Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 07/21/1989(USA)
Release Date: 06/04/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DDS/DD1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM

UHF is the film debut of comedy-rock satirist Weird Al Yankovic, who also co-wrote the screenplay. George Newman (Yankovic) and his friend, Bob (David Bowe from The Cable Guy), are fired from their jobs at Burger World. So George decides to take over channel 62, a failing local TV station that his Uncle Harvey (Stanley Brock) won in a poker game. George turns it around into an overnight success after letting the janitor, Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards from Seinfeld), host a kid's show. George then fills the broadcast day with bizarre programming, bringing the ratings up and saving the station. Soon, rival station CEO R.J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy) of channel 8 threatens to sabotage the successful station and George must come up with a way to save it. Only loosely constructed around this story line, UHF is mostly a series of TV, movie, and music parodies strung together and played for cheap laughs. UHF also stars Victoria Jackson, Emo Philips, and Fran Drescher.

~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Weird Al Yankovic - George Newman
Michael Richards - Stanley Spadowski
Kevin McCarthy - R.J. Fletcher
Anthony Geary - Philo
Victoria Jackson - Teri
Stanley Brock - Uncle Harvey
David Bowe - Bob
Trinidad Silva - Raul Hernandez
Gedde Watanabe - Kuni
Billy Barty - Noodles MacIntosh
John Paragon - Richard Fletcher
Fran Drescher - Pamela Finklestein
Sue Ane Langdon - Aunt Esther
David Proval - Head Thug
Grant James - Killer Thug
Emo Philips - Joe Earley
Jay Levey - Gandhi

Production:
Jay Levey - Director
Kevin Breslin Deren Getz John W. Hyde Gene Kirkwood - Co Producer
John Du Prez - Composer
Dennis M. O'Connor - Editor
Weird Al Yankovic Jay Levey - Screen Writer
Robert Zilliox - Set Designer
Barbara Hanley - Casting
Cathy Henderson - Casting
Michael Cutler - Casting
David Lewis - Cinematographer
Tom McKinley - Costume Designer
Gray Fredrickson - Executive Producer
Lynne Eagan - Makeup
Gray Fredrickson - Production Designer
Ward Preston - Production Designer
Mike Menzel - Special Effects
Dennis Madalone - Stunts
George Fisher - Stunts

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