Queering the Canon: WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (1996)
Welcome to Blaine, Missouri, as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of this seminal satire featuring a dynamic comedic ensemble – including Parker Posey and the late great Catherine O’Hara – on a 35mm print.
Description
30th Anniversary Screening on 35mm
When the town of Blaine, Missouri approaches its 150th year (“sesquicentennial”), there’s only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called “Red, White and Blaine.” Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic locals (Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, and the late great Catherine O’Hara) to perform his ostensibly toe-tapping triumph. But when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear.
Commemorating its own 30th anniversary, this seminal satire from director Christopher Guest (BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND) blends comic absurdism, improvisation, and deadpan genius into a marvel of mockumentary. Screening on 35mm.
Part of Queering the Canon: We’re Out Here
Director
Christopher Guest
Writer
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy
Cast
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, Matt Keeslar, Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Michael Hitchcock