The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Directed by

John Landis

Genre

parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 362 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sketch comedy film made up of short segments that parody TV commercials, news broadcasts, B-movies, and other media. It keeps jumping between different goofy scenarios and jokes with no connecting story.

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What happens

The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 American sketch comedy film directed by John Landis and written by the trio of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (ZAZ). It comprises 26 segments parodying a variety of styles and formats, including television commercials, news broadcasts, exploitation films and public service announcements. The film was based upon sketches originally created by ZAZ as part of their live comedy show, the Kentucky Fried Theater. Produced independently on a low budget, the film features a large ensemble cast with star cameos including George Lazenby, Bill Bixby, Henry Gibson, Barry Dennen, Donald Sutherland, Tony Dow, Stephen Bishop and the voice of Shadoe Stevens. The "feature presentation" segment, a martial arts film satire, stars Evan C. Kim and hapkido grand master Han Bong-soo. The Kentucky Fried Movie was released on August 10, 1977. It was both a critical and commercial success, and launched the careers of Landis and ZAZ as mainstream comedy filmmakers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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