UHF (lost original cut of comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic; 1989): Difference between revisions

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A poster for the film

Status: Lost

UHF is a movie written by and starring "Weird Al" Yankovic that was released by Orion Pictures. However, it was released . The film was released on July 21st, 1989, during one of the biggest blockbuster summers of all time, to mixed reviews from critics. It was a box office flop, making only $6.1 million against a $5 million budget. However, after it was released on VHS, it ended up becoming a cult classic to many.

When the first DVD came out for the movie, there was a deleted-scenes reel with commentary with Weird Al himself, talking about all the parts that were cut and how they "sucked." Most of the scenes on the reel are incomplete and are narrated over by Yankovic. At the end, he says that there are far more deleted scenes that were not included. The unedited deleted scenes have never been seen, as they were not on the Blu-Ray release either. It is unknown when, or if, Yankovic will eventually release them.

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-UHF is a movie by "Weird Al" Yankovic that was released by Orion Pictures. However, it was released during one of the biggest blockbuster summers of all time. The film was released on July 21st, 1989 to mixed reviews from critics and becoming a box office flop, making only $6.1 million against a $5 million budget. However, ever since it was released on VHS, it has become a cult classic to many.
+''UHF'' is a movie written by and starring "Weird Al" Yankovic that was released by Orion Pictures. However, it was released . The film was released on July 21st, 1989, during one of the biggest blockbuster summers of all time, to mixed reviews from critics. It was a box office flop, making only $6.1 million against a $5 million budget. However, after it was released on VHS, it ended up becoming a cult classic to many.
-When the first DVD came out for the movie, there was commentary with Weird Al himself talking about all the deleted scenes and how they "sucked." They are incomplete and most of them are narrated over by Al. At the end, he says that there is a lot more deleted scenes we didn't see. The unedited deleted scenes have never been seen, nor were they on the Blu-Ray. It is unknown when Al will eventually release these deleted scenes.
+When the first DVD came out for the movie, there was a deleted-scenes reel with commentary with Weird Al himself, talking about all the parts that were cut and how they "sucked." Most of the scenes on the reel are incomplete and are narrated over by Yankovic. At the end, he says that there are far more deleted scenes that were not included. The '''unedited deleted scenes''' have never been seen, as they were not on the Blu-Ray release either. It is unknown when, or if, Yankovic will eventually release them.