A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChristopher Guest
Written byChristopher Guest
Eugene Levy
Produced byKaren Murphy
Starring
CinematographyArlene Nelson
Edited byRobert Leighton
Music byChristopher Guest
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • April 16, 2003 (2003-04-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[1]
Box office$18.7 million[2]

A Mighty Wind is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy film about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. Co-written (with Eugene Levy), directed, and composed by Christopher Guest,[3] the film is widely acknowledged to reference folk music producer Harold Leventhal as the inspiration for the character of Irving Steinbloom[4] and more broadly parodies the American folk music revival of the early 1960s and its personalities. The film stars Guest and Levy alongside Bob Balaban, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer and Fred Willard.

Guest co-stars and reunites many of his company of actors from This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, and Best in Show for this film, including Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch and Parker Posey.

  1. ^ "A Mighty Wind". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "A Mighty Wind". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Fox, Margalit (October 6, 2005). "Harold Leventhal, Promoter of Folk Music, Dies at 86". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

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