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{{short description|2003 film by Christopher Guest}}
{{For|the Andre Crouch album|Mighty Wind}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = A Mighty Wind
| image          = Mighty wind poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Christopher Guest]]
| producer       = [[Karen Murphy (producer)|Karen Murphy]]
| writer         = Christopher Guest<br/>[[Eugene Levy]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bob Balaban]]
* Christopher Guest
* [[John Michael Higgins]]
* Eugene Levy
* [[Jane Lynch]]
* [[Michael McKean]]
* [[Catherine O'Hara]]
* [[Parker Posey]]
* [[Harry Shearer]]
* [[Fred Willard]]
}}
| music          = Christopher Guest
| cinematography = Arlene Nelson
| editing        = [[Robert Leighton (film editor)|Robert Leighton]]
| studio         = [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2003|04|16}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $6 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2003/MWIND.php|title=A Mighty Wind|website=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=27 April 2012|archive-date=18 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818200423/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2003/MWIND.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $18.7 million<ref name="mojo"/>
}}

'''''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]],<ref name="A Mighty Wind">{{cite web|url=http://alt.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/444606/Mighty-Wind-A/full-credits.html|title=A Mighty Wind|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=July 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115121/http://alt.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/444606/Mighty-Wind-A/full-credits.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the film is widely acknowledged to reference folk music producer [[Harold Leventhal]] as the inspiration for the character of Irving Steinbloom<ref>{{cite web |last=Fox |first=Margalit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/arts/music/harold-leventhal-promoter-of-folk-music-dies-at-86.html |title=Harold Leventhal, Promoter of Folk Music, Dies at 86 |work=New York Times |date=2005-10-06 |access-date=2018-07-27 |archive-date=2018-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727130011/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/arts/music/harold-leventhal-promoter-of-folk-music-dies-at-86.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and more broadly parodies the [[American folk music revival]] of the early 1960s and its personalities. The film stars Guest and Levy alongside [[Bob Balaban]], [[John Michael Higgins]], [[Jane Lynch]], [[Michael McKean]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Parker Posey]], [[Harry Shearer]] and [[Fred Willard]].

Guest co-stars and reunites many of his company of actors from ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'', and ''[[Best in Show (film)|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]].

==Plot ==
After folk music producer Irving Steinbloom dies, his children Jonathan, Naomi, and Elliott organize a memorial concert, hoping to feature his three most famous acts: [[The Folksmen]], The New Main Street Singers, and Mitch & Mickey.

The Folksmen trio — Mark Shubb, Alan Barrows, and Jerry Palter — were once the most popular of the acts but have not appeared together in decades. They had minor hits, and their most famous song was "Old Joe's Place." Despite not playing or seeing each other for years, their reunion is positive and full of good memories, so they diligently begin rehearsing for the concert. Although some tension arises over whether to include "Skeletons of Quinto", a somber song about the Spanish Civil War, in their otherwise upbeat set list, they enjoy working together again.

The New Main Street Singers are the second generation of the original Main Street Singers, formed by George Menschell, the only living member of the original group, who sings and holds a guitar he cannot play. Performers include Terry Bohner and his wife Laurie, a former [[pornographic film|adult film]] star, now founders of Witches in Nature's Colors (WINC), a coven of modern-day [[witch]]es that worships the power of color, and former juvenile delinquent Sissy Knox, the daughter of Fred Knox, one of the original Main Street Singers. Their manager, Mike LaFontaine, most famously appeared in a short-lived and mostly forgotten 1970 [[sitcom]], ''Wha' Happened?''. The group is known for their complex harmonies, forming what Menschell terms a "neuftet".

Mitch Cohen and Mickey Crabbe appeared as Mitch & Mickey, a former couple that released seven albums and ended performances of their most famous song, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," by kissing each other. After a dramatic break-up years before the events of the film, Mickey seemingly moved on and has married a medical supply salesman, but Mitch broke down emotionally and has never fully recovered. As the pair reunite and rehearse, romantic tension and personal regrets repeatedly imperil their participation in the concert.

