Press Release Warner Archive Collection Announcement: A Prairie Home Companion (2006) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

Coming from the Warner Archive Collection on September 24th!

First time on Blu-ray™

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006)
BD-50
105 Minutes
COLOR
DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround
Aspect ratio : 16x9 2.39:1 Letterbox
Subtitles: English SDH
RATED PG-13
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, Garrison Keillor.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Audio commentary with Director Robert Altman and Kevin Kline, Additional Scenes, Behind-the-Scenes Documentary
SYNOPSIS: From legendary director Robert Altman comes his final film, the deeply moving and comedic A Prairie Home Companion. Based on Garrison Keillor's wildly popular radio program of the same name, Altman invites audiences to the fictional "closing night" of the fabled show. As the rain pours down on a blustery Minnesota evening, the cast tapes their final performance, while waiting for the Texas businessman who has bought the theater to arrive and shut them down. Backstage the colorful ensemble says their goodbyes and confront old conflicts, while onstage a sold-out audience enjoys the wit and musical whimsy for which the show is famous. But when a mysterious woman appears offstage introducing herself as the angel Asphodel, it becomes apparent that this will be no ordinary closing night.


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[B-ROLL]

Guess I better stock up on Lutefisk ... and catchup ...

 

[Lord Dalek]

Kinda weird revisiting this film seeing as Prarie Home itself would be dead for real just over a decade later.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Amazon Pre-order Link added to thread's first post.

 

[Dick]

There's a comedy routine toward the end that had me deeply laughing and gasping for breath. Made watching the hole film well worth the time, though the music and skits that came before were quite entertaining as well.

 

[ahollis]

I was on the fence about ordering this title, but I did some research and now feel, that it is right up my alley. I ordered it through the HTF link.

 

[KPmusmag]

Ordered. I find this an entertaining movie and I enjoy the soundtrack album as well.

 

[JoshZ]

I felt the urge to watch this last night. It's still a delightful little movie, but the Blu-ray is unfortunately not great. Obviously an old transfer. Shimmering in the credit text and in a lot of fine details suggests either poor compression or possibly that this was deinterlaced from a 1080i master. (Looks similar to some of the problems with the old Twilight Time Blu-ray for Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth, though not as bad overall.)

 

[Bryan Tuck]

I felt the urge to watch this last night. It's still a delightful little movie, but the Blu-ray is unfortunately not great. Obviously an old transfer. Shimmering in the credit text and in a lot of fine details suggests either poor compression or possibly that this was deinterlaced from a 1080i master. (Looks similar to some of the problems with the old Twilight Time Blu-ray for Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth, though not as bad overall.)

I think this movie was shot and finished in HD (not even full 2K), so I'm not sure it could look much better without some AI shenanigans.

 

[JoshZ]

I think this movie was shot and finished in HD (not even full 2K), so I'm not sure it could look much better without some AI shenanigans.

Interesting. I just looked it up and, yeah, it was shot in HDCAM 1080p. That might account for what I'm seeing, especially if the credits (which is where the problem is most severe) were generated at a lower resolution.