"I wanted to capture the sights, the sounds, the smells, of a hardworking rock band on the road." It's time for Spinal Tap to rock your face off – again! Bleecker Street has launched a trailer for the 41st Anniversary "Golden" celebration / re-release of the iconic rock classic
This is Spinal Tap. For the uninitiated,
This is Spinal Tap is Rob Reiner & Christopher Guest's badass mockumentary - it's an entirely fake film presented as a real documentary about a fake band.
This Is Spinal Tap chronicles England's loudest and most punctual band on their disaster-filled U.S. tour. Experience the remastered, remixed, and definitive version of what can only be described as a mockumentary masterpiece. The original
This is Spinal Tap debuted in 1984 as Reiner's very first feature. It's the film where "turn it up to 11" comes from. It also recently screened at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival before they started filming the sequel -
Spinal Tap II, due out later this year (
in September). "The cult comedy classic of the 80s, brimming with energy and grease-stained humor, where the music is amped up to 11 and the lights are explosive!" With
Christopher Guest,
Michael McKean,
Harry Shearer,
Rob Reiner,
June Chadwick,
Tony Hendra,
Bruno Kirby. This film rules - rock on. //
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