The three groups, all of whom have sunk to various levels of musical irrelevance since their respective heyday, agree to the reunion performance, to be held at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|The Town Hall]] in New York and televised live. The acts rehearse and participate in interviews discussing their activities over the previous years and their feelings about performing again.

The show itself proceeds with two hitches: the intended opening song for The Folksmen's set, "Never Did No Wanderin'", is played first by the New Main Street Singers (the Folksmen sing it in a rugged, emotional manner consistent with the spirit of the song, while the New Main Street Singers perform it in their usual peppy, carefree way), and Mitch temporarily disappears minutes before he and Mickey are to perform, forcing the Folksmen to extend their set. It turns out that Mitch had gone to buy a rose for Mickey, which she gratefully accepts as they go on stage. They perform "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow", and after a pause, they kiss. In the finale, all three acts sing "A Mighty Wind" together.

Six months after the concert, many of the performers detail subsequent events via interviews. Mickey is performing "The Sure-Flo Song" (about a medical device used for bladder control) at her husband Leonard's [[trade show]] booth, while Mitch is writing poetry again, claiming to be in a "prolific phase". Mickey claims that Mitch overreacted to their onstage kiss, while Mitch insists that he no longer has feelings for Mickey, but had worried that Mickey's feelings for him might have returned. LaFontaine is trying to drum up interest for "Supreme Folk", a sitcom in which the New Main Street Singers star as characters who are Supreme Court judges by day and folk singers sharing a house by night. The Folksmen have reunited, with Shubb, now a [[transgender]] woman named Marta, having revamped her wardrobe and continuing to sing in her deep bass voice, followed now by a girlish giggle.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Catherine O'Hara]] as Mickey Crabbe
* [[Eugene Levy]] as Mitch Cohen
* [[Harry Shearer]] as Mark/Marta Shubb
* [[Michael McKean]] as Jerry Palter
* [[Christopher Guest]] as Alan Barrows
* [[Jane Lynch]] as Laurie Bohner
* [[John Michael Higgins]] as Terry Bohner
* [[Parker Posey]] as Sissy Knox
* [[Fred Willard]] as Mike LaFontaine
* [[Bob Balaban]] as Jonathan Steinbloom
* [[Jennifer Coolidge]] as Amber Cole
* [[Christopher Moynihan]] as Sean Halloran
* [[Jim Piddock]] as Leonard Crabbe
* [[Don Lake]] as Elliott Steinbloom
* [[Deborah Theaker]] as Naomi Steinbloom
* [[Ed Begley Jr.]] as Lars Olfen
* [[Michael Hitchcock]] as Lawrence E. Turpin
* [[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]] as Wally Fenton
* Mark Nonisa as Mike Maryama
* Patrick Sauber as Jerald Smithers
* [[Rachael Harris]] as Steinbloom's Assistant
* [[Paul Dooley]] as George Menschell
* [[Jim Moret]] as Newscaster
* [[Laura Harris]] as Girl Klapper
* Stuart Luce as Irving Steinbloom
* [[Mary Gross]] as Ma Klapper
* [[Marty Belafsky]] as Ramblin' Sandy Pitnik
* [[Paul Benedict]] as Martin Berg
* [[Wendel Meldrum]] as Witch #1
* [[Diane Delano]] as Witch #2
* [[Bill Cobbs]] as Blues Musician
}}

==Production==
===Origins===
{{main|The Folksmen}}
Guest, McKean and Shearer first appeared as The Folksmen in a [[Saturday Night Live (season 10)|season 10]] episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' that aired on November 3, 1984, when Guest and Shearer were both repertory cast members of the show and McKean was that week's host.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Earlier that year, Guest, McKean and Shearer had appeared as the titular group in the mockumentary ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', a parody of aging [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands. McKean later stated, "I came and hosted a show, and in lieu of another 'Tap' piece, we did these guys."<ref name=about.com/>

