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Christopher Guest


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Christopher Guest - what members say


  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • This Is Spinal Tap review by from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Great Moments 15 July 2004
    ...e film has some treasured moments and has aged rather well. Michael McKean and Christopher Guest are excellent in their protrayal of the leaders of the band. The team later we...   Read customer review
  • Best in Show
  • Best in Show review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Comedian's Best Friend 8 January 2007
    ...A good vehicle for Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy to work on the principle of imitating a reality show and only leaving in the emotional bits. Chris Guest's character did ...   Read customer review
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Little Shop of Horrors review by Idontlikenicknames from Hertfordshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars I never did like Dentists 8 June 2005
    ...Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest and Bill Murray plua a plant that likes blood! It can't fail. ...   Read customer review

Christopher Guest - filmography


  • For Your Consideration on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Eugene Levy,  Catherine O'Hara,  Parker Posey
    Director: Christopher Guest,  Christop
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Director Christopher Guest reunites his star-packed team from "A Mighty Wind", "Best In Show" and "Waiting For Guffman" for this hilarious, keen-edged comedy set in a town where "Oscar is the backbone of an industry not known for having a backbone." In "For Your Consideration", buzz of a potential ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 6,387 members
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  • Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Bob Hoskins,  Will Young
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Wartime entertainment takes a new turn when Mrs Henderson decides to offer an all naked female dance troupe to bring some cheer in times of trouble. Based on true events at the Windmill Theatre in London's West End.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 41,222 members
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  • A Mighty Wind on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Catherine O'Hara,  Christopher Guest,  Ed Begley Jr.
    Director: Christopher Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving's loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom's best-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 9,943 members
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  • Best in Show on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Christopher Guest,  Eugene Levy,  Catherine O'Hara
    Director: Christopher Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    The tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Meet the contestants - a fly-fishing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 13,511 members
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  • Almost Heroes (1998)
    Starring: Chris Farley,  Matthew Perry,  Bokeem Woodbine
    Director: Christopher Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Explorers Bartholemew Hunt and Leslie Edwards are setting forth against nature across the country on a journey to the Pacific Ocean against rivals Lewis and Clark. Along the way they have many mishaps and misfortunes.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22 members
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  • The Return Of Spinal Tap (1992)
    Starring: Christopher Guest,  Michael McKean,  Harry Shearer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An intimate portrait of a band that has single-handedly dominated a musical genre known as Heavy Metal. The band-members are joined both on-stage and behind-the-scenes by a gaggle of friends and celebrities, including Paul Anka, Jeff Beck, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kenny Rogers, Mel Torme, and many more. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 391 members
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  • The Big Picture (1989)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Emily Longstreth,  J.T. Walsh
    Director: Christopher Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Christopher Guest co-wrote and directed The Big Picture, a solid spoof about the pitfalls of believing your own hype. Kevin Bacon plays a high-minded would-be filmmaker whose student movie wins a prestigious national award and an invitation to Hollywood. Before he knows it, he is being wined and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 31 members
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  • The Princess Bride - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Peter Cook,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 553 members
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  • The Princess Bride on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Peter Cook,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 31,373 members
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  • Beyond Therapy on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Julie Hagerty,  Jeff Goldblum,  Glenda Jackson
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Prudence is a conservative and slightly mixed up young woman who thinks Bruce is crazy. Bruce is bi-sexual and in love with Prudence. Her therapist is more interested in scoring with his patients than in treating their problems, Bruce's therapist is worse; and these are just the surface confusions.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 57 members
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  • Little Shop of Horrors on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Rick Moranis,  Ellen Greene,  Steve Martin
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Seymour Krelborn works and lives in a rundown flower shop on Skid Row. While his boss, Gravis Mushnick, struggles to keep the shop open, Seymour seeks a way of bringing the shop--and himself--fame and fortune. He purchases an exotic plant from an oriental street vendor, naming the plant Audrey II, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 8,826 members
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  • This Is Spinal Tap on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Andrew Divoff,  Rob Reiner,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,844 members
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  • This Is Spinal Tap - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: June Chadwick,  Rob Reiner,  Michael McKean
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,221 member
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Christopher Guest facts

5 most recent films

The Invention of Lying - 3.0 stars
The Invention of Lying - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
For Your Consideration - 3.0 stars
Mrs Henderson Presents - 3.5 stars
A Mighty Wind - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Princess Bride - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Princess Bride - 3.5 stars
This Is Spinal Tap - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
This Is Spinal Tap - 3.5 stars
Little Shop of Horrors - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Big Picture - 2.5 stars
Almost Heroes - 3.5 stars
Unwigged And Unplugged - An Evening With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean And Harry Shearer - 3.5 stars
Beyond Therapy - 2.0 stars
Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Fred Willard - 10 times - show films
Michael McKean - 10 times - show films
Catherine O'Hara - 10 times - show films
Eugene Levy - 10 times - show films
Harry Shearer - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rob Reiner - 7 times - show films
Stephen Frears - 5 times - show films
Peter Webb - 4 times - show films
Julian Fellowes - 4 times - show films
Ricky Gervais - 3 times - show films