A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

  • Director: Robert Altman
  • Writer: Garrison Keillor,Ken LaZebnik
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Norwegian
  • Release date: June 9, 2006
  • Sound mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Noches mágicas de radio
  • "A Prairie Home Companion" is a musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman and starring Tommy Lee Jones , John Christopher Reilly , Meryl Streep , Lindsay Dee Lohan, LL, La . It was released in the United States on June 9, 2006.
    The film tells the story of a local radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" with a history of more than 30 years that is about to stop, and several singers will give the audience a final farewell performance on the live broadcast of the show   .

    Details

    • Release date June 9, 2006
    • Filming locations Fitzgerald Theater - 10 Exchange Street E., St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
    • Production companies Picturehouse, GreeneStreet Films, River Road Entertainment

    Box office

    Budget

    $10,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $20,342,852

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,566,293

    Gross worldwide

    $25,986,497

    Movie reviews

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    • By Destini 2022-03-21 08:01:05

      You Don't Need To Know The Radio Show To Appreciate The Movie

      No shocking twists, no passionate dramas, just endless conversations in the backstage of a live radio show that's lasted for 30 years. And of course, all those beautiful songs, the ones that wet your eyes and the ones that crack you up. All these presented to you as our everyday life happens, in an atmosphere of nostalgia, by one of the greatest directors ever, and by an almost impossible cast. Meryl Streep is simply amazing -- no wonder Robert Altman said she was "25% above anyone else ". Even...

    • By Rosario 2022-03-21 08:01:05

      About life

      Maybe everyone has this feeling: so many things we once loved, when we have them, how afraid we are to lose them; yet the process of these beautiful things passing away with time is so peaceful, so nature. Only after many years, when we look back on the past, do we suddenly find that they are either no longer remembered, or just become a sign of an era, or they are still heavy emotions in your life that you cannot bear or leave. Still make you cry, can not let go.

      This kind of...

    • By Jimmie 2022-03-21 08:01:05

      For the pasture in my heart~

      The title says Ranch House, but after watching it, I realize it's just a movie about a radio show.
         The film is tinged with nostalgia: the cast is mostly old-timey, a detective character radiates old-fashioned light, and a mysterious blond woman in white is reminiscent of old Hitchcock films. . .
         There is a lot of country-style music in the film, and there are also a lot of folk-style impromptu singing. As a Chinese audience, I feel more familiar with songs such as "Red River...

    • By Durward 2022-03-21 08:01:05

      Hmm not a movie review

      I watched this purely to watch LL at first, well, I'm a little girl. Then, as some film critics said, this film exudes strong nostalgia and helplessness for the beauty of the past.
        The disappearance of this kind of radio show is not that it is not good enough, but that it is brought about by the technological innovation of the times. (I still like the commercial songs in it, especially the blueberry pie one.) This is from the fact that the host can't find the super glue ad, but he has...

    • By Eugenia 2022-03-21 08:01:05

      the last party

      Such a group of people are playing such a scene, which is real and kind. Maybe they are not acting, but just showing their true side.
          A Prairie Home Companion is a radio show that spans more than three decades, and this film is also staged to honor those dusty memories. The back of the station describes the last program of the broadcast.
          In fact, the feelings carried by any memory are the nostalgia for our past. It will take us back to that era and remember all kinds of things...

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    • By Garnet 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      20190316le. Altman's curtain call, but forgive me, I didn't get to see it in a rowdy environment (sunny Saturday afternoon, kids noisy). I saw a group of people perform, but they were not emotionally invested, I saw an angel, and he was nothing special. 2.5

    • By Ana 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      If you feel very happy, be patient, it will pass...

    • By Madelyn 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      I really "see" goosebumps all over my body. The important thing is not the confidence in the scene scheduling, but the feelings and attitudes towards life. It's really...

    • By Ericka 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      ...

    • By Sigurd 2022-03-26 09:01:14

      Nostalgic warm and strong American rural...

    Behind the scenes gags

    George Clooney, who was the first choice for private investigator Guy Nou, agreed to play the role, but had to withdraw due to a conflict between the shooting schedule and another film.
    Fearing that 81-year-old Robert Altman would be unable to make the film due to some "unexpected circumstances", the distributor brought in Paul Thomas Anderson as a backup director.
    The film was all shot inside the Fitzgerald Grand Theater in St. Paul,...
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    Evaluation action

    "A Prairie Home Companion" was Robert Altman's last film, and Altman was almost using it as a farewell performance to his beloved audience. The interesting thing is that the film is more of warm singing, nostalgia and gratification have been haunting the audience, making people feel a kind of nostalgia that cannot be separated, the audience will forget the director's intention and be moved by the songs and performances in the film. The...
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    Movie quotes

    • Rhonda Johnson: Oh, it's big. It's movin' like monkeys.

    • Guy Noir: They got old, babe. They started thinking about ease and comfort. Then I figure, they saw a brochure about an island with palm trees and an azure sky and miles of sand, and they thought: ''Hey! Ah! Ah! We don't have to suffer through these miserable Minnesota winters. We don't have to freeze our butts off waiting for our bus to come, our bus has come. It's here. We'll leave the business to the kids and we'll head for paradise and to hell with it.'' Only trouble is, the kids had already gone down to paradise ahead of them. So then, a big corporation down in Texas offered then a gazillion dollars for it. Texans. Sure. They talk funny and their eyes don't focus and their flesh is rotting and falling off, but hey. You know. So what? Yeah, nobody's perfect and, Uh... Money is money, so the Soderbergs took the dough. End of story. Do you have any tweezers?

    • Guy Noir: Noir's the name. Guy Noir.