“Waiting for Guffman” is a mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest (“The Big Picture” 1989), who seems to have this genre of motion pictures all to himself. The satirical work presented in the form of a documentary takes a look at local community theater. The story has the cast of “Red, White, and Blaine” in Blaine, Missouri, waiting for the arrival of a Broadway producer from New York named Mort Guffman. It is believed that a positive review from Guffman could guarantee the play a trip to the Big Apple. Guest and Eugene Levy wrote the screenplay, with much of the dialogue improvised by the actors, providing lots of laughs.
The large cast includes Fred Willard, Catherine O’Hara, Lewis Arquette, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Matthew Keeslar, Larry Miller, Brain Doyle-Murray, Michael Hitchcock, David Cross, Linda Kash, Paul Benedict, Paul Dooley, and Bob Odenkirk. Much of the cast would appear in future Guest films; he is married to Jamie Lee Curtis in real life.
The watchable “Waiting for Guffman” was not a hit at the box office for Castle Rock Entertainment and Sony Pictures Classics.
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
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My Review
“Waiting for Guffman” is a mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest (“The Big Picture” 1989), who seems to have this genre of motion pictures all to himself. The satirical work presented in the form of a documentary takes a look at local community theater. The story has the cast of “Red, White, and Blaine” in Blaine, Missouri, waiting for the arrival of a Broadway producer from New York named Mort Guffman. It is believed that a positive review from Guffman could guarantee the play a trip to the Big Apple. Guest and Eugene Levy wrote the screenplay, with much of the dialogue improvised by the actors, providing lots of laughs.
The large cast includes Fred Willard, Catherine O’Hara, Lewis Arquette, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Matthew Keeslar, Larry Miller, Brain Doyle-Murray, Michael Hitchcock, David Cross, Linda Kash, Paul Benedict, Paul Dooley, and Bob Odenkirk. Much of the cast would appear in future Guest films; he is married to Jamie Lee Curtis in real life.
The watchable “Waiting for Guffman” was not a hit at the box office for Castle Rock Entertainment and Sony Pictures Classics.