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Chicken
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Chicken

Apr 22, 1996
1h 30m
★ 4.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Senator Film
New Zealand Film Commission

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Dwight Serrento

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Martyn Sanderson

Bryce Tilfer

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Ellie Smith

Colette Milham

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Cliff Curtis

Zeke

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Jed Brophy

Will Tilfer

Jed Brophy

Joan Dawe

Betty Junket

Joan Dawe

Claire Waldron

Vicky Serrento

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Sean Feehan

Otis Milham

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