The Chicken Chronicles

The Chicken Chronicles (1977)

The Spirit of 69...When The Lights Turned Off...The Kids Turned On!

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

Date of release
1977-10-01
TMDB
3.5 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Frank Simon

Casting

Interesting facts

The Chicken Chronicles is a 1977 American teen comedy film set in 1969 and starring Steve Guttenberg.

Production

The film was based on a novel by Paul Diamond, the 23-year-old son of screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond. "It's a very funny very dirty book", said Diamond senior.

Film rights were sold to Paramount before publication. A screenplay was done by Ned Wynn in 1975 with Paul Monash the producer. The film was not made. However two years later Paul Diamond was working on a script for Avco Embassy.

It was the first lead role for Steve Guttenberg. "Some actors get embarrassed about their early work", Guttenberg said, "but we all don't start out as 'artistes.' Nobody is going to confuse "Chicken" with 'Citizen Kane' but I learned a lot. They took a chance with me. I didn't get rich on it but it was a start."

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