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A Prairie Home Companion

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A Prairie Home Companion
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103 min.
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United States United States
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Genre
Drama. Comedy. Musical | Radio
Synopsis
Since 1974, the programme “A Prairie Home Companion” has been airing regularly (apart from a brief break in the 1980s) on public radio stations in the USA that now number some 558. A variety programme for the whole family, the show includes live bands, singers and fictional commercials, a crime series starring detective Guy Noir, and an endless soap, featuring anecdotes from a typical American small town named Lake Wobegon in Minnesota – all of which is presented by the show’s moderator and leading spirit, Garrison Keillor. The show, which can also be received in Europe and Australia, reaches 35 million households worldwide.
The film concentrates on events that occur during one particular episode in which Keillor and his guests discover that the current show is to be the very last in the series. The show features Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson – the two remaining, active members of a country quartet that once comprised four sisters. On this particular evening, a dangerous woman plays an important role behind the scenes, as does the show’s safety officer Guy Noir. The floor manager and his assistant Molly also have their hands full, trying to keep the increasingly rudderless show on course. For while Garrison Keiller stands on stage at Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul, guiding us through the show with his usual panache, all sorts of minor cata­strophes are occurring behind the microphones. The dam bursts on passions that have been percolating for a long time, misunderstandings lead to argu­ments, the odd affair blossoms in secret – and then a stranger ap­pears, wanting to have done with the show once and for all…
Awards
2006: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection
2006: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Acting Ensemble
2006: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Director
2006: Chicago Film Critics Association: Nom. for Best Adapted Screenplay
2006: Satellite Awards: 2 nominations
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User history
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
Robert Altman
5.7
(2,462)
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