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Waiting for Guffman

1996

Directed by Christopher Guest

There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

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Christopher Guest Eugene Levy Fred Willard Catherine O'Hara Michael Hitchcock Larry Miller Parker Posey Bob Balaban Don Lake David Cross Paul Dooley Lewis Arquette Matt Keeslar Brian Doyle-Murray Paul Benedict Deborah Theaker Margaret Bowman Scott Williamson Linda Kash James McQueen Turk Pipkin Jerry Turman Miriam Flynn Jill Parker-Jones Jean Fuller Paul Robertson Richard Macdowell Johnny Reno Tracy Rosenkrans Show All…

Alternative Titles

Sognando Broadway, В ожидании Гаффмана, מחכים לגופמן, Wenn Guffman kommt, El experto, В очакване на Гуфман, В очікуванні Гаффмана, 等待古夫曼, Guffman'ı Beklerken, 거프만을 기다리며, Esperando o Sr. Guffman

Genres

Music Comedy

Themes

Crude humor and satire Song and dance Catchy songs and hilarious musical comedy Gags, jokes, and slapstick humor Amusing jokes and witty satire Funny jokes and crude humor Action comedy and silly heroics Show All…

Premiere

12 Sep 1996

Canada14A Toronto International Film Festival

04 Aug 1997

Australia Melbourne International Film Festival

Theatrical limited

21 Aug 1996

USAR

Theatrical

31 Jan 1997

USAR

07 Mar 1997

Brazil

25 Sep 1997

Australia

TV

21 Aug 1996

Sweden15

24 Dec 2004

Germany

Australia

04 Aug 1997

Premiere Melbourne International Film Festival

25 Sep 1997

Theatrical

Brazil

07 Mar 1997

Theatrical

Canada

12 Sep 1996

Premiere14A Toronto International Film Festival

Germany

24 Dec 2004

TV Tele 5

Sweden

21 Aug 1996

TV15

USA

21 Aug 1996

Theatrical limitedR Boston Film Festival

31 Jan 1997

TheatricalR

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Simply one of the best comedies of all time. The scene where Parker Posey is cooking a single chicken wing on a grill and says "They'll always be a place for me at the DQ" will haunt me forever. Also, she's so fucking hot.
Review by Laura Saladino ★★★★★ 1

CORKY WE LOVE YOU WE WANT YOU TO LIVE
Review by Karsten ★★★★

everybody dance!
Review by Steve Sandberg ★★★★ 3

An amazing detail I never noticed before: Before the "Nothing Ever Happens On Mars" number, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard's married couple are backstage, her painstakingly fixing his hair for him as he fusses over the details, after which he tells her "now you can fix yours", graciously allowing her the few seconds left before they're due on stage to take care of her own appearance.
Next scene, they're on stage and he's wearing a hat.
Review by David Sims ★★★★ 5

stool boom
Review by fran hoepfner ★★★★

the ire of Bob Balaban...... how is this orchestration so good?? HOW
Review by Mike Ginn ★★★★½ 1

the lyric “some for selling, some for keeping” in the song about building stools just really really does it for me.
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Public announcement
I’m willing to exchange my entire Criterion Collection for a Remains of the Day lunchbox or My Dinner with Andre Action Figures. Hit me up if you’re interested.
Review by Zarahi ★★★★ 2

10. Corky listening to mariachi music while taking a depression bath
9. “I hate your ASSFACE!”
8. Alien abduction monologue
7. “I’m going home and I’m gonna...I’m gonna bite my pillow is what I’m gonna do!”
6. David Cross crop circle scene
5. Remains of the Day lunchbox
4. “No, I wasn’t the class clown. But I sat next to the class clown and I studied him.”
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2. The hit showtune “Bubbe Made a Kishka”
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There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.

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Premiere

12 Sep 1996

04 Aug 1997

Theatrical limited

21 Aug 1996

Theatrical

31 Jan 1997

07 Mar 1997

25 Sep 1997

TV

21 Aug 1996

24 Dec 2004

Australia

04 Aug 1997

25 Sep 1997

Brazil

07 Mar 1997

Canada

12 Sep 1996

Germany

24 Dec 2004

Sweden

21 Aug 1996

USA

21 Aug 1996

31 Jan 1997

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