Doc Films is very happy to present the Chicago premier of Duke Mitchell’s long awaited film, GONE WITH THE POPE!
Thought lost for over three decades, Academy Award winning editor Bob Murawski (SPIDERMAN, THE HURT LOCKER) found and completed the film and has just struck the first ever 35mm print of it, which has only been screened TWICE IN THE WORLD, at the prestigious Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and The George Eastman House.
Now, be amongst the first to experience this unbelievable film on 35mm! It might be the only chance you ever have.
Monday, May 10 at 9:15 • 90m
CHICAGO PREMIERE: Gone With The Pope
Duke Mitchell, 1978 • Palm Springs lounge performer Duke Mitchell was a master in his own league of bizarre, over-the-top, and completely self-financed exploitation films. His 1978 production, Gone With The Pope, ranks as one of the most unbelievable exercises in sincere vanity filmmaking ever produced. Mitchell directs and stars as a gangster, Paul, who plots to kidnap the pope and extort $1 in ransom money from every Catholic in the world! The film was never completed and long thought lost until Academy Award-winning editor Bob Murawski re-discovered it and spent over a decade completing it in order to preserve Mitchell’s vision. New 35mm print
Tickets are only $5!
Doc Films
1212 E 59th St
Chicago, IL
