Best in Show Page #10

Synopsis: The owners (and handlers) of five show dogs head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. A film crew interviews them as they prepare for the trip, arrive at Philly's Taft Hotel, and compete. From Florida come the Flecks: she keeps running into old lovers. A wordless ancient in a wheelchair and his buxom trophy wife who may have a thing for the dog's handler own the two-time defending best in show, a poodle. From the piney woods of N.C. comes a fella who wants to be a ventriloquist. High-strung DINKs feud loudly in front of their Weimaraner. Two outré gay men from Tribeca round out the profiled owners. The dog show brings out the essence of the humans. Who will be best in show?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Christopher Guest
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG-13
Year:
2000
90 min
$16,574,225
Website
7,806 Views


...l was on an EI AI flight

to Haifa...

...faster than a walnut could roll off

a henhouse roof.

And I spent about three weeks

on a kibbutz, just mellowing out.

Of course, they make you work.

But it was a goodplace

to clear your mind.

And I realized that I had

a lot to offer...

...besides just having a fishing shop

and going to dog shows, though.

I've been working pretty hard on...

...mastering the art

of ventriloquism...

...which is an ancient art.

And it requires a kind of

scientifiic mind.

And I enjoy being able

to put people...

...in another dimension,

so to speak...

...where they look around

and they don't know...

...where the voice is coming from,

which is the whole point, I guess.

-Let's all go honky-tonking

-Down in Louisiana

-Where the biscuits and gravy are like

-Dixie 's manna

Let's go honky-tonking

They'll be

Glad to see us

On a Louisiana night

All right, I'm coming. I only have

five arms. Hold your horses.

-We should have gotten horses.

-Little bitty horses.

That'd be real smart.

We always wanted to do this.

One thing that brought us together...

... was our love of old movies

of the '30s and '40s.

The MGM musicals

and the great love stories.

So we decided to create this calendar

with our buddy Terry.

Terry's a photographer...

...he lives really near us.

He took these pictures for us about

two years ago for Stefan's birthday.

-Which are--

-Boudoir shots.

You're not allowed to see them.

It's, sort of, that kind of thing.

And we love them.

And Terry's very talented.

And he loves our dogs.

So we had this idea.

We loved old movies so much...

...so we wanted to put it together...

...into one project...

... which was going to set

the world aflame.

I don't know if it'll do that, but....

We 're not gonna sell it.

It's for friends.

-We should try to sell it.

-Really?

Shih Tzus in the great love scenes

of the-- Well, maybe.

If we could give the money

to Shih Tzu Rescue.

-They have plenty of money.

-So do we.

And what Shih Tzus need rescuing,

anyway?

What Shih Tzu is straggling around the

street with an old coat saying:

-"Help! Alms for the poor!"

-Like the little match girl.

So, how have things been going?

Everything's changed for the better.

-We are so happy now.

-We are so happy.

And our sex life is finally

back on track, huh?

-Good.

-Beatrice had so many problems.

She was a real problem.

-Poor thing.

-Just negative.

-Very negative dog.

-Very negative.

And hurtful, I thought.

Didn't you think so?

And our new dog, IKipper...

...is fantastic.

Oh, talk about a winner.

-Such a winner.

-And he doesn't mind us having sex.

-He likes it. He likes to watch.

-He likes to watch.

-Oh, honey.

-What we went through, huh?

It was horrible.

-He's a good dog.

-He is a good dog.

And you're a good lady.

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Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as Christopher Guest, is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship. Guest is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mock-documentary (mockumentary) style. Many scenes and character backgrounds in Guest's films are written and directed, although actors have no rehearsal time and the ensemble improvise scenes while filming them. The series of films began with This Is Spinal Tap (directed by Rob Reiner), and continued with Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. Guest holds a hereditary British peerage as the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, and has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords reformed as a democratically elected chamber. Though he was initially active in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the right of most hereditary peers to a seat in the parliament. When using his title, he is normally styled as Lord Haden-Guest. Guest is married to the actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis. more…

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