The Kentucky Fried Movie
The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!
1977 | 83m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Landis |
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| Writer: | David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 10, 1977 |
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| Director: | John Landis |
| Writer: | David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | journalism, tv ratings, manipulation of the media, television producer, commercial, satire, sketch comedy |
| Production Companies | Kentucky Fried Theatre, Taurus Film, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $600,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Evan C. Kim | Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Bong Soo Han | Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Marilyn Joi | Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz") |
| Saul Kahan | 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") |
| Dulcie Jordan | Guest #1 (segment "Household Odors") |
| Gracia Lee | Guest #2 (segment "Household Odors") |
| Sheila Rogers | Guest #3 (segment "Household Odors") |
| George Lazenby | The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon") |
| Victoria Carroll | The Nurse (segment "That's Armageddon") |
| Donald Sutherland | The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon") |
| Henry Gibson | Himself (segment "United Appeal for the Dead") |
| Rick Baker | Dino (segment "A.M. Today") (as Richard A. Baker) |
| Felix Silla | Crazed Clown (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble") |
| Tony Dow | Wally (segment "Courtroom") |
| Boni Enten | Rita Filagree (segment "Courtroom") |
| Michael McManus | Hornung (segment "Courtroom") |
| Dick Yarmy | Taylor (segment "Courtroom") |
| David Zucker | Man (segment "His New Car") / Technician #2 (segment "Eyewitness News") / Grunwald (segment "Courtroom") |
| Tara Strohmeier | Girl (segment "Eyewitness News") |
| Peggy Doyle | Auntie Em (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Branscombe Richmond | Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Lenka Novak | Linda Chambers (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble") |
| Nancy Mann | Susan Joyce (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble") |
| Betsy Genson | Nancy Reems (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble") |
| Uschi Digard | Woman in Shower (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble") |
| Jeff Maxwell | Man (segment "Feel-A-Round") |
| George Cheung | Guard #1 (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Phillip Rhee | Klahn's Guard (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| David Zucker | Various |
| Jim Abrahams | Various |
| Jerry Zucker | Various |
| Stephen Stucker | Stenographer (segment "Courtroom") |
| Richard Gates | Boy (segment "Eyewitness News") |
| William Tregoe | John Fitzsimmons (segment "A.M. Today") |
| Jack Baker | Man (segment "Sex Record") |
| Sharon Kaough | Woman (segment "Sex Record") |
| Manny Perry | Big Jim Slade (segment "Sex Record") |
| Shadoe Stevens | Voice Overs (voice) |
| Agneta Eckemyr | Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Derek Murcott | Pennington (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Colin Male | Spokesman (segment "Argon") / Voice Overs (voice) |
| John Cassisi | Teenage Volunteer |
| Tracy Landis | Candy Counter Girl (segment "Feel-a-Round" |
| Marcus K. Mukai | Guard #2 (segment "A Fistful of Yen") |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Landis | Director |
| David Zucker | Writer |
| Jim Abrahams | Writer |
| Robert E. Collins | Director of Photography |
| George Folsey Jr. | Editor |
| Rick Harvel | Art Direction |
| Cheri Ruff | Makeup Artist |
| Stephen M. Katz | Director of Photography |
| Mike Hanks | Casting |
| Igo Kantor | Original Music Composer |
| Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Costume Design |
| Nancy Gillis | Hairstylist |
| Edward Ternes | Makeup Artist |
| Jerry Zucker | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert K. Weiss | Producer |
| Kim Jorgensen | Executive Producer |
| Larry Kostroff | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Trending Position
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**