The Kentucky Fried Movie
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 , Bong Soo Han , Marilyn Joi , Marcy Goldman , Bill Bixby , John Landis , George Lazenby
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You won't be disappointed!
the audience applauded
Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Directed by John 'An American Werewolf in London' Landis and written by Jim Abrahams and David & Jerry Zucker of Airplane fame, Kentucky Fried Movie is a scattershot skit comedy in which the gags come thick and fast. Fake movie trailers, faux news reports, and mock adverts abound, with the occasional cameo from a recognisable face.As is often the case with the sketch format, the comedy is very hit and miss—perhaps even more miss than hit—but when KFM scores, it does so brilliantly, as evidenced by the film's 'feature presentation', A Fistful of Yen, a keenly observed spoof of Enter The Dragon that sees Evan C Kim mercilessly lampooning Bruce Lee with deadly accuracy (best gags: Mr Loo's speech impediment, the guy with the bullhorn, and the three kung fu dudes, Hung Well, Long Wang and Enormous Genitals).Other moments worthy of mention are the trailer for the ultimate sexploitation flick Catholic High School Girls In Trouble (so many boobs!), the appearance of Big Jim Slade during The Wonderful World of Sex (a skit that also gives us the unforgettable line the line "the female, if she is so inclined, may latch onto his honker"), the very silly Courtroom sketch ("I'd like the ladies and gentlemen of the jury to listen to a tape"), and my personal favourite, Donald Sutherland as the Clumsy Clown.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.
A series of short, highly irreverent, and often tasteless skits.This crossed my desk because it was on a list of must-see cult films. I also wanted to see it because it comes from John Landis. Although I have seen clips, surprisingly it took until now (June 2017) to see it in its entirety. What was wrong with me? Although I am not typically a fan of gratuitous nudity, and this film has plenty of that, as a whole this is comedy gold. It is obvious how this was the same brand of humor that brought us "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun". In some ways, I would even go so far as to say this film is funnier than either of those. Special thanks to Donald Sutherland!
When I was in college, I thought this movie was hilarious.Now that I'm older, I realize that most of the laughs are cheap and most of the humor sophomoric.The strongest part of the film is "A fistful of Yen" bit, where they send up "Enter the Dragon" with an actor who is playing Bruce Lee's part with an awful lisp. It's the kind of parody you find funny because it mocks the movie lovingly, something the producers would later do to much greater effect with the Airplane movies.There a few other funny skits, but the laughs are cheap. The only thing you can say to it is when they got a cheap laugh, they moved on to something else, unlike their later endeavors where they milked a cheap laugh for the whole movie.
Kentucky Fried Movie will always remind me of my youth for I was fortunate enough to have seen it when it came out at the tender age of 11. I somehow talked my Dad into believing this was just some silly comedy (this was very pre-internet and the paper just said it was funny) so he took my older sister (13) and I to a matinée. Little did my father realize how crude this was until it was too late, he and my sister were mortified but I realize now he was laughing his butt off and that was the reason we stayed.Teens today will not get most of the dated jokes in this classic comedy but they should still appreciate some of the great one liners and terrific dialog. "A fist full of yen" is a retarded masterpiece along with "CHSGIT" and the fantastic "Christ did a cow sh@t in here?" line. And who can ever forget BIG JIM SLADE! Yes it is very juvenile, very dated and some of the jokes fall flat but if you can't find something in here to die laughing about then you don't have a pulse. Now, take him to Detroit!