The Folksmen later appeared in Spinal Tap's 1992 TV special, ''[[The Return of Spinal Tap]]'',<ref name=about.com>{{cite web|url= http://movies.about.com/cs/amightywind/a/mightywind2int.htm|title= Interview with Harry Shearer and Michael McKean Two of "A Mighty Wind's" 'Folksmen'|first1= Rebecca|last1= Murray|first2= Fred|last2= Topel|website= About.com|access-date= March 23, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160406143827/http://movies.about.com/cs/amightywind/a/mightywind2int.htm|archive-date=2016-04-06|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Castillo |first1=Arielle |title=Q&A With Michael McKean of Spinal Tap, Appearing at the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 5! |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/qanda-with-michael-mckean-of-spinal-tap-appearing-at-the-fillmore-miami-beach-on-may-5-6446620 |access-date=January 12, 2020 |work=Miami New Times |date=April 24, 2009 |archive-date=September 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901175531/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/qanda-with-michael-mckean-of-spinal-tap-appearing-at-the-fillmore-miami-beach-on-may-5-6446620 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the original concept for ''A Mighty Wind'' was to give The Folksmen their own narrative vehicle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leopold |first1=Todd |title=Spinal Tap takes off the wigs |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/17/shearer.tap.unwigged/index.html |access-date=January 12, 2020 |work=CNN |date=April 17, 2009 |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112191118/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/17/shearer.tap.unwigged/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Development===
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow", which was composed for the film by [[Michael McKean]] and wife [[Annette O'Toole]], was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]].

In the commentary for the DVD release, Christopher Guest and [[Eugene Levy]] noted that, in a scene cut from the finished movie, it is explained that Menschell cannot actually play the guitar. However, just before a performance of the original Main Street Singers, he stained his shirt front and covered it up by holding a guitar for the performance, something he continued to do for all subsequent performances.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = A Mighty Wind: The Album
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = various artists
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2003|04|08}}
| recorded   = 2002
| venue      = [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|The Orpheum Theater]], The Treehouse, [[The Village (studio)|The Village]]
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Folk music|Folk]]
* [[Pop rock|Pop/Rock]]
* Stage & Screen
* [[Film soundtrack|Soundtrack]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=45|s=06}}
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/DMZ/[[Sony Music|Sony Music Soundtrax]]
}}
The official soundtrack, titled ''A Mighty Wind: The Album'', was released on April 8, 2003, shortly before the film's premiere.<ref>{{cite web |title= A Mighty Wind - The Album by A Mighty Wind (Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url= https://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Wind-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00282Y7YI/ |website= Amazon.com |access-date= 2019-07-16 |archive-date= 2023-04-17 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230417000426/https://www.amazon.com/music/player/browserWarning?0=%2Fplayer%2Falbums%2FB00282Y7YI&1=player%2Falbums%2FB00282Y7YI&subView=music&useHorizonte=true |url-status= live }}</ref> It peaked at number 20 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Top Soundtracks chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=a+mighty+wind+soundtrack+billboard+200&pg=PA72|title = Billboard|date = 2003-05-10|access-date = 2020-11-23|archive-date = 2023-04-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230417000456/https://books.google.com/books?id=qg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=a+mighty+wind+soundtrack+billboard+200&pg=PA72|url-status = live}}</ref>

