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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Theatrical Version, Trailers
Mob wife Angela DeMarco (Michelle Pfeiffer/b>) has everything laundered money can buy. But when she files for divorce, she risks trading her stilettos for a pair of concrete shoes in this killer comedy co-starring Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl and Alec Baldwin.
"A lot of fun!" Newsweek
Editor's Note
Michelle Pfeiffer established herself as an adept actress with this colorful comedy from director Jonathan Demme (SOMETHING WILD, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). The wife of Mafia hitman Frank "Cucumber" De Marco (Alec Baldwin), the irrepressibly brassy Angela (Pfeiffer) finds herself unhappy with their shady lifestyle, and wants out. When Frank is murdered by mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo (Dean Stockwell), she uses the opportunity to move to New York, get a job and go straight. But as soon as she thinks she's out, Tony wants her as his next mistress. Tony's jealous wife (Mercedes Ruehl) threatens to kill her, and a master-of-disguise FBI agent (Mathew Modine) follows her every move, and then falls in love with her. Through all the colorful insanity, Demme keeps the action on target, and the emphasis on quirky characters. A game supporting cast includes: Joann Cusack, Oliver Platt, Tracey Walter, and Jamaican singer Sister Carol. Chris Isaak, Todd Solondz, "Grampa" Al Lewis, and David Johansen are some of the many cameos. Pricelessly gaudy costume designs and a spontaneous sense of fun help make this one of the classic comedies of the 1980's.
Plot Summary
Jonathan Demme directs this smart comedy in which Michelle Pfeiffer plays Angela DeMarco, the hapless wife of a mobster named Frank. After Angela's husband, the "family's" hit man, is iced, she tries to start a new life. This noble effort becomes practically impossible when Tony the Tiger, the mob boss who killed her husband, falls for her, and the FBI is trying to use her to nail her new admirer.
| Features | Widescreen Version | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | English Dolby Surround | | Spanish Mono | | Collectible Booklet |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 10/24/2006 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 1000685 | | UPC: 00027616850164 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1989) | | | Dean Stockwell, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | |
Golden Globe (1989) | | | Michelle Pfeiffer, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical |
| Memorable Quotes| "Look, I fight for what's mine. I make no apologies. You can call me a ballbuster but that's just the way I am."----Connie Russo (Mercedes Ruehl) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Lovely, skittish farce....Pfeiffer is startlingly touching....[Stockwell] steals the show..." Rating: B 08/20/1999 pp.130-1Sight and Sound
"...An entertaining narrative....Demme's natural, streetwise wit has always been a distinctive element of his work, but never has his talent for closely observed satire been so evident..." 06/01/1989 p.210-11 Los Angeles Times
"...[Pfeiffer's] performance is the picture's linchpin -- warm, delicately timed and utterly infectious..." 08/19/1988 p.C1 Washington Post 9 of 10
...As an almost-mad housewife in Mafia Heights, Long Island, Michelle Pfeiffer is delicately riotous. Dean Stockwell, as the dangerous, lusty Tony "The Tiger" Russo, pumps his character-acting for all it's worth. And the avian-featured Matthew Modine puts an endearing twitch into Mike Downey, the FBI agent who's eavesdropping on Tony and associates... - Desson Howe
Washington Post 9 of 10
A mix of goofy ethnicity, romance and self-discovery, Married to the Mob is an offer you can't refuse. Director Jonathan Demme has nailed one with this playful, but dangerous, gangster farce... Brightly colored and broadly played, this genre spoof mocks as it celebrates the underworld. It's all decked out in Godfather kitsch, but underneath its loud exterior, a complex heroine struggles for freedom... [Demme] adds another classic to the growing library of Italian American favorites... - Rita Kempley
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 9 of 10
...Amiable, entertaining farce with right-on performances by Pfeiffer and Stockwell (in a neat comic turn as the mafioso). Only director Demme could make a mob movie with likable characters in it!...
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