A Mighty Wind

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1. #001

   The Folksmen originated as a sketch on the 1984-85 season of Saturday Night Live (1975), performed by Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer with Michael McKean as host.

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2. #002

   The moaning woman's voice that Mitch (Eugene Levy) hears through his hotel room wall was provided by Christopher Guest.

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3. #003

   During Spinal Tap's early-'90s and late-'90s/early-2000s tours, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest opened for themselves as The Folksmen, and were booed during the first act because people did not know or care that the two bands were the same musicians.

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4. #004

   The idea of a record being sold without a hole is not entirely fictional. In the late 1980s, the British punk-rock band Gaye Bykers on Acid released an LP titled "Drill Your Own Hole," which really did leave the job of drilling the hole to the buyer, with the help of a black dot on the "B" side.

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5. #005

   The Folksmen are a parody of The Kingston Trio, down to some of their album covers, uniforms and the way they perform their songs.

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6. #006

   Parker Posey learned to play the mandolin for the role of Sissy Knox.

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7. #007

   According to an interview on NPR, a number of real folk singers from the '60s, among them Arlo Guthrie, wanted to appear in the film, but the producers turned them down because they thought it would reduce its satirical value.

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8. #008

   In September 2003, most of the cast went on a short tour. They appeared in character, recreating the "reunion concert" as seen at the end of the film.

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9. #009

   All of the songs were written by Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest and other cast members, who also played their own instruments.

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10. #010

    John Michael Higgins wrote all of the vocal arrangements for The New Main Street Singers. The group was initially going to be a nine-piece ensemble singing in harmony (everyone singing the same part), but it was decided to let Higgins loose on the group.

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11. #011

    According to an interview with Michael McKean's wife, Annette O'Toole, the songs were written by her and McKean during a car trip from their home in Los Angeles to Vancouver. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, planes were grounded and O'Toole had to travel to Vancouver to shoot the television series "Smallville (2001)."

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12. #012

    Mickey's new husband is a model-train enthusiast with only one train. This is because when the producers went to the house with the impressive train setup, all the trains were broken or otherwise unusable. The engine seen moving in the film is pulled by dental floss via "Crabbe Town."

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13. #013

    Eugene Levy learned to play the guitar specifically for the film.

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14. #014

    One of the DVD's special features is footage of the entire concert as it would have looked if broadcast for television.

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15. #015

    In addition to the four film cameras used to shoot the concert, several TV cameras were also used. They filmed the entire concert as it would appear on television.

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16. #016

    The character Ramblin' Sandy Pitnick, officially shown early in the film during a discussion of the '60s folk revival, is a nod to Ramblin' Jack Elliot, who was born Elliot Adnopoz in Brooklyn, New York, and reinvented himself as a Western singing cowboy.

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17. #017

    The New Main Street Singers were a parody of the highly popular and successful New Christy Minstrels, a large folk group founded in 1961 whose many former members included Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes and Barry McGuire.

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18. #018

    Veteran actress Diane Baker was billed last in the credits, but her scene was almost entirely cut. She appears in the shot looking at the "Supreme Court" jury, but with her back to the camera.

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19. #019

    Property master Scott Buckwald is credited as the photographer of Mitch, who lies in a hospital bed after being beaten up for supporting Mickey.

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20. #020

    The creators used their craftiest innuendos, a subject they were well versed in. The film's title was both a reference to one of its songs and a suggestion that the music, its characters and the genre itself might strike some as pompous.

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