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MrScorpio

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Sun Jan-23-05 12:52 PM
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"...It's blowing peace and freedom. It's blowing you and me."

A Mighty Wind is pretty funny

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joeybee12

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Sun Jan-23-05 12:55 PM
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1. What an understatement--it's hilarious!

I watched it three times straight once!

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Cooley Hurd

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Sun Jan-23-05 12:55 PM
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2. Chris Guest movies are the best...

There isn't one I don't love...:thumbsup:

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stopbush

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Sun Jan-23-05 01:08 PM
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3. Great movie. The archetypes are just about perfect, and there are

Edited on Sun Jan-23-05 01:09 PM by stopbush

too many funny lines to list them all.

Amazing as most of the dialogue was improvised.

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Honest_Abe

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Sun Jan-23-05 01:15 PM
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4. Amazing

The first time I saw "A Mighty Wind" I missed the last two minutes because I laughed so hard I slid out of my seat onto the theatre floor.

Guest and the rest of the group manage to poke fun at people while maintaining an affection for them at the same time. Humor based on affection, not hate, is very rare.

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derby378

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Sun Jan-23-05 01:34 PM
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6. I never heard of anyone having such a reaction to the last two mins

It must have sounded like poetry. Almost.

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Hans Delbrook

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Sun Jan-23-05 01:29 PM
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5. It was just on!

I love the scene where the "nervous guy" gets smacked on the head!

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central scrutinizer

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Sun Jan-23-05 01:38 PM
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7. I thought Best in Show was funnier

Edited on Sun Jan-23-05 01:38 PM by central scrutinizer

but love all of the mockumentaries and Spinal Tap is always worth a re-viewing.

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stopbush

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Sun Jan-23-05 01:42 PM
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8. Loved BiS, but as a musician, A Mighty Wind is just too good to be true.

The guy who runs Town Hall? I know a bunch of guys like that.

The lead guy for the New Main Street Singers? I've met that guy too...about 100 times.

The way Guest's character's voice gets progressively bleatier from the B&W days to the present? That's exactly what happens to these guys.

For all the obvious humor in the film, it's the subtle things that really inspire.

And talk about range as an actor - how about Eugene Levy's character? Amazing!

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El Fuego

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Sun Jan-23-05 03:35 PM
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9. And ". . . you better do what the good book tells you too!"

I love "A Mighty Wind." I've got it on DVD so I can watch it over and over.

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