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About
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
Theatrical
May 9, 2003
Box Office
$18.8M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
3.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 23, 2003
Theaters
2
Director
Christopher Guest
Producers
Karen Murphy, Donna E. Bloom
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment
Themes
Quotes
See all →Embracing Change and True Identity in Music
Jerry Palter
Things have been going really well. We got some gigs here, working at the casinos. It has been a time of changes, but change is good. Change is life.
Mark Shubb
It was like a great big door opening for me... Town Hall... after that concert, I realized I wanted to spend as much of the rest of my life as possible playing folk music with these gentlemen...
Jerry Palter
Right back atcha.
Mark Shubb
...and I wanted to spend all of it as a woman. I came to a realization that I was - and am - a blonde, female folk singer trapped in the body of a bald, male folk singer and I had to LET ME OUT or I WOULD DIE.
Jerry Palter
When you put it that way, it's almost poetry.
Alan Barrows
Almost.
Discussion on Vinyl Records and Their Quality
Alan Barrows
And they had no hole in the center of the record.
Mark Shubb
It would teeter crazily on the little spindle.
Jerry Palter
No, you had to provide it yourself. They were still good records. Good product.
Mark Shubb
If you punched a hole in them, you'd have a good time.
Naming and Imagining Crabbe Town's Charm
Leonard Crabbe
This whole area here is called Crabbe Town. We've got a brothel down there above the saloon. And right down there further along I'm thinking of building a French Quarter. I've actually got a bit of French blood.
[Leonard shows Mitch his model trains]
Mitch Cohen
I would love to see this town in the autumn. I think Crabbeville in autumn would look quite magnificent. I would have made tiny little leaves, oak, poplar, maple, chestnut, and spread them across the town of Crabbe...ville. Magnificent.
Leonard Crabbe
It's Crabbe Town, not Crabbeville.
Passions for Model Trains Explored in Dialogue
Leonard Crabbe
I'm a model train enthusiast.
Amber Cole
Oh! That's great!
Leonard Crabbe
Yes... sort of a whole layout in my basement. Very much a big passion for me, tis.
Amber Cole
Yeah. Thank God for model trains.
Leonard Crabbe
Oh, absolutely.
Amber Cole
You know, if they didn't have the model train, they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains.
Cast
Full credits →B
Bob Balaban
Jonathan Steinbloom
C
Christopher Guest
Alan Barrows
J
John Michael Higgins
Terry Bohner
E
Eugene Levy
Mitch Cohen
J
Jane Lynch
Laurie Bohner
M
Michael McKean
Jerry Palter
Catherine O'Hara
Mickey Crabbe
P
Parker Posey
Sissy Knox
H
Harry Shearer
Mark Shubb
F
Fred Willard
Mike LaFontaine
L
Larry Miller
Wally Fenton
E
Ed Begley Jr.
Lars Olfen
R
Rachael Harris
Steinbloom's Assistant
J
Jennifer Coolidge
Amber Cole
P
Paul Dooley
George Menschell
D
Don Lake
Elliott Steinbloom
D
Deborah Theaker
Naomi Steinbloom
B
Bill Cobbs
Blues Musician
M
Michael Mantell
Deputy Mayor
P
Paul Benedict
Martin Berg
