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Waiting for Guffman|Christopher Guest

Waiting for Guffman

Christopher Guest and Fred Willard
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Overview

The star-struck denizens of backwater burg Blaine, Missouri, gear up for their chance in the limelight when their community theatre impresario promises them that talent scout Mort Guffman will attend the opening of their sesquicentennial gala, a musical revue called "Red, White, and Blaine." A charming "mockumentary" co-scripted and directed by that genre's unofficial kingpin, Christopher Guest (of THIS IS SPINAL TAP fame).

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Christopher Guest - Director
Christopher Guest
Fred Willard
Catherine O'Hara
Eugene Levy
Dave Bennett
David Berryman
Kevin Berve
Andy Blumenthal
Parker Posey
Terry Burke

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Digital Theater System, Amaray Case)
  • Run Time: 84
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 888574535582
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: September 2017

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
This mock documentary, set in the fictional town of Blaine, Missouri, chronicles the attempts of its talent-free residents to put on a show celebrating the burg's 150th anniversary. From the fey director Corky St. Clair to the Dairy Queen girl, the cast and crew scream incompetence. Furthermore, St. Claire has invited Guffman -- a Broadway producer -- to see the production, with the hopes that they will eventually make it to the Great White Way. Can the local yokels make something out of nothing?

Notes:
Co-produced by Pale Morning Dun. Shown at the 1996 Boston Film Festival. Although the film is set in Missouri, it was shot in Lockhart and Austin, Texas.

Reviews:
"...The nonstop amusing mockumentary WAITING FOR GUFFMAN does to small-town acting troupes what THIS IS SPINAL TAP did to heavy-metal..."--3.5 out of 4 stars - 01/31/1997 USA Today, p.3D


"...[This] mockumentary from SPINAL TAP alumnus Christopher Guest has genuine laughs..." - 09/16/1996 Variety


"...Sly....[Posey] steals yet another movie....[She] is headed for big things..." - 01/31/1997 New York Times, p.C6


"...A madcap gem....A veritable triumph of tackiness..." - 02/14/1997 Entertainment Weekly, p.43


"...A sly and gleeful comedy showcase that pokes clever fun at the American musical, amateur theatricals and anything else that's not nailed down..." - 01/31/1997 Los Angeles Times, p.F1


"...It proceeds with a certain comic relentlessness from setup to payoff, and its deliberation is part of the fun..." - 02/21/1997 Chicago Sun-Times, p.35


"This send-up of amateur theatrics was directed by the master of the mockumentary, Christopher Guest." - 07/10/2009 Wall Street Journal

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