"This Is Spinal Tap"
Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean rock it up in the classic mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” from Embassy Pictures

"This Is Spinal Tap"

The funniest rock movie ever returns to theaters for its 41st birthday

By Peter Travers

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Rejoice rock & rollers! “This is Spinal Tap”—the best and most hilarious movie ever made about a rock band—is back in theaters starting July 5 to celebrate its 41st anniversary. The film has been remastered in 4K to, in the words of director Rob Reiner, clean the dirt off the actors so you can see them better.” Other bands might wait for 50 to mark a date and take another run at the multiplex. Not Spinal Tap because, well, who knows if any of the band members will still be alive in nine years? And they’re here now, right? So let’s party.