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Satirical comedy co-written and directed by Christopher Guest. Following the death of legendary folk music promoter Irving Steinbloom, his son Jonathan organises a concert in his memory. But time hasn't been kind to the once legendary acts that assemble at New York's Town Hall.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

This Is Spinal Tap's Christopher Guest takes the mickey out of the folk music scene in this unplugged musical satire. Director and co-writer Guest, along with fellow Tap alumni Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, is called upon to reform acoustic trio The Folksmen for a memorial concert for the late promoter Irving Steinbloom. Headlining the event above the ridiculously upbeat New Main Street Singers are Mitch & Mickey (played by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara), once the sweethearts of the folk world, who haven't spoken to each other for nearly three decades following a messy divorce. This mockumentary can never hope to match the satirical bite and straight-faced spoofing of the classic Spinal Tap, but it still manages some laugh-out-loud moments courtesy of Fred Willard as the hopelessly misguided manager of the New Main Street Singers.

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Cast

rolenameJonathan SteinbloomBob BalabanLars OlfenEd Begley JrAmber ColeJennifer CoolidgeGeorge MenschellPaul DooleyAlan BarrowsChristopher GuestTerry BohnerJohn Michael HigginsLawrence E TurpinMichael HitchcockElliott SteinbloomDon LakeMitch CohenEugene LevyLaurie BohnerJane LynchJerry PalterMichael McKeanWally FentonLarry MillerSean HalloranChristopher MoynihanMickey CrabbeCatherine O'HaraSissy KnoxParker PoseyMark ShubbHarry ShearerNaomi SteinbloomDeborah TheakerMike LaFontaineFred Willard

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rolenameDirectorChristopher Guest

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Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2004-01-16

Languages

English | Yiddish

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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