Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 06/09/2006(USA)
Release Date: 10/10/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Acclaimed filmmaker
Robert Altman (
Short Cuts,
Nashville) brings
National Public Radio stalwart
Garrison Keillor's long-running radio program to vivid life on the big screen in a intricately woven backstage fable centering on the final performance of a fictionalized version of his
variety show. As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program
A Prairie Home Companion somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic
Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Week after week, hangdog host
Garrison Keillor serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular
country duo
Yolanda and
Rhonda Johnson (
Meryl Streep and
Lily Tomlin) and singing cowboys the Old Trailhands (
Woody Harrelson and
John C. Reilly). This is one show where the under-the-line antics are nearly as entertaining as the program itself, though, and in between the efforts of down-on-his-luck private dick and backstage doorkeeper
Guy Noir (
Kevin Kline) to discover the true identity of a mysterious blonde (
Virginia Madsen) and aspiring teen singer
Lola (
Lindsay Lohan) to find her true voice before a live audience, there's still plenty of fun and mystery to be had at the old
Fitzgerald before the final curtain falls on
A Prairie Home Companion.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
