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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
"A Prairie Home Companion" is a fictionalized account of Garrison Keillor's award-winning show, which currently runs on more than 558 public radio stations. The film follows the show's cast of characters preparing for the final live broadcast on the eve of being shut down after 30 years. As passions erupt, secrets emerge and a mysterious stranger lurks in the shadows, the vigilant stage manager must hold it all together since the "show must go on." (read more)
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A Prairie Home Companion Movie Review by Matthew  (6/13/2006) |
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Fans of radio show: ****
Everyone else: **
If you are a fan of the NPR radio show "A Prairie Home Companion", hosted by Garrison Keillor, you will no doubt delight in the new Robert Altman film based on the popular staple of public radio. No need to read further, simply go to the theater and buy your ticket.
If you are...
(complete A Prairie Home Companion review by Matthew)
| A Prairie Home Companion Movie Review by Max (6/10/2006) |
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On Saturday evenings on the way home from church my Mom and I would always listen to a variety show on NPR known as A Prairie Home Companion. It had plenty of quirky stories, humor, fake commercials, and original musical numbers. The show originally aired in 1974 as a variety show and it had had ran at the Macalester...
(complete A Prairie Home Companion review by Max)
The last film in the illustrious career of the late great Robert Altman is the strange story of an actual live radio show broadcasting from an old theatre which is about to be shut down to make way for a parking lot. The last broadcast brings all the regulars out who are fighting back their tears and spilling out their...
(complete A Prairie Home Companion review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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