A Mighty Wind Trivias

Two minutes into the movie, as Jonathan Steinbloom says he is an organized person, one of the brown packages on his desk is askew on the long shots, but straight in the close-ups.When Terry and Laurie Bohner are telling the story of how they met, Laurie's arm is alternately around Terry's shoulders/by her side between shots.

John Michael Higgins wrote all of the vocal arrangements for The New Main Street Singers. Originally the group was going to be a nine-piece ensemble that sang in unison (everyone singing the same part) but it was decided to give Higgins free reign with it.According to an interview with Michael McKean's wife 'Annette O'Toole' , the songs were written by her and McKean during a car journey to Vancouver from their home in LA. Planes were grounded following the terrorist attacks on the USA on 11 September 2001 and O'Toole had to get to Vancover to film her TV show "Smallville" (2001).

Just before Mitch and Mickey are introduced the MC has his right hand up, holding a piece of blue paper. In the next shot, he has both hands at his sides.When the New Main Street Singers are playing at the reunion concert, members of the band move around between shots.

One of the Special Features of the DVD is footage of the concert in its entirety as it would have appeared if broadcast for TV.The "Folksmen" are a parody of "The Kingston Trio", right down to some of the "album covers" uniforms, and the way they perform their songs.

When the New Main Street Singers are performing at the reunion concert, the only original member is playing with one foot on the ground and one on the rail of his stool. The foot on the ground and on the rail alternate between shots.After Mitch and Mickey are introduced during the concert, there is an overhead distant shot of the stage. Mitch can be seen nodding to the guitarist to his left, and the two begin strumming - but no music is heard. Mickey also begins playing and her lips don't move, but she is heard thanking the audience. It then cuts to a two-shot, and nobody is playing while Mickey continues talking to the audience.

The moaning woman heard through Mitch's (Eugene Levy's) hotel-room wall was voiced by Christopher Guest.The cover of Mitch and Mickey's record "Meet Mitch and Mickey" is a reference to the cover of "Meet the Beatles".In addition to the four film cameras used to film the concert, a few TV cameras were used. They filmed the entire concert as it would have appeared on television.

When Mitch and Mickey are introducing their song at Town Hall, Mitch's hand is making a "C" chord. In the next shot with just Mickey's head and Mitch's guitar in the background, it has no hand on it. When the shot returns to Mitch and Mickey together, he is still making a "C" chord.Mickey's new husband is a model train enthusiast with only one train. This is because when the filmmakers went to the home which supposedly contained an impressive train setup, all of the trains themselves were broken or otherwise unusable. The engine seen moving in the movie is being pulled by dental floss through "Crabbe Town".In September 2003, much of the cast did a brief three city tour of Philadelphia, New York and Washington D.C. They appeared in character, recreating the "reunion concert" as seen at the end of the film.All of the songs were written by Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest and other actors in the cast who also played all their own instruments.

When he's playing alone in the motel room, one of Mitch Cohen's pill bottles moves between shots.According to an interview on NPR, a number of real folksingers from the '60s, including Arlo Guthrie, wanted to be in the movie, but the producers thought that would detract from the satire value and declined.Real-life folk musician Robyn Rosenkrantz (of the popular duo Bright Blue Gorilla) appears as an uncredited extra

Pen on top of Lars Olfen's legal pad changes position between shots.In an early-'90s, and again in late 90's/ early 2000's, Spinal Tap tour, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest opened for themselves as "the Folksmen" and were booed during the first act, as people did not know (or care) that the two bands had the same musicians."The Folksmen" was originally a sketch performed on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) during the 1984-85 season, when Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer were cast members and Michael McKean was the host.