UHF

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Summary: Many Hidden Features
Review: The first one is on the set up menu!
highlight french for spoken language and hit left. you should see a fish highlighted!!! hit enter and you'll see Stanley tell you what he had for breakfast and he'll tell you that he's going to go play!!!

also go to special features and highlight the audio commentary. Hit left and the "Watch for falling rocks" sign will be highlighted. hit enter and Stanley will tell you to "BE THERE!"

select any special feature that has "On other side" on it when you highlight it! When you click on that feature "Weird" Al himself will come out to tell you to flip the DVD over. However, if you keep clicking on it Al comes back out more annoyed by the fact you are not listening to him!

on the main menu highlight setup and hit down the right TV knob should be highlighted click enter and you'll see an intro clip of Al editing the film,plus if you watch the movie with the commentary on you'll see Al jump onto the screen and tell Stanley the thugs are going through the window when he build his barracade!

On the SCENE SELECTIONS screen. Higlight the numbers 13-16, then pres down to highlight the center icon on the TV. Press enter to see a highlight of Fran Dresher from the telethon sequence.

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Summary: An Extremely Stupid Movie....
Review: ...and I mean that in a GOOD way. It's not a movie you watch for plot, acting or even sex and violence (well, maybe a LITTLE violence). You watch it for the gags. And if they make you laugh, the movie is a success.

Al riffs on movies and television the way he does on music. The gags don't always work. The opening Indy Jones spoof, while it has it's moments, isn't as funny as I think it could have been. For the most part, however, they do. I dare you not to at least crack a smile during a promo for "Ghandi II". I'm willing to bet that if you have a smidgen of a sense of humor, you will be rolling on the floor. Or "Wheel of Fish", hosted by Al's Karate instructor neighbor. Other highlights include "Raul's Wild Kingdom", "Spatula City" and Al invoking Stallone for a hilarious "Rambo" riff.

Even so, while the gags are great, I'm not sure the movie would have been as funny without an absolutely inspiring comic performance by Michael Richards as Stanley Spadowski. Michael helps keep this movie afloat by taking a cue from Al and throwing dignity to the wind and having a good time.

UHF is by no means a masterpiece of motion pictures. What is is is about an hour and a half of good old fashioned laughs, and what more does anyone want for Weird Al? I, for one, would love to see him take another shot at the movies.

That being said, the special features were pretty cool, too. There's an extremely short behind the scene feature, trailers, deleted scenes and pictures. However, the treat is the commentary by Al and Jay Levey. Al's very informative and Jay seems to be having fun watching the movie. Watch out for some of the stars of the movie dropping by to add comments. It's good to see that Michael Richards remembers the good ol' pre-Seinfeld days when he wasn't a star and can drop by for a nice chat. Another plus is the menu screens with Al creeping around, mugging and whatnot while you figure out which feature to watch first.

Chances are if you're a Weird Al fan, you already know all this and it was part of your DVD library the day of it's release. But those who aren't as enlightened should pick it up. Warning, though, if you have no sense of humor, or if your humor is more of the upscale brand, this may not be to your taste... Ah, heck, give it a shot anyways, you never know!

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Summary: funny ! zany ! inventive !
Review: This ingenious cult classic has sight gags galore !
Very few comedies make me laugh, but this flick, with it's plot of "down-and-out loser makes good on obscure T.V. station", gets me howling with gusto non stop.
With a terrific cast, among them the marvelous Kevin McCarthy as the E-vil Mr. Fletcher, Fran Drescher, and Michael Richards, as a looney janitor and "T.V. star". He's hilarious, a true clown, and I think highly underrated...and in this film gets to shine.

There are wonderful spoofs of ludicrous T.V. ads (my favorites are "Spatula City" and "Plots R Us"), and shows like "Conan the Librarian". Another good turn is Weird Al's rubber-suited Rambo. As an animal rights person, I can live without "Raul's Wild Kingdom", but the comic irreverence of "Gandhi II" is a priceless piece of buffoonery.

