A Mighty Wind | Bob Balaban, Michael Baser | The funniest film ever made

A Mighty Wind | Bob Balaban, Michael Baser | I let out a geshrai, and I'm running around like a vildeh chaya, ...

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A Mighty Wind

	A Mighty Wind Bob Balaban, Michael Baser Warner Home Video, 2003 average customer review:based on 190 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Documentary-style Comedy. Christopher Guest follows up his acclaimed ensemble comedies Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman with a docu-comedy about three folk groups from the '60s who reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager.Running Time: 92 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 085392771820

The funniest film ever made

The best of the Chris Guest films--with great outtakes. Don't finish the rest of this brief review; buy this. (Why are you still reading? Start clicking away to buy it. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Don't make me repeat myself. Good, you finally stopped reading and are ready to buy. Come on, buy it.)

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I let out a geshrai, and I'm running around like a vildeh chaya, ...

This is my all-time favorite Guest film. The title of my review cames from a very funny bit by Ed Begley Jr.
That's the thing about Guest's films, and especially this one: people remember the scenes and the lines. "Aaaaveeeeee Mariiiiiiiia!" "I Don't Think So!" "Hey! I Can't Do My Work!" "I Got a Widdle Wed Wagaon" (Yes, I know it sounds dreadful on paper but it's a lot better when Fred Willard delivers it.)
The cast is wonderful: Eugene Levy is especially good as the burned-out folkie Mitch, who, for a special memorial performance, is about to reunite on stage with his former singing partner Micki (Catherine O'Hara). And the rest of the cast is wonderful as well: Bob Balaban as the fretful manager of the concert hall, and Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as The Folksmen, sort of like the Kingston Trio, but a lot funnier. Fred Willard cracks me up as a manager to The New Main Street Singers. If you like Christopher Guest's films, you should see this.

Haha. "My sister said I shouldn't have kissed him if I wasn't going to go all the way!"

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To do Retro then was very Nowtro

This is a more gentle musical satire than Spinal Tap, but no less an acheivement. There are beautifully detailed performances from Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara as the former folk sweethearts Mitch and Mickey.

The husband and wife out of the New Mainstreet Singers reveal their devotion to an 'unconventional deity' - to do with the 'vibratory power of colour' - that exists only in the mind of Mrs Bohner, operating on the 49th dimension...

Eugene Levy steals the film as the heavily medicated, rabbit forever caught in headlights, Mitch Cohen. Catherine O'Hara's Mickey Crabbe (formerly Devlin) rediscovers her love for music-making and becomes a singing/autoharp strumming advertisement for her husband's bladder control business, 'Sure-flo, Sure-flo, less time for patients means you're on the go...'

There's a swedish promoter who intermittantly speaks something other than his mother-tongue. He creases me up every time, it will hit you as well if you were brought up with Klezmer...

You'll sigh with pleasure as a bass-voiced upright-bass player has a change of (more than) heart after reuniting with his former band-mates and developing his skincare routine.

There's so much to love in this film, including many humorous and frankly brilliant songs. Mighty Wind gets better with every viewing.

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A Mighty Wind

This was a wonderful spoof on a special time in music. There is some good music on the video and fun to watch with a glass of wine and friends!

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