The film is based on real life events of pope john xxiii. New directors cut of a movie that involved a lengthy fight with producer harvey weinstein who retitled it the pope must diet. A simple priest played by robbie coltrane is elected pope by. Il papa buono, also known with the shorten titles the good pope and the good pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with vatican corruption, the mob and the reappearance of his old lover. Seasons, episodes, cast, characters official series. In order to take advantage of the subtitles, you need to first download the. Overview of pope must diet, the, 1991, directed by peter richardson, with robert stephens, john sessions, annette crosbie, at turner classic movies. Watch the pope must diet 1991 full movie online m4ufree. For me, there wasnt enough of this scandalconspiracy element, so i was left with a feeling that the film did not reach its potential. The script was written by richardson with pete richens, derived from elements of an earlier screenplay for a threepart miniseries satirising the.
Alex rocco, beverly dangelo, herbert lom, paul bartel, robbie coltrane, salvatore cascio official content from media home. The streaming service is moving forward with the feature film the pope, with jonathan pryce tapped to p. Both share the exact storyline and both were released in the. Pope scientific designs and fabricates basic to complex systems using the wiped film shortpath distillation process also called thin film distillation for stills, evaporators and hybrid configurations that include fractional columns with wiped film distillation units. Comedy in which due to a clerical error, a most unsuitable catholic priest becomes pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with vatican corruption, the mob and. Oct 22, 2014 the pope must diet trailer 1991 director. You need to match the subtitles with the right film, for example, if the. Pope john paul ii celebrates a mass in the chapel of the apparition in front of the statue of virgin of fatima, may 12, 1991.
Add pope francis to netflixs continually growing tv and movie roster names. Wipedfilm evaporator molecular distillation equipment. Paul bartel, robbie coltrane, william hootkins, herbert lom, alex rocco. The film might not have been a classic, but robbie coltrane is certainly one of the most memorable. 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. Pope francis told to go on diet after apparent weight gain. The pope must diet is a comedic fantasy, starring englands heavyweight champion of comedy, bobby coltrane. 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. Mar, 20 find out what ever happen to the 1991 film. The pope must diet 1991 full movie, a lessthanqualified and farfromperfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. 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. A lessthanqualified and farfromperfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. Totally satirical and extremely funny and well produced film about the. 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.
Its also funny how this film is almost identical to the american movie king ralph in terms of plot. Ve mas ideas sobre film posters, watch movies y film movie. A priest discovers that being the leader of the catholic church can be hazardous to your health in this satiric comedy. 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. The script was written by richardson with pete richens, derived from elements of an earlier screenplay for a threepart miniseries satirising the catholic church, which was rejected by channel 4.
Thank goodness robbie coltrane is a heavyset chap, else the churchapproved title the pope must diet would never have made any sense. Comedy starring robbie coltrane as a wronglyelected pope. To begin with, this film first of all presupposes the hypothetical situation where the vatican is controlled by mafia don vittorio correlli. Totally satirical and extremely funny and well produced film about the supposed goingson in the vatican. The film opens with the death of the previous pope and the college of cardinals in rome to elect a new pope. Cardinal rocco and monsignor vitchie paul bartel are two highranking vatican officials who have been using the churchs business dealings to launder funds for vittorio corelli herbert lom, a crime boss involved in illegal arms trading. The pope s death leaves rome with a very large seat to fill and no one seemingly worthy of the appointment. Blame it on the bellboy 1992, the supergrass 1985, born in east l. Jonathan pryce to play pope francis in netflix film the pope.
Maria doyle kennedy queen katherine, james frain thomas cromwell and peter otoole pope paul iii round out the allstar cast of this lavish epic. Feb 23, 2019 a collection of trailers from movies on the socalled vatican film list. With robbie coltrane, adrian edmondson, paul bartel, damir mejovsek. Even in the uk the film came up against backlash and. If you can only see it as a bunch of guys running around. On the centennial anniversary of cinema in 1995, former actor saint pope john paul ii spoke to the pontifical commission on social communications about the importance of film as an artform and shaper of culture. John xxiii is a 2003 italian television film written and directed by ricky tognazzi. Maybe you have to take organized religion seriously in order to make jokes about it.
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