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| This Is Spinal Tap |
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| Originally released: 1984 |
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That rare beast, a perfectly realised idea. Reiner's 'mockumentary'
about bloated, out-dated heavy metal band Spinal Tap (the stellar trio
of McKean, Guest and Simpsons voicer Shearer) is a comic gem, with
on-the-money satire, belly laugh tomfoolery and more classic moments
than you can shake a stick at. Take your pick: the amps that go up to 11, the
inescapable stage pods, Derek Smalls' trouser eggplant, Billy
Crystal's mime waiter, the spontaneously combusting drummers... The
band play their own absurd songs (Living on a Sex Farm, etc.)
Richard Matthews
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