Fat Pizza: The Movie
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Fat Pizza is an Australia
n movie, 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, however it was the last appearance of Sleek the Elite in the franchise.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n movie, based upon the stories and characters of the Pizza
Pizza (TV series)
Pizza is an Australian black comedy television series on the Australian television network, SBS. It has also spun off a feature length movie in 2003, and in 2004 released a highlights video/DVD which also included previously unshown footage and a schoolies exposé theatre show entitled "Fat Pizza"...
television series, created by Paul Fenech
Paul Fenech
Paul Fenech is a film maker, television and film actor and writer from Sydney, Australia, best known for his role in Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers .-Career:...
. It was released by Village Roadshow Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures is an Australian motion picture production company. It is a subsidiary of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, an Australian entertainment company. Most of its films are co-produced in partnership with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema...
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, however it was the last appearance of Sleek the Elite in the franchise.
Plot
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.Cast
Actor | Character |
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Paul Fenech Paul Fenech Paul Fenech is a film maker, television and film actor and writer from Sydney, Australia, best known for his role in Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers .-Career:... |
Pauly Falzoni |
Paul Nakad Paul Nakad Paul Nakad is an Australian hip-hop artist and actor. He is best known by his stage name Sleek the Elite, which he used as a character name for the Pizza TV show and Fat Pizza movie.... |
Sleek the Elite |
John Boxer John Boxer John "Johnny" Boxer is a television and film actor from Sydney, Australia, best known for his role as Bobo Gigliotti in Pizza.-Filmography:-Television:*Water Rats... |
Bobo Gigliotti |
Tahir Bilgiç Tahir Bilgiç Tahir Bilgiç is an Australian comedian, film and television actor, of Turkish descent. He is best known for his role in the sitcom Pizza.-Career:... |
Habib Halal |
Jabba Jabba (Channel V) Jabba aka Jason Davis is a television personality who first made a name for himself as part of the launch of subscription television in Australia in 1995... |
Davo Dinkum |
Maria Venuti Maria Venuti - Life / Career :Venuti was born to an Italian father and an Egyptian mother.She began her career as a 'performer' on Brian Henderson's Bandstand and on The Mike Walsh Show in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1990s, she had guest roles in A Country Practice and in G.P.It wasn't until 2000 that she... |
Bobo's Mama |
Annalise Braakensiek Annalise Braakensiek Annalise Braakensiek is an Australian model, actress and TV presenter.-Biography:Braakensiek was born in Sydney, New South Wales and speaks five languages;... |
Claudia Macpherson |
Angry Anderson Angry Anderson Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson AM is an Australian rock singer, television presenter/reporter, actor and conservative political activist. He is best known as the vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 but he is also recognised for his acting roles and his charity work... |
Bikie |
Glenn Butcher | Priest |
Michael Craig Michael Craig (actor) Michael Craig is a British actor, known for his work in film and television in both the United Kingdom and Australia. Craig was born in Poona, Maharashtra, British India, the son of Donald Gregson, a captain in the 3rd Indian Cavalry. He came to England with his family when aged three, and went to... |
Judge |
Cass Cumerford | Main in white |
June Dries | Bikie babe #1 |
Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:... |
Himself |
Mario Fenech Mario Fenech Mario Fenech is a Maltese-Australian rugby league personality. He is a former player of the game for New South Wales, and is a regular guest on The Footy Show. His favoured position was as Hooker, where he represented NSW. In his later career he became a Prop-forward... |
Uncle Shiba |
Tim Ferguson Tim Ferguson Timothy Dorcen Langbene "Tim" Ferguson is an Australian comedian and television presenter.- Background :... |
David Cockerfield |
Linden Goh | Lachlan |
Merv Hughes Merv Hughes Mervyn Gregory Hughes is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in... |
Ivan Milat Ivan Milat Ivan Milat-Luketa was a Croatian painter and sculptor. He is a painter of the modern era in Croatian art history.-Life:... |
