A Prairie Home Companion (2006) coming from Warner Archive

[whiteberry]

Coming from the Warner Archive Collection on September 30th!

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.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) Official Trailer - Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan Movie HD - YouTube

[Cremildo]

This little gem is a hoot. I got rid of my Canadian DVD a long time ago. Exciting announcement.

[PowellPressburger]

Nice! Really love the cast. Day 1

[Chaz05]

Oh fantastic!!! Time to toss my DVD!

[RFK]

Robert Altman goes out in style. A beautiful final film... and, the actors aren't bad either.

[sb5]

Always great to see more Altman in HD.

Thematically, this ended up being a nice swan song to go out on.

[dcruz13]

Such an underrated movie

[HipsterTrash]

Another Atlman title! Finally.

[CelestialAgent]

This is sacrilegious but will hold onto the UK DVD for the open matte version, but still happy to see Altman upgraded.

[postmodel]

So looking into this further, it seems this was shot in 1080p, so would that be why there’s no new “restoration” or “remaster” or whatever the proper term would be for a 2006 film shot digitally? Just always noted how these Warner Archive releases were remastered in some way…

Definitely grabbing this though. Been awhile since I saw it and what better way to revisit.

[Nitroes]

Lovely film definitely be buying it.

[pvehling]

Indeed. Shot on the same camera Lucas used for Episode 2. There are 4K upscales of films shot in this era in 1080p 4:4:4 - such as Collateral and the upcoming Zodiac.

Originally Posted by postmodel

So looking into this further, it seems this was shot in 1080p, so would that be why there’s no new “restoration” or “remaster” or whatever the proper term would be for a 2006 film shot digitally? Just always noted how these Warner Archive releases were remastered in some way…

Definitely grabbing this though. Been awhile since I saw it and what better way to revisit.

[dcruz13]

Is there no pre-order link?

[sec127]

Is this release cancelled? No pre-order in sight

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by sec127

Is this release cancelled? No pre-order in sight

It went up for pre-order on MovieZyng in the last 24 hours. Preorders from other retailers should start appearing within the next week.

It's probably going to end up being delayed anyway.

[Zakanoff]

It's up for pre-order on Amazon

[dcruz13]

Pre-ordered!

[Zakanoff]

RELEASE UPDATE! The following 5 new Warner Archive Blu-rays are releasing today BUT I'm hearing that shipping is delayed until later in the week due to the ongoing manufacturing log jam.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006) is likely delayed a week or so into early October.

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[SpookyDollhouse]

I just got an update from Amazon that this is re-scheduled for October 15

[drew2]

finally got this in and the insert art quality is awful. movie looks great though