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Movie News: The Official World Premier of A Prairie Home Companion movie was March 10, 2006 at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

International release was June 9, 2006.

Starring Garrison Keillor, Originally from Lake Wobegon (Anoka), Minnesota, Now Living in St. Paul, Minnesota

Garrison Keillor was born Gary Edward Keillor on August 7, 1942. Garison Kielor's A Prairie Home Companion Comes from the Fitzgerald Theater

He is best known as the creator and host of the American Public Media show A Prairie Home Companion (also carried on the BBC). Keillor's most recognizable theme is the News from Lake Wobegone, a monologue about a fictional town "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." The monologue is said to be written by "Sara Bellum," representing his own cerebellum.

Most broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion originate from the Fitzgerald Theater on Exchange Street in downtown St. Paul.

Keillor has also written many articles magazines like The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. He also hosts The Writer's Almanac, a program broadcast daily on some public radio stations. A movie based upon A Prairie Home Companion is in production.

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Kiellor Broadcasts from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul Mr. Keillor's works have been gathered into two printed collections, Happy to Be Here and We are Still Married.

Photo Album (click on buttons to see additional photos)

Exterior of the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul
Fitzgerald Lobby
Fitzgerald Interior, before the show
Performance
Afterward

If you have any additional photos, information or opinion of A Prairie Home Companion or Garrison Keillor, please send to PHC -at- PHCFan.com. Thank you!