The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

John Landis

Writers:

Jim Abrahams (writer)
David Zucker (writer)

Release Date:

10 August 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This movie is totally out of control!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Korean | Hare Krishna | Bicycle | Hapkido | Topless

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:

1.85 : 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:

The gorilla, Dino, is played by special effects make-up artist Rick Baker, wearing the prototype design he made to audition for King Kong (1976).

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:

Announcer: It's been said that the test of a man's courage is how performs in the face of danger. Well, in the next half hour, you're gonna meet a very unique breed of cat. The kind of man who doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. Rex Kramer, part-time airline mechanic, full-time daredevil. A man willing to risk his life for the sake of adventure. He has to chase it, confront it, and whip it. Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker!

Movie Connections:

References Schlock (1973)

Soundtrack:

Carioca

A film of extra ordinary magnitude

The writers of Airplane! honed their comedic edge a few years earlier putting this smorgasboard together. Film is a Firesign Theatre-esque "comedy anthology", a group of generally good comedy skits centered around a very funny martial arts take-off. Ages rather well despite being frequently copied. The persons responsible for this movie have my gratitude.