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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

For the first time, director Rob Reiner and co-creators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel.

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal…

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'This is Spinal Tap' was the funniest thing I'd ever seen all those years ago, and with the sequel just out, I thought I'd grab a copy of 'A Fine Line Between Clever and Stupid' - and it was worth every penny. For me the funniest bits were stories about the real life events that were adapted for the movie, or in some cases, copied almost verbatim.

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