UHF
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- cultfilmliker23 april 2026“Is my face red!” Loved the “shows”. The main story was a fun B-movie! The war stuff was undeniably great. Makes me wanna rewatch Hot Shots and see if it holds up If I create a time machine, I’ll probably become a creep that travels to 1978 to see if I had a chance with Fran Drescher (I would be age appropriate in this scenario) Added to Slapstick Fantastic
- Richard20 oktober 2025Rented this one on video, back when cover art promised chaos and Weird Al delivered. Al plays George Newman, an unemployed dreamer who stumbles into managing a failing UHF station. What follows is a glorious descent into parody, low budget brilliance and channel surfing madness. The station becomes a hit thanks to offbeat programming: “Wheel of Fish,” “Raul’s Wild Kingdom,” and Stanley Spadowski’s mop fueled rise to stardom. Michael Richards is unhinged and hilarious and Kevin McCarthy chews scenery as the corporate villain. The film is packed with movie spoofs, surreal gags and the kind of humor that feels like it was written by someone raised on Twinkies and late-night TV. I liked the DIY spirit, the absurdity and the way it made rented nights feel like a cult comedy treasure hunt, with mop speeches, Rambo riffs and a finale that’s pure underdog joy.
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UHF was released on 21 juli 1989.
UHF was directed by Jay Levey.
UHF has a runtime of 1 u, 37 m.
UHF was produced by Gene Kirkwood, John W. Hyde.
Beroepshalve is George een mislukking, maar in zijn dagdromen beleeft hij als Indiana Jones geweldige avonturen en maait hij als Rambo hele rijen tegenstanders neer. Op een dag erft hij van een oom een compleet regionaal tv-station dat weliswaar op sterven na dood is. Met de hulp van zijn vriend Bob en de knotsgekke showmaster Stanley tracht hij het tv-net er weer bovenop te helpen. Hun doldrieste invallen en gekke grappen jagen de kijkcijfers de hoogte in, tot groot ongenoegen van R.J., de baas van concurrent Channel 8. Die probeert voortdurend stokken tussen de wielen te steken...
The key characters in UHF are George Newman ('Weird Al' Yankovic), R.J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy), Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards).
UHF is rated 16.
UHF is a Komedie, Sciencefiction film.
UHF has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
UHF had a budget of US$ 5 mln..
UHF has made US$ 6,2 mln. at the box office.