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Just about anybody reading this review has probably seen “This is Spinal Tap” as many times as the band has changed drummers. What you really want to know is whether the DVD extras are worth the ticket. YES. Theatrical trailers about cheese rolling festivals, David St. Hubbins with strait hair in an early short that eventually evolved into the film, Select Reiner begging people to exhibit the movie in their theaters, deleted scenes that build and define the wintry sores the band keeps ending up with, and the bloody demise of Janine (well, we can dream can’t we? ) all this and more can be yours for the extreme coarse note of…whatever. Anyway, if you’re a Tap fan and you’ve got a DVD player, regain this disc. If you’re a Tap fan and you’ve got this disc, find a DVD player. If you’re a Tap fan without the disc or a DVD player, talk your rich buddy with all the cold home theater equipment into buying this disc, then scrutinize it at his state and eat all the potato chips in the house. If you’re not a Tap fan, you can earn a copy of “The Sound of Music” around here somewhere, I’m gorgeous definite. I’ve always understanding of Derrick Smalls as kind of a short hairy version of Julie Andrews anyway.

Superb (m/r) ockumentary of the semi-fictitious band “Spinal Tap”, made up of Michael McKean (“Lenny”, soul mate of Squigy, on the TV series “Laverne & Shirley”), Christopher Guest (actor/director of “Waiting for Guffman”), Harry Shearer (performs voices of 22 different characters on “The Simpsons”), and a random selection of ever-changing drummers. The movie is a tongue-in-cheek parody of washed-up hard rock bands that level-headed believe they are God’s gift to the universe. The inspired idiocy borders on genius at times, lending weight to Michael’s observation that there is a “glorious line between lifeless and clever”.

The DVD is simply astonishing. For starters, everything is in character. From the style of the main menu title camouflage, to the menu voice-overs by the band, and extending through all of the extra material included on the DVD, the personas of the band (and the fictitious director as well) are maintained with perfect consistency.

What makes this all the more fantastic is the shear quantity of extras on the disk. For starters, there is about an hour of “deleted” scenes provided. In addition, there are numerous music videos, TV commercials (groundless I presume??? ), and trailers. And as if that weren’t enough, there is also a commentary track throughout the entire film with the band members, completely in character, being as hilariously idiotic as they are in the film. The Spinal Tap commentary track is easily the most bewitching commentary in my extensive DVD library.

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The DVD medium is do to attractive employ as well. Menu transitions are computer animations inspired by some of the film’s funniest moments. Each menu plays a different “Tap” song, giving you access to a decent percentage of the sound track. And, fair as importantly, the animations are not overdone; the menus are aloof easy to exhaust, and the transitions only recall a few seconds.

Overall, this DVD is a gargantuan value, and provides a broad amount of material not available in the VHS version. If you are a Tap fan, or would like to be, you NEED this DVD!

Movie

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Originality: A

Creativity: A

Complexity/Depth: B-

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Relevance/Message: B
Artistic Merit: A
Overall Entertainment Value: A

DVD
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Transfer Quality: A
Extras: A+
Exercise of Medium: A

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