Kamahl Kamahl Kamahl is the stage name of Kandiah Kamalesvaran , an Australian singer and recording artist, perhaps best known for "The Elephant Song", and his repertoire of popular music.-Early life:... |
Manager of Phat Pizza |
George Kapiniaris George Kapiniaris George Kapiniaris is Greek Australian television actor, stage actor and comedian.-Career:Kapiniaris broke through in the stage show Wogs Out of Work with Nick Giannopoulos. He then starred in the Melbourne based television sitcom Acropolis Now with Giannopoulos, Simon Palomares and Mary Coustas... |
Ronnie McDoggle |
Costas Kilias Costas Kilias Costantinos "Costas" Kilias is a Greek-Australian barrister and actor. Kilias is best known for his role as "Tony the Yugoslav" in The Wog Boy and Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos, as well as his role in The Castle... |
Dimitri |
Bernard King Bernard King (television) Bernard King was an Australian stage actor, celebrity chef, and television personality.-Early life:King was born into a farming family in Maleny, Queensland. He attended a Christian Brothers College in Nudgee, Queensland on a scholarship. After graduation he taught school.-Acting career:King... |
Leather Gay Man |
Hung Le | Revenge-Crazed Gangster |
Elliot Goblet Elliot Goblet Elliot Goblet is a character created by the Australian comedian Jack Levi.The character is renowned for his deadpan delivery of quirky one-liners - his style can draw comparisons with that of the American comic Steven Wright... |
Health Inspector |
Pip Mushin | Injured Mormon Mormon The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity... |
Shane Porteous Shane Porteous John Shane Porteous is an Australian television character actor, TV screenplay scriptwriter, theatre actor, animation layout artist, and animation voice artist.-Biography:... |
Doctor |
Denise Roberts Denise Roberts Denise Roberts is an Australian actor and director who has worked in theatre, film and television since 1980. She gained initial fame when she played Julie Winters in the ABC-TV medical drama G.P. from 1989 to 1996. Denise's mentor was Hayes Gordon, with whom she studied solidly for three years... |
Various roles |
Philip Scott Philip Scott Philip Scott is a retired Scottish professional footballer.After playing junior football for Scone Thistle, Scott signed professional terms for Alex Totten's St. Johnstone in 1991 after coming through the Perth youth system. Scott established himself as a mainstay in the midfields of John... |
Injured Mormon Mormon The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity... |
Arthur Serevetas Arthur Serevetas Arthur Serevetas is a dwarf actor from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He has appeared in many Australian films and TV shows, including The AFL Footy Show, Fat Pizza, The Micallef Program and SeaChange.... |
Fighting Arthur Penn |
Rob Shehadie Rob Shehadie Rob Shehadie is the star of the hit comedy "Fat Pizza', "Swift and Shift" and "Houso's" playing the character Rocky. He has been part of the Fat Pizza TV show for the past 10 years. Rob has featured in the Fat Pizza movie that broke box office records in Australia. He has also toured the country... |
Rocky |
Kristine Stanley | The Crying Lady |
Red Symons Red Symons Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show... |
Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... Customs Officer |
Krista Vendy Krista Vendy Krista Vendy is an Australian actress who played teacher Teresa "Tess" Bell on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1999–2001. She is the cousin of Kristian Schmid, and was managed by Scott Michaelson, both of whom are past Neighbours stars.... |
Green Peace Secretary |
Rebel Wilson Rebel Wilson Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, writer, and stand-up comedienne, known for her roles in the television series Pizza and Bogan Pride and the film Bridesmaids.-Early and personal life:... |
Toula |
Phen Yee Sng | Ling's Father |
Alex Antequera | Gay Hitman |
Bruno Xavier | Young Gandhi |
Tuyen Le | Lin Chow Bang |
Shakir Pichler Shakir Pichler Shakir Pichler is an Australian drummer, singer, writer and actor.Shakir joined his first performing rock band, the WAMI award winning The Kryptonics in Perth, Western Australia in 1984 at the age of 17... |
Mafia Boss in Boxing flashback |
See also
- List of Australian films
- Pizza (TV series)Pizza (TV series)Pizza is an Australian black comedy television series on the Australian television network, SBS. It has also spun off a feature length movie in 2003, and in 2004 released a highlights video/DVD which also included previously unshown footage and a schoolies exposé theatre show entitled "Fat Pizza"...
- Pizza delivery in popular culture