The Kentucky Fried Movie
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The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 sketch-comedy film directed by John Landis, known for its raunchy, satirical parodies of television, film, and pop culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kentucky Fried Movie canonical | 5 |
| Kentucky Fried Movie | 3 |
| Movie 43 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4525805 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Kentucky Fried Movie Context triple: [George Lazenby, notableAppearance, The Kentucky Fried Movie]
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A.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
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B.
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers is a 1930 Marx Brothers comedy film known for its rapid-fire wordplay, slapstick humor, and iconic performances by Groucho Marx.
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C.
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
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D.
Okay Bill
Okay Bill is a lesser-known film directed by Academy Award–winning filmmaker John G. Avildsen.
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E.
Fish Fry
"Fish Fry" is a track from Big Black's influential 1987 noise rock album "Songs About Fucking," showcasing the band's abrasive sound and confrontational style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Kentucky Fried Movie Target entity description: The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 sketch-comedy film directed by John Landis, known for its raunchy, satirical parodies of television, film, and pop culture.
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A.
The Jerk
The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
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B.
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers is a 1930 Marx Brothers comedy film known for its rapid-fire wordplay, slapstick humor, and iconic performances by Groucho Marx.
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C.
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
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D.
Okay Bill
Okay Bill is a lesser-known film directed by Academy Award–winning filmmaker John G. Avildsen.
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E.
Fish Fry
"Fish Fry" is a track from Big Black's influential 1987 noise rock album "Songs About Fucking," showcasing the band's abrasive sound and confrontational style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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parody film ⓘ sketch comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Kentucky Fried Theater stage show ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Dean Cundey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1970s ⓘ |
| director | John Landis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Film Distribution Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Folsey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresParodyOf |
blaxploitation films
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film ⓘ martial arts films ⓘ movie trailers ⓘ news broadcasts ⓘ television ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| followedBy | Airplane! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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parody ⓘ satire ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ |
| hasContentCharacteristic |
low-budget production
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raunchy humor ⓘ sexual humor ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early collaboration of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker ⓘ |
| notableSegment |
A Fistful of Yen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catholic High School Girls in Trouble NERFINISHED ⓘ Feel-A-Round NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American independent cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Robert K. Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rating | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1977-08-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 83 ⓘ |
| stars |
Bill Bixby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bong Soo Han NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Evan C. Kim NERFINISHED ⓘ George Lazenby NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Dow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Kentucky Fried Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
David Zucker
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Zucker NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Abrahams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Kentucky Fried Movie Description of subject: The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 sketch-comedy film directed by John Landis, known for its raunchy, satirical parodies of television, film, and pop culture.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kentucky Fried Movie
this entity surface form:
Kentucky Fried Movie
this entity surface form:
Kentucky Fried Movie
this entity surface form:
Movie 43