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 |
Cinematography | Mike Kliem |
Distributed by | Village Roadshow Entertainment |
Release date
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10 April 2003 (Australia) 21 August 2003 (New Zealand) |
Running time
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96 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $400,000 |
Box office | $7,888,102 |
Fat Pizza is an Australian 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 $7,888,102 at the Australian box office (as of May 2003).
All the characters that appeared in the television series appeared in the movie, but would be the last appearance of Sleek the Elite in the franchise until 2014's Fat Pizza vs. Housos.
Fat Pizza the film is yet another slice of life at a dodgy suburban Sydney take away. Bobo Gigliotti the psychotic pizzeria owner/pizza chef is awaiting the arrival of his mail-order refugee bride Lin Chow Bang, and a new pizza deliverer is on the block.
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.