GonewiththePope-Brillo-Duke Mitchell

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A renowned nightclub entertainer, singer and movie actor known as “Mr. Palm Springs,” Duke Mitchell [pictured] directs and stars in GONE WITH THE POPE as an ex-con who hatches a plan to kidnap the Pope in exchange for the ransom of “a dollar from every Catholic in the world.” The movie has been described as “the holy grail for lovers of B-movies” and “a true gem from the American underground.”

GONE WITH THE POPE was shot in 1975 but remained unfinished at the time of Duke Mitchell’s death in 1981. The film reels sat in his son’s garage until Grindhouse Releasing owners Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski offered to take a shot at piecing the movie together. Murawski took charge of the restoration and spent 15 years giving Mitchell’s low-budget movie an A-list treatment in between editing Sam Raimi’s SPIDER MAN 1, 2 & 3, DRAG ME TO HELL, and THE HURT LOCKER.

“Mr. Palm Springs.”   Boy, that is a hell of a legacy.  That is just a glitter-covered cold sore of a title, isn’t it?  And in case you were wondering, Sage Stallone is Sly’s son.  Full name: Sage Moonblood Stallone.  According to Wikipedia, he was briefly married to Starlin Wright in 2007. I also hear he and Gwyneth Paltrow’s niece, Astronaut P. Clownmonkey, go to the same Kabballah Shaman.

Here are the dates:

April 3 – Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle

April 23 & 25 – CPH PIX Festival, Copenhagen

May 6 – George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

May 10 – Doc Films, Chicago

May 21 & 22 - E Street Cinema, Washington, D.C.

June 4 & 5 – Sunshine Cinema, NYC

June 11 & 12 – Uptown Theatre, Minneapolis

June 18 & 19 Main Art Theatre, Detroit

June 25 & 26 River Oaks, Houston

July 2 & 3 Inwood Theatre, Dallas

And here is the incredible, NSFW trailer:

If you don’t like it, you can go stick it up ya motha’s twat. This is exactly how my dad used to talk.