Spinal Tap, una delle band più rumorose d'Inghilterra, è raccontata dal regista Marty DiBergi in quello che si rivela un tour fatale.Spinal Tap, una delle band più rumorose d'Inghilterra, è raccontata dal regista Marty DiBergi in quello che si rivela un tour fatale.Spinal Tap, una delle band più rumorose d'Inghilterra, è raccontata dal regista Marty DiBergi in quello che si rivela un tour fatale.
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- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 3 vittorie e 2 candidature totali
- Sir Denis Eton-Hogg
- (as Patrick MacNee)
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Despite what anyone else tells you, this is easily one of the most quotable movies made and is just as funny today as it was when it was made, unless you are so out of touch with the world that it affectionately spoofs. The film is almost a tragedy so well does it chronicle the absurd collapse of the band. However, regardless of the hows and whats, the comedy is in the characters and the sharp dialogue. While most of the specific action is really funny, it is best during the backstage arguments and the candid interviews.
The dialogue is fantastic from start to finish and is made better by a superb cast delivering absurd lines with a straight face! McKean, Guest and Shearer are the strongest of the cast have most of the best lines. The support cast is also crammed with cameos from such people as Bruno Kirby, Billy Crystal, Begley Jnr, Macnee, Paul Shaffer, Anjelica Huston and others. Reiner excels as director, writer and documentarian, the film has his hands all over it.
Overall this is a great film, so much has been said about it that I won't go on any longer. While it is not an out and out spoof like Naked Gun, this film is wittier as the comedy comes from the dialogue and the sheer imagination of the writing!
"See Spinal Tap" should be written in the dictionary next to satire. Lately satire has come to mean a simple mockery of pop-culture instead of "human vice or folly attacked through irony, derision or wit". Movies like "Scary Movie" claim to be parodies or satire without even trying to be witty. They just imitate something as opposed to commenting on it. True satire takes a bit more work by the writers and will make you laugh much harder.
Spinal Tap gives you the absurdity of the rock and roll world, yet still respects the music. I understood this when I saw a clip of the movie for the first time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was the scene with amps that go to "11". I couldn't stop thinking about that scene until I finally saw the movie. Every aspect of the music world is lampooned; arrogance, absurdity, backstage crybabies, has-beenism, volume, even the Beatles. This movie is quoted like the Simpsons, which isn't always good but certainly proof of legendary movie. It's dry, deadpan humor and it may take a day to sink in but this movie is hilarious.
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- QuizThe actors are all competent musicians, and they're actually playing on the soundtrack.
- BlooperWhile David and Nigel normally play guitar, they both play bass during Big Bottom, because that's what the song requires. It's a musical joke.
- Citazioni
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe credits state that the band Spinal Tap is fictional, and add "And there's no Easter Bunny, either!"
- Versioni alternativeThe movie was released in 1994 on CD-ROM by the Voyager Company, a movie distribution company specialized in converting and releasing movies on CD-ROM format. The CD-ROM edition includes the movie as well as extra features. For instance, it has two audio commentaries, one of them from the three main cast members who are not in character. This audio commentary has never been released on any other medium. The CD also includes some fun basic options such as turning the volume to 11 or typing in popular lines and phrases from the movie, which the CD then automatically locates in the movie and plays the scene with the line. The bonus material also includes music videos, ten deleted scenes, the original Spinal Tap short that was made to sell the idea of the movie to potential producers, and some notes from the crew. Another rarity is a fake trailer presented by Rob Reiner himself for "Cheese Rolling," a mockumentary about Denmark's fictional traditional cheese festival, where small villages compete in cheese throwing and similar sports activities involving cheese that can get very intense.
- ConnessioniEdited into The Greatest: 100 Most Metal Moments (2004)
- Colonne sonoreTonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
(uncredited)
Written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner
Performed by Spinal Tap
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- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- This is Spinal Tap
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Azienda produttrice
- Vedi altri crediti dell’azienda su IMDbPro
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- Budget
- 2.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 5.805.939 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 30.835 USD
- 4 mar 1984
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 5.809.128 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 22 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1
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