Garrison Keillor (Actor), Tim Russell (Actor), Peter Rosen (Director) & 0 more Rated: NR Format: DVD / Documentary
Garrison Keillor The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
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- Garrison Keillor The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
- SKU
- JC1804
Source specifications
- Format
- Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC
- Contributor
- Garrison Keillor, Peter Rosen, Sue Scott, Tim Russell
- Language
- English
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Runtime
- 1 hour and 26 minutes
- MPAA rating
- NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions
- 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number
- 4555203
- Director
- Peter Rosen
- Media Format
- Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC
- Run time
- 1 hour and 26 minutes
- Release date
- July 7, 2009
- Actors
- Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell
- Studio
- Docurama
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Product Description America's foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into American gold. This freeform, intimate look at the private man in the public spotlight goes behind the scenes of America's most popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, and inside the imagination of the man who created it. Over one year of filming has resulted in an unusual portrait that cannot be defined by the standard terms of chronological biography: the subject himself is an enigma, and the fictional world he has created has become a real place in America: Lake Wobegon. A man compelled to speak for his people with humor and nostalgia, Keillor singlehandedly revived the art of live radio for generations of fans by creating an onstage world Choose your platform/edition, then jump in—story, missions, and extras depend on the version. Rated 4.5 out of 5.
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Product Description America's foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into American gold. This freeform, intimate look at the private man in the public spotlight goes behind the scenes of America's most popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, and inside the imagination of the man who created it. Over one year of filming has resulted in an unusual portrait that cannot be defined by the standard terms of chronological biography: the subject himself is an enigma, and the fictional world he has created has become a real place in America: Lake Wobegon. A man compelled to speak for his people with humor and nostalgia, Keillor singlehandedly revived the art of live radio for generations of fans by creating an onstage world that deeply resonates with his audiences. His take on America is both pungent and poignant. In the best tradition of Will Rogers and Mark Twain, Keillor mixes storytelling and humor to give us a lighthearted but deeply felt reflection of ourselves. .com As modest, folksy, and amiable as Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion stage persona, this documentary is, like the children of his fabled creation Lake Wobegon, "above average." Broadcast on American Masters , the essential PBS biography series, this
Key details: Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No | MPAA rating: NR (Not Rated) | Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces | Director: Peter Rosen | Media Format: Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC | Run time: 1 hour and 26 minutes | Release date: July 7, 2009 | Actors: Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell | Studio: Docurama | Number of discs: 1
Customer feedback: 4.5/5 average rating.
Review snippets: My mom, big GK fan, loved it!! Read more / As a twenty year fan of everything Keillor, this behind-the-microphone tour of a year in the life of America's most original humorist was sheer delight. He is as he seems: a congenial, humble, self-deprecating artist whose genius lies, in part,