Waiting for Guffman

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1996

1h 24m

English

Comedy, Music

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Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

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Waiting for Guffman

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1996

1h 24m

English

Comedy, Music

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Cast

Corky St. Clair

Dr. Allan Pearl

Ron Albertson

Sheila Albertson

Steve Stark - Councilman

Glenn Welsch - Mayor

Libby Mae Brown

Lloyd Miller

Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian

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UFO Abductee

Clifford Wooley

Johnny Savage

Red Savage

Not Guffman

Gwen Fabin-Blunt - Councilwoman

Margaret Bowman

Costume designer

Scott Williamson

Tucker Livingston - Councilman

Linda Kash

Mrs. Allan Pearl

James McQueen

Singing Auditioner

Turk Pipkin

Ping Pong Ball Juggler

Miriam Flynn

Costume Dresser

Jill Parker-Jones

Stage Manager

Paul Robertson

Blaine Community Orchestra - Violin

Johnny Reno

Blaine Community Orchestra - Saxoph...

Directed By: Christopher Guest

Written By: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy

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great_vc says...

8 years ago

From the people behind "this is spinal tap" comes this mockumentary exactly like "this is spinal tap". I didn't like that and i didn't like this. The only good part was the actual theater play. Not funny at all

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BaconBitsServerAge says...

4 months ago

Almost a perfect movie except for one glaring mistake: [spoiler]The epilogue takes place only 3 months after the production yet the life-changes of the characters were far too great to have only taken place over just 3 months. The epilogue needed be at LEAST 6 months later, but it may have been funnier if it were as much as 2 years later implying the (d/m)ocumentary crew tracked these people down after that long and the show had impacted their lives that much. [/spoiler] Other than than, I laugh to the point of tears every time I watch this film, but [spoiler]the 3 month post-show epilogue [/spoiler]takes me out of it in the end.

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gunsgirl says...

5 years ago

I really didn’t find this movie as funny as maybe I should have but I did love Eugene Levy’s performance. He was funny.

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FinFan says...

5 years ago

There's a good reason not every movie is for everyone. This is off the love-it-or-hate-it kind. I love _Spinal Tap_ but I didn't even get a smile out of this one. Maybe it's the different topic, or the fact I am older now, I don't know. Christopher Guest sounds a bit like the old pedophile from Family Guy. The cast list is amazing but the whole thing never clicked with me.

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7/10 5 years ago

[7.1/10] If there’s a common element to the Christopher Guest crew’s movies, it’s people whose dreams are bigger than their talents. Put less charitably, it’s people who take themselves extraordinarily seriously, while being oblivious to how ridiculous and, dare I say, bad they really are. T More

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