Cookie is a 1989 American crime comedy film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Peter Falk, Emily Lloyd, and Dianne Wiest, with Michael V. Gazzo, Brenda Vaccaro, Adrian Pasdar, and Jerry Lewis.

The view through binoculars morphs into the title “cookie” and then to a tabloid headline “Dapper Dino dead”.

A flashback to “A few months earlier” shows the same person—Cookie Voltecki, dressed in an outfit that was rebellious in 1989, and her friend Pia, walking through a street fair.

In court, Henry Solomon, a lawyer unknown to Cookie but familiar to the judge, rushes in, gets her released on her own recognizance and hustles her to a waiting limo for the long drive to meet her father.

Her father is Dapper Dino Capisco, about be paroled after serving thirteen years of his sentence.

Enzo Della Testa, the capo di tutti cappi” tells Carmine he must “deal with” Dino.

District Attorney Segretto has put photos in the newspapers as part a campaign to label Dino the new godfather.

Cookie dresses for the funeral like a fashion plate, waking Vito with a kiss.

As mourners drive away, Cookie lifts her veil and smiles at Della Testa, who salutes her.

Principal photography began on January 7, 1988, and concluded on April 15 of that year, with filming taking place in Queens, Little Italy, Chinatown, Coney Island, Elmont, the Garment District, the Manhattan Supreme Court courthouse, and Atlantic City.

[5] "I Should Be So Lucky", performed by Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue, is played over the end credits.

[6] Warner Archive released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States on May 4, 2010.