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UHF (1989)
6.7
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 15,153 users
Metascore:
32/100
Reviews: 188 user | 43 critic | 11 from Metacritic.com A local public station gets a new owner. The station becomes a hit, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor. Director:Jay Levey |
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Storyline
The wortless daydreaming slob George Newman can't keep a job for more than a few days at a time before he gets fired. Fortunately, his uncle wins a UHF television station in a poker-game (it was almost bankrupt), which George Newman is put in charge of. Will the new job be any different from the last few jobs he's had? Written by Lars J. Aas <larsa@colargol.edb.tih.no>
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A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means. But not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant. See more »Genres:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Vidiot from UHF See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$6,157,157 (USA)Company Credits
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Bob: Guys, I'm trying to work... Do you mind?
Stanley Spadowski: I don't mind. Go right ahead... Do you mind, George?
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Written & Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Published by Holy Moley Music See more »
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After extremely positive feedback from test screenings, the struggling Orion Pictures concluded that this film was their sure-fire summer blockbuster. Unfortunately, the film was released during the summer of 1989 against huge films like Lethal Weapon 2, Batman and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. "UHF" was subsequently crushed at the box office. Although it made $6.5 million domestic box office on a $5-million production budget, this estimate does not take into account that studios only take in generally half of its theatrical gross, the rest going to exhibitors. Following another string of box-office flops, Orion went bankrupt in the early 1990s. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Joe Earley loses his thumb in the table saw and lifts his arm to examine the wound, briefly his thumb can be seen bent underneath his hand. See more »Quotes
Stanley Spadowski: George, you know I was wondering, like if you were traveling through outer space, I mean like you're going real fast, like the speed of light, you know... hoooohhhhh... and all of a sudden you started screaming... aaaahhhhh aaaaahhhhh... Do you think your brain would blow up?Bob: Guys, I'm trying to work... Do you mind?
Stanley Spadowski: I don't mind. Go right ahead... Do you mind, George?
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Connections
Featured in "The Nostalgia Critic: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (#1.31)" (2008) See more »Soundtracks
"FUN ZONE"Written & Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
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