Ipswich Film Society

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

2007/08 Season

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

USA 2006 (PG)
105 minutes
Directed by Robert Altman

Hollywood Film Theatre - 3 March 2008 - 7.30pm
A radio show hosted by Garrison Keillor is about to close down and the final programme is performed by such sterling characters as two singing sisters, a cowboy duo and an elderly country singer. This was Altman's farewell party, with a star studded guest list.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS: A script so sharp, you could cut yourself on it; Very enjoyable. A bit self-indulgent, but good fun; Strange little film. Bit too much bible belt for me. Classic Altman. Overlapping dialogue films made like jazz; Would have been so much better without that jerk of a security man; Beautifully filmed but truly dreadful. Schmaltzy and folksy, hammy and corny. All that's worst in American culture.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

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