• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1984-03-02
  • Runtime82 minutes
  • TaglinePrepare to crank those amps up to eleven.
  • Revenue4,737,539$
  • GenreComedy, Music
  • Production
    CompaniesSpinal Tap Prod., Embassy Films Associates, Embassy Pictures
  • Budget2,500,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

Christopher Guest

Michael McKean

Harry Shearer

Rob Reiner

June Chadwick

Bruno Kirby

Ed Begley Jr.

Fran Drescher

Dana Carvey

Sandy Helberg

Billy Crystal

Paul Benedict

Howard Hesseman

Russ Kunkel

Joyce Hyser

Paul Shaffer

Archie Hahn

Fred Willard

Anjelica Huston

Patrick Macnee

Tony Hendra

Julie Payne

Zane Buzby

Paul Shortino

Lara Cody

Andrew J. Lederer

Victory Tischler-Blue

Gloria Gifford

Charles Levin

Wonderful Smith

George McDaniel