Best in Show Page #3

Synopsis: The owners (and handlers) of five show dogs head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. A film crew interviews them as they prepare for the trip, arrive at Philly's Taft Hotel, and compete. From Florida come the Flecks: she keeps running into old lovers. A wordless ancient in a wheelchair and his buxom trophy wife who may have a thing for the dog's handler own the two-time defending best in show, a poodle. From the piney woods of N.C. comes a fella who wants to be a ventriloquist. High-strung DINKs feud loudly in front of their Weimaraner. Two outré gay men from Tribeca round out the profiled owners. The dog show brings out the essence of the humans. Who will be best in show?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Christopher Guest
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG-13
Year:
2000
90 min
$16,574,225
Website
7,609 Views


Hamilton?

-We gotta call Dr. Nelken.

-Why?

Beatrice made a pee-pee

on the sheets...

...and a poopie in your slipper.

-In my Orvis slippers?

-I don't know.

-God.

-You been talking to her?

-Of course I have.

-What have you been saying?

I've been saying that when

we make love...

...it's a beautiful thing.

Sometimes.

-Excuse me?

-We met at Starbucks.

Not at the same Starbucks.

We saw each other...

...at different Starbucks across

the street from each other...

...and Hamilton got up the courage

to walk across the street one day...

...and approached me.

Yeah. I'd seen you at law school

before.

And I know that sometimes I'd be

in one Starbucks...

...you'd be in the other Starbucks,

and then I'd think...

...l should go over to that

Starbucks next.

And then you'd be at the other

Starbucks. So we kind of crossed....

-I know. It sounds so stupid now.

-He's so good.

I remember I was drinking

a grande espresso when I met you.

That's right, and I thought that was

really sexy.

-I was drinking cappuccinos.

-I remember.

Then I went to lattes, and then

now, double espressos macchiato.

And I'm now a big old, you know,

Chai-tea-latte, soy milk kind of guy.

-Soy. Yeah.

-Because of the lactose.

You're lactose intolerant now.

And I walked across the street,

and there you were....

Working on my Mac.

-And I had my Mac.

-Your Mac.

And there, and then, I look over

and she's reading J. Crew.

That's so weird, as I was such a huge

J. Crew person then too. Still am.

We sometimes like to just go to

Starbucks on weekends and...

...take an L.L. Bean catalog.

I'll say, "Honey, what's new?"

She has five minutes to look

and find what's new.

They've been around forever.

We were so lucky to have been raised

amongst catalogs.

Oh, it's so much easier.

You don't have

to deal with people as much.

You can just talk to the person

on the phone.

-Or not.

-Yeah.

I like to take Hubert for a walk

in the woods before...

...l show him, because...

...it's a more natural kind of

environment for him...

...and it makes him relax,

and it makes me...

...relax too, to not think about

the competition.

Just take a walk and, you know...

...smell the ground and all that,

and....

What'd you smell? What'd you smell?

See, a lot of times, what he's doing

is, he's--

A Bloodhound not only has a great

nose, but he also--

They can talk. So, what he's

doing, he's talking.

He's saying, "What'd you talk?"

What'd you talk? What'd you talk?

He's saying, "I'm ready."

That's when he's ready for a show.

Because he says, "I'm ready.

I'm ready."

Then I know he's ready.

What is it, boy?

He says, "I'm ready. I've walked

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Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as Christopher Guest, is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship. Guest is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mock-documentary (mockumentary) style. Many scenes and character backgrounds in Guest's films are written and directed, although actors have no rehearsal time and the ensemble improvise scenes while filming them. The series of films began with This Is Spinal Tap (directed by Rob Reiner), and continued with Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. Guest holds a hereditary British peerage as the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, and has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords reformed as a democratically elected chamber. Though he was initially active in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the right of most hereditary peers to a seat in the parliament. When using his title, he is normally styled as Lord Haden-Guest. Guest is married to the actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis. more…

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