This is Spinal Tap [videorecording] : [a rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; [presented by] Embassy Pictures ; directed by Rob Reiner ; written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner ; produced by Karen Murphy.
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FilmPublisher number: 1000973 | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: frespaeng Publication details: Santa Monica : MGM Home Entertainment, c2000.Edition: Special ed., widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792846583
- 9780792846581
- Director of photography, Peter Smokler; supervising film editor, Robert Leighton; music and lyrics, Christopher Guest ... [et al.].
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This Is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. The "group" started as an informal skiffle band, eventually maturing into an R&B act called the Thamesmen (their hit was "Gimme Some Money"). After going through a psychedelic period with "Listen to the Flower People," the band mutated into Spinal Tap, a hard rock outfit responsible for such albums as "Intravenous DeMilo," "The Sun Never Sweats," and "Bent for the Rent." This Is Spinal Tap finds them in the midst of their first American tour in years as they support their new LP Smell the Glove , with filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner), who specializes in TV commercials, on hand to document the occasion. Just about anything that can go wrong does: shows get canceled, stage props go wrong, wireless guitar pickups start broadcasting air-traffic reports, no one shows up for in-store appearances, David's girlfriend tries to take over the band, they wind up billed second to a puppet show at an amusement park, and the group teeters on the verge of breakup. After the film's initial release, McKean, Guest, and Shearer did a short club tour as Spinal Tap; the "band" reunited in 1992 for a new album, Break Like the Wind, followed by a full-fledged tour and TV special, The Return of Spinal Tap. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
"Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
Originally released as motion picture in 1984.
Special features: audio commentary by Spinal Tap; new interview with Rob Reiner; never-before-seen footage; flower people press conference; theatrical trailers; 6 TV commercials; heavy metal memories; 4 music videos; Spinal Tap appearance on "The Joe Franklin show."
Director of photography, Peter Smokler; supervising film editor, Robert Leighton; music and lyrics, Christopher Guest ... [et al.].
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, June Chadwick, Tony Hendra, Bruno Kirby.
Once upon a time, Spinal Tap had a big hit song. Now, nearly two decades later, Spinal Tap still clings to some glint of their lost glory as they embark on an accident-plagued tour across America. In Cleveland, the group gets lost underneath the stage. In Washington, they're accidentally booked at an Air Force formal dance. And in a Chicago record store, no one shows up to get their autographs.
Rated R.
DVD; 5.1 surround sound.
In English with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.