A Prairie Home Companion PG-13

A Prairie Home Companion
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 10, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: New Line Home Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 84,073
3.5 stars out of 4 -- Take your time and relax into a movie that's as comfy as Keillor's pillowy baritone....There's magic in it.
Rolling Stone
Jun 15, 2006
Just lovely, and a magnificently enjoyable coda to an extraordinary career. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 4, 2007
Rating: 2/4 -- It looks and feels like an Altman film, but one made completely on a pointless lark. Full Review
Cinema Writer
Aug 24, 2010
3 stars out of 5 -- Robert Altman's final film is a wry meditation on death and the inevitable passing of all things.
Uncut
Aug 1, 2007
[T]he movie snuggles deep into the mood and sensibility of its source, Garrison Keillor's long-running radio variety show....It's just wonderful.
New York Times
Jun 9, 2006
Rating: C+ -- ...for the uninitiated, the story meanders far too much to resonate, and Altman's relentless focus on mortality dampens the show's amiable charm. Full Review
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Apr 20, 2011
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]his is a lovely curtain call, as wry and irascible as his best films, but warmer and more celebratory than most.
Uncut
Feb 1, 2007

Product Description:

Cleverly adapted from the long-running radio series, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION is a comedy-musical tour de force written by PRAIRIE host Garrison Keillor and directed by Oscar-winning auteur Robert Altman. Keillor stars as a fictional version of himself, leading his guests through what might be the end of an era: corporate bigwigs have bought the Fitzgerald Theater, where the radio show is aired live, so the cast and crew are dedicated to putting on one great final show before their longtime home meets the wrecking ball. Altman alternates between backstage intrigue and the classic, old-time music being played in front of a dedicated audience, mixing fact with fiction in humorous and poignant ways. Among the performers are sister act the Johnson Girls--Yolanda (Meryl Streep), Rhonda (Altman regular Lily Tomlin), and Yolanda's daughter, Lola (Lindsay Lohan)--aged folkster Chuck Akers (L.Q. Jones), who is having a torrid sexual relationship with the lunch lady (Marylouise Burke); the raunchy duo of singing cowpokes, Dusty (Woody Harrelson) and Lefty (John C. Reilly); and real PRAIRIE contributors Jearlyn Steele, Robin and Linda Williams, and the Guys All-Star Shoe Band, led by Richard Dworsky. As the show goes on, bumbling private detective and security chief Guy Noir (Kevin Kline) pratfalls his way through an investigation of a mysterious woman in white (Virginia Madsden) while awaiting the arrival of the Axeman (Tommy Lee Jones), the corporate honcho ready to close the show down. Meanwhile, pregnant stage manager Molly (Maya Rudolph) tries to keep things moving smoothly despite almost insurmountable odds. The outstanding soundtrack features both old and new songs (as well as fabulous commercial jingles) written by Keillor and others and actually performed by the diverse, talented cast, including such numbers as "Gold Watch & Chain," "Old Plank Road," "My Minnesota Home," and "Red River Valley."

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  • Sales Rank: 6,949
  • UPC: 794043105418
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