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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Christopher Guest |
| Stars: |
Harry Shearer |
| Actors: |
Fred Willard |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Spanish Subtitled |
| UPC: |
085392383030 |
| Release Date: |
2003 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 32min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 1hr 32min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (September 23, 2003)
UPC: 085392771820 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Spanish Subtitled, 1hr 32min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (September 23, 2003)
UPC: 012569695436 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Eugene Levy |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/16/2003, p.E1, A. O. Scott): "...The music may be perfectly awful -- actually it is both perfect and awful -- but its power, this movie suggest is nothing to laugh at. Or so you might realize, if you could only stop laughing long enough to form the thought..." |
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Christopher Guest follows up his hilarious mockumentary BEST IN SHOW with this parody of the folk music industry. Three well-known folk groups come together for a reunion concert in New York City, singing brilliantly funny songs and producing uniquely bizarre laughs along the way. The Folksmen are an all-male trio consisting of an upright bass, a banjo, a guitar, and a whole lot of melody. Hilarious scenes of the group rehearsing casually in the kitchen, while reflecting on bygone days, are some of the most candidly funny moments in the film. Fake archival photos of the band, combined with the names of their hit songs--"Hitchin'", Singin'", "Ramblin'", "Wishin'", and "Pickin'"--generate wonderfully dry jokes. When not peering in on the Folksmen, the film spends time getting to know Mitch and Mickey, a popular duo and a great folk love story. Mitch and Mickey talk openly about the emotional torment of their breakup, though it is clearly difficult for them. However, back together again, they manage to rehe... |
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