A Prairie Home Companion Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Robert Altman
Genres: Comedy
Rating:
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, Rovi
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