Best in Show 25th Anniversary

Reunions & Retrospectives

Feature | 90 MINUTES

At the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show, a "documentary film crew" captures the excitement and tension displayed by the eccentric participants in the outrageously hilarious satire Best In Show . This biting send-up exposes the wondrously diverse dog owners who travel from all over America to showcase their four-legged contenders. Mild-mannered salesman Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) and his vivacious wife, Cookie (Catherine O'Hara), happily prepare their Norwich Terrier, while shop owner Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest) hopes his Bloodhound wins top prize. As two upwardly mobile attorneys (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock) anxiously ready their neurotic Weimaraner, and an ecstatically happy gay couple (Michael McKean and John Michael Higgins) dote on their tiny Shih Tzu. Meanwhile, inept commentator Buck Laughlin (Fred Willard) vainly attempts to provide colorful tidbits about each breed. Now, with the championship at stake, the owners and the canine competitors strut their stuff for the judges in hopes of taking home the ultimate prize—Best in Show. A WarnerBros release.
After the Screening: A conversation featuring director and actor Christopher Guest and cast members, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, and Parker Posey moderated by Stephen Colbert, host, executive producer, and writer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS), plus some special surprise moments.

Panelists

Parker Posey

Parker Posey recently starred in the third season of Mike White’s acclaimed HBO series, THE WHITE LOTUS. Previously, Posey received an Emmy nomination for her role in MR. & MRS. SMITH and starred in the Emmy Award-nominated limited series, THE STAIRCASE. She starred in the critically acclaimed independent feature, THELMA, and Ari Aster’s BEAU IS AFRAID for A24. Other credits include Richard Linklater’s DAZED AND CONFUSED; Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s PARTY GIRL; Greg Mottola’s THE DAYTRIPPERS; and several Christopher Guest films including WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW and FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. On stage, Posey recently starred in the Off-Broadway production of THE SEAGULL/WOODSTOCK, NY.

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert hosts the Emmy and Peabody Award winning #1 show in late night, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He previously hosted The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, following his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show.

Colbert’s Spartina Industries banner has a first-look deal with CBS Studios, and most recently produced After Midnight on CBS.

He has authored six books, the most recent of which, Does This Taste Funny?, co-authored by his wife Evie McGee Colbert, debuted at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Originally from in South Carolina, he currently resides in New Jersey with Evie.

Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest is a director, actor, and musician. His films include The Big Picture, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. He has appeared in This is Spinal Tap, The Longriders, The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men and Night at the Museum 2. He has won an Emmy award for his work with Lily Tomlin, and a Grammy award for the song A Mighty Wind, from the film of the same name.

Michael McKean

Michael McKean is an accomplished artist with a career spanning six decades as an actor, musician, songwriter, screenwriter, director, producer and television host. His theater credits on Broadway and elsewhere include Hairspray, The Pajama Game, The Homecoming, Superior Donuts, The Best Man, All the Way, The Little Foxes and currently Glengarry Glen Ross. His television credits include Laverne & Shirley, Saturday Night Live, Good Omens, Breeders, The Diplomat, The X-Files and more, as well as Better Call Saul, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. His many film credits include Young Doctors in Love, Used Cars, Clue, Light of Day, The Brady Bunch Movie, True Crime, Best in Show, This is Spinal Tap, its upcoming sequel Spinal Tap: The End Continues and others. Michael and his wife Annette O'Toole were nominated for an Academy Award for their song, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from Christopher Guest's A Mighty Wind, and he won a Grammy alongside Guest and Eugene Levy for the film's title track. Michael is the co-author of the upcoming book A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever (Gallery Books). Michael lives in Los Angeles and New York and wherever his next adventure takes him.

John Michael Higgins

John Michael Higgins is an incredibly diverse artist. Audiences are often surprised by his chameleon like character changes. The guy who played David Letterman in the highly acclaimed HBO film The Late Shift is indeed the same guy who played the flamboyantly gay Shih-Tzu handler in Christopher Guest’s Best in Show.

Michael has hosted game shows AMERICAS GOT TALENT and SPLIT SECOND on The Game Show Network, has starred in Netflix's Curse of Bridge Hollow and the Saved By The Bell reboot for Peacock. He was seen opposite Briga Heelan, Horatio Sanz, and Andrea Martin in NBC’s Great News, the comedy developed by Tracey Wigfield and was on the Tubi comedy Classmates and Christopher Guest’s Mascots, opposite Jane Lynch, Zach Woods and Chris O’Dowd, streaming on Netflix. Prior to that, he starred in Shimmer Lake opposite Rainn Wison and Rob Cordry.

Michael starred in Cameron Crowe's dramedy We Bought a Zoo opposite of Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church. He also starred in the Columbia Pictures comedy, Bad Teacher, directed by Jake Kasdan and co-starring opposite Cameron Diaz, Jason Segal and Justin Timberlake. Michael was seen in The Ugly Truth opposite Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, as well as the Universal comedy Couples Retreat alongside an all-star cast that included Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman and Jon Favreau. Other credits include Pitch Perfect 1, 2 & 3, Yes Man, Fired Up, Fred Clause, Evan Almighty, The Break Up, For Your Consideration, A Mighty Wind, Fun with Dick and Jane and Blade 3.

Michael also starred on TV Land’s Happily Divorced opposite Fran Drescher and has since done a number of guest star appearances including the CBS comedy Mike and Molly, TBS’s Sullivan and Son and the critically acclaimed CBS drama, The Good Wife. Michael also has a multitude of other credits including Raising the Bar, Arrested Development and Ally McBeal.

Thu June 12 - 8:00 PM

OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC

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