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Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven - This Is Spinal Tap
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Title: This Is Spinal Tap

Release Date: 2 Mar 1984

Runtime: 1h 22m

Genre: Music, Comedy

Director: Spinal Tap Prod., Embassy Films Associates, Embassy Pictures

Production Companies: Spinal Tap Prod., Embassy Films Associates, Embassy Pictures

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, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

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Average Vote: 7.4 (1426 votes)

Cast

  • Nigel Tufnel: Christopher Guest
  • David St. Hubbins: Michael McKean
  • Derek Smalls: Harry Shearer
  • Marty DiBergi: Rob Reiner
  • Jeanine Pettibone: June Chadwick
  • Tommy Pischedda: Bruno Kirby
  • John 'Stumpy' Pepys: Ed Begley Jr.
  • Bobbi Flekman: Fran Drescher
  • Mime Waiter: Dana Carvey
  • Angelo DiMentibelio: Sandy Helberg
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