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Dominican Rep. Waiting for Guffman
- Original title
- Waiting for Guffman
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 84 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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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- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Musical | Mockumentary
- Synopsis
- 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)
- Awards
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1997: Independent Spirit Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Feature
- Critics' reviews
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"A madcap gem"
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"The nonstop amusing mockumentary 'Waiting for Guffman' does to small-town acting troupes what 'This Is Spinal Tap' did to heavy-metal bands."
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"The enterprise comes across like a bunch of talented friends making an elaborate home movie for their own amusement."
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"A sly and gleeful comedy showcase that pokes clever fun at the American musical"
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"The movie doesn't bludgeon us with gags. It proceeds with a certain comic relentlessness from setup to payoff, and its deliberation is part of the fun."
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