---
title: 'UHF (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jay Levey'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/uhf-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098546/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# UHF (1989)

1989 · 93 min · United States


## Synopsis

UHF is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva in his final film role; as Silva died before filming wrapped, the film is dedicated to his memory. Directed by Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, who also co-wrote the screenplay with him, the film was originally released by Orion Pictures and became owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their takeover in 1997. Yankovic and Levey struggled to find a production company to finance the film, but eventually secured Orion's support after agreeing to a $5 million budget. Principal photography took place around Tulsa, Oklahoma.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/weird-al-yankovic), [Jay Levey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-levey)
- **Director:** [Jay Levey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-levey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Du Prez](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-du-prez)
- **Producer:** [John W. Hyde](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-w-hyde)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lewis-3)

## Cast

- [Kevin McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mccarthy)
- [Trinidad Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/trinidad-silva)
- [Michael Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-richards)
- [David Bowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bowe)
- ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/weird-al-yankovic)
- [Gedde Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gedde-watanabe)
- [Vance Colvig](https://cinepixo.com/people/vance-colvig)
- [Fran Drescher](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-drescher)
- [Sue Ane Langdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sue-ane-langdon)
- [Victoria Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-jackson)
- [David Proval](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-proval)
- [Billy Barty](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-barty)
- [Anthony Geary](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-geary)

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