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UHF

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Producing House

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1989-07-21

Runtime: 97 mins

Director: Jay Levey

Writer: Jay Levey, 'Weird Al' Yankovic

Spoken language: English, EspaƱol

Genres: Comedy

Original title: UHF

Production Companies: Cinecorp, Orion Pictures, Imaginary Entertainment

Production Countries: United States of America

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