UHF (1989)

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Jay Levey Director

"Weird Al" Yankovic's movie debut, in which he inherits a local TV station and fills it with wacky, offbeat programming in an attempt to defeat the corrupt local station.
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Actor Trinidad Silva who played Raul in the movie, was killed by a drunk driver before all his scenes were filmed. The movie is dedicated to his memory.

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"These floors are dirty as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"

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Quote: Conan the Librarian

"Don't you know the Dewey Decimal Sytem?!"

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Writers
Cast
'Weird Al' Yankovic George Newman
Victoria Jackson Teri
Kevin McCarthy R.J. Fletcher
Michael Richards Stanley Spadowski
David Bowe Bob
Stanley Brock Uncle Harvey
Anthony Geary Philo
Trinidad Silva Raul Hernandez
Gedde Watanabe Kuni
Billy Barty Noodles MacIntosh
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UHF contains a number of parodies of films from the 1980s. Films parodied include Conan the Barbarian, Gandhi, and Rambo.
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General Information Edit
Name UHF
US Release July 21, 1989
UK Release
AUS Release Nov. 2, 1989
Runtime 97
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English
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Comedy
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parody
Rating PG-13
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $6,157,157
  • = total worldwide gross $6,157,157
  • - a reported budget of $5,000,000
  • = a 23.1% net profit of $1,157,157
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