A Prairie Home Companion DVD (Region 1)

7.2	Listal rating

Manufacturer : New Line Home Video
Release date : 10 October 2006
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0794043105418
UPC : 794043105418

Comedy (2), 2006 (2), John C. Reily (1), Tim Russell (1), Cowboys (1), Sue Scott (1), Music (1), Death (1), Musical (1), Robin Williams (1), Kevin Kline (1), Tommy Lee Jones (1), Lindsay Lohan (1), Radio (1), Meryl Streep (1), Lily Tomlin (1), Woody Harrelson (1), Maya Rudolph (1), Virgina Madsen (1), Drama (1)

Description

Product DescriptionThe movie is a celebrity version of Garrison Keillor's radio show. It adds a slight story of the radio show ending as a new owner (Tommy Lee Jones) has bought the Fitzgerald theater that the show broadcasts from and is going to tear it down. Another fantasy element is thrown in as an angel (Virginia Madsen) stalks the Product Description
The movie is a celebrity version of Garrison Keillor's radio show. It adds a slight story of the radio show ending as a new owner (Tommy Lee Jones) has bought the Fitzgerald theater that the show broadcasts from and is going to tear it down. Another fantasy element is thrown in as an angel (Virginia Madsen) stalks the theater to take one of the performers. Keillor plays the lead character, coincidentally called GK. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep play the singing Johnson Sisters, with Lindsay Lohan as a suicide-obsessed daughter of Streep. Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are hilarious as the slightly off-color singing cowboy duo, Dusty & Lefty. Kevin Kline is a security guard who tells the story. Maya Rudolph also appears as a pregnant stage coordinator. Contains some mild sexually-oriented jokes.

DVD Features:

Available Subtitles: English, Spanish

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1),

English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
,li>Commentary by director Robert Altman and actor Kevin Kline

Deleted scenes with optional commentary

"Come Play With Us: A Feature Companion" featurette

"Onstage at the Fitzgerald: A Music Companion" - extended musical performances and advertisement segments

Soundtrack preview (jump to songs in the film)

Trailer

Format: DVD MOVIE
Genre: COMEDY
Rating: PG-13
Age: 794043105418
UPC: 794043105418
Manufacturer No: N10541

Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor combine reality and fantasy in this smooth, ebullient take on the long-running Prairie Home Companion radio show. Set during the show's fictitious last broadcast--the host station has been bought--the film has plenty of elements from the real PHC radiocasts, including a live audience and the sensational Shoe band. The onstage program is mostly music numbers, a beguiling mix of standards and old-style country. However, the show's usual comedy sketches are never presented, save for the commercial parodies--this may be a PHC show, but Lake Wobegone is never mentioned. Instead, the sketches are played out as backstage banter that feautres the Johnson Sisters (Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin), a harried stage hand (Maya Rudolph), a former listener turned angel (Virginia Madsen), and Keillor himself (a crusty alter-ego named simply G.K.). A few characters from the real PHC are given life: the singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty and gumshoe Guy Noir are embodied by Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, and Kevin Kline, respectively. Old flames are fanned, stories are spun, new talents are found (Lindsay Lohan has a chance to shine as Streep's daughter) and everyone wonders if G.K. will do something to ebb the tide of cancellation (personified by Tommy Lee Jones as the corporate Axeman). All of the actors do right as singers, and seem to be having the time of their life. Keillor's screenplay is perfect fodder for Altman's usual brand of storytelling, as characters babble on with the camera picking them up often in mid-thought. The film appeared a few months after Altman received an honorary Oscar, and the director is still at the top of his game, creating this smile-inducing, song-filled time, ending with an ethereal last musical number. --Doug Thomas

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