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Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) are a fictional English heavy metal band created by the American comedians and musicians of The T.V. Show, who wrote and performed original songs as the band: Michael McKean, as the lead singer and guitarist David St. Hubbins; Christopher Guest, as the guitarist Nigel Tufnel; and Harry Shearer, as the ...
A mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a documentary. [1] The term originated in the 1960s but was popularized in the mid-1990s when This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film. [2] [3] [4]
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.
The “Spinal Tap” sequel will be fully financed by Castle Rock Entertainment. Guest, McKean, Reiner and Shearer will conceive the new film, produced by Reiner, Michele Reiner and Matt George ...
Paul McCartney, Elton John. Getty Images (2) Production on the sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap has officially begun with Elton John, Paul McCartney and more celebs ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Spinal Tap II is an upcoming American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner. It is a sequel to the ...