ghost of miles Posted May 16, 2003 Report Posted May 16, 2003 I'm going to see this tonight--anticipating a 60's-coffeehouse-folk version of SPINAL TAP. Anybody else seen it yet? Quote
JSngry Posted May 16, 2003 Report Posted May 16, 2003 Heard an NPR -exclusive "interview" segment a few weekends ago, complete w/songs, and laughed my ass off. Quote
BruceH Posted May 16, 2003 Report Posted May 16, 2003 Saw it a couple of weeks ago. If you like Christopher Guest's films, you'll like this. His most "gentle" perhaps, but that's not ncessarily bad. This was almost as good as Best of Show for me. I liked it. Fun for the whole family. Quote
BFrank Posted May 17, 2003 Report Posted May 17, 2003 Not as much like "Spinal Tap" as it is like "Best In Show" or "Guffman". "Tap" was the story of one band, this film is about several characters (incl. 3 folk ensembles) involved in putting together a tribute show. Quote
JSngry Posted May 17, 2003 Report Posted May 17, 2003 Not as much like "Spinal Tap" as it is like "Best In Show" or "Guffman". "Tap" was the story of one band, this film is about several characters (incl. 3 folk ensembles) involved in putting together a tribute show. The NPR bit focused almost exclusively on the "history" of "the band", much like Spinal Tap. Interesting that the movie goes in a different direction. Guess I should have recorded that NPR thing! Quote
BFrank Posted May 17, 2003 Report Posted May 17, 2003 Jim - you might still be able to hear that NPR piece on their web site. They have a lot of archived material. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted May 18, 2003 Report Posted May 18, 2003 I bet the piece JS heard was from Fresh Air. That show has it's own site and archives shows. They did one recently with Bob Koester on the 50th anniversary of Delmark. It's an interesting listen. Quote
jazzbo Posted May 18, 2003 Report Posted May 18, 2003 (edited) I thought this was a great movie. The album covers they display were a real creative hoot! Levy does a wonderful job in many aspects: storyline, songwriting, acting. (Guest was great on storyline and songwriting too.) Fred Willard is "on." It is a very funny and clever film! Edited May 18, 2003 by jazzbo Quote
BruceH Posted May 18, 2003 Report Posted May 18, 2003 I bet the piece JS heard was from Fresh Air. That show has it's own site and archives shows. They did one recently with Bob Koester on the 50th anniversary of Delmark. It's an interesting listen. I heard that! A good interview. One reason Spinal Tap is different from Guffman and the others is that Guest didn't direct Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner did. The other three movies were directed by Christopher Guest and have a noticeably different tone. Quote
BFrank Posted November 10, 2003 Report Posted November 10, 2003 Just saw the "Mighty Wind" LIVE show. It was very funny. All 3 groups were there in their entirety including Parker Posey & Paul Dooley with the New Main Street Singers. They did all the 'hits' - BOTH versions of "Never Did No Wanderin'", the Folksmen doing "Start Me Up" and many others. Bob Balaban did the MC-ing between acts with some help from Jennifer Coolidge. ... and yes.....Harry Shearer DID come out in drag. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 10, 2003 Report Posted November 10, 2003 Oops; sorry...I thought this was Kenny's flatulence thread... Quote
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