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The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977 83 min ★ 6.2 Comedy

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.

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Cast

Evan C. Kim

Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Bong Soo Han

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

Agneta Eckemyr

Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

Marilyn Joi

Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz")

Marcy Goldman

Housewife (segment "Household Odors")

Bill Bixby

Himself (segment "Headache Clinic")

John Landis

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

Donald Sutherland

The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon")

Victoria Carroll

The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon")

George Lazenby

The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon")

Details

Director

John Landis

Tagline

"The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!"

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$600,000

Production

United Film Distribution Company (UFDC), Kentucky Fried Theatre, Taurus Film

Reviews

Toxic Fletch

May 9, 2017

★ 6/10

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 blaxploitatio...