Waiting for Guffman
1996 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
One of the funniest films in many a moon was hiding at art house theaters in 1998. Former Saturday Night Live comedian and Spinal Tap member Christopher Guest creates the ultimate parody of small-town dramatics, Waiting for Guffman. Corky St. Claire (Guest), an overwhelming drama director hiding out in Blaine, Missouri, thinks he has found the vehicle to put him back on Broadway: the city's 150th anniversary play, Red, White, and Blaine. As rehearsals start, we learn of the town's history ("the stool capital of the world") including a brush with a UFO. The mockumentary follows the various townsfolk wishing for stardom: Parker Posey as a Dairy Queen clerk, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard as stage-struck travel agents, Matthew Keeslar as the town's bad boy, and Eugene Levy (who cowrote the film with Guest) as a dentist who dreams of glory on the stage. The film is a hoot from beginning to end, and be sure to watch the closing credits. (from amazon.com)
Direction Christopher Guest
Cast Christopher Guest · Deborah Theaker · Michael Hitchcock · Scott Williamson · Larry Miller · Don Lake · Fred Willard · Catherine O'Hara · Parker Posey · David Cross · Eugene Levy · Bob Balaban · Paul Dooley
Soundtrack Christopher Guest · Michael McKean · Harry Shearer
Screenplay Christopher Guest · Eugene Levy
Cinematography Roberto Schaefer
Original title Waiting for Guffman
6.7
401 votes (FilmAffinity)
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