Fat Pizza
Fat Pizza is a 2003 Australian comedy film based upon the stories and characters of the Pizza television series, created by Paul Fenech. It was released by Village Roadshow Pictures and made over $7 million at the Australian box office.[1]
Fat Pizza | |
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Directed by | Paul Fenech |
Produced by | Tanith Carrol Paul Fenech Jeff Purser |
Written by | Tahir Bilgiç Paul Fenech |
Starring | Paul Fenech Paul Nakad John Boxer Tahir Bilgiç |
Narrated by | Ian Turpie |
Cinematography | Mike Kliem |
Distributed by | Village Roadshow Entertainment |
Release date | 10 April 2003 (Australia) 21 August 2003 (New Zealand) |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $400,000 |
Box office | $7,888,102 |
All the characters that appeared in the television series appeared in the film, but this was the last appearance of Sleek the Elite in the franchise until 2014's Fat Pizza vs. Housos.
Plot
Fat Pizza the film is yet another slice of life at a dodgy suburban Sydney take away. Bobo Gigliotti, who lives with his mother, is a psychotic pizzeria owner/pizza chef who is awaiting the arrival of his mail-order refugee bride Lin Chow Bang, and a new pizza deliverer is on the block. In the end, a group of biker thugs arrive at the new deliverers shop and threaten to murder everyone.
Cast
Actor | Character |
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Paul Fenech | Pauly Falzoni |
Paul Nakad | Sleek the Elite |
John Boxer | Bobo Gigliotti |
Tahir Bilgiç | Habib Halal |
Jabba | Davo Dinkum |
Maria Venuti | Bobo's Mama |
Anh Do | Chong Fat |
Annalise Braakensiek | Claudia Macpherson |
Angry Anderson | Bikie |
Glenn Butcher | Priest |
Michael Craig | Judge |
Cass Cumerford | Main in white |
June Dries | Bikie babe #1 |
Jeff Fenech | Himself |
Mario Fenech | Uncle Shiba |
Tim Ferguson | David Cockerfield |
Linden Goh | Lachlan |
Merv Hughes | Ivan Milat |
Kamahl | Manager of Phat Pizza |
George Kapiniaris | Ronnie McDoggle |
Costas Kilias | Dimitri |
Bernard King | Leather Gay Man |
Hung Le | Revenge-Crazed Gangster |
Elliot Goblet | Health Inspector |
Pip Mushin | Injured Mormon |
Shane Porteous | Doctor |
Denise Roberts | Various roles |
Philip Scott | Injured Mormon |
Arthur Serevetas | Fighting Arthur Penn |
Rob Shehadie | Rocky |
Chris Franklin | Dazza |
Kristine Stanley | The Crying Lady |
Red Symons | Northern Territory Customs Officer |
Krista Vendy | Green Peace Secretary |
Rebel Wilson | Toula |
Phen Yee Sng | Ling's Father |
Alex Antequera | Gay Hitman |
Bruno Xavier | Young Gandhi |
Tuyen Le | Lin Chow Bang |
Peng Wong | Refugee Uncle |
Shakir Pichler | Mafia Boss in Boxing flashback |
Vanessa Davis | Vagstina |
Sequel
Fat Pizza vs. Housos is a crossover film bringing together the eponymous series Housos and Fat Pizza which was released theatrically on 27 November 2014.[2]
See also
- List of Australian films
- Pizza (TV series)
- Pizza delivery in popular culture
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Fat Pizza at the Internet Movie Database
- Fat Pizza: The Movie at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating Page