Married to the Mob [Blu-ray]

Director: Jonathan Demme Jonathan Demme

Overview

Michelle Pfeiffer is Married to the Mob in this comedy. The wife of Mafia hitman Alec Baldwin, Pfeiffer regularly chastizes her husband for his underhanded line of work. Baldwin refuses to entertain any thoughts of quitting the mob-and besides, he's got a good thing going with Nancy Travis, the promiscuous girl friend of gang boss Dean Stockwell. When Stockwell catches on to Travis' peccadilloes, he murders both his mistress and the unlucky Baldwin. At Baldwin's funeral, Stockwell is overwhelmed by Pfeiffer's beauty, and immediately begins plying her with expensive gifts. But Pfeiffer is through with this sort of thing, and with her young son in tow, she leaves town, hoping to start life anew. Upon making the acquaintance of bumbling, seemingly sincere Matthew Modine, Pfeiffer is convinced that Modine is just another mob flunkey. But it's even worse: Modine is an FBI agent, ordered to get to Stockwell by using Pfeiffer as bait. Reluctantly (he's grown quite fond of her himself), Modine blackmails Pfeiffer into setting up a rendezvous with Stockwell.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2022
UPC:	0814456025902
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	R
Source:	Fun City Editions
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michelle Pfeiffer	Angela DeMarco
Matthew Modine	Mike Downey
Dean Stockwell	Tony 'The Tiger' Russo
Mercedes Ruehl	Connie Russo
Oliver Platt	Ed Benitez
Alec Baldwin	Frank 'Gurke' DeMarco
Anthony J. Nici	Joey De Marco
Paul Lazar	Tommy Boyle
Trey Wilson	Franklin
Joan Cusack	Rose
Ellen Roley	Theresa
O-Lan Jones	Phyllis,Mr. Spoons
Charles Napier	Ray
Nancy Travis	Karen Lutnick
David Johansen	Priest
Maria Karnilova	Frank's Mom
Chris Isaak	'The Clown'
Joe Spinell	Leonard 'Tiptoes' Mazzilli
Tracey Walter	Chicken Lickin' Manager
Warren Miller	Johnny King
Frank Gio	Nick `The Snake'
Gary Klar	Al `The Worm'
Steve Vignari	Stevarino
Captain Haggerty	The Fat Man,Actor
Marlene Willoughby	Mrs. Fat Man
Jason Allen	Tony Russo Jr.
Diana Puccerella	Three-Card Monte Victim,Three-Card Monte Victim
Tara Duckworth	Tara
Frank Ferrara Sr.	Vinnie 'The Slug'
Gary Goetzman	Guy at the Piano
Carlos Giovanni	Carlo Whispers
James Reno Pelliccio	Butch
Daniel Dassin	Maitre d'
Colin Quinn	Homicide Detective
Dodie Demme	Pigs Knuckles Shopper,Actor
Gene Borkan	Goodwill Executive
Wilma Dore	Uptown Saleslady
Lezli Jae	Chicken Lickin' Server
Alison Gordy	Chicken Lickin' Feminist
Pe De Boi	Samba Band
Buzz Kilman	Ruthless Sniper
Kenneth Utt	Sourpuss FBI Man
Tony Fitzpatrick	Sourpuss Immigration Man
Al Lewis	Uncle Joe Russo
Tim O'Connell	Abused Ticket Agent
D. Stanton Miranda	Gal at the Piano
Luis Garcia	Honeymoon Suite Bellboy
Janet Howard	Abused Stewardess
Ralph Corsel	Jimmy 'Fisheggs' Roe
Bill Carter	The Ambassador,Ambassador
Obba Babatunde	The Face of Justice
George Schwartz	Shotgun Marshal
Ellie Cornell	Pushy Reporter
Roy Blount Jr.	Humane Reporter
Todd Solondz	Zany Reporter
Roma Maffia	Angie's First Customer
Patrick Phipps	Goodwill Hunk
Carlos Anthony Ocasio	Joey's New Pal
Ellen Foley	Theresa
'Sister' Carol East	Rita Harcourt
Angela de Marco	Actor
Luis García	Honeymoon Suite Bellboy
Stanton D. Miranda	Gal at the Piano
Frank Acquilino	Conductor
David Byrne	Composer

Technical Credits

Barry Strugatz

Mark R. Burns

Jonathan Demme	Director
Frank Ferrara Sr.	Stunts
John Robotham	Stunts
Edward Saxon	Producer
Joel Simon	Executive Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
Bill Todman Jr.	Executive Producer,Producer
Kenneth Utt	Producer
Barry Strugatz	Screenwriter
Mark R. Burns	Screenwriter
Ron Bozman	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Long before The Sopranos endeared its Mafia family to TV audiences, Married to the Mob pulled off the same neat trick in movie theaters. Moreover, the 1988 blockbuster did so despite the seemingly incongruous casting of Michelle Pfeiffer as the widow of hit man Alec Baldwin. With her trademark blonde tresses dyed brunette, Pfeiffer affected a convincing Noo Yawk accent, cracked gum authoritatively, and displayed admirable street smarts by repeatedly repulsing the amorous advances of mob boss Dean Stockwell (whose rib-tickling turn earned this veteran actor a well-deserved Oscar nomination). Matthew Modine supplied winning support as a boyish, seemingly inept FBI agent, with Mercedes Ruehl and Joan Cusack contributing memorable performances as well. Director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) utilized dubious plot elements and potentially unsympathetic characters to craft high-spirited, laugh-provoking entertainment that still sparkles.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

The tone of Jonathan Demme's gangster comedy Married to the Mob comes very close to being too over-the-top for its own good, but the superb cast pulls it off without a hitch. Michelle Pfeiffer, with a heavy New York Italian accent, and Matthew Modine, as the so square-he's-hip Fed trailing her, do a fine job of both being funny and portraying the tentative beginnings of a new romance. But it is Dean Stockwell as the mob boss and Mercedes Ruehl as his very suspicious wife who walk off with the film. An authentic Italian-American, Brian De Palma, could not achieve this same balance of wackiness in his mob comedy Wise Guys, showing how difficult it is to successfully get laughs out of such extreme characters in a setting as threatening as the mafia. The material in Married to the Mob is so exaggerated that Italian-Americans could have found it offensive (especially since Demme is not Italian), but his abiding love of his characters, even the crazy ones, stands out above everything else making this light comedy one of the most enjoyable, if least essential, films of Demme's fantastic career.

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert