SEASON 3 DOUBLE FEATURE SPECTACULAR! TONIGHT WE’RE GONNA ROCK YOU TONIGHT! This week we’re taking a look at the movie and soundtrack for THIS IS SPINAL TAP! (1984)

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This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner in his feature directorial debut. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer play members of the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap.[3][4]Reiner plays Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker following the band's American tour. 

The film satirizes the behavior and musical pretensions of rock bands and the hagiographic tendencies of rock documentaries such as The Song Remains the Same (1976) and The Last Waltz (1978), similarly to what All You Need Is Cash(1978) by the Rutles did for the Beatles.[5] Reiner, Guest, McKean, and Shearer wrote the screenplay, though most of the dialogue was improvised and dozens of hours were filmed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap

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