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Starting This Friday June 9, 2006 At The Enzian Theater In Maitland, FL A Prairie Home Companion A Film By Director Robert Altman
"Rib-ticklingly funny at times and genial as all get-out."-Todd
McCarthy, VARIETY.
Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces
with an
all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, A
PRAIRIE HOME
COMPANION, about a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to
survive in the age of television.
Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin star as
the Johnson Sisters, Yolanda and Rhonda, a country duet act that has
survived the county-fair circuit, and Lindsey Lohan plays Meryl's
daughter, Lola, who gets her big chance to sing on the show and then
forgets the words. Kevin Kline is Guy Noir, a private eye down
on his
luck who works as a backstage doorkeeper, and
Woody Harrelson and John
C. Reilly are Dusty and Lefty, the
Old Trailhands, a singing cowboy act.
Add Virginia Madsen as
an angel and Tommy Lee Jones as the Axeman and
Maya Rudolph as a pregnant stagehand and Keillor in the role of a
hangdog emcee, and you have a playful story set on a rainy Saturday
night in St. Paul, Minnesota, where fans file into the Fitzgerald
Theater to see "A Prairie Home Companion," a staple of radio station
WLT, not knowing that WLT has been sold to a Texas conglomerate and that
tonight's show will be the last.
Shot entirely in the Fitzgerald, except for the opening and
closing
scenes which take place in a nearby diner, the picture combines Altman's
cinematic style and intelligence and love of improvisation and Keillor's
songs and storytelling to create a fictional counterpart to the "A
Prairie Home Companion" radio show. The film uses the musicians and crew
and stage setting of the actual radio show, heard on public radio
stations coast to coast for the past quarter-century (and which, in real
life, continues to broadcast). The result is a compact tale with a
series of extraordinary acting turns, especially Kevin Kline's elegant
Keaton-esque detective and Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep's singing
("Goodbye to My Mama") and their beautiful portrayal of two sisters who
talk simultaneously.
Starting Friday @ THE ENZIAN THEATER
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
Show Times:
Fri. (6/9) - Sun. (6/11): 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 pm
Monday. (6/12): 9:15 pm
Tues. (6/13) - Thurs. (6/15): 6:30, 9:15 pm
Click Here To Purchase tickets online.
Popcorn Flick:
THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY
June 8 at 8:00 pm
Central Park in Winter Park
FREE!
A classic characterization from the master of comedic chaos. Jerry Lewis
is Jerome Littlefield, an orderly at a mental hospital. Such a
half-witted klutz, it's sometimes hard to tell whether he's a patient or
a staff member. Jerome creates comedic havoc everywhere he goes in the
sanitarium, making the nuthouse even nuttier.
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD:THE 2006 SOUTH ASIAN FILM
FESTIVAL
July 10 - 12, 2006
Co-produced with the Asian Cultural Association, the South Asian Film
Festival will celebrate its 12th anniversary at Enzian Theater June
10-12, 2006. The three-day celebration of Indian culture, heritage, and
film artistry will feature four programs:
THE MISTRESS OF SPICES, AMU,
BOMBAY CALLING
preceded by LUCKY, and WATER. To view the schedule and
purchase passes visit: enzian.org/festivals/southasian.html.
KIDFEST:
It's back! New and Improved!
July 24 - 28, 2006
Our summer mini-series has now become a week-long
EVENT, including a
Young Filmmakers' Summer Camp PLUS screenings of unusual and classic
children's films all week long for everyone! For more information and a
printable application visit:
enzian.org/festivals/kidfest.html.
COMING SOON TO ENZIAN:
Wordplay - In July
A Scanner Darkly - July 14
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Sundance Institute Art House Propect
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
A special Meet The Filmmaker event with producer
Christine Vachon!
Saturday, June 24 at 12:30 pm
Popcorn Flicks in the Park:
Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Babe in Central Park, Winter Park FREE
Popcorn Flicks in the Park:
Thursday, August 10, 2006 at 8:00 pm
The Princess Bride in Central Park, Winter Park FREE.
ENZIAN BLOG:
Check out the latest happenings at Enzian: Enzian Blog.
Enzian Theater is located at:
1300 South Orlando Avenue
Maitland, FL 32751
Info Line: (407) 629-0054
Theater Offices: (407) 629-1088
Website: Enzian Theater.
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