If like me, you're a fan of Weird Al's bizarre, imaginitive humor and his clever parodies, and appreciate Michael Richard's brilliant physical antics, you're guaranteed to find this celebration of warm hearted, whacky merriment a bundle of fun.

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Summary: Everything you could possibly want and more!
Review: After years of being out-of-print and out-of-reach price-wise, UHF is finally available again -- in one of the best DVDs of the year and a perfect treatment of a great cult film. The film itself is a riot with wonderful parodies of movies and TV interlaced with a silly, but entertaining plot. Michael Richards is great as the janitor who becomes a TV star too. The DVD is loaded with extras -- outtakes, a video, easter eggs, trailers, commentary by Weird Al and others...and other goodies...it's a delight on every level. And anyone who doesn't think this is funny and the best DVD so far this year should seriously consider getting some therapy! Highly recommended!

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Summary: Cult Classic
Review: If you are a fan of Weird Al's parodies, this is the DVD for you. I know some people don't get it (a.k.a: Roger Ebert and some other critics). Yeah, the plot is a tad weak, but the main focus of this project was to give Al an outlet into doing parodies of movies and TV. There are many priceless gags in the movie ("Raul's Wild Kingdom" and "Ghandi II" come to mind). There is also a fabulous performance by Michael Richards (a.k.a.: Kramer from "Seinfeld") as the station's janitor turned TV star. There are also appearances by Victoria Jackson (SNL) and Fran Drescher (The Nanny).
The audio commentary is fantastic. You get to hear about what inspired some of the scenes and also what was not included in the movie. You also get to find out why the DVD wasn't released until June 4, 2002! There are deleted scenes on the DVD in the bonus material including a fantastic one of Michael Richards ad-libbing an entire scene!

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Summary: HILARIOUS!!! A MUST BUY!!!
Review: UHF is what I like to call a "hidden gem." Not many people now about this movie, but it is the funniest movie ever created.

UHF has a hilarious story line a is also a parody of other people and movies, such as Rambo.

If your looking for a movie you will watch over and over again and still have great laughs ever time, buy UHF!!!

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Summary: Comparable to Airplane. Excellent cult classic.
Review: Being a fan of Weird Al Yankovic, I suppose I could be a bit biased. However, I find that anyone who even remotely finds Al's songs to be enjoyable, or who have seen movies like Airplane!, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Mafia, Wrongfully Accused, you know, those parodies, will love this.
Not only does this movie have a plot, but it's hillariously funny too. Al himself says it wasn't very good... "Just an excuse to be wacky", I believe he described it as in his VH1 Behind the Music thing, but it really is a good movie. It ends up being only $[money] after Amazon's standard shipping, if you like comedy, you owe it to yourself!

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Summary: What a hoot
Review: I want to be Stanley Spadowski! An enviable treat for fans of stupid cinema. Don't go in expecting too much and you'll come out rewarded. This is a very funny movie for the 12 year old boy in all of us.

...I'm off for a twinkie-weiner sandwich....

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Summary: A tour of Tulsa...with Al as your guide
Review: Maybe I'm biased, but this DVD contains one of the best commentary tracks ever recorded. UHF was filmed in my hometown in the summer of '88, and Al gives exact addresses of each location! (The Burger World set is down the street from my house.) While viewers on the east and west coasts may not care about this, I was deeply moved. The only time Oklahoma receives any sort of national recognition is when there is a local tragedy. The UHF DVD is anything but tragic. The transfer is superb, the features are numerous, and the price is VERY attractive. Are you listening, Paramount?

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Summary: Special Edition DVD Rocks!
Review: From Indiana Jones to Gone with the Wind, UHF parodies everything! Al himself calls it "the greatest movie in the history of mankind." This special edition DVD includes an 18-minute deleted scenes feature hosted by Al, the UHF music video, TV and theatrical trailers, and audio commentary with everyone, plus more "supplies"-es!