Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Jim Abrahams

Writers (WGA):

Jim Abrahams (written by) &
Greg Norberg (written by) ...

Release Date:

24 juillet 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Crime

Accroche:

See It Early. Avoid the mob.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Mafia | Donkey | Boss | Burnt Face

Awards:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Funny movie.

Ensemble

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

Autre(s) titre(s):

Mafia! (USA) (short title)
Le prince de Sicile (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Mafia! (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

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

Durée:

83 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

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

Company:

Tapestry Films

Anecdotes:

In keeping with the jokey nature of the proceedings, composer John Frizzell had his name Italianised for the credits into Gianni Frizzelli.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the funeral barfing scene, five people make the rainbow in coloured barf. When the camera pans, you can obviously see the tip of the hose on the 3rd or 4th person.

Guillemet:

Anthony Cortino: You lost a lot of blood but we found most of it.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Soundtrack:

Joy of Living

Funny movie.

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? Not every joke works, but many of them are indeed quite hilarious. If you liked Jim Abrahams previous films, i.e. Hot Shots 1&2, you'll probably like this film. It spoofs everything from "The Godfather", to "Jurassic park 2", to "Forrest gump". It was also entertaining watching many people who were IN the Godfather spoofing they're own characters! My rating for "Mafia!"--8/10.

ABOUT THE DVD: Touchstone has released a reasonable DVD for the film. The image is presented in 1.85:1 and generally isn't a bad picture but has a surprisingly high amount of grain and dirt (This is especially obvious during darker sequences) but the picture is sharp,colors are good, and blacks are solid. The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is as fine as I could have hoped for. Audio is crystal clear and there's plenty of surround sound effects to keep your rear speakers occupied. For extras we are given a tiny production featurette, which consist of cast interviews, film clips, and some behind-the-scene footage. This featurette runs a little less than 2 minutes. The disk is adequately closed-captioned with substantial paraphrasing. My rating for the DVD: 7.5/10.