UHF

Movie

1989

1h 37m

PG-13

English

Comedy

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The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

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UHF

PG-13

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1989

1h 37m

English

Comedy

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The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

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Cast

George Newman

R.J. Fletcher

Stanley Spadowski

Bob

Harvey Bilchik

Philo

Raul Hernandez

Kuni

Noodles MacIntosh

Richard Fletcher

Pamela Finklestein

Esther Bilchik

Head Thug

Killer Thug

Teri

Joe Earley

Gandhi

Cameraman

Bum

FCC Man

Bartender

Sy Greenblum

Crazy Ernie

Earl Ramsey

Teri's Father

Directed By: Jay Levey

Written By: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Jay Levey

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smcamp1234 says...

7 years ago

Now if only there could be a sequel.

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TheGloriousSOB says...

7 years ago

I saw this in theaters when I was a kid; decent movie. Good thing my new terrestrial channel Charge TV's airing it. Also starring Luke from "General Hospital" & a pre-famous Michael Richards.

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Stephen__King says...

one year ago

Probably the funniest thing I really should have seen 20 to 30 years ago. As I watched this I couldn't believe how much inspiration Rick and Morty's Interdimensional Cable took from the insanity of UHF. Thankfully there were lulls in the movie to calm me down from delirious laughing fits. It was just so clever with its jokes, none felt dated or used overdone tropes, and feels just as fresh now in 2023 as it probably did in 1989. Michael Richard's Stanley Spadowski seemed like a proto-dumb and dumber character but played in my opinion with much better comedic acting, even though I hold Jim Carey in high esteem, the level of insanity mixed with kid-like innocence from Michael Richard never felt obnoxious. This is a damn funny comedy movie, but only to certain people with a forgiving sense of humor. It's just silly. Just silly weird insane stupid jokes. Weird Al hit it out of the park with this, and I'm pretty upset there weren't more movies like this from him.

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redgraffix says...

13 years ago

Great movie. See Kramer before he was Kramer. If it was a real tv station I would watch it all the time!

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AndrewBloom

3/10 6 years ago

[3.3/10] There’s an old chestnut from Weird Al Yankovic himself about where the peak of his musical career is. According the accordion-playing parodist of record, his best album is “whichever one you listened to when you were in middle school.” Weird Al has had the kind of longevity that makes More

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greysondn

CONTAINS SPOILERS8/10 5 years ago

(8-ish / 10) Most movies don't age well. There's a long, storied review pointing out the poorly aged parts of UHF. "What a travesty, it isn't a critical darling!"

In the context of today's media, everything has to make a point (which is a fact equally bemoaned by one of th More

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drqshadow

7/10 4 years ago

First time sharing it with my sons. They're old enough to level-up, so to speak, so we're finally starting to move beyond Disney and test out some fun stuff.

This one's a virtual sugar-rush of wacky ideas, pulsing lights, loud music and general unbridled zaniness. In other words, a fi More

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