{{track listing
| extra_column    = Artist
| total_length    = 45:06
| title1          = Old Joe's Place
| writer1         = Christopher Guest/Michael McKean/[[Harry Shearer]]
| extra1          = The Folksmen
| length1         = 2:10
| title2          = Just That Kinda Day
| writer2         = Christopher Guest/Michael McKean
| extra2          = The New Main Street Singers
| length2         = 2:32
| title3          = When You're Next to Me
| writer3         = Eugene Levy
| extra3          = Mitch & Mickey
| length3         = 2:59
| title4          = Never Did No Wanderin{{'-}}
| writer4         = Michael McKean/Harry Shearer
| extra4          = The Folksmen
| length4         = 3:04
| title5          = Fare Away
| writer5         = Michael McKean/[[C.J. Vanston]]
| extra5          = The New Main Street Singers
| length5         = 2:40
| title6          = One More Time
| writer6         = Eugene Levy/Catherine O'Hara
| extra6          = Mitch & Mickey
| length6         = 3:38
| title7          = Loco Man
| writer7         = Harry Shearer
| extra7          = The Folksmen
| length7         = 1:57
| title8          = The Good Book Song
| writer8         = Michael McKean/[[Rainer Ptacek]]/Harry Shearer
| extra8          = The New Main Street Singers
| length8         = 2:13
| title9          = Skeletons of Quinto
| writer9         = Christopher Guest
| extra9          = The Folksmen
| length9         = 3:28
| title10         = Never Did No Wanderin{{'-}}
| writer10        = Michael McKean/Harry Shearer
| extra10         = The New Main Street Singers
| length10        = 2:46
| title11         = The Ballad of Bobby and June
| writer11        = Eugene Levy
| extra11         = Mitch & Mickey
| length11        = 4:08
| title12         = Blood on the Coal
| writer12        = Christopher Guest/Michael McKean/Harry Shearer
| extra12         = The Folksmen
| length12        = 3:07
| title13         = Main Street Rag
| writer13        = Arranged by [[John Michael Higgins]]
| extra13         = The New Main Street Singers
| length13        = 0:58
| title14         = [[Start Me Up]]
| writer14        = [[Mick Jagger]]/[[Keith Richards]]
| extra14         = The Folksmen
| length14        = 2:26
| title15         = Potato's in the Paddy Wagon
| writer15        = Michael McKean
| extra15         = The New Main Street Singers
| length15        = 2:11
| title16         = A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow
| writer16        = Michael McKean/[[Annette O'Toole]]
| extra16         = Mitch & Mickey
| length16        = 2:32
| title17         = A Mighty Wind
| writer17        = Christopher Guest/Eugene Levy/Michael McKean
| extra17         = The Folksmen/Mitch & Mickey/The New Main Street Singers
| length17        = 2:17
}}
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and [[AllMusic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/mighty-wind-the-album-mw0000594937|title = Mighty Wind: The Album - Original Soundtrack &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website = [[AllMusic]]|access-date = 2019-07-16|archive-date = 2019-07-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190716204520/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mighty-wind-the-album-mw0000594937|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Promotional tour===
Following the release of the film, the cast performed a show in character at the [[Getty Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2003-09-18-3483532-story.html|title=Mighty Wind' tour whipping up renewed excitement|work=[[The Morning Call]]|date=18 September 2003|access-date=2020-01-07|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916184522/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2003-09-18-3483532-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by a seven-city U.S. tour in the fall of 2003 to promote the release of the film on [[DVD]]. The tour dates were: [[Philadelphia]] [[Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)|(Tower Theater]], September 19), [[New York City]] ([[The Town Hall (New York City)|The Town Hall]], September 20), [[Washington, D.C.]] ([[9:30 Club]], September 21), [[Boston]] ([[Orpheum Theatre (Boston)|Orpheum Theatre]], September 22), Los Angeles ([[Saban Theatre|Wilshire Theatre]], November 8), [[San Francisco]] ([[Warfield Theatre]], November 9) and [[Seattle]] ([[McCaw Hall]], November 14), with an additional performance in Vancouver, BC.<ref>{{cite news |last=Righi |first=Len |url=https://www.mcall.com/2003/09/18/mighty-wind-tour-whipping-up-renewed-excitement/ |title=Mighty Wind' tour whipping up renewed excitement |work=The Morning Call |date=2003-09-18 |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-date=2014-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040038/http://articles.mcall.com/2003-09-18/entertainment/3483532_1_mighty-wig-wind |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/48285/a-mighty-wind-cast-reunites-for-tour.html |title=A Mighty Wind Cast Reunites For Tour |magazine=Glide Magazine |date=2003-09-08 |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-date=2021-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923022918/http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/48285/a-mighty-wind-cast-reunites-for-tour.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= October 28, 2003 |first= Rob |last=Evans |url=http://www.soundspike.com/story2/5677/a-mighty-wind-cast-takes-its-show-out-west/ |title= 'A Mighty Wind' cast takes its show out West |website=soundspike.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519022920/http://www.soundspike.com/story2/5677/a-mighty-wind-cast-takes-its-show-out-west/ |archive-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |access-date= 2019-07-31}}</ref>

