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Podcast: Good Film Hunting
Episode: Episode 114 - Cult Classics - This is Spinal Tap (1984) Review
Description: This week, we’re cranking it up to 11 with This Is Spinal Tap (1984), the mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner. Starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, this rock ‘n’ roll satire follows the legendary—yet questionably talented—British band Spinal Tap as they embark on a disastrously mismanaged tour.From getting lost backstage to the infamous Stonehenge stage prop debacle, Spinal Tap is packed with moments so absurdly real that actual rock stars found it traumatizing. But does this film still strike a chord, or should it have been left in the discount bin at Tower Records?<...