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http://www.madison.com/tct/features/index.php?ntid=86687&ntpid=0 Camera captures Keillor's 'Companion'Radio show jumps to filmBy Rob ThomasThe Capital TimesPublished: June 7, 2006 E-mail: [email protected]
[Click link above for the complete newspaper article.]No more "face made for radio" wisecracks, please. Garrison Keillor is a bona fide movie star.The author, newspaper columnist and creator-host of Public Radio International's "A Prairie Home Companion" hits the big screen nationwide Friday with the fictional film version of "Companion."The show, which first attracted a studio audience of 12 people when it started in 1974, is now broadcast on 580 stations nationwide and has a weekly radio audience of 4 million.Co-written by Keillor and directed by the legendary Robert Altman, the film supposedly chronicles the final performance of the radio show in St. Paul's historic Fitzgerald Theater. ...