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The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie theatrical poster
Film information
NameThe Kentucky Fried Movie
Directed byJohn Landis
Produced byKim Jorgensen
Larry Kostroff
Robert K. Weiss
Written byJim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker
StarringBill Bixby
George Lazenby
Evan C. Kim
Tony Dow
Donald Sutherland
Tara Strohmeier
Branscombe Richmond
Music byIgo Kantor
CinematographyRobert E. Collins
Stephen M. Katz
Editing byGeorge Folsey Jr.
Distributed byUnited Film Distribution
Anchor Bay Entertainment (DVD)
Release dateAugust 10, 1977
Running time90 min.
Country 
LanguageEnglish
Budget$650,000
Gross revenue$20,000,000 (Global)=$15,000,000 (USA) + $5,000,000 (Non-USA)

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'The Kentucky Fried Movie' is an American comedy film, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis. The film's writers were the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. This same team would go on to write and direct Airplane!, Top Secret! and the Police Squad! television show and its movie spinoffs, The Naked Gun films. The "feature presentation" portion of the film stars Evan C. Kim and hapkido Grand Master Bong Soo Han. Among the numerous cameo stars were George Lazenby, Bill Bixby, Tony Dow, Donald Sutherland, and the voice of Shadoe Stevens. According to David Zucker in the DVD commentary track, David Letterman auditioned for the role of the newscaster, but was not selected. The movie also features many former members of The Groundlings theater, as well as some from The Second City.

This film is number 87 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", and is considered, along with The Groove Tube, to be the original groundbreaking pioneer film of the entire spoof and mockumentary genres of film making that followed it. The Kentucky Fried Movie marked the first film appearances of a number of actors who later became famous as well as being the vehicle that launched the careers of the Zucker brothers, Abrahams and Landis. It was Landis' work on this film that was largely responsible for him being recommended to direct National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978.

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Films directed by John Landis

1970sSchlock (1973) * The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) * National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
1980sThe Blues Brothers (1980) * An American Werewolf in London (1981) * Coming Soon (1982) * The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) * Trading Places (1983) * Into the Night (1985) * Spies Like Us (1985) * Three Amigos (1986) * Coming to America (1988)
1990sOscar (1991) * Innocent Blood (1992) * Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) * The Stupids (1996) * Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) * Susan's Plan (1998)
2000sSlasher (2004) * Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
2010sBurke and Hare (2010)

Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker

Collaborative worksThe Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) * Airplane! (1980) * Top Secret! (1984) * Police Squad! (TV-1982) * Ruthless People (1986) * The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
David Zucker filmsThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) * Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) * High School High (1996) * BASEketball (1998) * My Boss's Daughter (2003) * Scary Movie 3 (2003) * Scary Movie 4 (2006) * Superhero Movie (2008) * The Onion Movie (2008) * An American Carol (2008)
Jim Abrahams filmsBig Business (1988) * Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) * Hot Shots! (1991) * Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) * �First Do No Harm * Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) * Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Jerry Zucker filmsGhost (1990) * First Knight (1995) * Rat Race (2001)



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