Jane Austen's Mafia!

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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 and Goodfellas. The film also parodies movies in other genres, ranging from Forrest Gump to Il Postino and The English Patient. Jane Austen's Mafia! received dismal r... more
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  • 1998

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  • 1 h 24 min

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Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams (born 10 May 1944) is an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Shorewood High School there. He is known for the spoof movies that he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! (for which he...

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  • See It Early. Avoid the mob.
  • The Comedy You Can't Refuse.
  • From One of the Goodfellas that brought you the Naked Gun.
  • Hits happen.
  • If you like Oscar winning drama and touching romance and you've got an hour and a half to kill This Summer Prepared to get Whacked.
  • An Epic Saga Of Disorganized Crime.

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