A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind
A Mighty Wind
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Christopher Guest
Written by	Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy
Produced by	Karen Murphy
Starring	Bob Balaban; Christopher Guest; John Michael Higgins; Eugene Levy; Jane Lynch; Michael McKean; Catherine O'Hara; Parker Posey; Harry Shearer; Fred Willard;
Cinematography	Arlene Nelson
Edited by	Robert Leighton
Music by	Christopher Guest
Production; company	Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 16, 2003;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$18.7 million

A Mighty Wind is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy film about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. Co-written (with Eugene Levy), directed, and composed by Christopher Guest,^[3] the film is widely acknowledged to reference folk music producer Harold Leventhal as the inspiration for the character of Irving Steinbloom^[4] and more broadly parodies the American folk music revival of the early 1960s and its personalities.

Guest co-stars and reunites many of his company of actors from This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, and Best in Show for this film, including Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch and Parker Posey.

^ "A Mighty Wind". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "A Mighty Wind". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
^ Fox, Margalit (October 6, 2005). "Harold Leventhal, Promoter of Folk Music, Dies at 86". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

[numbers-1] "A Mighty Wind". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.

[mojo-2] Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[A_Mighty_Wind-3] "A Mighty Wind". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

[4] Fox, Margalit (October 6, 2005). "Harold Leventhal, Promoter of Folk Music, Dies at 86". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

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