The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

R08/10/1977Comedy1h 23m
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The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Evan C. Kim

    Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

  2. Cast 1

    Bong Soo Han

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

  3. Cast 1

    Agneta Eckemyr

    Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

  4. Cast 1

    Marilyn Joi

    Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

  5. Saul Kahan

    Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

  6. Cast 1

    Marcy Goldman

    Housewife (segment "Household Odors")

  7. Cast 1

    Bill Bixby

    Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")

  8. Cast 1

    John Landis

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

  9. Dulcie Jordan

    Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")

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 f...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$600,000.00

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