This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Genre: Mockumentary | Comedy | Music
Country: USA | Director: Rob Reiner
Language: English | Subtitles: English, Danish,
Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish
& Swedish (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 83mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1918×1038 – 23.976fps – 1.92gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/
In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap’s pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop.
By many seen as the favorite cult classic (together with ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’) ‘This is Spinal Tap’ is truly a comedy masterpiece. The rockumentary about fake band Spinal Tap seems so honest and serious that the slightest joke gets a huge laugh. We follow the band together with a documentary filmmaker, played by director Rob Reiner, on a tour that must make sure they will have a comeback. We see some of their shows where things go wrong, we see how they argue about the cover of their album, and we see how a girlfriend almost destroys the band.
The movie handles all these events as serious as possible, presenting itself as a real documentary about a real band. The fact that the band members are not too bright makes it funny. Especially the scene where the lead singer talks about an amplifier that goes to eleven instead of ten and therefore produces louder sounds is hilarious. The scene where the band plays on a Stonehenge stage is a classic, very memorable.
Writer Christopher Guest recently wrote and starred in ‘Best in Show’ (2000) and ‘A Mighty Wind’ (2003), two hilarious and terrific fake documentaries, the so-called mockumentaries, but ‘This is Spinal Tap’ stays the classic example. He and his co-writers, including director Reiner, have created the ultimate cult classic.
Thank you! :)