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Rating:  - Best In Show Plus Rocky Horror Equals Guffman
Waiting for Guffman is another wonderful mockumentary from actor/director Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap, Best in Show) and cowriter/partner in crime Eugene Levy. The film highlights the big dreams and raw (very raw) talent of the five stars of 'Red, White and Blaine,' the celebratory musical commemorating Blaine, Missouri's 150th anniversary. The humor in Guffman is of the cut-above variety, founded on relationships and underlined by the characters' hopes. Guest plays Corky St. Clair, a refugee from Broadway who has found a niche for his special abilities as the de facto King of Theater in Blaine. Levy plays the town dentist who is auditioning for the very first time. Parker Posey is the perky, poignant and perhaps pathetic ingenue who works at the Dairy Queen. Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard prove the maxim that matching sweatsuits betray an unhappy marriage. Bob Balaban plays Lloyd Miller the music director who is grounded in reality, although his suggestion that the cast might spend some of the rehearsal time actually practicing the songs and dances is met with hostility. As an ex-theater major from Hays, Kansas I found the characters 100% real even while laughing at the absurdity of their belief in the possibility that they might take their show to Broadway. The musical itself would make a great cult movie in the vein of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The events commemorated include the settling of Blaine (in which a wagon train leader manages to convince an entire group of people that they've already reached California), the famous UFO sighting and alien encounter, and the founding of the stool-making business which drove Blaine's economy for generations. The DVD is worth seeing just for the extra features. The commentary by Guest and Levy is more informative than funny. I got the impression that they were distracted from the commentary by the brilliance of certain scenes in the movie. The extra scenes, however, were hilarious. Waiting for Guffman was shot from a bare-bones script and the actors were encouraged to improvise most of the dialogue. From over 60 hours of footage the best scenes were selected: three of the original scenes that didn't get into the musical, an alternate ending for O'Hara and Willard, scenes with characters that never made it into the movie, and an explanation for why the dentist's wife has a Wisconsin accent.
Rating: - Corky St. Clair, Theatrical Master: Path to Glory and Fame
Set in the town of Blaine, MissourA, this movie tells the quaint tale of Corky St. Clair, the town theater director who still hasn't opened the closet door yet, is preparing to celebrate the sequecentennial of Blaine. Meet the locals who join in on the fun and excitement of the production of "Red, White, and Blaine": Libby Mae, a 20something DQ blizzard queen, Ron Albertson, a travel agent of Magic Carpet Travel who endured "minor surgery" and his submissive wife Sheila, or Mrs. Albertson, who has a fondness for hair spray and jogging suits, Dr. Pearl, a dentist/comedian who can never be seen without his "specs", Clifford Wooley, who loves his beans and taxidermy and making gun racks, Lloyd Miller, the stiff and jealous music director, and finally Johnny Savage, the town greasemonkey. Watch this flick for a barrel of laughs, from Corky's nervous breakdown to the grand performance in front of all of Blaine. But if you don't like it, "you're just bastard people!" END
Rating: - Gentle humor that provides belly laughs galore
After wiping the tears from my eyes after watching "Best in Show," I discovered this little-known gem. Much like an earlier review stated, I too could watch this movie every single day and laugh until my vision blurred. I cannot remember a movie in the past twenty years with as many quality laughs and subtle jokes as "Waiting for Guffman." Sadly it suffers from a horrible title, but after one viewing even that is digestable. Every single character in this masterpiece is outstanding--there are NO weak characters and NO weak moments. It is important to listen carefully for all the jibes and one-liners delivered, especially by Fred Willard. His runs are priceless. I have to finish this review quickly because I want to rush into the living room and watch it again for the umpteenth time this month. Highest rating possible!!! Thanks go out to Christopher Guest and his troupe of comedic masters for a job well done!!!
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