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Waiting for Guffman

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Actors: Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, David Cross (ii), Paul Dooley, Brian Doyle-murray
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

373 reviews
Sales Rank: 3759

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.5

MPN: WARDC2526D
ISBN: 0780633423
UPC: 053939252620
EAN: 9780780633421
ASIN: B00005LC5D

Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1997
Release Date: August 21, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Run time: 84 minutes Rating: R

Amazon.com
One of the funniest films in many a moon was hiding at art house theaters in 1998. Former Saturday Night Live comedian and Spinal Tap member Christopher Guest creates the ultimate parody of small-town dramatics, Waiting for Guffman. Corky St. Claire (Guest), an overwhelming drama director hiding out in Blaine, Missouri, thinks he has found the vehicle to put him back on Broadway: the city's 150th anniversary play, Red, White, and Blaine. As rehearsals start, we learn of the town's history ("the stool capital of the world") including a brush with a UFO. The mockumentary follows the various townsfolk wishing for stardom: Parker Posey as a Dairy Queen clerk, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard as stage-struck travel agents, Matthew Keeslar as the town's bad boy, and Eugene Levy (who cowrote the film with Guest) as a dentist who dreams of glory on the stage. The film is a hoot from beginning to end, and be sure to watch the closing credits. Fans of Guest's deft dry humor should not miss his other parody of the entertainment world, The Big Picture (Kevin Bacon as a student filmmaker who goes to Hollywood). --Doug Thomas

Customer Reviews: Read 368 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

3 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:

Slight but witty comedy with a suprising affection for its characters; its charm only grows with repeat viewings.

4 out of 5 stars

A must-have for mocumentarians. September 14, 2008
J. B. S. Wise
Great movie which basically does for community theater what Spinal Tap did to rock and roll.

Not quite as well done as Best in Show or a Mighty Wind, but still a classic.

5 out of 5 stars

Waiting for Guffman September 9, 2008
JeffreyJGH (USA)
"Waiting for Guffman" is Christopher Guest's hilarious faux documentary about community theater in the small little town of Blaine, Missouri. Guest himself plays Corky St Clair (recently of New York) who brings such classic hits as "Backdraft" to the stage, much to the consternation of the local fire department. Now Blaine wants to direct a production to celebrate its sesquicentennial. Corky makes it into a musical called "Red, White, and Blaine" and casts a motley troupe of local eccentrics much to the chagrin of the high school musical director. The wonderful thing about Christopher Guest's films like this one and Best in Show are the actors he uses, people like Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Bob Balaban, Eugene Levy, and Parker Posey. These actors are wonderful; they work together so well; and they make their characters quirky yet lovable!

5 out of 5 stars

Superb off beat comedy August 22, 2008
Chris Wood (UK)
This is a fine comedy movie from the Spinal Tap people. There are great one liners and a terrific cast. This is a small gem, a wonderful film.

4 out of 5 stars

Masterful and Very Funny May 9, 2008
Michael LaRocca (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Just to get it out of the way, I've ordered THIS IS SPINAL TAP and I know nothing about BEST IN SHOW.

It's a very fine balancing act, making a fake documentary which isn't farce, which is internally consistent and which could be true, in which every line is delivered "straight," and which is still quite funny. We get the joke because the characters don't. To pull this off requires great writing and great acting.

This film manages that balancing act, and the result is a DVD that I'm glad to own because I'll enjoy it again.

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