Waiting for Guffman

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comedy film film mockumentary film

Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest that satirizes small-town community theater through an eccentric cast of aspiring performers.

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Waiting for Guffman canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mockumentary film ⓘ
character Corky St. Clair ⓘ
Dr. Allan Pearl ⓘ
Libby Mae Brown ⓘ
Ron Albertson ⓘ
Dina Merrill ⓘ
surface form: Sheila Albertson
cinematographer Robbie Greenberg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Christopher Guest ⓘ
distributor Sony Pictures Classics ⓘ
editor Robert Leighton ⓘ
follows amateur theatre production ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
mockumentary ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCastMember Bob Balaban ⓘ
Catherine O’Hara ⓘ
surface form: Catherine O'Hara

Christopher Guest ⓘ
Deborah Theaker ⓘ
Don Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eugene Levy ⓘ
Fred Willard ⓘ
Larry Miller ⓘ
Matt Keeslar ⓘ
Michael Hitchcock ⓘ
Parker Posey ⓘ
hasFilmRating R (MPAA) ⓘ
hasTagline There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered. ⓘ
mainSubject small-town community theatre ⓘ
musicBy C. J. Vanston ⓘ
narrativeFocus preparation for a community theatre musical ⓘ
notableFor ensemble cast ⓘ
improvisational acting style ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies community theatre culture ⓘ
show business aspirations ⓘ
partOf Christopher Guest mockumentary cycle ⓘ
producer Karen Murphy ⓘ
publicationDate 1996 ⓘ
runtime 84 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Christopher Guest ⓘ
Eugene Levy ⓘ
setting fictional town of Blaine, Missouri ⓘ
titleCharacter Corky St. Clair ⓘ

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Eugene Levy → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Fred Willard → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Parker Posey → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Catherine O’Hara → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Paul Dooley → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Bob Balaban → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Larry Miller → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Christopher Guest → notableWork → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Christopher Guest → directed → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Christopher Guest → actedIn → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
Christopher Guest → coWrote → Waiting for Guffman ⓘ