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Picturehouse Heading Home with 'Companion'

November 01, 2005 06:23:08 GMT

Picturehouse has acquired all North American rights to Academy Award-nominated director Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion"
Prairie Home Companion, A picture

All North American rights to the Academy Award-nominated director Robert Altman's "" has been acquired by Picturehouse. In the meantime, the team to work on the comedy flick also is ready. Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions is set to produce, with GreeneStreet Films and River Road Entertainment in hand to executive produce and co-finance. Responsible for foreign sales is Capitol Films.

Moreover, the cast also has been settled. They are Academy Award-winners , Kevin Kline, , Academy Award-nominees , , , , Saturday Night Live star Maya Rudolph, and . The film is based on Garrison Keillor's legendary radio variety show with a script penned by Keillor himself. Besides, Keillor will also star in.

"A Prairie Home Companion" takes a look at what goes on backstage at one of America's most celebrated radio shows, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.


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