Many gangland parodies fall flat, but not Jonathan Demme’s marvelous combo of high spirits and murder. Mafia spouse Angela de Marco’s story is goofy comedy with an edge of economic reality: how does one newly-impoverished New Yawk dame make a living for her orphaned son, while avoiding the adulterous attentions of the Big Boss who had her husband iced? Michelle Pfeiffer came into her own, Dean Stockwell has his best adult role and Matthew Modine is uniquely charming as an amorous FBI agent. The tonal balance is abetted by a supporting performances that go every which way: Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Oliver Platt and a slew of Demme regulars. Plus a music score by David Byrne. The disc features three new video interviews.
Married to the Mob
Blu-ray
Fun City Editions
1988 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date September 27, 2022 / Available from Vinegar Syndrome / 39.98
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell,...
Married to the Mob
Blu-ray
Fun City Editions
1988 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date September 27, 2022 / Available from Vinegar Syndrome / 39.98
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell,...
- 9/27/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Roger Ebert referred to him as “that character actor with a smile like Jaws”. When author Jimmy McDonough titled his Russ Meyer biography Big Bosoms and Square Jaws, the bosoms could have referred to any and all of Meyer’s starlets but everyone knew the square jaw he was referring to could only belong to Charles Napier. After a stint in the army, Napier became a teacher and then got the acting bug. Russ Meyer recognized that his cartoonish grin and jutting chin made a perfect complement to the bigger-than-life women he cast in his films so gave Napier his first starring roles in Cherry Harry & Raquel, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (both 1970), and Supervixens (1975). Napier was well-remembered in the original Star Trek episode The Way To Eden as the paradise-seeking hippie Adam and soon become an in-demand and familiar character actor in movies and TV and his growly...
- 10/6/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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