![]() ![]() There are too many classic moments in this film to possibly count, and I won't even bother trying to quote lines or describe gags- it wouldn't be as funny. The result is a very realistic mock-rock-documentary that cuts so close to the bone of the ridiculous world of rock and roll that it's said that some real rock stars didn't get it. They made a 20-minute short through improvisation (plot points were decided beforehand but from there all the dialogue was improvised) to raise money for the full-length feature, and then the feature was made the same way. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (Smalls), who conceived of the movie and then realized it could never have a proper script. The whole thing is the ingenious brainchild of Rob Reiner (DiBergi), Michael McKean (St. Though the movie is packed with laughs, the actors all play it straight, and even go one further by making their characters seem real, and then go one further than that by making the characters likeable. ![]() Of course, Spinal Tap isn't a real band, any more than its members are real people or DiBergi is a real documentarian, though you'd never know that from this film. metal band Spinal Tap, invited documentarian Marty DiBergi on their 1982 U.S. ![]() Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls, the nucleus of U.K. Well, now that I've seen it, I can tell you that it's better than the last one in some ways, and not quite as good in others. The rarity of that Criterion edition made this new MGM version very hotly anticipated by Tap aficionados, but at the same time we have been a little nervous that the new disc wouldn't measure up to the last one, which is one of the best DVDs ever. Longtime readers of this site are most likely aware that This is Spinal Tap holds two distinctions with Your DVD Editor: first, it's my favorite movie of all time, and second, its previous DVD incarnation, the out-of-print Criterion Collection version, is one of only two DVDs to have received a perfect 10 rating on this site. ![]()
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