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Title: Waiting for Guffman (1996)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Deborah Theaker | ... | Gwen Fabin-Blunt - Councilwoman | |
| Michael Hitchcock | ... | Steve Stark - Councilman | |
| Scott Williamson | ... | Tucker Livingston - Councilman | |
| Larry Miller | ... | Glenn Welsch - Mayor | |
| Don Lake | ... | Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian | |
| Christopher Guest | ... | Corky St. Clair | |
| Fred Willard | ... | Ron Albertson | |
| Catherine O'Hara | ... | Sheila Albertson | |
| Parker Posey | ... | Libby Mae Brown | |
| David Cross | ... | UFO Expert | |
| Eugene Levy | ... | Dr. Allan Pearl | |
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James McQueen | ... | Singing Auditioner (as Jim McQueen) |
| Turk Pipkin | ... | Ping Pong Ball Juggler | |
| Jerry Turman | ... | Raging Bull Auditioner | |
| Bob Balaban | ... | Lloyd Miller | |
A town of Blaine, Missouri is preparing for celebrations of its 150th anniversary. Corky St.Clair, an off-off-off-off-off-Broadway director is putting together an amateur theater show about the town's history, starring a local dentist, a couple of travel agents, a Dairy Queen waitress, and a car repairman. He invites a Broadway theater critic Mr. Guffman to see the opening night of the show. Written by Piotr Zembrowski <zembrows@astro.utoronto.ca>
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I'm not sure why I waited to so long to see this film as I've known about it for quite some time now, but it was purely delightful. I spent the weekend catching up on my Christopher Guest films, and watched `A Mighty Wind' then `Best in Show' and saved Guffman for last. While I still thought `A Mighty Wind' was better, (in the same way that Sprite is better than 7-Up there's really no difference, just maybe an iota of something indescribable that is better) `Waiting for Guffman' is still huddled in there with `Best in Show' as a fantastic film.
One thing that I noticed about `Guffman' over the others is that while all of his films have a little heart to them, this film had just a little bit more. I can also see that Guest, while having more of an acting role in this film, went on to lessen his roles substantially, but he really is a good actor. All of the actors show immense versatility, (especially Catherine O'Hara, whose hair in this film made me laugh constantly) but Guest actually surprised me. The fact that the films are primarily ad-libbed is most impressive in `Guffman' in my opinion, and the direction, while very subtle in all of the films, does not rely on editing to lead (or sometimes, create) a gag as much as his later films do.
All of Guest's films are fairly short (clocking in at 90 minutes or less) so I would suggest that if you haven't seen any or all of his mockumentaries, to just schedule a film festival with some friends and watch them in order. It's fun to compare them, and to watch the same actors take on different personas, and `Waiting for Guffman' is a strong and hilarious piece of work.
--Shelly