Waiting for Guffman (1997)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Jan 31, 1997
Running Time: 93 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
A mockumentary set in the fictional town of Blaine, Missouri in which creative citizens prepare a multi-media pageant celebrating the 150th anniversary of their city.
cast + crew
Gwen Fabin-Blunt - Councilwoman
Steven Stark - Councilman
Tucker Livingston - Councilman
Glenn Welsch - Mayor
Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian
Corky St Clair
Ron Albertson
Sheila Albertson
Libby May Brown
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Producer
Associate Producer
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December 8, 2000
Waiting for Guffman

754 2-20-97
If a mockumentary about the citizens of Blaine, Mo., staging a musical to celebrate the town's 150th anniversary doesn't grab you, hold on. Actor-director-writer-composer Christopher Guest (guitarist Nigel Tufnel in This Is Spinal Tap) loads an arsenal of laughs into a deceptively small package.


Wearing bangs and speaking in a lisp that barely skirts gay caricature, Guest plays Corky St. Clair, back in Blaine after a failed go at Broadway. He wins the job of… Continued