The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema this Friday, December 3rd, with a special midnight screening of Duke Mitchell’s mind-blowing lost film GONE WITH THE POPE. If you missed the film during its previous sold out shows at the Egyptian Theatre and the New Beverly Cinema, don’t pass up this chance to see it on the big screen in glorious 35mm. Even if you did see it during its previous engagements, see it a…gain and bring a friend. The film gets even better upon repeat viewing, and it will not be available on DVD or any format other than these theatrical screenings for quite some time.
Duke Mitchell was an Italian Rudy Ray Moore, a popular nightclub performer, singer, actor, and self-proclaimed “Mr. Palm Springs” whose long-running Martin & Lewis-style comedy act with partner Sammy Petrillo was featured in BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA. Mitchell went on to use his talents and show business connections to produce two of the most entertaining films of the Seventies, which he wrote, directed, produced, scored and starred in.
GONE WITH THE POPE stars Duke Mitchell as Paul, a gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the pope and charge “a dollar from every Catholic in the world” as the ransom. Shot in 1975 under the title KISS THE RING as a follow-up to the ultra-violent crime saga MASSACRE MAFIA STYLE, GONE WITH THE POPE remained unfinished at the time of Duke Mitchell’s death in 1981.
Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing rediscovered GONE WITH THE POPE in 1995 and vowed to save it from obscurity. Academy Award-winning film editor Murawski (THE HURT LOCKER, SPIDER-MAN 1, 2 & 3) spent 15 years completing GONE WITH THE POPE from the surviving film elements. This labor of love has resulted in what we consider the best film of 2010 and one of the greatest films of all time. Do not miss this one!
Also check out the official website: www.gonewiththepope.com
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Friday • December 3rd at Midnight
Eric Caidin and Brian Quinn with Grindhouse Releasing present
The Grindhouse Film Festival
New Beverly Cinema
7165 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 938-4038
Admission: $8.00
All Hail Duke Mitchell!
11:55pm
GONE WITH THE POPE (1975/2010)
Written and Directed by Duke Mitchell
Starring Duke Mitchell, Peter Milo, Jim LoBianco and Lorenzo Dardado
