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This Is Spinal Tap

Black-and-white still from Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan showing a woman in a headscarf holding a child, and a man in a hat sitting beside a large hanging pot.

Orson Welles, deliverer of “fake news”

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon run down a cobblestone alley in London, wearing suits, in a scene from the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night.

Woody Allen as Virgil Starkwell in a blue prison uniform stands in a cafeteria line holding a metal tray in a scene from the film Take the Money and Run.

Rob Reiner, wearing a cap and jacket, interviews Christopher Guest, dressed in black, seated among guitars in a scene from the film This Is Spinal Tap.

Close-up of a terrified woman's face, wearing a knit cap, lit by a harsh light in darkness, from the film The Blair Witch Project.

Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara in character at a dog show, standing beside a small tan dog on a grooming table, from the movie Best in Show.

Larry David and J.B. Smoove stand in a yoga class, both balancing on one leg in tree pose with hands pressed together, surrounded by other participants.

Ricky Gervais as David Brent performs an exaggerated dance in an office setting, with coworkers watching and clapping in the background.

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This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

(From left) Harry Shearer (as Derek Smalls), Christopher Guest (as Nigel Tufnel),...

1984 Embassy Pictures/ PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive/Alamy

Black-and-white still from Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan showing a woman in a headscarf holding a child, and a man in a hat sitting beside a large hanging pot.

Land Without Bread

Las Hurdes, a French film from 1933, is regarded as the first example of...

© Collection Christophel/Alamy

Orson Welles, deliverer of “fake news”

Orson Welles, deliverer of “fake news”

Welles (pictured in 1939) intentionally made his 1938 radio broadcast adaptation...

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift of Elsie M. Warnecke

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon run down a cobblestone alley in London, wearing suits, in a scene from the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night.

A Hard Day's Night

(From left) Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon in a scene...

© 1964 United Artists

Woody Allen as Virgil Starkwell in a blue prison uniform stands in a cafeteria line holding a metal tray in a scene from the film Take the Money and Run.

Take the Money and Run

Woody Allen in Take the Money and Run (1969), which he directed and cowrote....

© Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Rob Reiner, wearing a cap and jacket, interviews Christopher Guest, dressed in black, seated among guitars in a scene from the film This Is Spinal Tap.

This Is Spinal Tap

Rob Reiner (as Marty DiBergi) interviewing Christopher Guest (as Nigel Tufnel) in...

© 1984 Embassy Pictures

Close-up of a terrified woman's face, wearing a knit cap, lit by a harsh light in darkness, from the film The Blair Witch Project.

The Blair Witch Project

An extreme close-up heightens the drama in The Blair Witch Project (1999),...

Artisan Entertainment

Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara in character at a dog show, standing beside a small tan dog on a grooming table, from the movie Best in Show.

Best in Show

The 2000 mockumentary featured Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara in a comedy about...

© 2000 Castle Rock Entertainment/Warner Bros.

Larry David and J.B. Smoove stand in a yoga class, both balancing on one leg in tree pose with hands pressed together, surrounded by other participants.

J.B. Smoove and Larry David

J.B. Smoove (right) and Larry David in a scene from the comedy TV series Curb...

© Home Box Office (HBO)

Ricky Gervais as David Brent performs an exaggerated dance in an office setting, with coworkers watching and clapping in the background.

The Office

(From background left) Mackenzie Crook, Ricky Gervais, Jamie Deeks, and Emma Manton...

© 2003/British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Amy Poehler, as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, smiles and points both hands in a playful gesture while standing in an office setting.

Amy Poehler

American comedian and actress Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation.

© Parks and Recreation/Universal Television