UHF Movie Review 1989

A loser is appointed manager of a bargain-basement UHF television station. He turns it around via bizarre programming ideas. Some fun parodies of TV enhance this minimal story. Developed solely as a vehicle for Yankovic.

Distribution

Orion Home Video, MGM, 2500 Broadway, 3515, Santa Monica, CA 90404-3036, Phone: (310)449-3000, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Genre Spoofs, Mass Media, Inheritance, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

Jay Levey, Weird Al Yankovic

Cast

Weird Al Yankovic, Kevin McCarthy, Victoria Jackson, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Anthony Geary, Stan Brock, Trinidad Silva, Gedde Watanabe, Demento, Fran Drescher, John Paragon, Emo Phillips, Billy Barty

Cinematography

David Lewis

Director

Jay Levey

Music

John Du Prez

Producer

Orion Pictures