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Actors: Carrie Aizley, Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Jehshua Barnes, Jay Brazeau Rating: Features: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 90 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Release Date: May 15, 2001 Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Studio: Warner Home Video
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The tension is palpable the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show.Running Time: 89 min.System Requirements:Starring: Jennifer Coolidge Christopher Guest John Michael Higgins Michael Hitchcock Eugene Levy Jane Lynch Michael McKean Catherine O'Hara Parker Posey and Fred Willard. Directed By: Christopher Guest. Running Time: 90 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 085391895121
Christopher Guest, the man behind Waiting for Guffman, turns his comic eye on another little world that takes itself a bit too seriously: the world of competitive dog shows. Best in Show follows a clutch of dog owners as they prepare and preen their dogs to win a national competition. They include the yuppie pair Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock who fear they've traumatized their Weimaraner by having sex in front of him; a suburban husband and wife Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara with a terrier and a long history of previous lovers on the wife's part; the Southern owner of a bloodhound Guest himself with aspirations as a ventriloquist; and many more. Following the same "mockumentary" format of Spinal Tap and Guffman, Best in Show takes in some of the dog show officials, the manager of a nearby hotel that allows dogs to stay there, and the commentators of the competition a particularly knockout comic turn by Fred Willard as an oafish announcer. The movie manages to paint an affectionate portrait of its quirky characters without ever losing sight of the ridiculousness of their obsessive world. Almost all of the scenes were created through improvisation. While lacking the overall focus of a written script, Best in Show captures hilarious and absurd aspects of human behavior that could never be written down. The movie's success is a testament to both the talent of the actors and Guest's discerning eye. --Bret Fetzer
