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Dynamite Chicken

  • 19711971
  • RR
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
238
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Dynamite Chicken (1971)
Comedy
A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies, but more a general patchwork than a p... Read allA collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies, but more a general patchwork than a purposeful collection.A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies, but more a general patchwork than a purposeful collection.
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
238
YOUR RATING
    • Ernest Pintoff
  • Writers
    • Frank Lauria(segments Prophets, Norma Jean)
    • Eliza Nimmo
    • Michael O'Donoghue(segment Phoebe Zeit-Geist)
  • Stars
    • Richard Pryor
    • Ace Trucking Company
    • Patti Deutsch
    • Ernest Pintoff
  • Writers
    • Frank Lauria(segments Prophets, Norma Jean)
    • Eliza Nimmo
    • Michael O'Donoghue(segment Phoebe Zeit-Geist)
  • Stars
    • Richard Pryor
    • Ace Trucking Company
    • Patti Deutsch
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    • 3User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Richard Pryor
    Richard Pryor
    • Self
    Ace Trucking Company
    • Themselves
    • (as Ace Trucking Co.)
    Patti Deutsch
    Patti Deutsch
    • Self - Ace Trucking Co.
    Michael Mislove
    Michael Mislove
    • Self - Ace Trucking Co.
    Bill Saluga
    Bill Saluga
    • Self - Ace Trucking Co.
    George Memmoli
    George Memmoli
    • Self - Ace Trucking Co.
    • (as George Terry)
    Fred Willard
    Fred Willard
    • Self - Ace Trucking Co.
    Roy Bond
    • Self - Ace Trucking Co.
    Ron Carey
    Ron Carey
    • Self
    Marshall Efron
    Marshall Efron
    • Self
    Lisa Ryan
    • Self
    Paul Krassner
    Paul Krassner
    • Self
    Peter Max
    Peter Max
    • Self
    La Rocque Bey School of Dance
    • Themselves
    Jay Garner
    • Self
    Al Goldstein
    Al Goldstein
    • Self
    Jim Buckley
    • Self
    Tuli Kupferberg
    • Self
    • (archive sound)
      • Ernest Pintoff
    • Writers
      • Frank Lauria(segments Prophets, Norma Jean)
      • Eliza Nimmo
      • Michael O'Donoghue(segment Phoebe Zeit-Geist)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Connections
      Edited from Home of the Brave (1949)
    • Soundtracks
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      Performed by Nina Simone

      Written by Nina Simone (as Miss Simone)

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    User reviews3

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    So this is what they did before public access!
    A rambling incoherent collection of commentary, skits and "psychedelic" imagery.

    Unless you have a historical interest about a particular person featured in the mess I would avoid watching this. I got it from a friend because a mutual friend of ours was in it. I tried to sit through it but was reduced to fast forwarding. I almost never do that.

    If there was some sort of connecting thread between all the stuff that happens it would be bearable. The only thing I could see was a need for the director to get some counter-culture filler between his animated collages of newspapers and magazines and shots of naked women. He must have had a lot of fun filming them. The director's leaning are clear when he gives a lot of screen time to Al Goldstein of Screw Magazine.

    Richard Pryor tries hard but, like most stand up comics, his routines flop without a live audience to bounce off of. One of the Ace Trucking, Co. skits did make me smile and it's interesting to see a young Fred Willard.

    Be forewarned, some of the people listed as appearing are on very briefly. This one is barely worth a dollar in the second-hand shop.
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    • ChungMo
    • Feb 29, 2004

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    • Release date
      • July 20, 1972 (Australia)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Dynamite Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 16 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Color
      • Mono

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