Fat Pizza (2003)

Director:

Paul Fenech

Writers:

Tahir Bilgic (writer)
Paul Fenech (writer)

Release Date:

10 April 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Fast Cars, Fast Chicks, Fast Food

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Padded Stool | Russian Mafia | Politically Incorrect | Illusionist | Ring

Cast

Paul Fenech	...	Pauly Falzoni
Paul Nakad	...	Sleek the Elite
John Boxer	...	Bobo Gigliotti
Tahir Bilgic	...	Habib Halal
Jabba	...	Davo Dinkum
Maria Venuti	...	Bobo's Mama
Annalise Braakensiek	...	Claudia Macpherson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angry Anderson	...	Bikie
Nelson Aspen	...	Himself
Kristy Best	...	Assistant Attorney
Glenn Butcher	...	Priest
Michael Craig	...	Judge
Cass Cumerford	...	Man in white
June Dries	...	Bikini babe #1
Jeff Fenech	...	Himself
Mario Fenech	...	Uncle Shiba
Tim Ferguson	...	David Cockerfield
Linden Goh	...	Lachlan
Joel Heddrick	...	Blind Man
Merv Hughes	...	Ivan
Kamahl	...	Manager of Phat Pizza
George Kapiniaris	...	Ronnie McDoggle
Costas Kilias	...	Dimitri
Bernard King	...	Leather Man
Hung Le	...	Revenge-Crazed Gangster
Jack Levi	...	Health Inspector
Pip Mushin	...	Injured Mormon
Shane Porteous	...	Doctor
Denise Roberts	...	Various
Angus Sampson	...	Junky
Phillip Scott	...	Injured Mormon
Arthur Serevetas	...	Fighting Arthur (as Arthur Penn)
Rob Shehadie	...	Rocky
Kristine Stanley	...	The Crying Lady
Red Symons	...	Customs Officer
Krista Vendy	...	Green Peace Secretary
Rebel Wilson	...	Toula
Peng Wong	...	Ling's Father
Bruno Xavier	...	Young Gandhi
Jo Jo Yee	...	Ling

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA

Company:

SBS Independent

Trivia:

The warning label on the front of the DVD case says, "WARNING: This film may cause pregnancy and could get you into trouble with your girlfriend. Tight arse people with no sense of humour may be offended. Not politically, gramatically or scientifically correct"

Goofs:

Continuity: While at Greenpeace, the red pizza bag on the desk disappears after Pauly is bitten.

Quotes:

Habib Halal: [upon seeing a police road sign targeting Lebanese] I swear, man! These cops are always hassling us, man! Why? We're jus' like normal people, man! We do normal things, mate! We eat kebabs! We have weapons! What's wrong with these things?

Movie Connections:

References "Lassie" (1954)

Even funnier than expected!

Okay well anyone who's seen the TV show would be able to take an educated guess that this movie would be "dumb, but funny". Well, having just seen this film, I can tell you that this is not the case. It is in fact extremely dumb, and absolutely HILARIOUS!

Don't go expecting a thought-provoking intellectual film (as if you would anyway) but do expect to have a few laughs and you definitely won't be disappointed. I was constantly laughing the whole way through and absolutely cracking up at some points (the "Police Now Targeting" sign, for example). It's fast-paced, non-stop action and a great ensemble cast.

Anyway, there's no point analysing a film like this, so just go see it!