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The Kentucky Fried Movie

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A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1977-08-10

Runtime: 83 mins

Director: John Landis

Writer: Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy

Original title: The Kentucky Fried Movie

Production Companies: United Film Distribution Company (UFDC), Kentucky Fried Theatre, Taurus Film

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Evan C. Kim

Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Bong Soo Han

Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Agneta Eckemyr

Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

Marilyn Joi

Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

Saul Kahan

Housewife (segment "Household Odors")

Marcy Goldman

Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")

Bill Bixby

TV Technician Thrown by Gorilla (segment "A.M. Today")

John Landis

Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")

Dulcie Jordan

Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors")

Gracia Lee

Guest #3 (segment "Household Odors")

Sheila Rogers

The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")

George Lazenby

The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon")

Victoria Carroll

The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")

Donald Sutherland

Reviews

Toxic Fletch

Not unlike Monty Python's Flying Circus or The Benny Hill Show, The Kentucky Fried Movie, no actual relation to Kentucky or chicken, is an uneven collection of comedy skits, but being this is not for television it is sleazed up for one's viewing pleasure. Parodying much of 70s TV shows and movies, there are skits like the naughty Catholic High School Girls in Trouble promo reel, a blaxploitation parody, and the gem of the movie which is a kung-fu parody which takes up a good bit of the movie's running time. Like any comedy skit anthology the skits are uneven. Some are winners, some are flops. In retrospect they are perhaps more interesting in looking back on the 70s in a parody format. But the kung-fu parody is truly on target in what it parodies and the centerpiece of the movie. Alone I would give the kung-fu parody an 8/10 rating. Unfortunately some of the other skits drag down the whole of the movie, but it is worth it just to see the kung-fu bit. I give it 6/10 **Toxic Fletch**

2017-05-09

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