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The Chicken Chronicles

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A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).

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Audience Member This movie is a sort of pre-cursor to the 80s teen comedies, and it's a very fun and humorous movie. It's not great, but I enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a cute and funny movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Pre-Fast Times At Rigdemont High. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member My absolute fav SGuttenberg flick. So good, so funny. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member [url="http://bp0.blogger.com/_tLercVPgzNQ/Ry5tRpA-5gI/AAAAAAAAAG8/89CHPCS2uns/s1600-h/chickenchronicles.jpg"][img]http://bp0.blogger.com/_tLercVPgzNQ/Ry5tRpA-5gI/AAAAAAAAAG8/89CHPCS2uns/s320/chickenchronicles.jpg[/img][/url][font=Courier New]Before [i]Porky's[/i] was a huge success and the 1980's were full of teenage sex comedies, there was 1977's [i]The Chicken Chronicles.[/i] Steve Guttenberg stars in his first major role; right from the start you can see some of the charisma that made him a major star for much of the 80's.[/font] [font=Courier New]The film pretty much set the standard for the teen-sex comedy plot. It's about a virgin trying to lose it with one of the hottest girls in school. It's fairly tame compared to the films that followed; with minimal swearing and no nudity, but they aren't shy about the use of marijuana. You could probably call it one of the first pot comedies as well; it proceeded [i]Up In Smoke[/i] by a year. [/font] [font=Courier New][/font] [font=Courier New]The film is fairly funny, nothing gut busting; but of course I've seen most of these jokes a thousand times, it probably felt fresh at the time. Guttenberg does a good job carrying the film, he's in almost every scene. His buddy played by Branscombe Richmond, is good as his partner-in-crime. But Gino Baffo, who was only in three films in his career, steals the show as his wise-ass little brother. The film climaxes at the big end of the school year party, and Guttenberg of course ends up with the "plain looking" girl that he's been friends with throughout the film. [/font] Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).
Director
Francis Simon
Producer
Walter Shenson
Screenwriter
Paul Diamond
Production Co
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m