The band that started it all, before anyone knew they were joking.
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, makes another final reunion. After all, it's rock'n'roll. This is actually a demo reel that Rob Reiner created to get financing for his 1984 film "This Is Spinal Tap."
Acting
Shearer, McKean, Guest already fully committed to these idiots.
Direction
Reiner inventing the mockumentary on a shoestring.
Director
Rob Reiner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reiner shot this in 1979, five years before the actual film, to prove the concept to skeptical executives who didn't understand fake documentaries.
The band's name comes from a medical procedure, and the members originally had different names—this prototype shows the characters still crystallizing into the legends they'd become.
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