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This is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)

This is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Fran Drescher, Christopher Guest, Bruno Kirby, Patrick Macnee, Michael McKean
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 387 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,668

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 82 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.4

MPN: MGMD1000973D
ISBN: 6305922756
UPC: 027616852809
EAN: 9786305922759
ASIN: 6305922756

Theatrical Release Date: March 2, 1984
Release Date: September 12, 2000
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Director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) solemnly alerts us to the glory that was Spinal Tap in his introduction to this "rockumentary" about the legendary British heavy-metal group, featuring lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), lead singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and a succession of drummers whose careers were cut short by spontaneously combusting on their stool, drowning in somebody else's vomit, or otherwise perishing in untimely fashion. Under DiBergi's studious interrogation, the band and their familiars retrace the band's evolution from head-bopping Mersey Beat poseurs to head-banging metal poseurs, each change in musical direction or tonsorial chic having little effect on the surviving trio's sublime idiocy. For, as St. Hubbins (he's the "deep" one, relatively speaking) sagely observes, "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

Happily for us, director Reiner, who developed the underlying story line with Guest and former Credibility Gap pranksters McKean and Shearer, stays squarely on the right side of the line, even as his writer-actors remain hilariously trapped on the other side. In lieu of a formal shooting script, the quartet created an extensive and detailed band history ripe with the sort of dead-pan detail that hard-core rock historians and screwball aficionados will savor on countless replays; with the three Tap members also musicians themselves, the "band" developed its stage act under the unsuspecting noses of L.A. club denizens, who accepted them as just as loud, flashy, sexist, and obvious as any other mullet-tressed, leather-garbed brigade of guitar slingers, circa 1984. The resulting footage thus manages to lob its punch lines and build its characters (including some thinly veiled character assassinations of various industry folks) with a loose, tossed-away verve rooted in the improvisational approach. This Is Spinal Tap remains the funniest, and most truthful, look at rock culture ever filmed and a personal best for all involved. --Sam Sutherland

Product Description
In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis.


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5 out of 5 stars this is funny (4.6/5)   March 6, 2010
falcon (canada)
and clever and relevant and probably spot on in regards to how some people in the music and entertainment industry act.i loved the British accents ,and some of the gags are just too funny.the motley mix of characters are also great.the music actually isn't too bad sometimes,though i suspect that's probably unintentional.usually it's dog awful,and very funny which i think it's supposed to be.for a movie that's a quarter century old,you'd think it would feel dated,but i didn't think so at all.a lot of that is probably due to the writing of Christopher Guest and Michael McKean.for me,This is Spinal Tap is a well deserved 4.6/5


5 out of 5 stars best movie   January 7, 2010
Matthew Evans (MI)
this movie is a classic. so many quotes. i love it. its one of my all time favorites. anyone who wants to laugh should watch this movie.


5 out of 5 stars Or not so black   November 4, 2009
El Teye (AUSTIN, TX United States)
Every line in this movie is funny. If you're a musician, you have been in all these situations. If you're not a musician, well, emmm...

So what about the festival on the Isle of Lucy? What is that about? ('I Love Lucy' the Lucille Ball show?)

Etc Etc Etc.

They even mocked the big loudest amps and the stupid vintage instrument craze. Indeed, if a guitar can no longer be considered 'true vintage' if the tuners have been replaced, then how can it be considered vintage if the original strings and tags aren't on anymore? Hilarious.
How about sustain? You can go and have a bite, and come back and it'll still be going 'aaaahhhh'...

Again, if you're a musician, every line rings true and is funny. If not, well, ...how much more black can life then be?



5 out of 5 stars Tonight It's Gonna Rock You Tonight   September 29, 2009
Samuel Clemens (New York)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

Spinal Tap is a classic! One of the funniest movie of all time. On a scale of 1-10 how much I enjoyed this movie, it was an 11!


1 out of 5 stars I admit it, I just don't get this film   September 4, 2009
Harry M. Shin (Livermore, CA USA)
0 out of 11 found this review helpful

1. I'm into rock, classic rock and since this is one of those classic rock films--> I finally decided I needed to check this out.

2. I admit that I'm lacking in... something, but I just don't get this film. It's kind of funny, but more so, it's just... dumb. But I'm willing to acknowledge to the knowledge of the masses that perhaps there is something magical about this film, it just eludes me.


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