A Mighty Wind

film by Guest [2003]

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  • Christopher Guest
    In Christopher Guest: Filmmaking career

    …Westminster Kennel Club-like dog show; A Mighty Wind (2003), once again leveraging the musical skills of Guest, McKean, and Shearer, lovingly spoofs the folk music revival of the 1960s by taking an up-close-and-personal look at the staging of a memorial concert for a folk music impresario; and For Your Consideration

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Levy

  • Eugene Levy
    In Eugene Levy: SCTV and mockumentaries

    In A Mighty Wind (2003), Levy and O’Hara (his wife in Best in Show) play an aging folk-music duo who had one hit single, “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow.” The song from the film was later nominated for an Academy Award, and O’Hara…

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Lynch

  • Jane Lynch
    In Jane Lynch

    …star turned folk singer in A Mighty Wind (2003) and as an entertainment television host in For Your Consideration (2006). Her performances in Guest’s films led to roles in other movies, notably Judd Apatow’s blockbuster comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and Julie & Julia (2009), in which she played the…

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O’Hara

  • Catherine O'Hara
    In Catherine O’Hara

    (2000), skewering dog shows, and A Mighty Wind (2003), in which she and Eugene Levy (her husband in Best in Show) play an aging folk-music duo who had a hit single in the 1960s. That song, “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow,” was nominated for an Academy Award,…

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