PIZZA MOMENTS IN HOLLYWOOD

You can’t question how famous Pizzas are around the world – everybody eats them, even fictional characters on TV!

From the 1970’s till today, pizzas have been around in films in both cameo and more leading roles, and are almost always a source of humour. Such is the light-heartedness of pizza.

Anyway, here’s a look back at some of pizza’s most memorable moments in film history!

:: Pizza in “Dog Day Afternoon”
During this 1975 classic starring Al Pacino and John Cazale, the 2 lead characters, who are in the midst of a bank heist, get held up and negotiate with the FBI to have pizza delivered to them. The pizza delivery guy drops in, delivers the goods, and is then paid with cash from the bank, much to his delight as he exits the building.

:: Pizza in “Saturday Night Fever”
Yet another classic from the 70’s, where the lead character played by John Travolta opens the movie with a scene of him sandwiching 2 slices of pizza together and eating them in big chunks as he does his infamous “strut” down the street.
Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/2-BuZJqlOlc?t=59s

:: Pizza in “Ninja Turtles”
Ahh… we all remember these fighting turtles from our childhood and it’s where the term “Cowabunga” became mainstream, thanks to the fun-loving, nunchuck-wielding Michelangelo. The orange headband-wearing turtle also had an insatiable appetite for Pizzas, which becomes a signature part of his character.
Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/rLJUGIh-Cnw?t=15s & http://youtu.be/GhjHTc3mc0U?t=5m50s

:: Pizza in “Dude, Where’s My Car”
In the 2000 science fiction comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott, the 2 lead characters both have day jobs as pizza delivery guys that steal pizzas from work for their own eating pleasure. It sets the tone for their characters that go on to experience a SWEET adventure that sees them saving the world in the process.

:: Pizza in “Futurama”
The animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening (of The Simpsons) features a lead character called Phillip J Fry – a late 20th century New York City pizza delivery boy, who is cryogenically frozen for a thousand years.

:: Hollywood’s Ultimate Villain, Pizza the Hutt in “Spaceballs”
In this famous Mel Brooks movie, Pizza the Hutt is an evil half-man, half-pizza Mafioso and a parody of Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars. By the end of the film, a TV news segment reveals that he got locked in his limo and ate himself to death. What a way to go!
Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/r_CDCrsO604?t=1m43s

Of course, there are more examples, but we’re trying to keep this post short – that way, you’ll have more time for pizza. So come on over, grab your own Vivo pizza, and be a star… in a way.