This Is Spinal Tap Page #4

Synopsis: 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, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop.
Genre: Comedy, Music
Director(s): Rob Reiner
Production: MGM
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
1984
82 min
3,302 Views


- I don't give a sh*t...

It was a joke

and they're making it a big deal.

If we said she should be forced

to smell the glove,

then you'd have a point.

But it's all a joke.

- We're making fun of it.

- She should be made to smell it.

But not over and over.

We can work something out. I'll talk to

Denis and maybe we can compromise.

A new design concept

we can all live with.

- You guys were schoolmates?

- We... We're not university material.

- What's on your finger?

- My gum.

- Why is it on your finger?

- I might need it later.

- Put it on the table. It's terrible.

- I might forget it on the table.

- Can't take him anywhere!

- How old were you guys when you met?

About eight years old. Eight or nine.

- You were eight and I was seven.

- That's right.

Do you remember

the first song you wrote together?

All The Way Home.

- All The Way Home?

- Yeah.

Can you remember it?

I'd love to hear it.

Christ! Some black coffee,

maybe we could do it.

How's it go?

- I was standin'

- Beside the railroad track

And I'm waitin' for that train

to bring you back

Bring you back

If she's...

If she's not on the 5.19

Then I'm gonna

know what sorrow means

And I'm gonna cry, cry, cry,

all the way home

- All the way home

- All the way home

- All the way home

- All the way home

- Cry... cry, cry, all the way home.

- Cry, cry, cry, all the way home.

There was about six words in it.

Just repeating them over and over again.

Let's talk about your music today.

One thing that puzzles me, um,

is the make-up of your audience.

It seems to be predominantly young boys.

Well, it's a sexual thing.

Aside from

the identifying that the boys do with us,

there's also, like,

a reaction of the female to our music.

Really, they're quite fearful.

They see us onstage with tight trousers...

We've got, you know,

armadillos in our trousers.

It's really quite frightening, the size.

And... and they run screaming.

VANDERMINT AUDITORIUM

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

lan, can I have a word with you?

Yes, of course. What?

There are a couple of problems

with the arrangements backstage.

- What exactly?

- Well, there are some problems here.

I don't even know where to start.

- Sound check? What?

- No, no, no, no. This. Look.

There's a problem with... Look. This.

This miniature bread. I've been working

with this for about half an hour.

I can't figure out... Let's say

I want a bite, right? You got this...

- You'd like bigger bread?

- Exactly! I don't understand...

You could fold this.

- Then it's half the size.

- Not the bread. You fold the meat.

- Then it breaks apart like this.

- No, you put it on the bread like this.

- But if you fold it, it breaks.

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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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