Waiting for Guffman (1996) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Waiting for Guffman
Year
1996
Running time
84 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Comedy. Musical | Mockumentary
Synopsis
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. (from amazon.com)
Awards
1997: Independent Spirit Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Feature
Critics' reviews
- "The nonstop amusing mockumentary 'Waiting for Guffman' does to small-town acting troupes what 'This Is Spinal Tap' did to heavy-metal bands."
- "The enterprise comes across like a bunch of talented friends making an elaborate home movie for their own amusement."
- "A sly and gleeful comedy showcase that pokes clever fun at the American musical"
- "The movie doesn't bludgeon us with gags. It proceeds with a certain comic relentlessness from setup to payoff, and its deliberation is part of the fun."
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