[BC] A Prairie Home Companion, the film

[Scott Fybush]

Jeff Johnson wrote:
> 
>> Kent W. said:
>> It is great seeing a station that serves it community so well!  I am 
>> going to driving right through Mt Airy in a little over a week.  May 
>> just have to stop in!
> 
> All radio folks should see the new Altman movie "A Prairie Home 
> Companion". Now, you have to love Altman and Keillor -and live radio - 
> to love the film. It is about an old fashioned radio show sponsored by 
> an old fashioned radio station. Many do not know it is their last 
> broadcast. The knell is about to strike. The station is being sold. The 
> old gang that made the place special is being dispersed and dismissed. 
> The venue is being torn apart.

Amen, and then some!

I saw the movie last night at a preview sponsored by my public 
broadcaster here in Rochester, WXXI. It was exceptionally well done - 
not just the "radio bits," but the acting and writing were top-notch, too.

It's that rare film that I could imagine Willie Barnett and Rich Wood 
sitting together in the theater, both of them enjoying it :-)

(As is "Cars," from which I just got back with the two-year-old in tow - 
an amazing technical accomplishment, and loads of fun, too.)

Hmmm...could we get John Lasseter and the Pixar folks to do a radio 
movie, next? Whad'ya say, Barry - maybe we can all hire on as technical 
consultants?

s