This is the first movie I've seen in five formats: film, VHS video-cassette, laserdisc, DVD, and now Blu-ray Disc. To the producers' credit, they keep adding more extras to help justify each reissue. The Blu-ray edition comes with a bonus DVD featuring two new clips: a live performance of "Stonehenge" at the 2007 Live Earth concert plus an interview with Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) taken from a National Geographic special about... Stonehenge. Among the complete extras carried over from the DVD, the commentary by Guest and co-stars/ bandmates Michael McKean and Harry Shearer — all in character — is a must-hear. It's like watching the movie once again with a whole new set of gags. And the hour-plus of deleted scenes will thrill any Tap fan.
Neither the new extras nor the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack strikes me as sufficient reason to spend extra for the Blu-ray Disc, but the picture quality does. Despite the graininess, spotty lighting, and poor contrast of the original movie, it looks substantially sharper and more vibrant here than on DVD. At long last, we can watch This is Spinal Tap without having to turn the color and contrast up to 11. Download This Is Spinal Tap full movie (DVD,DivX,iPod,PDA)
