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
Directed byPaul Fenech
Produced byTanith Carrol
Paul Fenech
Jeff Purser
Written byTahir Bilgiç
Paul Fenech
StarringPaul Fenech
Paul Nakad
John Boxer
Tahir Bilgiç
Narrated byIan Turpie
CinematographyMike Kliem
Distributed byVillage Roadshow Entertainment
Release date
10 April 2003 (Australia)
21 August 2003 (New Zealand)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
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
ActorCharacter
Paul FenechPauly Falzoni
Paul NakadSleek the Elite
John BoxerBobo Gigliotti
Tahir BilgiçHabib Halal
JabbaDavo Dinkum
Maria VenutiBobo's Mama
Anh DoChong Fat
Annalise BraakensiekClaudia Macpherson
Angry AndersonBikie
Glenn ButcherPriest
Michael CraigJudge
Cass CumerfordMain in white
June DriesBikie babe #1
Jeff FenechHimself
Mario FenechUncle Shiba
Tim FergusonDavid Cockerfield
Linden GohLachlan
Merv HughesIvan Milat
KamahlManager of Phat Pizza
George KapiniarisRonnie McDoggle
Costas KiliasDimitri
Bernard KingLeather Gay Man
Hung LeRevenge-Crazed Gangster
Elliot GobletHealth Inspector
Pip MushinInjured Mormon
Shane PorteousDoctor
Denise RobertsVarious roles
Philip ScottInjured Mormon
Arthur SerevetasFighting Arthur Penn
Rob ShehadieRocky
Chris FranklinDazza
Kristine StanleyThe Crying Lady
Red SymonsNorthern Territory Customs Officer
Krista VendyGreen Peace Secretary
Rebel WilsonToula
Phen Yee SngLing's Father
Alex AntequeraGay Hitman
Bruno XavierYoung Gandhi
Tuyen LeLin Chow Bang
Peng WongRefugee Uncle
Shakir PichlerMafia Boss in Boxing flashback

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

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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