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A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American...
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A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer are David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls, respectively--three clueless, self-absorbed men who form the nucleus of Spinal Tap, aging purveyors of overwrought songs with titles such as "Big Bottom," "Smell the Glove," and "Sex Farm." Shot in faux cinema verit?-style with director Rob Reiner as fictional filmmaker Marty DiBergi, the film lampoons just about every rock & roll clich? (not to mention every rockumentary clich?) in the book as it follows these fallen rock idols from one disastrous gig to the next. Scenes of the tour's descent from desperation into total collapse are interspersed with interviews in which the band members delightfully prattle on inanely about the none-too-illustrious histo...
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| Directors | Rob Reiner |
| Stars | Michael McKean |
| Actors | Patrick Macnee |
| Genre | Comedies |
| Subgenre | Recommended • Rock Documentaries • Spoof • Satire • Essential Cinema • Classic • Comedy • Comedy (General) • Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats | VHS: Special Edition |
| UPC | 715515091268 |
| Release Date | 1984 |
| Running Time | 1hr 33min |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
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Format: DVD: Criterion Collection
, 1hr 22min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (June 30, 1998) UPC: 715515091268 |
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Format: VHS
, 1hr 33min
Release Company: New Line Home Video (April 29, 1992) |
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| Screenwriter | Christopher Guest |
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| (09/08/2000, p.C4, Kenneth Turan): "...Funny, devastatingly clever and original....As funny a film about the intersection of music and popular culture as has ever been made..." | |
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"There's such a fine line between stupid and..."--David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) "...And clever."--Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) "The numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board."--Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), explaining the volume controls on his amplifiers "Ahh...oh, I see..."--Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) "Eleven...eleven...eleven..."--Nigel "And most of these amps go up to ten."--Marty "Exactly."--Nigel "Does that mean it's...louder? Is it any louder?"--Marty "Well, it's one louder, isn't it?"--Nigel "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?"--Marty "[Pause]... These go to eleven."--Nigel "'How much more black could this be?' And the answer is: 'None...none more black.'"--Nigel "'On what day did God create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day also?'"--Marty, reading a review of Spinal Tap's latest album "'They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry."'--Marty, reading more from the review "That's...that's nit-picking, isn't it?"--Nigel "The official cause of death is he died of choking on vomit. It wasn't his own vomit. He choked on somebody else's vomit."--Nigel "I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really, it's like a Mach piece, really."--Nigel "What do you call this?"--Marty "Well, this piece is called 'Lick My Love Pump.'"--Nigel "I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."--David |
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THIS IS SPINAL TAP – A Blissfully Engrossing Ascension to the Pinnacle of Documentary Filmmaking
Pros: Aluminum foil penile implants will not escape airport security detection. Cons: Theres nothing wrong with being sexy, but being sexist is another matter altogether. Bottom Line: Sex Farm Woman
Pros: laugh at this movie and make a buddy Cons: may be offensive to the humor impaired This is SPINAL TAP! (with two dots over the N)
Pros: Design, performances, humor, better with repeat viewings. Cons: Not ALWAYS funny. Bottom Line: 20 Years On: "Spinal Tap" DVD Enhances the Mother of Mockumentaries
Pros: Funny and empathetic as ever, MGM's "Spinal Tap" DVD offers outstanding bonuses, in-character, no less. Cons: Surely, you jest! Bottom Line: Decidedly On The Clever Side Of The Line: This is Spinal Tap Special Edition DVD
Pros: The humour mixes well with the reality Cons: I wanted more, More, MORE! Bottom Line: Warning: This review goes up to eleven
Pros: an all too truthful parody of a touring rock band Cons: not everyones subject matter Bottom Line: This is ..Out of Sight AND SLIGHTLY OUT OF IT'S MIND
Pros: This movie is a "BLAST" not only from the past, but it can make your eardrums bleed Cons: Not a one...take it for what it is and have fun! I Have A Cucumber In My Pants!
Pros: One of the funniest films ever made. Cons: People who hate to laugh should stay away. Tap Into Your Stupid Sense of Humor
Pros: Unapologetic rock n' roll satire; the actors are actually great musicians Cons: The introduction by Rob Reiner was a bit lame Bottom Line: Listen to what the flower people sing
Pros: Superb, hilarious send-up of rock-music at its most pretentious Cons: Some people still don't get the joke Bottom Line: |
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