Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (L-R) The Folksmen of "A Mighty Wind." Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest. Let's all raise a glass and hum for ...
To hear Michael McKean describe Jerry Palter — the character he created for the beloved folk mockumentary “A Mighty Wind” — one would assume that the role was meant to blend into the background and ...
The proof is in the payoff. Each film Guest directs and co-writes with Eugene Levy winds up with persuasive performances. You don't leave A Mighty Wind laughing so much as humming. Its dialogue may be ...
Other directors make "mockumentaries" but none has been as consistent and comedically successful -- or as oddly profound -- as Christopher Guest. The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member inhabits ...
Let's all raise a glass and hum for the 20th anniversary of "A Mighty Wind." The 2003 folk music mockumentary that blew into national theaters spring of 2003, drew inspiration from its darker music ...
(PG-13) 3 stars The folk music scene of the 1960s always had a decidedly unsettling sheen to it. The hordes of clean-cut, all-American teens who would sing in between acts on The Lawrence Welk Show ...