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This is Spinal Tap (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Domingueza, Shari Hall, R.j. Parnell
Studio: MGM
Category: DVD
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Rating:  201 reviews
Sales Rank: 9829
Format: Ntsc, Special Edition, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: MGMD1000973D
ISBN: 6305922756
UPC: 027616852809
EAN: 9786305922759
ASIN: 6305922756
Theatrical Release Date: March 2, 1984
Release Date: April 1, 2003
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Director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) solemnly alerts us to the glory that was Spinal Tap in his introduction to this "rockumentary" about the legendary British heavy-metal group, featuring lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), lead singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and a succession of drummers whose careers were cut short by spontaneously combusting on their stool, drowning in somebody else's vomit, or otherwise perishing in untimely fashion. Under DiBergi's studious interrogation, the band and their familiars retrace the band's evolution from head-bopping Mersey Beat poseurs to head-banging metal poseurs, each change in musical direction or tonsorial chic having little effect on the surviving trio's sublime idiocy. For, as St. Hubbins (he's the "deep" one, relatively speaking) sagely observes, "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."P Happily for us, director Reiner, who developed the underlying story line with Guest and former Credibility Gap pranksters McKean and Shearer, stays squarely on the right side of the line, even as his writer-actors remain hilariously trapped on the other side. In lieu of a formal shooting script, the quartet created an extensive and detailed band history ripe with the sort of dead-pan detail that hard-core rock historians and screwball aficionados will savor on countless replays; with the three Tap members also musicians themselves, the "band" developed its stage act under the unsuspecting noses of L.A. club denizens, who accepted them as just as loud, flashy, sexist, and obvious as any other mullet-tressed, leather-garbed brigade of guitar slingers, circa 1984. The resulting footage thus manages to lob its punch lines and build its characters (including some thinly veiled character assassinations of various industry folks) with a loose, tossed-away verve rooted in the improvisational approach. IThis Is Spinal Tap/I remains the funniest, and most truthful, look at rock culture ever filmed and a personal best for all involved. I--Sam Sutherland/I
Additional Features
Featuring a new digital transfer and a remixed stereo soundtrack, the "Special Edition" also includes nearly five minutes of outtakes and "Bitch School," the rarely seen music video banned by MTV.
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 Fantastic July 16, 2004
Joe Clay
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The classic This is Spinal Tap is truly the greatest depiction of a rock band in cinematic history. I remember watching this for the first time with my buddies...everything thats happened in this movie has happened to me. The guy getting stuck in the pod, the tour dates being cancelled, playing under a puppet show, all of it!! And my buddies are sitting there laughing and Im like....this isnt funny. And THATS what makes the movie so great.....its SO realistic.p The definitive rock and roll band movie.....get it today!!
Big and stupid. And clever. VERY, VERY clever. July 7, 2004
Shotgun Method (NY... No, not *that* NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Alright, I'm not going to bore you with the details or story of this sublime Reiner "documentary," nor am I going to babble on and on about how spot-on a parody of NWOBHM (that's "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" to the uninitiated) this is. pInstead, I will offer you some quotes. Those alone should give you plenty of insight as to why this is one of the greatest movies of all time. To wit: p"Oh, there actually is, uh... there was a Saint Hubbins?" br"That's right, yes." br"What was he the saint of?" br"He was the patron saint of quality footwear." p"You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really. It's sort of..." br"What do you call this?" br"Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump". br br"As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll." p"Here lies David St. Hubbins... and why not?" br br"Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported." p"It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black." p"We are Spinal Tap from the UK - you must be the USA!" p"You can't really dust for vomit." p"This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, 'What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too?'" pAnd of course: "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder? br"These go to eleven." br brNot laughing? Well, the visuals are even funnier--malfunctioning stage props, a guitar solo that probably singlehandedly gave birth to the "neo-classical" shred style, unique ways to use a violin, and of course lots and lots of retarded sexuality and bad poetry. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Derek Shearer absolutely NAIL it. Everybody should have this film. Especially metalheads who aren't afraid to have a good, long laugh at themselves.
Rockin' and Mockin' July 5, 2004
Danno (NY, NY)
When this film was originally released, its targets were hard rock bands like Whitesnake and Dio, along with overly pretentious concert films like The Last Waltz and Song Remains the Same. 20 years later, the film still holds up - and practically everything in it could apply to newer bands like the Darkness, and VH1's ridiculous Behind the Music TV series. Why? The cast and creators manage to walk the fine line between satire and homage while staying in love with the spirit of rock n'roll. Sure, band members Nigel, David, and Derek may be half-witted hacks but we love them because they reflect not only most of our rock heroes - but our rock fantasies as well. There's a sense of joy in this film that's absent in many 'serious' rock bands and films that are soon forgotten. Director Rob Reiner was also smart enough not to aim for a constant barrage of one-liners and slapstick. There's actually a story and a subtext here that most parody films totally lack. The DVD comes with a grab-bag of Spinal Tap goodies, including a hilarious commentary track and rock videos. This one's a comedy for the ages.
BY FAR.. July 2, 2004
the greatest movie ever. i love this movie soo much. thank. out of one to 5 stars, i'D GIVE IT ELEVEN!
This review goes to ELEVEN (stars)... June 23, 2004
Its ONE star louder.pClassic movie and the humor is timeless.pIts funny that there are so many people today that don't realize that Spinal Tap began as a total parody.
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