Fake Documentaries For The Knocked Up DVD

The MTV Movies Blog have spoken to Judd Apatow about a pair of fake documentaries that will be appearing on the eventual Knocked Up DVD. One of them is the origin of that Michael Cera clip posted on Funny or Die - in the full film, several actors are seen auditioning for Seth Rogen's role. The other doc is about Bennet Miller being sent in by the studio to take over the reigns from Apatow. That's almost my worst nightmare - chalk that up as fake documentary, real horror film.

Hopefully there'll be some genuine documentary material on there too. Some of us, Mr. Apatow, are actually interested in what you'd really have to say about your film, and filmmaking.

The lack of 'real' bonus material has always been my issue with the Spinal Tap DVD, I'm afraid. I'd trade in the character commentary for one from Rob Reiner - not Marty DiBergi - any day of the week.

Spinal Tap Comeback Film Online Now

See the fifteen-minute (well, nearly) Spinal Tap comeback film at the Live Earth page.

The Tap Are Back!

This Wednesday, Rob Reiner will unveil a 15-minute short film at the Tribeca film festival. the film's subject? The earth-shaking rock reunion to damn all others to hell: Spinal Tap are back.

And, according to Variety, the news gets even better. Do you want to see Tap live? If you've got tickets to London's Live Earth gig, you're lucky - the mighty Tap will be rocking out at Wembley.

They've recorded a new track - Warmer than Hell. The lyrics are, as ever, majestic:

The devil went to Devon, it felt like the fourth degree
He said, `Is it hot in here, or is it only me?'

Talking to the AP, Reiner has discussed the band's ecological outlook:

They're not that environmentally conscious, but they've heard of global warming. Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing - that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler.

And what have the boys been doing in the last few years? Well, Nigel has been breeding miniature horses to race, but can't find jockeys small enough; David is producing hip-hop records and runining a colonic clinic; and Derek is in rehab for his addiction to the Internet. None of which, really, is very surprising.

Hopefully the new short will be online soon or, better still, on DVD - perhaps as a fundraiser release at a nominal price.

Next Stop, The Imagination Train Station

The MySpace page for Tracy is up now. The film is a documentary about Tracy Knapp, icon of 1970s children's TV, star of Imagination Train Station. Of course, the somewhat predictable catch is that, once again, this isn't a real documentary, it's all faked and played for laughs - but in the Spinal Tap sense, not the Borat one.

So, another low-budget mockumentary, another film with little or no pre-installed marketing or distribution reach, another film you may well never get to see - but I just couldn't help but alert you to this one because the clips, viewable on the film's MySpace page, are actually genuinely funny. That doesn't happen every day.

Of course, looking through the MySpace profile closely - including the friends who have already been added - it doesn't take too many trips to imdb and Google before the film's Pixar pedigree starts to come clear...

As a matter of fact, the film's director doesn't even have Tracy listed on his imdb page, though Cars is there, and it's spin-off short, Mater and the Ghost Light. I'll let you do the detective work yourself as he may not want the connection made explicit, and his Pixar portfolio to become an albatross.

So, the long and the short of it is that even though Tracy appears to be very funny indeed and has a proven cast and crew with wonderful resumes, it may not be that widely seen at all. Maybe you can lend them a hand and 'friend' them at MySpace? I'd love to see Tracy get somewhere.