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Actors: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Ed Begley Jr., Fred Willard, John Michael Higgins
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Mighty Wind |
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"A Mighty Wind" is the third mockumentary by director Christopher Guest who also cowrites the movie along with Eugene Levy. From the opening scenes to the epilogues I was laughing hysterically. In fact the Sure Flo song left me spewing my Sprite all over the place. This movie ranks just above "Waiting for Guffman" and up to par with "Best In Show". I can't wait until Guest's next gem.
--Will, Resident Scholar
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Irving Steinbloom, manager and agent to a host of folk artists, has died. His son Jonathan (Balaban) decides a fitting tribute would be a concert at Town Hall featuring Steinbloom's favorite acts: the Folksmen (a trio), the New Main Street Singers (a highly color-coordinated "neuftet"), and Mitch and Mickey, the romantic duo on guitar and zither (although they split up long ago and Mitch has basically been in a mental institution for much of the duration). The crew and most of the same cast behind "This Is Spinal Tap," "Waiting For Guffman," and "Best In Show" reunite for a sweet, loving 2003 satire on the early 1960s folk music movement. The film is not as funny as its predecessors, and its humor and almost dead-on parodies of the music of that period may be lost on younger viewers.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Mighty Wind |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of comedy
- musical
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- theater
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Any profanity?
- None
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Folk music
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