This Is Spinal Tap

Movie • 1984 • Comedy  

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"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.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is a child abused?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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WhitbeeDoe
Not on-screen, but there are a lot of references to the main cast using drugs
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is someone drugged?
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Bodily Harm
Does a head get squashed?
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daverpdx
No, but a couple of drummers do spontaneously combust leaving only a small globule on the drum stool.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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GreyCaprice
Not shown, a brief mention only.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there amputation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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SiRenfield
There’s an aforementioned line implying an inappropriate relationship with a minor, making fun of quite a few 80s songs in that vein
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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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During the album reviews one of Intravenous De Milo uses the r slur.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there clowns?
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SiRenfield
There are mime waiters in one early scene
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Is someone possessed?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Charly
There’s is mention of someone choking to death on vomit
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there misophonia?
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Loud eating/smacking and gum chewing in some scenes
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Does someone self harm?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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WhitbeeDoe
Some scenes take place in corridors/basements and there are up-close shots; in one scene, the band is lost in the cramped backstage area of a venue
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Is there shakey cam?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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It’s a (fake) documentary style movie so people talk to the camera etc
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
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The band's manager describes one of his duties as negotiating rent with local Jewish people, who he describes as "Hebrews"
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Charly
A song called ‘big-bottomed girls’ comes across fat-shamey
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Charly
They use the ‘r’ word repeatedly
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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BearWithAMovieCamera
During a scene where the band is at a party early in the movie, a white couple can be heard having a discussion on what appears to be raggae music. During this discussion, one of them uses the word "negro"
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Is there hate speech?
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WhitbeeDoe
A gay-coded bellboy is called a "fruit" by the band's manager, in a scene that is basically just a gay joke
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Relationships
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ElliotLeDoux
there’s a line implying this, in a love song, the main singer sings “you’ve still got your baby teeth”
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Sex
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WhitbeeDoe
There are some very explicit sexual references in the band's lyrics, which are often the direct focal point of the scene - some of the lyrics imply pedophilia.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there gun violence?
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