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Chicken
Chicken

Chicken

Sometimes the final curtain call... is the biggest break of all

Genres

Comedy

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On the premise that his albums will sell better if he is dead, an aging pop-singer fakes his own death. True enough, the money rolls in, but no one can get their hands on it because of the seven year waiting period before a missing person can be declared legally dead. However, a crazed animal rights terrorist, who knows he isn't dead, is trying to kill him, because of the singer's advertisements for fried chicken restaurants. Eventually, it turns out that the singer's manager is paying the terrorist to kill him.

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Budget

$2400000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

22 April 1996

Country

Germany

Cast

Bryan Marshall

Bryan Marshall

Dwight Serrento

Martyn Sanderson

Martyn Sanderson

Bryce Tilfer

Ellie Smith

Ellie Smith

Colette Milham

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

Zeke

Jed Brophy

Jed Brophy

Will Tilfer

Joan Dawe

Joan Dawe

Betty Junket

Claire Waldron

Claire Waldron

Vicky Serrento

Sean Feehan

Sean Feehan

Otis Milham

Julia Truscott

Julia Truscott

Young Iris

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