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The Kentucky Fried Movie

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6.2/10 • 312

1977-08-101h 23m

Comedy

The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!

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.

Directors
John Landis
Writters
David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
Editors
George Folsey Jr.

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Evan C. Kim

    Evan C. Kim

    Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

  2. Bong Soo Han

    Bong Soo Han

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

  3. Marilyn Joi

    Marilyn Joi

    Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

  4. Saul Kahan

    Saul Kahan

    Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

  5. Marcy Goldman

    Marcy Goldman

    Housewife (segment "Household Odors")

  6. Bill Bixby

    Bill Bixby

    Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")

  7. John Landis

    John Landis

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

  8. Dulcie Jordan

    Dulcie Jordan

    Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")

  9. Gracia Lee

    Gracia Lee

    Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors")

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Toxic Fletch

May 9, 2017

6/10

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

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$600,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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