The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

John Landis

Writers:

David Zucker (written by) &
Jim Abrahams (written by) ...

Release Date:

10 August 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This movie is totally out of control!

Plot:

Series of short, highly irreverent, and quite often tasteless skits.

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Decapitation | Flamethrower | Machine Gun | Absurd Humor

Cast

Marilyn Joi	...	Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
Saul Kahan	...	Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")
David Zucker	...	Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom")
Marcy Goldman	...	Housewife (segment "Household Odors")
Dulcie Jordan	...	Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors")
Gracia Lee	...	Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors")
Sheila Rogers	...	Guest #3 (segment "Household Odors")
Joseph G. Medalis	...	Paul Burmaster (segment "High Adventure") (as Joe Medalis)
Barry Dennen	...	Claude LaMont (segment "High Adventure")
Colin Male	...	Spokesman (segment "Argon")
Ed Griffith	...	Host (segment "Danger Seekers")
Robert Starr	...	Rex Kramer (segment "Danger Seekers")
Richard Gates	...	Boy (segment "Eyewitness News") (as Rick Gates)
Tara Strohmeier	...	Girl (segment "Eyewitness News") (as Tara Strohmeir)
Neil Thompson	...	Newscaster (segment "Eyewitness News")

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Australia:R | Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

KFM Films

Trivia:

In the "Fistful of Yen" sketch, when Loo first meets Dr. Klahn, the Chinese characters start speaking in Korean.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the courtroom scene, the car was said to have been in the northbound lanes of U.S. highway 30, which actually runs east-to-west.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Newscaster: The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in. Film at eleven.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Trading Places (1983)

Soundtrack:

Carioca

Well Fried

Though this movie has absolutely nothing to it, its considered a great movie on my part.

Not only did this movie make me burst a gut, but its a great satire of, well, everything. It's the remedy to any tear-jerker and also a great movie to watch when there's, "just nothing on that night", sit through it, have some laughs, and enjoy it. There's nothing better to it.

Of course, the main skit, "A fistful of yen" was absolute genius. The moves, and the way they were all made, was absolute prodegetic. I praise David and Jerry Zucker for this, and again, John Landis continues to make great movies. This, for one, is probably in his best other than "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers".

Serve up the chicken, because this movie is going to eat your heart out!