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   Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 American mockumentary comedy film written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, and directed by Guest. The film's ensemble cast includes Guest, Levy, Catherine O'Hara , Fred Willard , Bob Balaban and Parker Posey .

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3. www.vulture.com › 2018 › 07Excerpt: Parker Posey’s Memoir ‘You’re on an Airplane’

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   Jul 23, 2018 · In an excerpt from her new memoir, You’re on an Airplane, the actress reflects on Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and Guest’s zen talents.

   • Author: Parker Posey

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4. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 9168820 Hilarious Facts About Waiting for Guffman - Mental Floss

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   • THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED BY A JUNIOR HIGH PRODUCTION OF ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN. Christopher Guest told Deborah Theaker, who plays Guffman’s Gwen Fabin-Blunt, that he was watching one of his kids perform in Annie, Get Your Gun when inspiration struck.
   • THERE WASN’T A SCRIPT … Guest’s mockumentaries famously have no scripts. Instead, they’re entirely improvised by the actors based on outlines written by Guest and his collaborators—a tradition that began with Guffman.
   • BUT SOME ELEMENTS OF GUFFMAN DID NEED TO BE SCRIPTED AND REHEARSED. Namely, the songs and dialogue of Red, White and Blaine. Guest turned to his This is Spinal Tap (1984) collaborators to help him with the music: He and Harry Shearer co-wrote “Stool Boom” and “Nothing Ever Happens on Mars,” while Guest and Michael McKean co-wrote “Covered Wagons, Open Toed Shoes” and “Penny For Your Thoughts.”
   • MARTIN SHORT WANTED TO BE IN THE MOVIE. Fred Willard, who plays Ron Albertson, recalled in Best in Show that Guest had run the idea for Guffman past some of his friends, including Martin Short, who had worked with Guest on Saturday Night Live and The Big Picture.

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6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0118111Waiting for Guffman (1996) - IMDb

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   With Deborah Theaker, Michael Hitchcock, Scott Williamson, Larry Miller. An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

   • 7.4/10 (31K)
   • Genre: Comedy

   • Director: Christopher Guest
   • Release Date: 1997-01-31

7. mawrgorshin.com › 2021/06/17 › analysis-of-waitingAnalysis of ‘Waiting for Guffman’ - Infinite Ocean

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   Jun 17, 2021 · Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film, done in the tradition of such mockumentaries as This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show, directed by Christopher Guest (who played Nigel Tufnel in Spinal Tap) and written by him and Eugene Levy.

8. www.esquire.com › entertainment › moviesDoes Waiting For Guffman Hold Up 25 Years Later? Now I See ...

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   Jan 31, 2021 · Waiting For Guffman turns 25 this year. It’s a brilliant work of semi-improvised comedy, a classic, a stand-by, a movie I love and quote and laugh at every single time, and one that...

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   Who directed Waiting for Guffman?

   • Waiting for Guffman: Directed by Christopher Guest. With Deborah Theaker, Michael Hitchcock, Scott Williamson, Larry Miller. An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

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   Is Waiting for Guffman considered a cult film?

   • Though it didn’t make much of a dent in the box office when it hit theaters 20 years ago, Christopher Guest’s mockumentary Waiting for Guffman has become a cult hit in the years since.

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   What did you know about waiting for Guffman?

   • Here are a few things you might not have known about the making of 'Waiting for Guffman'. 1. The movie was inspired by a junior high production of 'Annie, Get Your Gun'. Christopher Guest was watching one of his kids perform in Annie, Get Your Gun when inspiration struck.

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   Is waiting for Guffman A good movie?

   • As of 2024, Waiting for Guffman has a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "This riotously deadpan mockumentary about aspiring community theater performers never stoops to ridicule oft-ridiculous characters."

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   Who wrote 'Waiting for Guffman'?

   • Eugene Levy was chosen by Christopher Guest to co-write 'Waiting for Guffman'. (At first, Levy thought the call was a joke, but Guest was a fan of his work on Canadian sketch show Second City TV .) They wrote an outline for the story and its characters together.

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   Does Bob Balaban play the piano in waiting for Guffman?

   • In 'Waiting for Guffman', Bob Balaban played the piano during the show's rehearsals at the direction of Christopher Guest. He had initially not asked many questions when offered the role, but Guest wanted Balaban to play the music director.

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