Four Eyed Monsters
Advertisement
Sign in
Username   Password         Forgot password?
Wanna join? Tour Spout | Sign up
Waiting for Guffman
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Rate this movie.

trailerWatch trailer

Rent it, watch it, find it

Advertisement
Synopsis
The city of Blaine, Missouri is celebrating its sesquicentennial, and what better reason could there be to put on a show? Corky St. Claire (Christopher Guest), current leader of Blaine's community theater group and creator of a stage musical version of Backdraft that led to the unfortunate destruction of the theater, has been commissioned to put together a musical about the city's noble history, "Red, White and Blaine," which stars a variety of the town's theatrical talent. Corky's cast includes Ron and Sheila Albertson (Fred Willard and Catherine O'Hara), a pair of married travel agents that Corky calls "the Lunts of Blaine;" Allan Pearl (Eugene Levy), a dentist who insists that he wasn't the class clown in high school but did sit next to him; Libby Mae Brown (Parker Posey), a sweet young thing who lives for her job at the Dairy Queen; and Clifford Wooley (Lewis Arquette), an "Old Blainian" who makes gun racks from deer hooves. Somehow, Corky has persuaded a major theatrical producer in New York to send a representative to look at the show -- is it possible that "Red, White and Blaine" could be headed to Broadway? Christopher Guest directed and co-wrote this very funny mock-documentary, in addition to playing the flamboyant Corky; Guests's partners from This Is Spinal Tap, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, helped write the memorable songs for "Red, White and Blaine." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Lewis Arquette Clifford Wooley
Catherine O'Hara Sheila Albertson
Fred Willard Ron Albertson
Bob Balaban Lloyd Miller
Christopher Guest Corky St. Claire
Eugene Levy Allan Pearl
Parker Posey Libby Mae Brown

Production Crew

John Frick Art Director
Ginger Sledge Associate Producer
Roberto Schaefer Cinematographer
Julie Carnahan Costume Designer
Christopher Guest Director
Andy Blumenthal Editor
Liz Ryan First Assistant Director
Karen Murphy Producer
Joseph T. Garrity Production Designer
Christopher Guest Screenwriter
Eugene Levey Screenwriter
Christopher Guest Songwriter
Harry Shearer Songwriter
Michael McKean Songwriter
Jennifer Murphy Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 84
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for brief strong language
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Castle Rock Entertainment
Sony Pictures Classics

Awards
1997 - Best Picture - Independent Spirit Award