This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

1984 · 1 hr 22 min · R

Comedy, Music

Directors

Rob Reiner

Actors

  • Rob Reiner
  • Michael McKean
  • Christopher Guest

Credits: 13

Summary

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

More about this movie

In 1982, the legendary English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop.