The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

{{short description|1981 documentary film directed by Jim Brown}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

| image =

| caption =

| director = Jim Brown

| producer = Ginger Brown
Harold Leventhal
George Stoney

| starring = Pete Seeger
Lee Hays
Ronnie Gilbert
Fred Hellerman

| music = The Weavers

| cinematography = Daniel Duchovny
Phil Gries
Tom Hurwitz

| editing = Paul Barnes

| distributor = United Artists Classics

| released = {{Film date|1982|03|07}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! is a 1982 documentary film by Jim Brown.{{cite web |title="The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!" (1982),... |date=1990-12-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330232334/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-27-ol-9843-story.html |archive-date=2023-03-30 |url-status=live |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-27-ol-9843-story.html}}

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.[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-weavers-wasnt-that-a-time-1982 Roger Ebert][https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/the-weavers-take-last-bow The Weavers take last bow|Roger Ebert][https://www.documentary.org/column/jim-brown-and-george-stoneys-weavers-wasnt-time Jim Brown and George Stoney's 'The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time|International Documentary Association][https://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_weavers.html PBS - American Roots Music: The Songs and the Artists - The Weavers]

Reception and legacy

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film two thumbs up[https://siskelebert.org/?p=7281 The Thing, The Atomic Café, The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time!, Megaforce, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews] to the point where the latter choose it as the #10 choice on his list for the best films of that year.[https://siskelebert.org/?p=8275 The Best of 1982 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews]

The film was also the inspiration for the 2003 mockumentary film A Mighty Wind.{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=A Mighty Wind|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-mighty-wind-2003|work=April 16, 2003|publisher=RogerEbert.com|accessdate=17 June 2013}}{{cite web|last=Hoekstra|first=Dave|title=Parody is 'Mighty' form of flattery, relieved folkie Smith finds|url=http://michaelpetersmith.com/mighty-wind.shtml|work=April 17, 2003|accessdate=17 June 2013}}