Film

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · 1h 24m · Comedy · Music

There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

72

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

Christopher Guest

Corky St. Clair

Eugene Levy

Dr. Allan Pearl

Fred Willard

Ron Albertson

Catherine O'Hara

Sheila Albertson

Michael Hitchcock

Steve Stark - Councilman

Larry Miller

Glenn Welsch - Mayor

Parker Posey

Libby Mae Brown

Bob Balaban

Lloyd Miller

Don Lake

Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian

David Cross

UFO Expert

Paul Dooley

UFO Abductee

Lewis Arquette

Clifford Wooley

Matt Keeslar

Johnny Savage

Brian Doyle-Murray

Red Savage

Paul Benedict

Not Guffman

Deborah Theaker

Gwen Fabin-Blunt - Councilwoman

• Christopher GuestDirector · Writer · Original Music Composer
• Eugene LevyWriter
• Karen MurphyProducer
• Roberto SchaeferDirector of Photography
• Michael McKeanOriginal Music Composer
• Harry ShearerOriginal Music Composer
• Andy BlumenthalEditor

Waiting for Guffman (1996) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Release date

January 31, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

R

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$2,900,000

Genres

Comedy, Music

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