Best in Show (film)

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Best in Show

Directed by	Christopher Guest
Produced by	Karen Murphy
Written by	Christopher Guest Eugene Levy
Starring	Eugene Levy Catherine O'Hara Fred Willard
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	September 29, 2000
Running time	90 min
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000
IMDb profile

Best in Show (2000) is a mockumentary film following five entries in a prestigious conformation dog show. The film shows how much dog owners love their pets, and how carried away they can get. Christopher Guest directed, having written the script with Eugene Levy.

Many of the people involved also made This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Return of Spinal Tap (1992), Waiting for Guffman (1996), A Mighty Wind (2003), and/or For Your Consideration (2006).

The film won American, British, and Canadian Comedy Awards.

This film is number 38 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".

[edit] Cast

Christopher Guest	Harlan Pepper
Parker Posey	Meg Swan
Michael Hitchcock	Hamilton Swan
Catherine O'Hara	Cookie Guggelman Fleck
Eugene Levy	Gerald 'Gerry' Fleck
Michael McKean	Stefan Vanderhoof
John Michael Higgins	Scott Donlan
Jennifer Coolidge	Sherri Ann Ward Cabot
Jane Lynch	Christy Cummings

Ed Begley Jr. plays the manager of a hotel that has to put up all these guests, and Fred Willard plays the 'color commentator' at the event. Colin Cunningham, Teryl Rothery, Rachael Harris, and Don S. Davis also play minor roles.

[edit] Memorable lines

"Take out one of those pepperoni sticks, I just wanna hold it" - John Michael Higgins
"We both love soup and the outdoors. We both love snow peas, and talking and not talking. We could talk or not talk forever, and still find things to not talk about." - Jennifer Coolidge
"American Bitch. It focuses on the issues of the lesbian pure bred dog owner." - Jane Lynch
"And to think in some countries these dogs are eaten." -Fred Willard

Films by Christopher Guest and his frequent costars
Films: This Is Spinal Tap \| Waiting for Guffman \| Best in Show \| A Mighty Wind \| For Your Consideration
Actors: Bob Balaban \| Paul Benedict \| Ed Begley Jr. \| Jennifer Coolidge \| Paul Dooley \| Christopher Guest \| Rachael Harris \| John Michael Higgins \| Michael Hitchcock \| Don Lake \| Eugene Levy \| Jane Lynch \| Michael McKean \| Larry Miller \| Catherine O'Hara \| Jim Piddock \| Parker Posey \| Harry Shearer \| Deborah Theaker \| Fred Willard \| Scott Williamson