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A Mighty Wind (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Christopher Guest, Jr. Ed Begley, Paul Dooley, Don Lake, Jane Lynch
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 9.93
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Rating:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 3116
Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: WARD27718D
ISBN: 079078033X
UPC: 085392771820
EAN: 9780790780337
ASIN: B0000ALFVD
Theatrical Release Date: May 9, 2003
Release Date: February 3, 2004
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 Brilliant satire and subtle humour April 22, 2008
Matthew Wilson (Brockville, Ontario Canada)
First of all, if you are looking for Spinal Tap, go buy Spinal Tap. This is a movie that combines great folk music with a funny story filled with touching (and not so touching) moments. The 3 gents from spinal tap are back as the Folksmen, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara play off each other with comedic brilliance. And the best neuftete I've ever heard fills out the bill. You'll need to watch it many times to catch all the jokes. Worth buying. Highly Recomended.
Funny + folk-music + Eugene Levy July 19, 2004
Danno (NY, NY)
Why only 4 stars and not 5? I cannot believe that in 2004 there are still companies that package DVDs in flimsy cardboard cases rather than plastic clamshell keepsakes. And this is a film you'll want to keep.pIf you only know Eugene Levy from the American Pie films, you will be pleasantly surprised with A Mighty Wind. I had no idea Eugene Levy could sing so well, or was capable of a serio-comic performance. I usually love his bit roles in films, and this one was way better than I expected. Aside from Levy, this is another of director Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, albeit an extremely good-natured and lighthearted one centered around a PBS folk-music concert. Guest is one of the few filmmakers who can make the mockumentary format work (aside from Woody Allen), and he leads a brilliant cast into a largely improvised framework that contains laughter and sentimentality. pI'm not a folk-music fan at all, but I enjoyed the music in the film a lot. It's pleasant rather than annoying and preachy.
You can't get to heaven on the wings of a gun July 18, 2004
David Blakeslee (Wyoming, MI United States)
I got a lot of enjoyment out of this movie, and basically agree with most of the other positive reviews on this site, but my main reason for posting this review is to highlight the hilarious Children of the Sun video which is one of the special features. This is a Folksmen tune that they released in 1968, from their Saying Something LP (where they broke their covenant with the fans by not apostrophyzing the album title.) This was when the true folk era was dying out and bands needed to make the transition to something just a little more psychedelic sounding. (Of course, this is all fictional...) But the video just had my whole family (teenage sons included) doubling over with laughter, with the primitive but far out video FX, the trippy-cheesy lyrics and the earnest delivery of the songs Transcendent Message. As a 7-year old kid in 1968, my consciousness was saturated with that stuff, as my parents were into Donovan, the Fifth Dimension, the soundtrack to Hair and all the other earnest performers out there singing similar Anthems of a New Generation. The whole disc is full of great amusing material, but Children of the Sun really did top it all off quite brilliantly.
You can't get to heaven on the wings of a gun July 18, 2004
David Blakeslee (Wyoming, MI United States)
I got a lot of enjoyment out of this movie, and basically agree with most of the other positive reviews on this site, but my main reason for posting this review is to highlight the hilarious Children of the Sun video which is one of the special features. This is a Folksmen tune that they released in 1968, from their Saying Something LP (where they broke their covenant with the fans by not hyphenating the album title.) This was when the true folk era was dying out and bands needed to make the transition to something just a little more psychedelic sounding. (Of course, this is all fictional...) But the video just had my whole family (teenage sons included) doubling over with laughter, with the primitive but far out video FX, the trippy-cheesy lyrics and the earnest delivery of the songs Transcendent Message. As a 7-year old kid in 1968, my consciousness was saturated with that stuff, as my parents were into Donovan, the Fifth Dimension, the soundtrack to Hair and all the other earnest performers out there singing similar Anthems of a New Generation. The whole disc is full of great amusing material, but Children of the Sun really did top it all off quite brilliantly.
Very subtle and very funny! July 10, 2004
Compared to WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and BEST IN SHOW, the humor in this mockumentary is a bit subtler. It is funnier every time I watch it, as I catch more of the wry, understated humor with each viewing. The songs are catchy, too. You really care about what develops with the central characters played by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara. This is a great comedy in keeping with Christopher Guest's other masterpieces! BUY IT!
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