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Harry Shearer as "Derek Smalls" (2019) Derek Albion Smalls is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.He is the bassist for mock British heavy metal group Spinal Tap, playing alongside guitarists Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), as well as with a plethora of drummers and keyboardists.
The Internet Movie Database normally allows users to rate films only up to ten stars, but specifically for Spinal Tap, the site allows users to rate the film eleven stars, referring to the "Up to eleven" scene. [56] On IGN, This Is Spinal Tap was the only DVD—and seemingly the only thing reviewed on IGN—to get 11 out of 10. [57]
The original "up to eleven" knobs in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap "Up to eleven", also phrased as "these go to eleven", is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel demonstrates a guitar amplifier whose volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten.
Though now considered a cult classic, it turns out that This Is Spinal Tap was not an easy movie to make.. The 1984 favorite, which stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob ...
‘This Is Spinal Tap’ stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, more back in costume decades after original. Erin Keller. March 22, 2024 at 8:26 PM
In the run-up to 2011, Spinal Tap fans created a movement to make 11/11/11 "Nigel Tufnel Day." [ 3 ] The movement was organised by The Nigel Tufnel Day Appreciation Society and Quilting Bee in Favor of Declaring & Observing 11 November 2011 as Nigel Tufnel Day (in Recognition of Its Maximum Elevenness) .
Spinal Tap II was originally slated for release on March 19, 2024, but will only begin filming that February due to the writers' and actors' strikes. An updated release date hasn't yet been announced.
It was announced in May 2022 that a sequel to This Is Spinal Tap was in development, with Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles and Reiner returning as director. [2] In November 2023, Reiner announced musicians Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks were set to make cameo appearances as ...