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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Christopher Guest

Producer:

Karen Murphy

Writer:

Eugene Levy

Release Date:

Jan 31, 1997

Runtime:

1hr 24m

Synopsis

An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

Cast

  • Deborah Theaker
  • Michael Hitchcock
  • Scott Williamson
  • Larry Miller
  • Don Lake
  • Christopher Guest
  • Fred Willard
  • Catherine O'Hara
  • Parker Posey
  • David Cross

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.8
  • Apr 12, 2020

    parker posey bbq’ing a single unseasoned chicken wing made me lose it

    2.5K Likes
    Nico
    Nico
    Aug 26, 2020

    CORKY WE LOVE YOU WE WANT YOU TO LIVE

    1.9K Likes
    Laura Parker-Saladino
    Laura Parker-Saladino
    Jul 8, 2020

    Hamilton? Sorry I only know “Red, White and Blaine”

    1.4K Likes
    Karsten
    Karsten
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    May 17, 2018

    "i always have a place at the dairy queen"

    1.4K Likes
    Lucy
    Lucy
    Jun 5, 2015

    An amazing detail I never noticed before: Before the "Nothing Ever Happens On Mars" number, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard's married couple are backstage, her painstakingly fixing his hair for him as he fusses over the details, after which he tells her "now you can fix…

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    Steve Sandberg
    Steve Sandberg
    Jul 11, 2021

    everybody dance!

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    Karsten
    Karsten
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    Jul 7, 2021

    stool boom

    792 Likes
    David Sims
    David Sims
    Feb 11, 2021

    the ire of Bob Balaban...... how is this orchestration so good?? HOW

    673 Likes
    fran hoepfner
    fran hoepfner
    Aug 15, 2020

    the lyric “some for selling, some for keeping” in the song about building stools just really really does it for me.

    662 Likes
    Mike Ginn
    Mike Ginn
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Metacritic

72
metacritic
Based on 19 Critics
7.3

USER SCORE (19)

Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Reviews
75

The movie doesn't bludgeon us with gags. It proceeds with a certain comic relentlessness from setup to payoff, and its deliberation is part of the fun.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
100

A madcap gem.

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Metacritic review by Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
90

Yet Waiting for Guffman is never mean-spirited. Its weird warmth is perfectly embodied by Guest himself, whose flamboyant, stagestruck choreographer, Corky St. Clair, could have (in less ingenious hands) been a cruel, gay-bashing caricature, but instead becomes a hallucinatory Everyman.

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Metacritic review by F. X. Feeney
F. X. Feeney
L.A. Weekly
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Waiting for Guffman (1997) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Waiting for Guffman (1997)?
The movie is 1hr 24min long.
What's Waiting for Guffman (1997) about?
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
Who's the cast of Waiting for Guffman (1997)?
  • 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
Who's the director behind Waiting for Guffman (1997)?
Christopher Guest directed Waiting for Guffman (1997).
Who produced Waiting for Guffman (1997)?
Karen Murphy produced Waiting for Guffman (1997).