The Kentucky Fried Movie
A loosely connected sketch collection that satirizes a broad spectrum of media genres—from news programs and commercials to porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, and mafia films—while weaving in a creeping fear that someone is watching you on the other side of the TV.
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John Landis
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Toxic Fletch
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 blaxploitation parody, and the gem of the movie which is a kung-fu parody which takes up a good bit of the movie's running time. Like any comedy skit anthology the skits are uneven. Some are winners, some are flops. In retrospect they are perhaps more interesting in looking back on the 70s in a parody format. But the kung-fu parody is truly on target in what it parodies and the centerpiece of the movie. Alone I would give the kung-fu parody an 8/10 rating. Unfortunately some of the other skits drag down the whole of the movie, but it is worth it just to see the kung-fu bit. I give it 6/10 **Toxic Fletch**
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The Kentucky Fried Movie FAQs
John Landis is the director of The Kentucky Fried Movie.
The cast of The Kentucky Fried Movie includes George Lazenby as The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon"), Branscombe Richmond as Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen"), Donald Sutherland as The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon"), John Cassisi as Teenage Volunteer, Evan C. Kim as Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen"), George Cheung as Guard #1 (segment "A Fistful of Yen"), Stephen Stucker as Stenographer (segment "Courtroom"), Marcy Goldman as Housewife (segment "Household Odors"), William Tregoe as John Fitzsimmons (segment "A.M. Today"), Marcus K. Mukai as Guard #2 (segment "A Fistful of Yen"), Felix Silla as Crazed Clown (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble"), Michael McManus as Hornung (segment "Courtroom"), and more.
The duration of The Kentucky Fried Movie is 1h 23 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Kentucky Fried Movie trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
The Kentucky Fried Movie was released on 10 Aug 1977.
The Kentucky Fried Movie is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
The Kentucky Fried Movie has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
