Waiting for Guffman
- Director: Christopher Guest
- Writer: Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy
- Producer: Karen Murphy; Ginger Sledge
CGiii Comment
Fans of Guest will, undoubtedly, love this - but Guest is Guest - he manages to present re-hashed scenarios over and over again - tiresome and humourless comedy.
Never has the idea of flogging a dead horse been so expertly demonstrated.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A town of Blaine, Missouri is preparing for celebrations of its 150th anniversary. Corky St.Clair, an off-off-off-off-off-Broadway director is putting together an amateur theater show about the town's history, starring a local dentist, a couple of travel agents, a Dairy Queen waitress, and a car repairman. He invites a Broadway theater critic Mr. Guffman to see the opening night of the show.
Cast & Characters
Deborah Theaker as Gwen Fabin-Blunt - Councilwoman;
Michael Hitchcock as Steve Stark - Councilman;
Scott Williamson as Tucker Livingston - Councilman;
Larry Miller as Glenn Welsch - Mayor;
Don Lake as Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian;
Christopher Guest as Corky St. Clair;
Fred Willard as Ron Albertson;
Catherine O'Hara as Sheila Albertson;
Parker Posey as Libby Mae Brown;
David Cross as UFO Expert;
Eugene Levy as Dr. Allan Pearl;
James McQueen as Singing Auditioner;
Turk Pipkin as Ping Pong Ball Juggler;
Jerry Turman as Raging Bull Auditioner;
Bob Balaban as Lloyd Miller