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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Peg Date: 06 Apr 03 - 04:04 PM Fred Willard is absolutely hilarious in this new one! beyond belief...very realistic character yet also completely absurd! |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Steve Latimer Date: 06 Apr 03 - 03:54 PM 'Spaw, I was thinking the same thing about Guest as I was watching last night. He has such great delivery regardless of the character that he is portraying. So dry. Fred Willard has grown on me with every one of these movies. |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Jeri Date: 06 Apr 03 - 12:02 PM I forgot about the "ass-face, bastard people." Guess I'd better watch it again. Spaw, I read "Isn't Guest himself amazing?" and scrolled up to see what GUEST had said. One wonders if "A Mighty Wind" will spark a whole new folk revival or renewed interest in The Music the way "Oh Brother..." did. |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 06 Apr 03 - 06:53 AM Aha, the paper gave out a surplus "WWW", it is http://amightywindonline.warnerbros.com/cmp/trailer.html Great Stuff RtS |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Apr 03 - 05:50 AM Why Steve....How dare you to make fun of those cute action figures??? Why.....why.....why I just hate your ass-face!!! You're one of the...the....the bastard people...that's what you are!! Isn't Guest himself amazing? The difference between Corky and Harlan Pepper in "Best in Show" is about as far apart as you get. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 06 Apr 03 - 03:22 AM This was mentioned in the British press yesterday, I had hoped to be the first to spring it on you! Ah, nostalgia, I well remember the Folksmen's seminal album "Ramblin'" which turned many a teddy boy into an aran sweater wearer. Unfortunately the website given in the press and Google (http://www.amightywindonline.warnerbros.com/) is down at the moment so I haven't been able to share in the fun. RtS |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Steve Latimer Date: 05 Apr 03 - 11:32 PM I just saw Guffman for the first time tonight. These guys are incredible. I don't think I'll ever get over My Dinner With Andre Action Figures. Fred Willard's operation. I have been a huge fan of Levy since the SCTV days. This is Spinal Tap still remains my favourite. |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Apr 03 - 02:31 PM Peg, you slut....... Okay....give us a web addy when they do it huh? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Peg Date: 05 Apr 03 - 02:29 PM Jeri; sorry luv! :) My review and possible sidebar interview (the editors have to decide how much coverage we are giving this film) will be in The Boston Phoenix; there is an online version, so once it's published I will post a link... peg |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Jeri Date: 05 Apr 03 - 01:59 PM Peg, you are a mean person! Seriously, what a great opportunity! Will the interview be available to the masses? |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Peg Date: 05 Apr 03 - 01:42 PM well if ya wanna be even more jealous, I probably am going to get to interview either Christopher Guest or Eugene Levy on the phone this coming week...unfortunately they cancelled their Boston press tour or I would have been talking with them in person... |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: catspaw49 Date: 04 Apr 03 - 10:57 PM Sorry...also should have noted that once again almost the entire troup from "Guffman" and "Show" are in this one too....Parker Posey, Linda Kash, Catherine O'Hara, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jim Piddock, Fred Willard plus the ones Peg mentioned. I think this bunch would drop everything to do a movie with Guest and Levy.....great stuff. For those of you who have seen "Spinal Tap," good as it was years ago, it pales in comparison to "Best In Show" or even "Waiting for Guffman"....no comparison at all. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: catspaw49 Date: 04 Apr 03 - 10:45 PM Thanks Peg and I can't wait!!!! I might be Guest's biggest fan. The way he and Levy "script" a movie with all of the latitude his little troup of regulars is given simply makes for some very real characters with real responses and I always find people I know in every one of them. To me, "Best In Show" was going to be hard to top and yet I always believe the happy little band of improv actors will do so with this one. Looking forward to it!!!!!!!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Jeri Date: 04 Apr 03 - 10:25 PM Having heard about the movie for so long and seen the trailer on both computer and TV, I can't wait until this opens. So how many people are honked off 'cause Peg got to see it so early? (Just kidding.) Thanks Peg. |
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Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind From: Cool Beans Date: 04 Apr 03 - 04:00 PM To see the trailer on your home computer, assuming it has that capability, go to the Internet Movie Database www.imdb.com and type in "A Mighty Wind'' in the Search Box on the upper left of the screen. Info about the movie will show up, along with directions to view the trailer. Because I watched it at work I had to turn the sound off, but it sure had the look of one of those folkie retrospectives on PBS. I read an article about Chris Guest which said he was once an aspiring folk musician, went to school with Arlo Guthrie and they remain friends. The movie sounds hilarious and loving at the same time. |
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Subject: RE: A Mighty Wind From: Steve Latimer Date: 04 Apr 03 - 12:30 PM Peg, I've seen the Trailer. I can't wait to see the Movie!! |
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Subject: A Mighty Wind From: Peg Date: 04 Apr 03 - 10:18 AM I saw this at a press screeningon Wednesday and it is absolutely hilarious. A must-see! This "mockumentary" directed by Christopher Guest and co-written by Guest and Eugene Levy follows the organization of a reunion concert held in honor of a music producer whose protegees almost made it big: The Folksmen (Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean); the "New" Main Street Singers, a "neuftet" of perky, moralistic, color-coordinated singers who all play guitar or bango or autoharp and create a sound with nine members which would be easily produced by three people; and Mitch and Mickey, a folk duo whose real-life love affair was far more notorious than their music; when the film opens, Mitch has suffered a mental breakdown and must be cajoled to join the festivities. Bob Balaban is the son of Irving Steinbloom, who decides to organize the concert at New York City's Town Hall. Ed Begley, Jr. plays a music inductry executive who hails from Sweeden but peppers his speech with quaint Yiddish expressions. The acting is first rate and I laughed more than I have in years. Also, somehow this film garners it strength not just from the parody, satire and belly laughs, but also from the often poignant and touching threads of realism that seep through: perhaps because folk music really is about everyone... Do go see it! It opens April 16th. |
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