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Rating: Available Date: 8/21/01 A town of Blaine, Missouri is preparing for celebrations of its 150th anniversary. Corky St.Clair, an off-off-off-off-off-Broadway director is putting together an amateur theater show about the t... More Director: Christopher Guest Cast: Bob Balaban, Brian Doyle-Murray, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, David Cross, Deborah Theaker, Don Lake, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Larry Miller, Lewis Arquette, Matt Keeslar, Michael Hitchcock, Parker Posey, Paul Dooley Theatrical...
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The star-struck denizens of backwater burg Blaine, Missouri, gear up for their chance in the limelight when their community theatre impresario promises them that talent scout Mort Guffman will attend the opening of their sesquicentennial gala, a musical revue called "Red, White, and Blaine." A charming "mockumentary" co-scripted and directed by that genre's unofficial kingpin, Christopher Guest (of THIS IS SPINAL TAP fame).
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Run time: 84 minutes Rating: R
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Product Description One of the funniest films in many a moon was hiding at art house theaters in 1998. Former Saturday Night Live comedian and Spinal Tap member Christopher Guest creates the ultimate parody of small-town dramatics, Waiting for Guffman . Corky St. Clair
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A Mighty Wind/Best in Show/Waiting for Guffman (3 Discs) (Widescreen) (Dual-layered DVD) Products and Promotions
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A town of Blaine, Missouri is preparing for celebrations of its 150th anniversary. Corky St.Clair, an off-off-off-off-off-Broadway director is putting together an amateur theater show about the town's history, starring a local dentist, a couple of travel agents, a Dairy Queen waitress, and a car repairman. He invites a Broadway theater critic Mr. Guffman to see the opening night of the show.
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Corky St. Clair a flamboyant and desperate Broadway wannabe, is determined to get back to the bright lights of Broadway, and he things he was the ticket. He's created "Red, White, and Blaine", an ambitious musical celebrating the town of Blaine, Missouri's 150th anniversary. The residents pin their hopes on being discovered in Corky's hilariously hapless theater production and on reports that big-time talent scout Mort Guffman will be in the audience to discover them.
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Please Note: Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE) has recently been added by Warner and Columbia to certain Region 1 DVD's. RCE will prevent the DVD from playing on some "Multi-Region" DVD players. If you are in any doubt that your player may not be able to play RCE DVD's, we recommend that you do not order this title, as we are unable to accept returned RCE DVD's.
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Mockumentary DVD - Waiting for Guffman (DVD)
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The city of Blaine, Missouri is celebrating its sesquicentennial, and what better reason could there be to put on a show? Corky St. Claire ( Christopher Guest ), current leader of Blaine's community theater group and creator of a stage musical version of Backdraft that led to the unfortunate destruction of the theater, has been commissioned to put together a musical about the city's noble history, "Red, White and Blaine," which stars a variety of the town's theatrical talent. Corky's cast includes...
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Fans of mockumentarian Christopher Guest can rejoice with this 3-DVD collection, which includes the hilarious spoofs A MIGHTY WIND, BEST IN SHOW, and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN. See individual titles for detailed information.
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Now the director or Waiting for Guffman has helped create a fabulously funny DVD experience, including wildly entertainment improvised scenes seen anywhere else and a commentary track that will have you failing on the floor. Don't miss!
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A MIGHTY WIND: Documentary-style Comedy. Christopher Guest follows up his acclaimed ensemble comedies Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman with a docu-comedy about three folk groups from the 60s who reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager. BEST IN SHOW: The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of...
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From All Movie Guide: Christopher Guest has made his mark employing the tightly structured but highly improvised "mockumentary" style, first perfected by Rob Reiner in This Is Spinal Tap. This box set combines the Guest directed films Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind. Each is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a second English soundtrack...
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DVD - 50 matches found Waiting For Guffman (ntsc)
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