A Mighty Wind

Synopsis : Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk groups, such as the Folksmen, the New Main Street Singers and Mitch & Mickey as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Brothy's Favorite Lines :

1. "I would love to see this town in the autumn. I think Crabbeville in autumn would look quite magnificent." - Mitch referring to the toy train set

2. "There was abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature." - Terry Bohner

3. "Thank God for the model trains, you know? If they didn't have the model trains they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains." - Amber

4. "This is not an occult science. This is not one of those crazy systems of divination and astrology. That stuff's hooey, and you've got to have a screw loose to go in for that sort of thing. Our beliefs are fairly commonplace and simple to understand. Humankind is simply materialized color operating on the 49th vibration. You would make that conclusion walking down the street or going to the store." - Terry Bohner

Brothy's Favorite Scene :

Lawrence: Alright, here's your giant banjo...
Jonathan: Um-hmm. It's very flat.
Lawrence: Well, it doesn't look flat from in the audience.
Jonathan: It has basically, no dimension to it.
Lawrence: Well, it's painted to look three dimensional. If you go back there, trust me...
Jonathan: But it's not painted on the back. I'm looking ot the back right now. Will you look with me for a minute?
Lawrence: Why would it be... From the audience it's gonna look perfectly fine. And It looks three dimensional. Just go out there and take a peek.
Jonathan: Well, is this the real furniture or is this the rehearsal furniture?
Lawrence: Well, A it's not called furniture. It's a set.
Jonathan: Uh-huhh...
Lawrence: And it's painted this way. It looks completely three dimensional from the audience, if you just go out that way, Mr. Steinbloom.
Jonathan: So this is the real furniture, and this is... Is this an actual street lamp?
Lawrence: I'm sure it was at one time.
Jonathan: Can you have an actual three dimensional object that's represents the thing that it actually is, can that be next to something that it's pretending to be? Would that be okay?
Lawrence: Yes, it's perfectly fine. You know, I really don't have time to explain Stagecraft 101. This show starts in an hour. Now, every... everything is exactly the way you...
Jonathan: And what are tho... what's tha... that... Those are lights hanging up there?
Lawrence: Yes, those are lights...
Jonathan: Could they fall?
Lawrence: ...and that's a ceiling above us!
Jonathan: But they look shaky.
Lawrence: No, they're not shaky, they're perfectly...
Jonathan: Is that wire? I see a wire. I see a...
[Lawrence smacks him on the head]
Jonathan: Oww!

Brothy's Opinion in a Nutshell : From the guys who brought such great films as "This is Spinal Tap", "Best in Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" this movie is the best so far. It pokes fun at anyone who takes the '60s and folk music too seriously. Eugene Levee's character of Mitch is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I believe I have met people just like that at open mike nights around the country. The music is very well done and was written by the actors themselves. I think Lars Olfen, the character played by Ed Begley Jr. said it best when he said, "The naches that I'm feeling right now... 'cause your dad was like mishpoche to me. When I heard I got this ticket to the Folksmen, I let out a geshreeyeh, and I'm running with my friend... running around like a vilde chaye, right into the theater, in the front row! So we've got the schpilkes, 'cause we're sittin' right there... and it's a mizvah, what your dad did, and I want to try to give that back to you. Okeinhoreh, I say, and God bless him."

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