The daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.The daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.The daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.
Evan C. Kim
- Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
- (as Evan Kim)
Bong Soo Han
- Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
- (as Master Bong Soo Han)
Joseph G. Medalis
- Paul Burmaster (segment "High Adventure")
- (as Joe Medalis)
Richard Gates
- Boy (segment "Eyewitness News")
- (as Rick Gates)
Tara Strohmeier
- Girl (segment "Eyewitness News")
- (as Tara Strohmeir)
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- TriviaOriginal titles for the film included "Free Popcorn" and "Closed for Remodeling." Presumably both were rejected for the confusion they would cause when displayed on a theater marquee.
- GoofsDuring the "Fistful of Yen" sequence, the tour guide mentions that the tanks containing the chemicals for germ warfare can each hold "4000 cubic liters". The liter is already a unit of volume, so the phrase "cubic liters" doesn't really mean anything.
- Quotes
Henry Gibson: In the past year, over 800,000 Americans have died. Despite millions of dollars of research, death continues to be our nation's number one killer.
- Crazy creditsThe credits state that the cast is listed in order of appearance - and then starts with Cleopatra Schwarz (who appears about 2/3rds of the way through the film)!
- Alternate versionsA version aired on Comedy Central (and perhaps on other channels) features a small variety of edits:
- The 'Cleopatra Schwartz' sequence is censored heavily for language and nudity
- During the closing sequence (where the teenagers are having sex on the couch, and the news crew is watching), the camera zoom is altered several times so that nothing but the teens' faces show. The zooms are awkward, and blatantly added.
- The entirety of the 'Catholic School Girls In Trouble' scene is missing. It is listed in the credits, however.
- ConnectionsFeatured in I Love the '70s: Volume 2: 1977 (2006)
- SoundtracksCarioca
(uncredited)
Music by Vincent Youmans
Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu
Performed by Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) with Paul Weston on piano (as Jonathan Edwards)
Featured review
Kentucky Fried Movie is one of those movies that throws so much at you that it doesn't matter if every joke sticks or not due to the sheer number of them. Personal favourites within the movie are the extended sequence that mimics Japanese chop socky films titled A Fistful Of Yen. It is so dead on that I couldn't stop laughing. The previews for the blaxploitation flick Cleopatra Schwartz and Catholic High School Girls in Trouble are also very high up on my list of funny moments from the film. As I said, not every joke works but there are so many of them that you can forgive the ones that don't. Not all the humour is for everyone. You have to keep in mind that this film was made in a time when political correctness just didn't exist. And good on it. Its meant to be funny at all costs and it is. We need more movies like this and less like Scary Movie. What happened to the days when a spoof was funny and not wink wink aren't we clever about it?
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- Jan 18, 2007
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- Also known as
- 11 O'Clock News
- Filming locations
- Rialto Theatre - 1023 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA(Feel-a-round sequence)
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- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) officially released in India in English?
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