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 .. Read more
| Starring | Andrew Divoff, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal, Billy Crystal |
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| Director | Rob Reiner |
| Genres | Comedy |
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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 verite-style with director Rob Reiner as fictional filmmaker Marty DiBergi, the film lampoons just about every rock & roll cliche (not to mention every rockumentary cliche) 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 history and dubious vision of Spinal Tap. THIS IS SPINAL TAP is a striking and acutely hysterical directorial debut for Reiner and a deserved cult classic. Watch for an endless array of cameos by wonderful comic character actors along the way.
| Starring | Andrew Divoff, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, June Chadwick, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, Ed Begley |
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| Director | Rob Reiner |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 20 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 24 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, German |
| Released | Production year: 1984 To Rent: DVD: 16 Oct 2000 Blu-ray: 07 Sep 2009 |
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This Goes to Eleven
Arguably one of the funniest films ever made when it came out in 1984, this stands up remarkably well considering it is now nearly 20 years old.
A ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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The greatest movie ever made
Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
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Bizarrely funny
I saw it when it first came out and it was hilarious then.
The storyline is true and I remember a lot of bands recognising themselves in this film ... read more »
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Rock with laughter all the way through
This is a film that has me spluttering with laughter even on its twentieth viewing. I guess you need to see some of the 'reverential' rockumentaries ... read more »
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This Is Spinal Tap
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