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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever : The Story of Spinal Tap.
For the first time, director Rob Reiner and co-creators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary 'This Is Spinal Tap' and its upcoming sequel.
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- ISBN: 9781668079140
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 1 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Gallery Books, 2025.
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| General Note: | LA |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts HUMOR / Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Comedy |
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For the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel.
Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious bandâhow they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.
Reiner, Guest, McKean, and Shearer provide the backstories to the movieâs famous linesâamong them âHello, Cleveland!,â âNone more black,â âYou canât dust for vomit,â and âThese go to elevenââand to such Tap anthems as âBig Bottomâ and âStonehenge.â Featuring never-before-seen photographs, band memorabilia, and personal reminiscences of their enduring creative partnership, A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever will delight Tap-heads of all agesâjust as the long-awaited Spinal Tap sequel is hitting theaters.
BUT WAIT, THEREâS MORE! A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever also comes with a bonus memoir by Reinerâs directorial alter ego, Marty DiBergi, in which he interviews Tap band members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls about their musical journey and their drummers who paid the ultimate sacrifice to the rock gods.
