A Prairie Home Companion

Streaming video - 2006

From legendary director Robert Altman comes his final film, the deeply moving and comedic A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION. Based on Garrison Keillor's wildly popular radio program of the same name, Altman invites audiences to the fictional "closing night" of the fabled show. As the rain pours down on a blustery Minnesota evening, the cast tapes their final performance, while waiting for the Texas businessman who has bought the theater to arrive and shut them down. Backstage the colorful ensemble says their goodbyes and confront old conflicts, while onstage a sold-out audience enjoys the wit and musical whimsy for which the show is famous. But when a mysterious woman appears offstage introducing herself as the angel Asphodel, it beco...mes apparent that this will be no ordinary closing night.

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Warner Bros 2006.
2021.
Language
English
Other Authors
Robert Altman (film director), John C. Reilly (actor), L.Q Jones, Lily Tomlin, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).