From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Revision as of 09:55, 28 November 2017 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff		Current revision Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)
Line 1:		Line 1:
-	{{Template}}	+	#redirect[[Kung fu (term)]]
-		+
-	'''''The Kentucky Fried Movie''''' is a 1977 [[independent film|independently made]] American [[Anthology film|anthology]] [[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 (singer)|Stephen Bishop]], and the voice of [[Shadoe Stevens]]. According to 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, as well as being the vehicle that launched the careers of the Zucker brothers, Abrahams, and [[John Landis|Landis]].	+
-		+
-	Landis' work on the film was responsible for his being recommended to direct ''[[Animal House|National Lampoon's Animal House]]'' in 1978.	+
-		+
-	The film's writers were the team of [[Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker|David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker]], who subsequently wrote and directed ''[[Airplane!]]'', ''[[Top Secret!]]'', and the ''[[Police Squad!]]'' television series and its film spin-offs, [[The Naked Gun|''The Naked Gun'' films]].	+
-		+
-	==Plot==	+
-	''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' contains largely unconnected [[sketch comedy|sketches]] that parody various film genres, including [[exploitation film]]s. The film's longest segment spoofs early [[kung-fu]] films, specifically ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''; its title, ''A Fistful of Yen'', refers to ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''. Parodies of [[disaster film]]s (''That's Armageddon''), blaxploitation films (''Cleopatra Schwartz'') and softcore porn/[[Women in prison film|women-in-prison film]]s (''Catholic High School Girls in Trouble'') are presented as "Coming Attraction" [[trailer (promotion)|trailers]]. The fictional films are said to have been produced by "Samuel L. Bronkowitz" (a conflation of [[Samuel Bronston]] and [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], but also a spoof of B-movie producer and [[American International Pictures]] co-founder [[Samuel Z. Arkoff]]). The sketch ''[[See You Next Wednesday]]'' mocks theater-based gimmicks like [[Sensurround]] by depicting a dramatic film presented in "Feel-a-Round", which involves an usher physically accosting a theater patron. Other sketches spoof TV commercials and programs, news broadcasts, and classroom educational films. The city of Detroit and its high crime rate are a running gag portraying the city as Hell on Earth; in "A Fistful of Yen", the evil drug lord orders a captured CIA agent to be sent to Detroit, and the agent screams and begs to be killed instead.	+
-		+
-	The film is number 87 on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] "100 Funniest Movies," and is considered, along with ''[[The Groove Tube]]'', to be one of the groundbreaking films of the entire [[parody|spoof]] and [[mockumentary]] genres of film making.	+
-	{{GFDL}}	+

---

Current revision

1. redirectKung fu (term)