The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
Directed by	Jim Brown
Produced by	Ginger Brown Harold Leventhal George Stoney
Starring	Pete Seeger Lee Hays Ronnie Gilbert Fred Hellerman
Cinematography	Daniel Duchovny Phil Gries Tom Hurwitz
Edited by	Paul Barnes
Music by	The Weavers
Distributed by	United Artists Classics
Release date	March 7, 1982 (1982-03-07)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! is a 1982 documentary film by Jim Brown. ^[1]

Summary

It chronicles the legendary folk group The Weavers and the events leading up to the band’s 1980 reunion concert at Carnegie Hall which would soon be the last time with the original lineup. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception and legacy

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film two thumbs up ^[6] to the point where the latter choose it as the #10 choice on his list for the best films of that year. ^[7]

The film was also the inspiration for the 2003 mockumentary film A Mighty Wind . ^{[8] [9]}

Awards

Won

• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1983:
  • Best Documentary
• American Cinema Editors 1984:
  • Eddie Award - Best Edited Documentary

Nominated

• BAFTA Awards 1983:
  • Flaherty Documentary Award - Jim Brown ^[10]

See also

• List of films featuring diabetes
• American roots music
• McCarthyism

References

1. ""The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!" (1982),..." Los Angeles Times . December 27, 1990. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023.
2. Roger Ebert
3. The Weavers take last bow|Roger Ebert
4. Jim Brown and George Stoney's 'The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time|International Documentary Association
5. PBS - American Roots Music: The Songs and the Artists - The Weavers
6. The Thing, The Atomic Café, The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time!, Megaforce, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
7. The Best of 1982 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
8. Ebert, Roger. "A Mighty Wind". April 16, 2003. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
9. Hoekstra, Dave. "Parody is 'Mighty' form of flattery, relieved folkie Smith finds". April 17, 2003. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
10. Film in 1983|BAFTA Awards

External links

• The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! at IMDb
• The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! at the TCM Movie Database
• The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! at Box Office Mojo
• The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! at Rotten Tomatoes