Married to the Mob
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| Married to the Mob | |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
| Produced by | Edward Saxon |
| Written by | Barry Strugatz |
| Starring | Matthew Modine Alec Baldwin Michelle Pfeiffer Joan Cusack Dean Stockwell |
| Music by | David Byrne |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Editing by | Craig McKay |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 19, 1988 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Gross revenue | $21,486,757 |
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Married to the Mob is a 1988 comedy film. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and starred Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, and Mercedes Ruehl.
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[edit] Plot
An FBI agent, Mike Downey, is trying to infiltrate a mafia family. He sees a chance when Angela de Marco tries to leave the criminal lifestyle after her gangster husband, Frank de Marco, is murdered.
The story is complicated by the mafia boss, Tony "The Tiger" Russo, who is romantically pursuing Angela but was also the person who killed her husband Frank over a dalliance with his mistress. The plot is further complicated by the mobster's jealous wife, Connie Russo, and her suspicions about her husband. Further complication evolves with Mike Downey's own romantic interest in Angela. Later an attempted assassination against Tony takes places at a "Burger World" drive-through.
Downey eventually goes out with Angela, though Tony eventually finds out about the FBI sting (and Downey's cover). It all comes to a head in Miami with everybody gathered in the same room.
[edit] Cast
- Matthew Modine as Mike Downey
- Alec Baldwin as "Cucumber" Frank de Marco
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Angela de Marco
- Joan Cusack as Rose
- Mercedes Ruehl as Connie Russo
- Oliver Platt as Ed Benitez
- Dean Stockwell as Tony "The Tiger" Russo
- Nancy Travis as Karen Lutnick
- Obba Babatunde as The Face of Justice
[edit] Goofs
- Crew or equipment visible: Camera and crewmember are reflected in the window when Agents Downey and Benitez are following Angela.
- Continuity: In Angela's apartment Mike pours out two large glasses of club soda. The bottle, which is sitting in front of them, is only down about two inches, not enough for even one glass.
- Boom mic visible: In Miami, when Angela and Tony are exchanging jewelry on the balcony, we see a fuzzy mike cover in the bottom of the shot.
- Continuity: At one point you can see that Angela has leg warmers on under her dress. They are not there in the long shots of the same scene.
- Continuity: The size of the flower bouquet.
[edit] Crazy credits
- Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Modine dancing on the steps outside a building.
- There are numerous outtakes in the end credits, including one showing the carved headboard of the bed in which de Marco is sporting with his mistress, bearing the words "Veni, Veni, Veni" (I Came, I Came, I Came), parodying Caesar's famous quote.
- The phrase "a luta continua" appears at the end of the final credits. These words mean "the fight continues" in Portuguese.
- The first part of the end credits are outtakes edited from the movie and different angles of scenes that were in it. Director Demme said he was trying to recreate the movie with the last part of the credits where 'Angela' and 'Mike' chase each other and dance around the steps of the NYC Supreme Court building being a coda.
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