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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
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"Garrison Keillor’s sleepy-voiced radio monologues from the A Prairie Home Companion radio show might be the only way you know the native Minnesotan, but he’s also an author of more than 17 books. He’s published numerous short stories and poems since being published in the New Yorker in 1970, he hosts A Writer’s Almanac daily on NPR stations around the country, and posts regularly to his blog on the Prairie Home website. He’s also a daily columnist at Salon.com, which makes you wonder how he finds time for the rest of his life. But despite all the books he’s written, Keillor hasn’t had anything made into a movie. Robert Altman directed a fictional feature film version of A Prairie Home Companion, but to a Keillor fan it came off as more of a parody of the radio show than anything else. So where are the movies? Here’s a guide to the five Keillor books I’ "
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"I was positive I was going to hate A Prairie Home Companion, because I was positive that Robert Altman, a director I have always found annoying, was going to ruin the greatness of the radio program. I was wrong. This is the best film I have seen so far this year and is Altman's best- yes better than Nashville and McCabe and Mrs. Miller. For those who are tragically unfamiliar with the source material, A Prairie Home Companion is an NPR radio variety show hosted and written by Garrison Keillor, who I believe is the greatest American humorist since Mark Twain. The show alternates between bluegrass music, phony commercials, a few comedy skits and always a weekly monologue from Keillor, "News from Lake Wobegon" where he describes the recent events in his fictitious hometown in Minnesota. The show is very funny, but also very beautiful- Lake Wobegon may very well be the most beautiful place on Earth. When I heard a film was going to be made from the show, I questioned how it was possibl ... "
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"By Tricia Olszewski A Prairie Home Companion was created for—and by—the kind of people who still appreciate the olde-fashioned longing in lyrics such as “Come and sit by my side if you love me/Do not hasten to bid me adieu.” That couplet, from trad-folk number “Red River Valley,” closes the film, a reflection on nostalgia and the end of things beloved written by Garrison Keillor and directed by Robert Altman. From the former, you’d expect as much. From the latter, you have to wonder: Is this a part of the American experience he really needs to be bothering with? Based on Keillor’s identically titled and, at 31 years, still-running NPR program, the loose narrative involves the final episode of a modern-day radio variety show, touching on soured love affairs and unspooling a significant subplot about death. It’s impossible not to consider that this may be the 81-year-old Altman’s swan song, as well—Paul Thomas Anders ... "
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"I did not however enjoy the movie. Robert Altman captured my sentiments exactly when in the commentary near the end of the film, he starts to yawn incessantly because he's bored. He actually questions and hopes that audiences watching the film don't get bored as well. He knows it's bad. He's done some really amazing films. Surely he knew when to stop the movie or how to make it better but was bound and gagged during filming and editing. I love Garrison's antics, stories, and quirky songs. I love all of it, but he was missing too much in the film. Perhaps Keven Kline starring as Guy Noir was chosen to be the predominant actor (and narrator) because they thought he'd be funny in a quirky almost handsome sort of way. Perhaps Garrison didn't want the 'lead' or wasn't comfortable with the acting bit having been on radio his whole (most?) career. Unfortunately Kevin isn't all that funny - though I adored him in a Fish Called Wanda, ... "
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"I thought this was a good film, what one comes to expect from recent Altman films. It's an audio-visual collage and a study on character and acting that captures random and poignant moments on film, seemingly only loosely based on a script. I like Garrison Keillor, and if you do, you'll probably like the film. You have to hand it to a guy for writing a screenplay about his own show's demise. I enjoy his introspective observations and meanderings on American culture in his real radio program, much more than his way-down-yonder-in-the-yankety -yank music selection, which can seem forced. I do enjoy Keillor's bold throwback orientation on music, that it's to be performed and enjoyed, not just downloaded and worshiped. He sings from the heart, but he's no singer. The film focuses on both observational character sketches and music from the heart, like the real Prairie Home Companion. And like the actual show, the film has spiritual overtones, but so overtly Christian that it might turn ... "
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"The News From the Fitzgerald Theater 7/10 I have only recently discovered Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon series and have quickly fallen in love with the man’s incredible storytelling talent. Before that I only knew Garrison Keillor from that scene in The Simpsons where the family is watching him on TV until Homer finally gets up, hits the television and shouts out “Stupid TV ! Be more funny !” In his Lake Wobegon stories Keillor had a large cast of petty but lovable characters and he talked about the joyous, the sad and the non-events in their lives, which of course makes this material a perfect match for director Robert Altman. Even in the saddest Wobegon stories Keillor always knew how to get a smile from the audience and that’s also how this film felt. The events that occur are basically sad ones : the radio show Keillor (playing himself) and his musical posse have been doing for thirty years is into its final broadcast and one of the performers actually dies during the show. T ... "
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