Movie · 1984
This Is Spinal Tap
“Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven.”
Released 2 March 1984 82 min Comedy / Music More from 1984 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
FR·01
How old were they?
Fred Willard
as Lt. Hookstratten
Paul Benedict
as Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
Howard Hesseman
as Terry Ladd
Tony Hendra
as Ian Faith
Archie Hahn
as Room Service Guy
Harry Shearer
as Derek Smalls
Julie Payne
as Mime Waitress
Gloria Gifford
as Airport Security Officer
Christopher Guest
as Nigel Tufnel
Michael McKean
as David St. Hubbins
Rob Reiner
as Marty DiBergi
Billy Crystal
as Morty the Mime
Bruno Kirby
as Tommy Pischedda
Ed Begley Jr.
as John 'Stumpy' Pepys
June Chadwick
as Jeanine Pettibone
Brinke Stevens
as Girlfriend (uncredited)
Dana Carvey
as Mime Waiter
Fran Drescher
as Bobbi Flekman
Zane Buzby
as Rolling Stone Reporter
Robert Bauer
as Moke
FR·02
The numbers
24years between the oldest and youngest billed
50Fred Willard — oldest on the call sheet
26Fran Drescher — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast