History Film / AMightyWind

* VitriolicBestBuds: For all the [[PassiveAggressiveKombat petty passive-aggressive arguing]] they get into about their set list and the minor details of their act, The Folksmen share an unbreakable bond of musical talent and are TrueCompanions. They even are shown to have gotten back together after the Steinbloom memorial concert and are once again performing gigs.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: applies to many of the characters but most of all Mitch, Laurie, and Sissy. Mitch had a mega-breakdown after breaking up with Mickey, which led him to release three increasingly despondent albums (''Cry For Help'', whose cover shows him in a padded room, and ''Calling It Quits,'' showing him digging his own grave) before ultimately being committed for psychiatric treatment. Laurie and Sissy, meanwhile, were both teenage runaways: Laurie found initial success in San Francisco doing cheap, degrading pornography while Sissy lived on the streets before turning her life around.

* CharacterCatchphrase: Mike [=LaFontaine=] is convinced that he can build a SitCom around [[StylisticSuck groanworthy, revoltingly unfunny catchphrases]] such as "Wha' happen?" and "I don't think so!" and keeps trying to shoehorn them into everything he produces.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Mike [=LaFontaine=] apparently thinks that ''Literature/MobyDick'' is a book about a pirate captain named Ahab whose CharacterCatchphrase was "There she blows!" and tries to get the New Main Street Singers to incorporate something like that into their performance of "Fare Away".

''A Mighty Wind'' is a 2003 American {{mockumentary}} film about a reunion of FolkMusic singers, directed by Creator/ChristopherGuest. The movie's satirical comedy is comparable to that of Guest's earlier films, ''[[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap This is Spın̈al Tap]]'', ''Film/BestInShow'', and ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', and features an EnsembleCast comparable to ([[ProductionPosse and including many of the same people as]]) those films, including Guest, Creator/EugeneLevy (who co-wrote the screenplay with Guest), Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/MichaelMcKean, Creator/HarryShearer, Creator/JohnMichaelHiggins, Creator/JaneLynch, Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/FredWillard, Creator/BobBalaban and Creator/JenniferCoolidge.

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Mitch. While in the hospital after being beaten severely while defending Mickey (whom he didn't know at the time), he wrote for her a romantic poem that she saved for decades, and read at the reunion concert. After she finishes reading, Mitch states, "I only wanted a drink of water." The song for which they were famous ("A Kiss At The End of the Rainbow") ended with a kiss, that was described by one critic as "the most important kiss in history." During the show, they do perform the kiss, and the entire cast of other musicians have come to the wings to see if they were going to do it. However, after the show, Mitch worries that Mickey might have been "caught up in the theatrics of the moment." Their album covers portrayed them as being in love, and the wonderful song "When I'm Next To You." (which didn't make the cut, but was played during the credits) described how the singer felt standing, holding hands with, kissing, and "lying with" his lover.

-->'''Laurie''': 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 and ended up in San Francisco, California. [''smiles''] And it's at this point in my story that the dark clouds part, because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman, who gave me a job in his shop. And before long, he tapped me to do some small roles in some of his short films for more mature audiences. [''cheeky wink''] And before long, I had landed, if you will, some leads... and then I started to do some, uh, cameos. [''Terry looks deeply uncomfortable''] Well, I was known for doing a [[NoodleIncident certain thing]], that many of the other girls wouldn't do.

* MusicalisInterruptus: 'The Skeletons of Quinto'. After a 20 minute (off-screen) introduction explaining the song while stalling for time, the Folksmen are rushed off-stage before they can sing it by the arrival of Mitch and Mickey.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After getting signaled to keep performing (while the crew tries to find Mitch), Alan Barrows and Mark Shubb take the opportunity to do "Skeletons of Quinto," which Jerry had shot down. When they begin discussing the history of the Spanish Civil War, Jerry slowly rolls his eyes shut.