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- Fatso is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Anne Bancroft, her only such credit, and starring Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey and Candice Azzara.
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Fatso is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Anne Bancroft, her only such credit, and starring Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey and Candice Azzara. It was the first film produced by Mel Brooks's Brooksfilms company. The film examines the subject matter of obesity, addiction, family, self-acceptance and singlehood.
Feb 1, 1980 · Fatso: Directed by Anne Bancroft. With Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft, Ron Carey, Candice Azzara. An overweight bachelor is fat, 40 and fed up--to the gills--but when his obese cousin Sal dies at 39, he must finally come to terms with his own weight problem.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Anne Bancroft
- 1980-02-01
Two basic dramatic approaches to fatness are to regard it as comic, or tragic. Anne Bancroft has somehow avoided both approaches in "Fatso," a movie with the unique distinction of creating in its audiences an almost constant suspense about how they're supposed to be reacting.
Stub Fatso is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Anne Bancroft, her only such credit, and starring Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey and Candice Azzara. It was the first film produced by Mel Brooks's Brooksfilms company.[1] The film examines the subject matter of obesity, addiction...
After an obese cousin dies due to health problems, Dominick's sister, Antoinette (Anne Bancroft), sets out on a mission to help him lose weight. Although he has a hard time trying to slim down ...
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- Anne Bancroft
- PG
- Dom Deluise
Loaded with some of the funniest comedy gags I have ever seen, Fatso is a very humorous and yet serious movie about a very touchy subject, obesity! "The good people are the fat people and the fat die young."
Actress Anne Bancroft's only stab at writing or directing, Fatso (1980) is a comedy about one man's battle of the bulge. Dom DeLuise stars as a compulsive eater who just can't shed any pounds, but then he meets the girl of his dreams (Candice Azzara), which presents him with a stark choice.
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