History Film / AMightyWind

* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Variety review of ''Wha' Happened'' is on screen, the scathing review states the show was on air for a whopping ''four'' episodes before being cancelled "due to total lack of interest"

* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Variety review of ''Wha' Happened'' is on screen, the scathing review states the show was on air for a whopping ''four'' episodes before being cancelled [[SoBadItsHorrible "due to total lack of interest"]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title is basically a euphemism for flatulence.
-->''"It's blowin' peace and freedom / It's blowin' you and me!"''

* CreatorBreakdown: In-Universe, Mitch Cohen recorded several solo albums (one of which provides the image source) when he broke up with Mickey. The names and themes get progressively more depressive.

--> "The naches[[note]]Pride[[/note]] that I'm feeling right now... 'cause your dad was like mishpoche[[note]]Extended family[[/note]] to me. When I heard I got these ticket to the Folksmen, I let out a geshreeyeh[[note]]Scream[[/note]], and I'm running with my friend... running around like a vilde chaye[[note]]Undisciplined child[[/note]], right into the theater, in the front row! So we've got the shpilkes[[note]]State of impatience, agitation[[/note]], 'cause we're sittin' right there... and it's a mitzvah[[note]]A good deed[[/note]], what your dad did, and I want to try to give that back to you. Okeinhoreh[[note]]no evil eye, or "knock wood"[[/note]], I say, and God bless him!"

--> "The naches[[note]]Pride[[/note]] that I'm feeling right now... 'cause your dad was like mishpoche[[note]]Extended family[[/note]] to me. When I heard I got these ticket to the Folksmen, I let out a geshreeyeh[[note]]Scream[[/note]], and I'm running with my friend... running around like a vilde chaye[[note]]Undisciplined child[[/note]], right into the theater, in the front row! So we've got the shpilkes[[note]]State of impatience, agitation[[/note]], 'cause we're sittin' right there... and it's a mitzvah[[note]]A good deed[[/note]], what your dad did, and I want to try to give that back to you. Okeinhoreh[[note]]Haven't a clue what this word means[[/note]], I say, and God bless him!"

--> "The naches[[note]]Pride[[/note]] that I'm feeling right now... 'cause your dad was like mishpoche[[note]]Extended family[[/note]] to me. When I heard I got these ticket to the Folksmen, I let out a geshreeyeh[[note]]Scream[[/note]], and I'm running with my friend... running around like a vilde chaye[[note]]Undisciplined child[[/note]], right into the theater, in the front row! So we've got the shpilkes[[note]]State of impatience, agitation[[/note]], 'cause we're sittin' right there... and it's a mitzvah[[note]]A good deed[[/note]], what your dad did, and I want to try to give that back to you. Okeinhoreh[[note]]Haven't a clue[[/note]], I say, and God bless him!"

--> "The naches that I'm feeling right now... 'cause your dad was like mishpoche to me. When I heard I got these 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 mitzvah, what your dad did, and I want to try to give that back to you. Okeinhoreh, I say, and God bless him!"

* FakeBand: Several of them, in fact, but the performances are real. Much of the music was arranged by John Michael Higgins, who played Terry Bohner; and several cast members spent months learning to play their instruments, having never studied music before signing on for the movie. And, in something of a {{Defictionalization}}, most of the cast performed in character for a brief concert tour after the film's release. Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara also sang the movie's Oscar-nominated song ''in character'' as Mitch & Mickey [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbvsh1S9DA at the 76th Annual Academy Awards]]. The Folksmen actually predate the movie, and have opened for [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spın̈al Tap]] from time to time. Some Spın̈al Tap fans didn't even realize that they were the same people.

* GeniusDitz: Mitch may be a bit empty-headed, but ''damn'', [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome the man can play]].

* AbusiveParents: Terry Bohner was subjected to a strange sort of abuse by his father--being locked in a room, made to listen to a single record on repeat, and then sent to bed with nothing but dessert.

* CreatorBreakdown: In-Universe, Mitch's solo albums (one of which provides the image source). The names and themes get progressively more depressive.

''A Mighty Wind'' is a 2003 {{mockumentary}} film about a reunion of FolkMusic singers, directed by Creator/ChristopherGuest. The movie's comedy is comparable to that of Guest's other films, ''[[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap This is Spın̈al Tap]]'', ''Film/BestInShow'', and ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', as well as having mostly the same cast as those films, including Guest, Creator/EugeneLevy, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichaelMcKean, Creator/HarryShearer, John Michael Higgins, Creator/JaneLynch, Creator/ParkerPosey, and Creator/FredWillard.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Mitch is an odd fellow. Whether he's a little ditzy, just quirky, suffering the aftereffects of the trauma of his and Mickey's breakup (see also CreatorBreakdown), or somehow disordered is left pretty ambiguous, though his social difficulties, general incomprehension of the world around him, awkward speech patterns, tendency to wander away from people, and hyper-fixation on people and things point to some kind of disorder.

