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Synopsis: When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving's loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom's best-loved musicians. There's Mitch and Mickey, who were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen, whose records were endlessly entertaining for anyone able to punch a hole in the center to play them; and The New Main Street Singers, the most meticulously color-coordinated neuftet ever to hit an amusement park. Now for one night only in New York City's Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous.
Genre: Comedy, Music
Director(s): Christopher Guest
Production: Castle Rock Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2003
91 min
$17,475,811
Website
708 Views


More precious than a pot of gold

The phenomenon of that kiss was...

It can't be overstated.

It was...

...a superb moment

in the history of folk music.

And maybe...

...maybe a great moment

in the history of humans.

I'd like to think that Mitch

would agree to do this with me.

Because I already said yes.

And I can't do it alone, so...

No, I didn't think this through.

Should've talked to him beforehand,

but I haven't talked to him in so long.

It wasn't...

We weren't talking.

You know, those last few years...

Okay, I'm remembering some things now,

yeah. There was lots of fighting going on.

And I think for a while we were able...

...to keep it on a professional level.

But really, we were getting

some personal things out.

I was just out of high school,

I had just started here.

And I must say I was in awe of Mitch

and Mickey. I mean, who wasn't?

They were here working on

When You're Next To Me...

...which was their last album together.

Mickey started shouting at Mitch.

She just went off.

She started throwing anything she could

get her hands on at Mitch. Anything.

Music stands, microphone stands,

mikes, guitars.

And Mitch...

He just...

He just snapped.

It's time to kick on back

Toss your cares away

Cartwheels and piggybacks

It's just that kind of day

I'm sitting on a hill

Watching clouds at play

Well, I've been playing

the music of The Main Street Singers...

...my whole life, I mean,

from way back in Tampa.

I've come to understand as an adult,

with the help of Laurie, my beautiful wife...

...that there had been abuse in my family,

but it was mostly musical in nature.

My father used to

lock me away in a room...

...with nothing but the Percy Faith

recording of "Bim Bam Boom"...

...and then send me to bed

with nothing but dessert.

One of the records he put me

in there with was Sunny Side Up.

The Main Street Singers, 1968.

I tell you, my head opened up,

my heart opened up.

I listened to that record

over and over and over.

I knew it right and left

and every way to Sunday.

I feel like I knew those people.

I wanted to be in that group so badly...

...that at the age of 8 years old,

I went down into the basement...

...and I made cardboard cutouts of

everybody in the group to sing with them.

These were my friends,

and they were made out of gin boxes.

It's odd that Laurie

came from such a different--

Right. A completely different path.

I was brought up in a very small town,

south of the Chicago city limits.

Just far enough away to have been peopled

with pure, unadulterated white trash.

And because I was one of so many children,

I don't believe that anyone noticed...

...when I blew town at 15

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Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as Christopher Guest, is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship. Guest is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mock-documentary (mockumentary) style. Many scenes and character backgrounds in Guest's films are written and directed, although actors have no rehearsal time and the ensemble improvise scenes while filming them. The series of films began with This Is Spinal Tap (directed by Rob Reiner), and continued with Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. Guest holds a hereditary British peerage as the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, and has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords reformed as a democratically elected chamber. Though he was initially active in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the right of most hereditary peers to a seat in the parliament. When using his title, he is normally styled as Lord Haden-Guest. Guest is married to the actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis. more…

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