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So when did they change the name to Diet?


As it says in the title, I'm confused.

Inside the dusters, there were three men.
Inside the men, there were three bullets.

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they didn't,i know in the uk it is called The Pope Must Die must be an american thing

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The title was changed because there was a big outcry in the US over the title 'The Post Must Die'. A handy 'T' in the shape of a crucifix was therefore added since the suggestion that the pope must go on a diet is clearly far less offensive than suggesting he should be dead.

It helped in this case of course that Robbie Coltrane is famously on the portly side. One wonders what would have happened had the svelte Steve Martin have essayed the part as was originally intended according to the 'Trivia' page (not that I suspect the wholesome Martin would ever have leant his name to such a project to begin with).

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Makes me want to do a sequel called "The Pope Must Die Horribly", let's see them censor that one.

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This movie was released as The Pope Must Die back in 1991.

I saw it in NYC

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