* FakeBand: Several of them, in fact, but the performances are real. Much of the music was arranged by John Michael Higgins, who played Terry Bohner; and several cast members spent months learning to play their instruments, having never studied music before signing on for the movie. And, in something of a {{Defictionalization}}, most of the cast performed in character for a brief concert tour after the film's release. Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara also sang the movie's Oscar-nominated song ''in character'' as Mitch & Mickey at the 76th Annual Academy Awards.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbvsh1S9DA]]. The Folksmen actually predate the movie, and have opened for [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spın̈al Tap]] from time to time. Some Spın̈al Tap fans didn't even realize that they were the same people.

* {{Improv}}: As with Guest, [=McKean=], and Shearer's other mockumentaries, the movie is comprised of unscripted performances by actors who have gotten in-character.

''A Mighty Wind'' is a 2003 {{mockumentary}} film about a reunion of FolkMusic singers, directed by Creator/ChristopherGuest. The movie's comedy is comparable to that of Guest's other films, ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', ''Film/BestInShow'', and ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', as well as having mostly the same cast as those films, including Guest, Creator/EugeneLevy, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichaelMcKean, Creator/HarryShearer, John Michael Higgins, Creator/JaneLynch, Creator/ParkerPosey, and Creator/FredWillard.

* AuthorAppeal: Christopher Guest and company love folk music. Some have noted that that's the reason it's not as incisive or satirical as ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''.

* FakeBand: Several of them, in fact, but the performances are real. Much of the music was arranged by John Michael Higgins, who played Terry Bohner; and several cast members spent months learning to play their instruments, having never studied music before signing on for the movie. And, in something of a {{Defictionalization}}, most of the cast performed in character for a brief concert tour after the film's release. Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara also sang the movie's Oscar-nominated song ''in character'' as Mitch & Mickey at the 76th Annual Academy Awards.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbvsh1S9DA]]. The Folksmen actually predate the movie, and have opened for [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]] from time to time. Some Spinal Tap fans didn't even realize that they were the same people.

* GenderBender: [[spoiler:The epilogue reveals that Mark Shubb is now living and performing as a woman, though still singing with his deep bass voice.]]

->''"Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowin' / It's kickin' up the sand..."''

''A Mighty Wind'' is a 2003 {{mockumentary}} film about a reunion of FolkMusic singers, directed by Creator/ChristopherGuest. The movie's comedy is comparable to that of Guest's other films, ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', ''Film/BestInShow'', and ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', as well as having mostly the same cast as those films.

The plot is started by the death of Irving Steinbloom, a folk music producer, whose children plan a reunion concert with several of the bands he worked with to honor his memory. However, there are several things that make this difficult, such as the fact that folk music duet Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara) haven't spoken for decades since their messy breakup, and Mitch's resulting CreatorBreakdown.

Presented as an AffectionateParody of TheSixties Folk Revival, the movie received largely positive reviews, with particular praise going towards the performances and the music within.

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[[caption-width-right:192:Back together for the first time again.]]

-->'''Laurie''': I was brought up in a very small town, south of the Chicago city limits. Just far enough away to have been peopled with pure, unadulterated white trash. And because I was one of so many children, I don't believe that anyone noticed when I blew town at 15 and ended up in San Francisco, California. [''smiles''] And it's at this point in my story that the dark clouds part, because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman, who gave me a job in his shop. And before long, he tapped me to do some small roles in some of his short films for more mature audiences. [''cheeky wink''] And before long, I had landed, if you will, some leads...and then I started to do some, uh, cameos. [''Terry looks deeply uncomfortable''] Well, I was known for doing a certain thing, that many of the other girls wouldn't do.

-->'''Laurie''': I was brought up in a very small town, south of the Chicago city limits. Just far enough away to have been peopled with pure, unadulterated white trash. And because I was one of so many children, I don't believe that anyone noticed when I blew town at 15 and ended up in San Francisco, California. [''smiles''] And it's at this point in my story that the dark clouds part, because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman, who gave me a job in his shop. And before Long, he tapped me to do some small roles in some of his short films for more mature audiences. [''cheeky wink''] And before Long, I had landed, if you will, some leads...and then I started to do some, uh, cameos. [''Terry looks deeply uncomfortable''] Well, I was known for doing a certain thing, that many of the other girls wouldn't do.

-->'''Laurie''': I was brought up in a very small town, south of the Chicago city limits. Just far enough away to have been peopled with pure, unadulterated white trash. And because I was one of so many children, I don't believe that anyone noticed when I blew town at 15 and ended up in San Francisco, California. And it's at this point in my story that the dark clouds part...because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman, who gave me a job in his shop. And before Long, he tapped me to do some small roles...in some of his short films for more mature audiences. And before Long, I had landed, if you will, some leads...and then I started to do some cameos. Well, I was known for doing a certain thing that many of the other girls wouldn't do...