| | Waiting For Guffman DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Warner Store DVDs, Warner Theatrical Movies, Comedies Videos, Documentary, Musical, Essential Cinema, Spoof, Independent, Stage Play, Showbiz, Bucolic | | Starring | Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Paul Dooley, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban | | Director | Christopher Guest | | Screenwriter | Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest |
84 minute DVD feature film. The town of Blaine, Missouri, celebrates its 150th anniversary with "Red, White and Blaine," an original amateur stage production starring the townspeople--proving there's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered. The original comic "mockumentary" from the creators and stars of "Best in Show." This mock documentary, set in the fictional town of Blaine, Missouri, chronicles the attempts of its talent-free residents to put on a show celebrating the burg's 150th anniversary. From the fey director Corky St. Clair to the Dairy Queen girl, the cast and crew scream incompetence. Furthermore, St. Claire has invited Guffman -- a Broadway producer -- to see the production, with the hopes that they will eventually make it to the Great White Way. Can the local yokels make something out of nothing? The star-struck denizens of backwater burg Blaine, Missouri, gear up for their chance in the limelight when their community theatre impresario promises them that talent scout Mort Guffman will attend the opening of their sesquicentennial gala, a musical revue called "Red, White, and Blaine." A charming "mockumentary" co-scripted and directed by that genre's unofficial kingpin, Christopher Guest (of THIS IS SPINAL TAP fame). Co-produced by Pale Morning Dun.
Shown at the 1996 Boston Film Festival.
Although the film is set in Missouri, it was shot in Lockhart and Austin, Texas. Waiting For Guffman Reviews: "...The nonstop amusing mockumentary WAITING FOR GUFFMAN does to small-town acting troupes what THIS IS SPINAL TAP did to heavy-metal..."--3.5 out of 4 stars
-- Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today "...[This] mockumentary from SPINAL TAP alumnus Christopher Guest has genuine laughs..."-- Daniel M. Kimmel, Variety "...Sly....[Posey] steals yet another movie....[She] is headed for big things..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...A madcap gem....A veritable triumph of tackiness..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...A sly and gleeful comedy showcase that pokes clever fun at the American musical, amateur theatricals and anything else that's not nailed down..."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...It proceeds with a certain comic relentlessness from setup to payoff, and its deliberation is part of the fun..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "This send-up of amateur theatrics was directed by the master of the mockumentary, Christopher Guest."Wall Street Journal Waiting For Guffman | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.52) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1997 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3037  | | CD Universe Part number | 1908048 | | Catalog number | 2526 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 21, 2001 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | Brief strong language | | Running Time | 84 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
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