==Reception==
=== Critical response ===
The film received mostly positive reviews. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 87% based on reviews from 175 critics, and an average rating of 7.35/10, with the sites consensus, "Though not as uproariously funny as Guest's previous movies, ''A Mighty Wind'' is also more heartfelt."<ref>{{cite web |title= A Mighty Wind (2003) |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mighty_wind/ |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= 2013-06-03 |archive-date= 2012-11-27 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121127163931/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mighty_wind/ |url-status= live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 81% based on reviews from 40 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |title= A Mighty Wind |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-mighty-wind |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= 2019-08-02 |archive-date= 2020-06-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200604101120/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-mighty-wind |url-status= live }}</ref>

''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''{{'}}s Mick LaSalle stated that it "gently caricatures the folk music scene with dozens of delicate brush strokes, creating a picture that's increasingly, gloriously funny – as in entire lines of dialogue are lost because the audience's laughing so hard." The review also displayed a drawing of the newspaper's character of The Little Man giving a standing ovation (the ''Chronicle''{{'}}s equivalent of a five-star rating).<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Howling-in-the-Wind-Christopher-Guest-s-2621930.php |title= Howling in the 'Wind' Christopher Guest's mockumentary on folk music is the season's smartest comedy |date= 16 April 2003 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date= 2019-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030502021249/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F04%2F16%2FDD222362.DTL |archive-date=2003-05-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] stated that "though there were many times when I laughed", "the edge is missing from Guest's usual style" perhaps because he "is too fond of the characters". Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four.<ref>{{cite web |last1= Ebert |first1= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |date=April 16, 2003 |title= A Mighty Wind Movie Review & Film Summary (2003) |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-mighty-wind-2003 |website= www.rogerebert.com |access-date= 2013-06-03 |archive-date= 2013-06-02 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130602202429/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-mighty-wind-2003 |url-status= live }}</ref>

=== Awards ===
{{Anchor|Accolades|Awards}} 
[[Michael McKean]] and [[Annette O'Toole]] were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]], for the song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow," which was performed at the [[76th Academy Awards]] by Levy and O'Hara (in character).<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars/great-musical-oscar-moments/story?id=10021028|title = Oscars: The Top 8 Greatest Musical Moments|website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date = 2020-01-23|archive-date = 2018-09-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182519/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars/great-musical-oscar-moments/story?id=10021028|url-status = live}}</ref> "A Mighty Wind" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]] award for Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, and Michael McKean at the [[46th Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title='A Mighty Wind' 20th anniversary: 'Spinal Tap' spoof earned Oscar love |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/05/08/a-mighty-wind-20th-anniversary-spinal-tap-spoof-oscar-nomination/11702118002/ |access-date=31 December 2023 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=May 8, 2023}}</ref>

=== Box office ===
The film had a moderate intake for its opening day in April 2003, grossing $307,931 in total. It went on to gross $2,112,140 in 133 theatres for an average of $15,880 per theatre.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title= A Mighty Wind (2003) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightywind.htm |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 2019-08-02 |archive-date= 2017-10-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171018051136/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mightywind.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> With a domestic total of $17,781,006 and an international total of $969,240, the film brought in a total of $18,750,246 during its theatrical run.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0310281}}
* {{Mojo title|amightywind}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|a_mighty_wind}}
* [http://www.iofilm.co.uk/feats/interviews/m/mighty_wind.shtml Christopher Guest interview for ''A Mighty Wind'']

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