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A Mighty Wind

Year:
Duration:
91 min
Genres:
Comedy | Music
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Christopher Guest
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 15 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2003-05-09
Filming Locations: Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $2,112,140 (USA) (20 April 2003)
Gross: $17,508,936 (USA) (27 July 2003)
Cast
Actor
Character
Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Coolidge
A Mighty Wind
Michael McKean
Michael McKean
A Mighty Wind
Jim Moret
Newscaster
Stuart Luce
Irving Steinbloom
Mary Gross
Ma Klapper
Marty Belafsky
Ramblin' Sandy Pitnik
Michael Baser
Pa Klapper
Jared Nelson Smith
Young Chuck Wiseman
Ryan Raddatz
Bill Weyburn
Todd Lieberman
Fred Knox
Matthew Joy
Boy Klapper
Laura Harris
Girl Klapper
Brian Riley
Young George Menschell
Harry Shearer
Mark Shubb
Christopher Guest
Alan Barrows
Eugene Levy
Mitch Cohen
Catherine O'Hara
Mickey Crabbe
Bob Balaban
Jonathan Steinbloom
Rachael Harris
Steinbloom's Assistant
Tyler Forsberg
Young Jonathan Steinbloom
Paul Dooley
George Menschell
Jim Ortlieb
David Kantor
Andrew Dickler
1971 Dell Wiseman
Thomas Lowry
1971 Howard Wiseman (as Thom Lowry)
Keva Rosenfeld
1971 Chuck Wiseman
Brian Allen
1960s Mitch & Mickey Bass
Danny Merritt
1960s Mitch & Mickey Guitar
Paul Benedict
Martin Berg
Floyd Van Buskirk
Steve Lang (as Floyd Vanbuskirk)
Jane Lynch
Laurie Bohner
John Michael Higgins
Terry Bohner
Parker Posey
Sissy Knox
Christopher Moynihan
Sean Halloran
David Blasucci
Tony Pollono
Patrick Sauber
Jerald Smithers
Steve Pandis
Johnny Athenakis
Mark Nonisa
Mike Maryama
Cameron Sprague
Young Terry Bohner
LeShay N. Tomlinson
Steinbloom's Secretary (as Leshay Tomlinson)
Mina Kolb
Dr. Mildred Wickes
Jim Piddock
Leonard Crabbe
Don Lake
Elliott Steinbloom
Deborah Theaker
Naomi Steinbloom
Fred Willard
Mike LaFontaine
Ed Begley Jr.
Lars Olfen
Diane Delano
Witch #2
Jim Jennewein
Witch #3 (as James Jennewein)
Richard Hicks
Witch #4
Michael Hitchcock
Lawrence E. Turpin
Larry Miller
Wally Fenton
Michael Mantell
Deputy Mayor
Bill Cobbs
Blues Musician
Freda Foh Shen
Melinda Barrows
Darlene Kardon
Shirley Steinbloom
Scott Williamson
PBN TV Director
Joe Godfrey
Mitch & Mickey Bass
Bruce Gaitsch
Mitch & Mickey Guitar
Diane Baker
Supreme Folk Defense Lawyer
Did you know?
Trivia
John Michael Higgins wrote all of the vocal arrangements for The New Main Street Singers. Originally the group was going to be a nine-piece ensemble that sang in unison (everyone singing the same part) but it was decided to give Higgins free rein with it.
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One of the Special Features of the DVD is footage of the concert in its entirety as it would have appeared if broadcast for TV.
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In addition to the four film cameras used to film the concert, a few TV cameras were used. They filmed the entire concert as it would have appeared on television.
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Goofs
In the final Reunion Scene, you can obviously tell that none of the actors are actually playing guitar. Most of them just move their fingers like strumming, and you can clearly see no vibration from the strings or contact with the fingers and strings.
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Two minutes into the movie, as Jonathan Steinbloom says he is an organized person, one of the brown packages on his desk is askew on the long shots, but straight in the close-ups.
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Just before Mitch and Mickey are introduced the MC has his right hand up, holding a piece of blue paper. In the next shot, he has both hands at his sides.
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Quotes
Lars Olfen: I had a garage band in Stockholm, which was a challenge in its own right, to keep an instrument tuned with that temperature swing. There's a block warmer for the Volvo in the garage but it's cold in there in the winter. So we played and I had a hit that you might have heard of. "Hur ?r l?get, lilla gumman?" which means, "How's It Hanging, Grandma?" and it was big on the Swedish charts.
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Jerry Palter: We don't want people to reach for their remotes here.
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Mitch Cohen: I feel ready for whatever the experience is that we will... take with us after the show. I'm sure it will be... an adventure... a voyage on this... magnificent vessel... into unchartered waters! What if we see sailfish... jumping... and flying across the magnificent orb of a setting sun?
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Photos from cast
Jennifer Coolidge Michael McKean Wendel Meldrum
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