The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!
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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$600,000
Revenue
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Release Date
August 10, 1977
Popularity
2
Director
John Landis
Writer
David Zucker
Writer
Jim Abrahams
Producer
Robert K. Weiss
Where to Watch
Cast
Evan C. Kim
Loo (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Bong Soo Han
Dr. Klahn (segment "A Fistful of Yen")
Agneta Eckemyr
Ming Chow (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")
Gallery
Reviews
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**
