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Waiting for Guffman

Year:

1997

Duration:

84 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Christopher Guest

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-01-31

Filming Locations: Austin, Texas, USA

Earnings

Budget: $4,000,000

Opening Weekend: $37,990 (USA) (2 February 1997)

Gross: $2,892,582 (USA) (20 July 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Deborah Theaker

Gwen Fabin-Blunt - Councilwoman

Michael Hitchcock

Steve Stark - Councilman

Scott Williamson

Tucker Livingston - Councilman

Larry Miller

Glenn Welsch - Mayor

Don Lake

Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian

Christopher Guest

Corky St. Clair

Fred Willard

Ron Albertson

Catherine O'Hara

Sheila Albertson

Parker Posey

Libby Mae Brown

David Cross

UFO Expert

Eugene Levy

Dr. Allan Pearl

James McQueen

Singing Auditioner

Turk Pipkin

Ping Pong Ball Juggler

Jerry Turman

Raging Bull Auditioner

Bob Balaban

Lloyd Miller

Paul Dooley

UFO Abductee

Linda Kash

Mrs. Allan Pearl

Lewis Arquette

Clifford Wooley

Matt Keeslar

Johnny Savage

Brian Doyle-Murray

Red Savage

Miriam Flynn

Costume Dresser

Jill Parker-Jones

Stage Manager

Margaret Bowman

Costume Designer

Paul Benedict

Roy Loomis

James Douglas

Theater Attendant

Daniel Fahey

Dental Patient (uncredited)

Shane Felux

DQ Worker

Jean Fuller

Jean

Joseph T. Garrity

TV Commercial Director

Kathy Lamkin

Beautiful Dreamer Auditioner

Bob Odenkirk

Caped Man at Auditions

Did you know?

Trivia

Frances Fisher filmed scenes as Johnny Savage's mother but her scenes were deleted from the film. She does appear in the film's trailer.

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In an early cut of the film, the musical alone ran forty minutes.

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The musical auditions were the actors' very first public performances of their respective audition pieces.

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Goofs

In the Chinese dinner scene, Sheila's wine glass contains different amounts throughout the meal. At one point it's half full and then it's suddenly full.

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In the Chinese dinner scene, the plate of beef to the left of Sheila appears and disappears.

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After the play is finished, a stagehand comes into the dressing room to hand Corky the message from Mr. Guffman, then leaves the room. When he reads the message to the group, the stagehand is standing in the background over his shoulder. In the following shot when Corky sits down, she is gone again.

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Quotes

Corky St. Clair: ...'cause you people are BASTARD PEOPLE!

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Dr. Pearl: People say, You must have been the class clown. And I say, No, I wasn't. But I sat next to the class clown, and I studied him.

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Mrs. Pearl: We don't associate with the creative types. We have a Scrabble club. We associate with people with babies.

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