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Mood:
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- ShowbizArtists and ShowbizSocial RelationsActor's LifeSmall Town LifeAmbitionLifestyleMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependentFake DocumentaryMockumentary
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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Place:
- MissouriUSASmall Town
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- SatireSilly HumorDry Humor
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- Ensemble Cast
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Waiting for Guffman, 1996
English
USA
Profile of Waiting for Guffman
The mood of Waiting for Guffman is cynical, clever, and offbeat. The plot centers around social relations, showbiz, and artists and showbiz. It features satire and dry humor. Waiting for Guffman is a comedy and independent movie. Stylistically, it is a mockumentary, is a fake documentary, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Waiting for Guffman takes place, at least partly, in a small town. The setting is Missouri. It happens in the 1990s. Waiting for Guffman is known for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Waiting for Guffman
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).
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 21 August 1996 |
| Runtime: | 84 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dr. Allan Pearl
as Libby Mae Brown
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
Rolling Stone
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- by: Peter Travers
