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This Is Spinal Tap
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
1984 · Directed by Rob Reiner · 82 min · Comedy · Music · 18 frames
Tagline
Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven.
Crew
- Written by: Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
- Cinematography: Peter Smokler
- Edited by: Kent Beyda, Kim Secrist
- Music: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer
- Production design: Bryan Jones
- Produced by: Karen Murphy
Cast
- Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel
- Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins
- Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls
- Rob Reiner as Marty DiBergi
- June Chadwick as Jeanine Pettibone
- Tony Hendra as Ian Faith
- Bruno Kirby as Tommy Pischedda
- Ed Begley Jr. as John 'Stumpy' Pepys
- Paul Benedict as Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
- Zane Buzby as Rolling Stone Reporter
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Japanese
- Studios: Spinal Tap Prod., Embassy Films Associates, Embassy Pictures
- Budget: $2,500,000
- Box office: $6,051,884
- Themes: rock 'n' roll, rock star, groupie, parody, mockumentary, rock band, found footage, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger, amplifier
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