Christopher Guest
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
- Les Miserables (1978)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Richard Jordan, John Gielgud…
- Well–regarded adaptation of Hugo's seminal novel. Perkins excels as the obsessive Javert, and director Jordan does an admirable job compressing…
- Long Riders, The (1980)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine…
- Sombre treatment of the perennial Jesse James/Cole/Younger–gang saga, starring real–life brothers Carradine, Keach and Quaid, does…
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
- Brilliant parody of a burnt–out British Heavy–Metal band on tour in America, filmed in the classic tradition of a rock documentary. A…
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia…
- Excellent film version of the off–Broadway musical based on the 1960 horror/comedy of the same name. The story of the man–eating plant is…
- Princess Bride, The (1987)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin…
- An elaborate and whimsical fairytale told to a bedridden young boy conjures up images of good versus evil in a world of monsters, giants and…
- Return of Spinal Tap, The (A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out) (1992)
- Dir. Jim Di Bergi
Feat. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
- Follow–up mockumentary to the beloved THIS IS SPINAL TAP, following the band on a sad final tour of the USA to promote their album Smell the…
- Attack of the 50ft Woman (1994)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin
- Remake of the 1958 classic is a cheesy spoof of the B–movie genre with Hannah in strapping form as the she–beast who avenges her…
- Waiting for Guffman (1997)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey…
- A comic treasure from the writer/star of "This is Spinal Tap", here lining up the fictional US burg of Blaine, Missouri in his satirical sights, as…
- Best in Show (2000)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Parker Posey…
- Aided by much of the same cast from his small–town character–driven satire, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, dir. Christopher Guest applies his…
- Mighty Wind, A (2003)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean…
- Writer–director Christopher Guest and his repertory of actors return for another cheerful send–up of an American subculture – this time…