With robbie coltrane, adrian edmondson, paul bartel, damir mejovsek. Robert stephens, janez vajevec, ranko zidaric, peter richardson. The pope must diet is a comedic fantasy, starring englands heavyweight champion of comedy, bobby coltrane. Richardson founded the comic strip troupe of performers, which showcased his double act with nigel planer and launched the careers of french and saunders, rik mayall and adrian edmondson, and alexei sayle. The film opens with the death of the previous pope and the college of cardinals in rome to elect a. Cardinal dolan has some diet advice for pope francis huffpost. If you like the pope must diet you are looking for humorous, witty and not serious movies about with pope, priest, clergy, comedy of errors, religions or cults, dishonesty and disorder themes of comedy genre shot in uk. The film was a hit all over the world, especially in america where it was titled the pope must diet and yugoslavia where it was titled sleeping with the fishes. In 1981 he appeared in his first leading role as detective fritz langley in subway riders 1981, by famed underground director amos poe. The pope must diet movie posters from movie poster shop. Buy the pope must diet movie posters from movie poster shop.
The pope must diet usa laugh track none website links. Overview of pope must diet, the, 1991, directed by peter richardson, with robert stephens, john sessions, annette crosbie, at turner classic movies. Movie, the pope must diet movie, the pope must diet trailer, the pope must diet 1991, peter richardson,alex rocco, beverly dangelo, herbert. Vatican doctors have put pope francis on a diet, and cardinal timothy dolan has some hilarious advice by antonia blumberg visit for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy. These dvds will play on any dvd player anywhere in the world region free.
Once having cast robbie coltrane, the rotund glasgowborn. To begin with, this film first of all presupposes the hypothetical situation where the vatican is controlled by mafia don vittorio correlli. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Excellent movie recommend to others cant beat the classics movies.
The pope must diet papa zorunlu diyet 1991 vhsrip treng dual imdb. Peter richardson born 15 october 1951 is an english director, screenwriter. If you like the pope must diet you are looking for humorous, witty and not serious movies about with pope, priest, clergy, comedy of errors, religions or cults, dishonesty and disorder themes of. This could mean that there has never been a release of this soundtrack or that there has been a release but we dont know about it. The pope must diet 1991 cast and crew a portly priest robbie coltrane becomes pope by mistake and spots a mob boss herbert lom laundering money at the vatican. In america they pretty much tried to ignore and virtually ban the film, even changing its title to the pope must diet, which made no sense. New directors cut of a movie that involved a lengthy fight with producer harvey weinstein who retitled it the pope must diet. The new title, the pope must diet, appeared on some promotional materials with. All the pope must diet movie posters,high res movie posters image for the pope must diet. The film is also notable for coltranes hilarious rendition of pat boones speedy gonzales, which was later released on lp along with the movies theme music. After the death of the aging and infirm pope, rocco and vitchie plan to.
Movie posters 1991 p the pope must diet the pope must diet 1991 a lessthanqualified and farfromperfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. A lessthanqualified and farfromperfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. The pope must diet 1991 a portly priest robbie coltrane becomes pope by mistake and spots a mob boss herbert lom laundering money at the vatican. He became a wellknown face through appearances in the comic strip series, then in alfresco 1983 and comic strip movies the supergrass 1985 and the pope must diet 1991, among other films. Movie, the pope must diet movie,the pope must diet trailer,the pope must diet 1991, peter richardson,alex rocco, beverly dangelo. Robbie coltrane full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Pope francis told to go on diet after apparent weight gain.
Ten papiez musi umrzec 1991 dobroduszny i na wskros uczciwy ojciec albinizi zostaje przez pomylke. The new title, the pope must diet, appeared on some promotional materials with the final letter in the form of a crucifix. Robbie coltrane list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Apr 02, 2015 pope francis was recently told by vatican doctors to go on a diet, or more specifically, to cut back on the pasta get the details here. The cannes film festival is among a number of events in france hanging in the balance in the face of the. Starring robbie coltrane hagrid from harry potter and beverly dangelo and written by peter richardsonthe man behind the comic strip presents, this movie. The film opens with the death of the previous pope and the college of cardinals in rome to elect a new pope.
The pope must diet 1991 starring robbie coltrane on dvd dvd. Coltranes father albinizi is at odds with the tone of the rest of the film. Some of his better known roles include the lead in brian friels uncle vanya, for which he won an irish times theatre award, and brian. As the pontiff, he must deal with vatican corruption, the mob and the reappearance of his old lover. Niall buggy born 3 october 1948 is an irish actor who has worked extensively on the stage and screen in ireland, the uk and the us. Sep 04, 20 argentinas alejandro agresti is to bring the life story of pope francis to the big screen, reports variety. Robbie coltrane becomes pope by mistake and spots a mob. This sale is for the pope must diet 1991 starring robbie coltrane on dvd. As the pontiff, he must deal with vatican corruption, the mob and the reappearance of his old. There are no labels for this soundtrack in the database.
Even in the uk the film came up against backlash and. See the full list of the pope must diet cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Comedy starring robbie coltrane as a wronglyelected pope. The pope must diet 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the pope must diet. The film s us title was changed after an outcry from roman catholics. There werent too many british comedies heading into cinemas in 1991, and that meant that in the run up to its release in the uk, there was a fair. As the pontiff, he must deal with vatican corruption, the mob and. Peter richardson born 15 october 1951 is an english director, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. Both share the exact storyline and both were released in the. The two faces of january movie clip here for the money 2014 viggo mortensen thriller hd. Thank goodness robbie coltrane is a heavyset chap, else the churchapproved title the pope must diet would never have made any sense.
Excellent entertainment for the whole family highly recommened and will be more classic movies from the 80s for the family i like the part where the bishops mobile telephone rings its in a shape of a cross and flashes. It arrived in uk cinemas in june 1991, a month ahead of terminator 2. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Mar, 20 find out what ever happen to the 1991 film. Maybe you have to take organized religion seriously in order to make jokes about it. The vatican wanted a pope with silverhaired good looks, and the charisma necessary to bring people back to the church. The pope must diet has been ranked 699 times, wins 24. The film might not have been a classic, but robbie coltrane is certainly one of the most memorable. As pope, john paul ii told the writer andre frossard, at twenty i had already lost all the people i loved, and even those i might have loved, like my older sister who, they said, died, six years.