| "BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2006" SPECIAL |
The Berlin Film Festival and Meryl Streep are having a long (and successful) tradtion to date.
It all started in 1978 when "The Deer Hunter" was shown at the Berlinale - and caused a scandal.
In protest to the portrayal of Vietnamese society, the Soviet Union withdrew from the contest,
followed by Hungray, Bulgaria, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba. Other films with Meryl
that have been shown in Berlin since then include "The House of the Spirits" (1994), "Marvin's
Room" (1997), "One True Thing" (1999) and "The Hours" (2003). Further, Meryl was honored with
the Berlinale Kamera in 1999 and has won the festival's Best Actress award in 2003 for "The
Hours". Her latest film "A Prairie Home Companion" is running in competition.
Since 1974, the programme “A Prairie Home Companion” has been airing
regularly (apart from a brief break in the 1980s) on public radio stations in
the USA that now number some 558. A variety programme for the whole
family, the show includes live bands, singers and fictional commercials, a
crime series starring detective Guy Noir, and an endless soap, featuring
anecdotes from a typical American small town named Lake Wobegon in
Minnesota – all of which is presented by the show’s moderator and leading
spirit, Garrison Keillor. The show, which can also be received in Europe and
Australia, reaches 35 million households worldwide.
Based on a screenplay by Garrison Keillor, Robert Altman’s film concentrates
on events that occur during one particular episode in which Keillor and his
guests discover that the current show is to be the very last in the series! The
show features Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson – the two remaining, active
members of a country quartet that once comprised four sisters – Yolanda’s
daughter Lola as well as two singing cowboys named Dusty and Lefty. On
this particular evening, a dangerous woman plays an important role behind
the scenes, as does the show’s safety officer Guy Noir, who appears to have
walked straight off the pages of a Raymond Chandler novel. The floor manager
and his assistant Molly also have their hands full, trying to keep the
increasingly rudderless show on course.
"A Pairie Home Companion" is directed by Robert Altman and stars Academy-Award winners
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Tommy Lee Jones, as well as John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson,
Lily Tomlin, Virginia Madsen and Lindsay Lohan.
Feb 12 | 18.30 – 19.00
Red Carpet
Feb 12 | 20.10
Photo-Call
Feb 12 | 20.25
Press Conference
Robert Altman (Director)
Meryl Streep(Actress)
Lindsay Lohan (Actress)
Woody Harrelson (Actor)
Wren Arthur (Producer)
Joshua Astrachan (Producer)
Screenings
Sun Feb 12 19:00 Berlinale Palast (D)
Mon Feb 13 12:00 Urania (D)
Mon Feb 13 18:30 Urania (D)
Mon Feb 13 22:30 International (D)
Sun Feb 19 10:00 Berlinale Palast (D)
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Streep expected to attend Berlin Film Festival
Posted: 2006-01-31 |
According to German news sources, actors George Clooney, Isabella Rossellini, Meryl Streep and Isabelle
Huppert, among others, are all expected to attend the Berlin Film Festival this year. Meryl's
new film, "A Praire Home Companion", will have its world-premiere at the festival. Screening
dates and official announcements on the attending guests will be made in early February.
"A Prairie Home Companion" to world-premiere at the Berlin Film Festival
Posted: 2006-01-18 |
The Berlinale Competition is screening the world premiere of A Prairie Home Companion (USA),
an ensemble comedy by master director Robert Altman. The story is about a legendary radio show
which is taken off the air after thirty years. Altman, the winner of several Berlinale prizes,
has assembled an unparalleled cast of stars, including Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin, Woody
Harrelson, Kevin Kline and John C. Reilly. Visit the Berlinale's
Official Website.
Berlinale - Official Website
Festival website in English/German with news, photos, videos
Berlinale - LiveStreams
View all press conferences and festival highlights live
Berlinale - Movie Profile
Information on "A Prairie Home Companion"
