This Is Spinal Tap

1984 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 150,694 VOTES · DIR. Rob Reiner

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Overview

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

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Dialogue Timeline — 1,163 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:18 Hello. My name is Marty DiBergi.
00:04:40 - Then they became... - They changed back to The Regulars
00:07:36 OK, right over here.
00:10:50 Big bottom
00:13:57 - The issue of the cover. - Yeah.
00:16:50 - You guys were schoolmates? - We... We're not university material.
00:19:36 Everything has to be folded.
00:23:25 You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up.
00:25:57 - No, I don't think I have. - It's a rather lurid cover.
00:29:07 You might want to come next door. The radio's playing a bit of your past.
00:32:49 The Isle of Lucy jazz and blues festival.
00:35:36 It does look like black leather. You can see yourself in both sides.
00:40:19 - It's like a submarine thing. - You've got stuff over you again.
00:44:33 - Heavy - Heavy
00:48:17 - No, that's true. - This way.
00:51:15 - Sort of a goat look. - With a beard.
00:54:42 - I was given this napkin. - Forget this! Fuck the napkin!
00:58:51 I care what happens to the band.
01:02:03 What I want to explain to you is that Denver...
01:05:14 My hair's getting a little shaggy, too.
01:08:59 like Nigel used to on Big Bottom?
01:12:27 - The last tuning. - I think we should go in.
01:17:08 Little girl, it's a great big world but there's only one of
01:20:34 all the time.

Cast & Characters

Rob Reiner Marty DiBergi Michael McKean David St. Hubbins Christopher Guest Nigel Tufnel Kimberly Stringer Heavy Metal Fan Chazz Dominguez Heavy Metal Fan Shari Hall Heavy Metal Fan R.J. Parnell Mick Shrimpton David Kaff Viv Savage Tony Hendra Ian Faith Harry Shearer Derek Smalls

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,163
Dialogue density14.2 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:20:34

Production Record

DirectorRob Reiner
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,500,000
Revenue$4,737,539
IMDb votes150,694