Waiting for Guffman
“There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.”
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.
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Cast
38 people
Christopher Guest
Corky St. Clair
Known for
This Is Spinal Tap
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Eugene Levy
Dr. Allan Pearl
Known for
Finding Dory
Schitt's Creek
Fred Willard
Ron Albertson
Known for
WALL·E
Salem's Lot
Catherine O'Hara
Sheila Albertson
Known for
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Michael Hitchcock
Steve Stark - Councilman
Known for
Nobody Wants This
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Larry Miller
Glenn Welsch - Mayor
Known for
The Nutty Professor
10 Things I Hate About You
Parker Posey
Libby Mae Brown
Known for
Lost in Space
The White Lotus
Bob Balaban
Lloyd Miller
Known for
Isle of Dogs
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Don Lake
Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian
Known for
Zootopia
Space Force
David Cross
UFO Expert
Known for
Arrested Development
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Paul Dooley
UFO Abductee
Known for
Cars
Insomnia
Lewis Arquette
Clifford Wooley
Known for
Scream 2
Tango & Cash
Christopher Guest Director · Eugene Levy Writer Harry Shearer Composer
Worldwide gross $2.9M · Budget $4M · United States release January 31, 1997
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,900,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Pale Morning Dun
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
All Night Productions
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Sweden · August 21, 1996
TV
United States · January 31, 1997
Theatrical
United States
August 21, 1996 · Premiere · Boston Film Festival
Australia
August 4, 1997 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
September 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 7, 1997 · Theatrical
Canada
September 12, 1996 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Germany
December 24, 2004 · TV · Tele 5
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