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Mar 2, 1984 · This Is Spinal Tap: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall. Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
This Is Spinal Tap (also known as This Is Spın̈al Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi [a]) is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film co-written and directed by Rob Reiner (in his feature directorial debut).
For music biz insiders, This Is Spinal Tap is a vastly amusing satire of heavy metal bands. Mar 26, 2009. This now stands as one of the premier cult movies of all time, an honor no one saw coming...
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This Is Spinal Tap. Undoubtedly the funniest film ever made about rock and roll, Rob Reiner's satire about an over-the-hill heavy metal band is a priceless look at the music business and it's madness. 4,525 IMDb 7.9 1 h 22 min 1984. R. Comedy · Arts, Entertainment, and Culture · Cerebral · Quirky.
Jan 21, 2001 · One of the loveliest ironies of "This Is Spinal Tap" is that the band took on a life of its own after the movie came out, and actually toured and released albums. Spinal Tap lives still. And they haven't gotten any better.
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. In 1982, the legendary English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker.
Trailer for Rob Reiner's film starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Bruno Kirby, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Ed Begley Jr., Danny Kortchmar,...
This Is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner's directorial debut has developed into a cult phenomenon. The film that invented the "rockumentary" has now outlasted most of the bands it mocked. Following the ill-fated American comeback tour of an aging heavy-metal group, this film has joined the ranks of the greatest comedies ever made.
Overview. "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians ...
This is Spinal Tap is hilarious to everyone who’s not a musician. Because for as ridiculous and perverse as Rob Reiner’s heavy metal mockumentary gets, the slim, 82-minute comedy gnaws at more truths than any other rock ‘n’ roll biopic ever put to celluloid.