Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- Starring:
- Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, (more)
- Director(s):
- Christopher Guest
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Waiting for Guffman
The city of Blaine, Missouri is celebrating its sesquicentennial, and what better reason could there be to put on a show? Corky St. Claire (Christopher Guest), current leader of Blaine's community theater group and creator of a stage musical version of Backdraft that led to the unfortunate destruction of the theater, has been commissioned to put together a musical about the city's noble history, "Red, White and Blaine," which stars a variety of the town's theatrical talent. Corky's cast includes Ron and Sheila Albertson (Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara), a pair of married travel agents that Corky calls "the Lunts of Blaine;" Allan Pearl (Eugene Levy), a dentist who insists that he wasn't the class clown in high school but did sit next to him; Libby Mae Brown (Parker Posey), a sweet young thing who lives for her job at the Dairy Queen; and Clifford Wooley (Lewis Arquette), an "Old Blainian" who makes gun racks from deer hooves. Somehow, Corky has persuaded a major theatrical producer in New York to send a representative to look at the show -- is it possible that "Red, White and Blaine" could be headed to Broadway? Christopher Guest directed and co-wrote this very funny mock-documentary, in addition to playing the flamboyant Corky; Guests's partners from This Is Spinal Tap, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, helped write the memorable songs for "Red, White and Blaine." ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 84 mins
Complete Cast of Waiting for Guffman
- Christopher Guest - Corky St. Claire
- Fred Willard - Ron Albertson
- Bob Balaban - Lloyd Miller
- Lewis Arquette - Clifford Wooley
- David Cross - UFO Expert
- Larry Miller - Mayor Glenn Welsch
- Matt Keeslar - Johnny Savage
- Eugene Levy - Allan Pearl
- Catherine O'Hara - Sheila Albertson
- Parker Posey - Libby Mae Brown
- Paul Benedict - Roy Loomis (Not Guffman)
- Paul Dooley - UFO Abductee
- Brian Doyle-Murray - Red Savage
- Director(s):
- Christopher Guest
- Writer(s):
- Eugene Levey, Christopher Guest
- Producer(s):
- Karen Murphy
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor)
- Categories:
- Independent Films, Comedy
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