Kentucky Fried Movie

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Movie
German title Kentucky Fried Movie
Original title The Kentucky Fried Movie
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1977
length 83 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Landis
script Jim Abraham's
Jerry Zucker
David Zucker
production Robert K. Weiss
music various
camera Robert E. Collins
Stephen M. Katz
cut George Folsey Jr.
occupation

Kentucky Fried Movie was the first work of the trio Jim Abrahams , Jerry Zucker and David Zucker ( ZAZ ) from 1977. In a series of several skits, the media and television landscape of that time is poked fun.

Episodes

The film does not follow a single storyline, but is divided into different episodes, which are largely strung together without any connection. The following is an overview of all episodes and the respective running times:

11 O'Clock News (0:06)

Here sits a newscaster who speaks the sentence: "We pissed into the popcorn that you are about to eat".

Argon oil (1:13)

A speaker introduces some new "energy recovery technologies". In a laboratory, for example, 2.5 million liters of crude oil are sucked off teenagers' faces every day. Another method is to collect discarded plastic combs from Italy, from whose fat residues 64,000 liters of crude oil are recovered every day. There is also talk of an attempt to get crude oil back from fast food packaging.

America Today (6:05)

This episode is a news show that ran into some trouble during the course of which, among other things, a sound transmission went wrong and a gorilla went nuts because he didn't want to hear that he was impotent. In this program, a dispute is presented in which the two opponents increasingly rely on insults rather than factual discussion.

His new car (0:24)

In this short sketch, a car is presented, which makes the driver aware of things overlooked by ringing and beeping noises. In order for the noises to stop, the door must be closed, the seat belt put on and the fly closed.

Catholic Schoolgirls in Need (2:00)

This is the first preview of a "Samuel L. Bronkowitz Production". This is a porn film. The entire episode is structured like a trailer, in which the film is highly praised.

Emotional Cinema (4:52)

A man pays entrance fee for a film that is shown "emotionally active". This means that there is a cinema employee behind every viewer in the cinema and transfers the feelings and pains of the film protagonists to them. For example, smoke is blown in the man's face when that happens in the film, and burns occur as well. After the film is over, as part of a program change, the next film Deep Throat is announced, which leads to the man's immediate escape from the cinema.

Nytex - The Headache Killer (0:35)

As in a commercial, a new headache reliever is introduced that is supposed to relieve the user of headaches overnight. While the narrator is speaking you can see a woman trying in vain to wake the sleeper.

Adventure Today (3:01)

This episode features an interview with an adventurer and researcher. During the conversation, the microphone, which picks up the interview from above, works itself and drives wildly around the two speakers. The microphone "drinks" from a glass of water and shaves the interviewee. The interview continues undeterred.

Bill Bixby Recommends: Sanhedrin (0:40)

Another commercial for headache medication. This time the actor Bill Bixby is the speaker. While he talks about the drug, he walks through a kind of laboratory in which scientists abuse the patients in various ways. For example, bottles are broken on a woman's head. In the background you can see Walter Koenig , who plays Chekov from Starship Enterprise .

Bad household smells (0:40)

A woman remembers a visit from her friends when they complained about the strong smell in their house.

The wonderful world of sex (4:55)

A couple wants to have sex under the guidance of a record. The two of them do exactly what they are advised to do, step by step, until the man's premature ejaculation occurs. In this case, the guide refers to the record “The joy of sex with Big Jim Slade”. Suddenly he rushes into the room, takes the woman with him and leaves the man behind.

For a handful of yen (31:34)

This is the second Samuel L. Bronkowitz production, which this time does not appear as a trailer, but as a real film in the film. This episode is the longest in the film and is a parody of the martial arts films of the time, particularly the Bruce Lee film, The Man with the Death Claw . Lou, who is well versed in martial arts, should join the organization of Dr. Klahn Schleusen, who plans to develop a bomb with the help of the scientist Ada Gronick, with which he can blackmail the world. Lou now has the task of destroying Klahn's army and freeing Ada Gronick.

Willer Beer (0:58)

A beer commercial starring Hare Krishna monks . The American beer brand Miller is parodied by turning the M upside down.

Scot Free - The Game! (0:58)

A commercial in which a board game is presented. It has a similar structure to Monopoly , but has the Kennedy assassination as its background. The goal is to escape after a successful murder attempt, destroy evidence and win over public opinion.

