This Is Spinal Tap

E631687

film mockumentary film

This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 mockumentary comedy film that satirizes rock bands and the music industry through the fictional British heavy metal group Spinal Tap.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
This Is Spinal Tap canonical	14

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ mockumentary film ⓘ
awardReceived	National Film Registry selection ⓘ
cinematography	Peter Smokler NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	fictional band Spinal Tap ⓘ
director	Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Robert Leighton NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ mockumentary ⓘ rock music film ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasCharacter	David St. Hubbins NERFINISHED ⓘ Derek Smalls NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty DiBergi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Tufnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
influenced	subsequent mockumentary films ⓘ
mainSubject	heavy metal bands ⓘ rock music industry ⓘ
musicBy	Christopher Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeLocation	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableQuote	These go to eleven ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	fictional British heavy metal band ⓘ
producer	Karen Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1984-03-02 ⓘ
releaseYear	1984 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	82 ⓘ
selectedFor	United States National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	1980s ⓘ
starring	Billy Crystal NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruno Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ Fran Drescher NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Hendra NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer	Christopher Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rob Reiner → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Rob Reiner → directed → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Fred Willard → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Fran Drescher → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Bruno Kirby → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Michael McKean → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Ed Begley Jr. → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Howard Hesseman → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Howard Hesseman → portrayedIn → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Christopher Guest → notableWork → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Christopher Guest → actedIn → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Christopher Guest → coWrote → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Patrick Macnee → workedOn → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ

Paul Shaffer → hasNotableAppearance → This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