Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (2008)
Directed by Peter Rosen
Sub-Genres - Biography, Literary Studies |
Release Date - Jul 1, 2009 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 86 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
Regarded by many as America's foremost humorist and likened by others to a late 20th century reincarnation of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Will Rogers, Minnesota-based Garrison Keillor commenced his popular public radio series A Prairie Home Companion in 1974. In each weekly three-hour broadcast, Keillor utilizes folk music, often parodistic playlets, satirical product endorsements and gentle short stories to both send up old-time radio programs and conjure up an enchanting view of middle Americana. Created as an episode of PBS's popular American Masters documentary series, Peter Rosen's Garrison Keillor: The Man On the Radio in the Red Tennis Shoes looks beyond the mythos of A Prairie Home Companion to profile Keillor biographically and examine his unusual litany of contributions to American pop culture.
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Americana, humorist, radio, storyteller
