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Release Date: Apr 16, 2003
Running Time: 87 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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.
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Jonathan Steinbloom
Lars Olfen
Amber Cole
George Menschell
Alan Barrows
Terry Bohner
Elliott Steinbloom
Mitch Cohen
Laurie Bohner
Jerry Palter
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From the creators of Best in Show comes another mockumentary about three sets of beloved '60s folk singers who reunite for a memorial concert. Story As with Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman, writers Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy delve into an another world seldom seen--in this case, it's the world of folk singing. No, not the folk music of Bob Dylan or Joan Baez, but the countrified, sappy kind whose popularity was at its height in the 1960s. The film starts when folk promoter Irving… 
September 25, 2003
Folk music gets a royal tweaking from Christopher Guest, the master behind Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Some critics bitch about the film's lack of political bite. But I had too much fun to care. The extras hit the spot, too. There's just not enough of them. Guest, who structured the script with Eugene Levy (the actors improvised the rest), is always talking about the hundreds of hours of film he shoots, and all we get is a measly fifteen deleted scenes, none lasting more than a few…
September 25, 2003
Folk music gets a royal tweaking from Christopher Guest, the master behind Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Some critics bitch about the film's lack of political bite. But I had too much fun to care. The extras hit the spot, too. There's just not enough of them. Guest, who structured the script with Eugene Levy (the actors improvised the rest), is always talking about the hundreds of hours of film he shoots, and all we get is a measly fifteen deleted scenes, none lasting more than a few…
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