[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0hyExZ9Dfo[/youtube]
For those who don't know, that's from
A Mighty Wind, one of Christopher Guest's excellent mockumentaries...it follows the televised reunion of three 'beloved' folk singing groups. The songs were all written by cast members, who also sang and played the instruments. As with Guest's other movies (
This Is Spinal Tap,
Return of Spinal Tap,
Best In Show,
Waiting For Guffman, and
For Your Consideration), the movies are unscripted; Guest and Eugene Levy write a basic plot along with character outlines which are given to the actors, but beyond that, all of the dialogue is improvised. In
Waiting For Guffman, Guest's character is casting parts for Blaine, Missouri's 150th celebration. When he filmed the audition sequence, he had purposely waited until the actual filming to see the performances of the various hopefuls, and his reactions to them are hilarious. I definitely recommend all of these movies - and make sure to listen to the comment tracks by Guest and Levy, too.
