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Fatso (1980) -- Open-ended Trailer from 20th Century Fox

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Writer:
Anne Bancroft (writer)
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Release Date:
1 February 1980 (USA) more
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Plot:
Dominick has always been a big kid who loved eating. It was his favourite thing. Then his cousin dies... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dom DeLuise ... Dominick DiNapoli

Anne Bancroft ... Antoinette
Ron Carey ... Frankie

Candice Azzara ... Lydia
Michael Lombard ... Charlie

Sal Viscuso ... Vito
Delia Salvi ... Ida Rendino
Robert Costanzo ... Johnny
Estelle Reiner ... Mrs. Goodman
Richard Karron ... Sonny
Renata Vanni ... Zi Marie
Paul Zegler ... Oscar Lapidus
Madeleine Taylor Holmes ... Nurse
Natasha Ryan ... Ann Marie
David Comfort ... Anthony
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Runtime:
93 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The DiNapoli family name used in the film was Dom Deluise's mother's maiden name. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the museum, you can see the tape spikes to mark the actors' positions. more
Quotes:
Dominick DiNapoli: [to Frankie] You know what your problem is, Junior? You don't know how to run your plate. See? You gotta make the bread come out even with the eggs. more
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
memorable, 7 May 2005
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Author: David Cain (dcain@mffip.com) from United States

I saw this film on a pay channel a long, long time ago. It seems to have vanished in the decades since. Something about it stuck in my mind - the humor, the sensitive anguish of broken self-esteem, the endless struggle with conflicting desires. I still tell stories from the movie - the support group intervention is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Curiously, I have never met anyone else who has even heard of it. I have to admit that I didn't even remember that the lead was played by Dom Deloise, as it is a very different role than the Burt Reynolds films I know him for. I would love to see it again, so I hope they have the wisdom to release the DVD and allow me to refresh my all-too-aging memory.

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