Talk:A Mighty Wind

message: Hi there. Nice article. I removed the following...
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but the theme of the title song, A Mighty Wind suggests that the political activism or the period was merely "blowin' you and me."
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... because it looks like "original research" (i.e. the writer's own analysis). I'm not sure the lyrics were intended to imply that, and there's no reference for it. If the film's creator said that somewhere in an interview, or there is some other reliable written source for the interpretation, it could be put back in but with a reference to its source. Otherwise, the lyrics could be just a slightly silly "takeoff" on the songs of the period without implying any political commentary. 149.159.109.122 07:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You were certainly right to remove this. In my opinion (yes, "original research"), anyway, "blowin' you and me" is just a joke, a parody of bad lyric writing. To the extent it means anything at all, it means we're all in on this: It endorses "political activism" (that is, the song does, not the film), but in the blandest, vaguest, most commercial way, which is part of the joke. TheScotch (talk) 22:37, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed

message: Just came across a trbute concert that took place in NYC for folk music manager HAROLD LEVENTHAL. Could he be the real life inspiration for Irving Steinbloom?  The thing is that both the film and the concert are from 2003. Which came first? Anyone know? Seems too similar to be just a coincidence. Anyone? Lafong (talk) 06:44, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it is. The Weavers' 1980 reunion concert has utterly nothing to do with this film, which is based explicitly on the tribute to the ailing but still living Leventhal in 2003. I'm adding a note with NYT source to that effect.
Here is the relevant passage from the New Times article "source: "Mr. Leventhal was also widely, if tacitly, acknowledged to have been the inspiration for Irving Steinbloom, the folk impresario whose memorial concert sets in motion the plot of the 2003 film comedy 'A Mighty Wind.'" The only persons in a position to "acknowledge" the source are the film-makers, and since, in the first place, the film-makers are a small group incapable by definition of doing so "widely" and, in the second place, the New York Times does not attribute this "acknowledgement", I think we need to consider the choice of the term sloppy writing and sloppy editing. Rather, Leventhal was "widely" assumed to be the source for Steinbloom. I'm changing the Wikipedia article accordingly. If the article wants to state flatly that Leventhal was the source for Steinbloom, it must cite someone like Christopher Guest (directly or indirectly). TheScotch (talk) 22:52, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: HAROLD LEVENTHAL?

message: It seems a bit unfair that John Michael Higgins has been missed out of the list of starring cast, as his is certainly a principal rôle; secondly, why is the music credited to Christopher Guest alone? He is just one among several involved in the writing of the music, rather than a sole or main author. Jock123 (talk) 10:03, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credits Sidebar 

message: I can't find online evidence at the moment so I'm not putting it in the article just yet, but I was there so I know it happened: the Mighty Wind live tour had a date in Vancouver BC. Mingmingla (talk) 23:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Live tour 

message: An editor made the above change as "correcting an error".   I undid it saying unsourced (and secondarily, looks wrong). Just noting it here in case it is sourcable (and accurate) North8000 (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Undid O'Hara->Annette O'Toole edit

message: Today a large amount of material was removed for being unsourced.  The material looks plausible and good for the article.  Future editors may wish to look at the deleted material and look for sourcing. North8000 (talk) 18:50, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Potential material for future editors