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The Kentucky Fried Movie is a american film of genre Comedy directed by John Landis released in USA on 10 august 1977 with Marilyn Joi

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

The Kentucky Fried Movie
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Released in USA 10 august 1977
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating63% 3.1983853.1983853.1983853.1983853.198385

The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 American anthology comedy film directed by John Landis.

The film's writers were the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, who went on to write and direct Airplane!, Top Secret!, and the Police Squad! television series and its film 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, Henry Gibson, Barry Dennen, Donald Sutherland, Tony Dow, Stephen Bishop, 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 film also features many former members of The Groundlings theater and some from The Second City.

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. Landis's work on this film was responsible for his being recommended to direct National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978.

Synopsis

Un film de sketches totalement satirique et délirant, où tous les genres se mêlent (films de pub, films de Kung Fu, films catastrophe, films de guerre, films d'espionnage, films de mafia, films pornos...), HAMBURGER FILM SANDWICH est truffé de participation amicales insolites (un ex-James Bond, Bill Bixby en Hulk, Donald Sutherland, Henry Ibsen - le nazi des BLUES BROTHERS, etc...). Les références aux films cultes des années 70, sont innombrables (Dirty Harry, Opération Dragon, La tour infernale, etc.) Irracontable, même en se forçant... Un concentré de mauvais goût, politiquement incorrect et parfaitement irrespectueux.

Actors

Marilyn Joi

(Cleopatra Schwartz (segment "Cleopatra Schwartz"))Bill Bixby

(Himself (segment "Headache Clinic"))George Lazenby

(The Architect (segment "That's Armageddon"))Tony Dow

(Wally (segment "Courtroom"))Donald Sutherland

(The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon"))
And :
Branscombe Richmond
John Landis
Barry Dennen
Henry Gibson
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