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'''''The Pope Must Die''''' (U.S. alternate title: ''' ''The Pope Must Diet'' ''') is a [[1991]] comedy movie starring [[Robbie Coltrane]], [[Adrian Edmondson]], [[Annette Crosbie]], [[Alex Rocco]] and [[Peter Richardson]]. |
'''''The Pope Must Die''''' (U.S. alternate title: ''' ''The Pope Must Diet'' ''') is a [[1991]] comedy movie starring [[Robbie Coltrane]], [[Adrian Edmondson]], [[Annette Crosbie]], [[Alex Rocco]] and [[Peter Richardson]]. |
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The plot is predicated on the [[Holy See|Vatican]] being controlled by the [[Mafia]]. The movie opens with the death of the previous [[Pope]] and the Mob's tame [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] (Alex Rocco) successfully persuading the [[College of Cardinals]] to elect the Mafia's favoured candidate to the papacy. Unfortunately the secretary of the College of Cardinals ([[Adrian Edmondson]]) is hard of hearing, and announces the similar name of an honest parish priest ([[Robbie Coltrane]]) who thus becomes Pope. As the plot develops, the Pope demands to see the Vatican accounts and discovers the gun-smuggling and stolen merchandise operations, and confronts the Mob, who decide that the Pope must die... |
The plot is predicated on the [[Holy See|Vatican]] being controlled by the [[Mafia]]. The movie opens with the death of the previous [[Pope]] and the Mob's tame [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] (Alex Rocco) successfully persuading the [[College of Cardinals]] to elect the Mafia's favoured candidate to the papacy. Unfortunately the secretary of the College of Cardinals ([[Adrian Edmondson]]) is hard of hearing, and announces the similar name of an honest parish priest ([[Robbie Coltrane]]) who thus becomes Pope. As the plot develops, the Pope demands to see the Vatican accounts and discovers the gun-smuggling and stolen merchandise operations, and confronts the Mob, who decide that the Pope must die... |
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Revision as of 22:04, 11 April 2004
The Pope Must Die (U.S. alternate title: The Pope Must Diet ) is a 1991 comedy movie starring Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Annette Crosbie, Alex Rocco and Peter Richardson.
The plot is predicated on the Vatican being controlled by the Mafia. The movie opens with the death of the previous Pope and the Mob's tame Cardinal (Alex Rocco) successfully persuading the College of Cardinals to elect the Mafia's favoured candidate to the papacy. Unfortunately the secretary of the College of Cardinals (Adrian Edmondson) is hard of hearing, and announces the similar name of an honest parish priest (Robbie Coltrane) who thus becomes Pope. As the plot develops, the Pope demands to see the Vatican accounts and discovers the gun-smuggling and stolen merchandise operations, and confronts the Mob, who decide that the Pope must die...
The movie received poor reviews.