The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 American independent anthology sketch black comedy film, produced by Kim Jorgensen, Larry Kostroff, and Robert K. Weiss, and directed by John Landis. Among the numerous star cameos are George Lazenby, Bill Bixby, Henry Gibson, Barry Dennen, Donald Sutherland, Tony Dow, Stephen Bishop, and the voice of Shadoe Stevens. According to writer David Zucker on 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 and The Second City. The "feature presentation" portion of the film stars Evan C. Kim and hapkido grand master Bong Soo Han. The Kentucky Fried Movie marked the first film appearances of a number of actors who later became famous, and launched the careers of the Zucker brothers, Abrahams and Landis.
Cast
- Barry Dennen
- Bill Bixby
- Branscombe Richmond
- David Zucker
- Donald Sutherland
- Evan C. Kim
- Felix Silla
- Forrest J Ackerman
- George Cheung
- George Lazenby
- Henry Gibson
- Jerry Zucker
- Jim Abrahams
- John Landis
- Lance LeGault
- Neil Thompson
- Phillip Rhee
- Rick Baker
- Simon Rhee
- Tara Strohmeier
- Tina Louise
- Tony Dow
- Uschi Digard
More details
| author | David Zucker Jerry Zucker Jim Abrahams |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Kentucky |
| director | John Landis |
| genre | comedy |
| musicBy | Igo Kantor |
| producer | Robert K. Weiss |
| productionCompany | Kentucky Fried Theater |
| publisher | United Film Distribution Company |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | anthology black comedy independent martial arts parody |