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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 1984 favorite, which stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner, helped popularize the "mockumentary" film genre and tells the story of the fictional band Spinal Tap ...
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]
It's a (mostly) unseen classic. Home & Garden. Lighter Side
Michael McKean admits the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will be “tragic.”. The Clue actor, 77, teased Spinal Tap II, the follow-up to the 1984 cult classic mockumentary about the titular ...
Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mockumentary style. He wrote and acted in the rock satire This Is Spinal Tap (1984), and later directed a string of satirical mockumentary films such as Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots ...
Spinal Tap is ready for their encore. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner, who appeared in the 1984 cult rock mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” were spotted filming the movie’s ...
Spinal Tap may refer to: Spinal tap (medical procedure) , a procedure in which a needle is inserted into the spinal canal This Is Spinal Tap , 1984 mockumentary about a fictional heavy metal band