That's Armageddon! (2:17)

The third Samuel L. Bronkowitz production is again a trailer. This time the disaster films of the time are parodied. All kinds of catastrophes are shown, including earthquakes, floods and fires. Actors George Lazenby and Donald Sutherland have guest appearances on this episode.

Help for the Dead (1:42)

An organization explains its plan to reintegrate deceased family members into the community. For example, a family is shown that has reintegrated their son Johnny, who has died three years ago, into their family life. For example, he sits with them at the dining table and goes to a sporting event with them. The host of this charity clip is Henry Gibson .

In judgment (part 1) (4:35)

A parody of a report from the courtroom.

Nesson Oil (0:14)

The court program is briefly interrupted by a commercial in which a girl roasts her cat.

In Judgment (Part 2) (3:02)

The second part of the court broadcast. It turns out that the show's commentator is the culprit.

Cleopatra Black (1:24)

The last trailer of a Samuel L. Bronkowitz production parodies the Blaxploitation film character Cleopatra Jones . It's about a tall black policewoman who, together with her rather skinny husband, a rabbi, is fighting against crime.

Zinc oxide and you! (1:59)

An educational film about the importance of zinc oxide . Using the example of a housewife, it is shown which things mankind would forego if there were no zinc oxide.

Rex Kramer - Danger Seeker! (1:02)

The adventurer Rex Kramer is introduced. As a show of courage, he stands in the middle of a group of African Americans and shouts "niggers", which means that they chase him. Rex Kramer is also the name of a character in the "Zucker Abrahams Zucker" film The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Plane .

Spanner TV (4:24)

While a couple is enjoying themselves in front of the television, the news is on. The newscaster notices the two of them from the television and watches them as he reads his text. After a while, the speaker can no longer concentrate properly, and a few technicians come into the picture who want to watch the couple's intercourse. The couple does not notice that they are being watched.

background

  • The film was a budget of 600,000 US dollars turned what was already regarded at that time as low.
  • In For a Fistful of Yen , the Bruce Lee character tries to use facial expressions and gestures to tell the kidnapped Ada Gronick that he will save her. The hostess's assistant, who is standing next to him, was unable to concentrate during the shoot and had to laugh incessantly. Because it took too much time, a "screwed up" take was simply taken when editing.
  • The actors appearing in For a Handful of Yen are almost without exception real martial artists, especially the master Han Bong-soo (Dr. Klahn) who is known in martial arts circles and who introduced Hapkido to the USA ten years earlier and who later convinced Hollywood to be real martial artists for Use martial arts films.
  • For a handful of yen , it ends with Lou waking up believing that he has dreamed it all. This scene, shot in black and white, is completely taken from the classic The Wizard of Oz .
  • One of the episodes shows Leslie Nielsen , who later became the protagonist of the ZAZ- produced series The Naked Pistol and the slapstick classic The Naked Cannon based on it.

Reviews

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: “A loose sequence of more than twenty sketches that target trend films and spots from cinema and television. The satirically exaggerated parody makes fun of sometimes funny, sometimes just crude and obscene fashionable production and consumption habits and remains in topical and relatively pale in social criticism. "

Dirk Jaspers Filmlexikon summarized: "Funny, shameless, malicious, crazy and indestructible!"

Prisma-Online said: “It is indestructible, the TV satire by John Landis and the ZAZ team. There is no continuous action, but there is vigorous zapping back and forth between the channels. What emerges is a wild mixture of news, reports, advertising, gossip, talk show, cooking class and other aberrations. The film has long been a classic. In 20 sketches, director John Landis humorously, shamelessly and maliciously reviews the over-the-top offerings of the American media world, from a parody of karate and gangster films to a trip to the “emotional” cinema to sex in front of the television - commented by the news spokesman . The main thing is that it is primitive, cheap and always garnished with sex and action: Wonderland television as a nightmare. More than 20 years after its creation, the horror has become a reality: Much of what is being advertised as TV entertainment today with absolute beer seriousness exceeds the parody of absurdity and tastelessness many times over. "

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kentucky Fried Movie on boxofficemojo.com
  2. ↑ Kentucky Fried Movie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Dirk Jaspers Film Lexicon: Review of Kentucky Fried Movie ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Prisma-Online's short review "Kentucky Fried Movie"