11 Facts You May Not Know About ‘This Is Spinal Tap’

Did you know that This is Spinal Tap is the only movie that is rated on a scale of 1-11 on IMDb? Check out more facts in this video, which is part of a series on the ScreenCrush YouTube channel.

[quad]

any musician that doesn't find this funny...should take themselves less seriously. Brilliant, and spot-on.

[boulder]

That scene where they go in circles hunting the stage door is true to life. Same thing happened to me.

[frankphillips]

Christopher Guest appears in the Princess Bride as a man with six fingers on one of his hands. That's right, his fingers go to 11.

[angrycat]

I remember watching this while our band was touring, and it mirrored the real-life events we were going through, as gigs kept getting canceled out from under us. About two-thirds into the film, we looked at each other as we thought, "This may as well have been a documentary about US!"

[xtraspecialmango]

I genuinely agree with Nigel that 11 is obviously louder.

[TheManwithafan]

The first time Ozzy saw this, he thought it WAS a doco

[deletebilderberg]

I once played golf with the Spinal Tap drummer who exploded.

[johnman]

A member of the girl band the Runaways actually DOES appear in the movie, but it’s not Cheri Currie, it’s Vickie Blue, who briefly appears as a groupie that Smalls claims “rode her first mustache”.

[josebec]

Best mockumentary/rockumentary ever!! Love the movie 🍺 Stone Age and the part of the cocoon kills me every time 😂

[jamesdrynan]

An extemporaneous masterpiece! As a traveling musician, it hits the right sour notes of road life. I'd love to see the bits that didn't make the film. Probably just as hilarious.

[SlowToe]

One of the greatest films ever conceived

I remember being in Spinal Tap from 1977 - 1983

[TheMeJustMe]

At 48 years old, I still love this movie even if I have seen it too many times to count.

[SuspiciousActivity]

If you ask what move is more quotable. The answer is none… none more quotable.

[beeleo]

That's IT??? What??? Three minutes and fifteen seconds is all you could find to say about this movie???

[mayfieldgage]

If you’re a musician you can’t hate this movie

[myishaprincess]

I saw them live at the channel in Boston. Great show

[ix-Xafra]

When the singer's gf takes over managing the band and shortly after she's on stage with them, you know the writers are musos writing from experience!

[kieranflannery]

Love this movie.
Grew up idolising Page and his unique violin bow on the guitar.
This piss take is epic.
Take rock music seriously but not too seriously.

[ilyaleadblade]

the stonehenge scene was based on a real life Black Sabbath incident during their '83 Born Again tour. you think you know "This Is Spinal Tap", Loudwire?