| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | A- |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
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| Video Release: | 09 Oct 2006 |
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The squeaky-clean image of country/gospel music is contrasted with the muddied personal lives of the performers in the “mocumentary” A Mighty Wind. The difference between what the audience sees and what the cast knows is also the basis for humor in the musical Singin’ In the Rain.
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Notes: A Prairie Home Companion
DVD Release Date: 10 October 2006
Tune-in to the DVD release of A Prairie Home Companion and you’ll hear a commentary by director Robert Altman and actor Kevin Kline, as well as see some deleted scenes (with optional commentary). Also included on the disc are: Come Play With Us (a featurette), Onstage at the Fitzgerald (extended musical performances and advertisement segments), a soundtrack preview (jump to songs in the film) and the film’s trailer. Audio tracks are available in English (Dolby Digital 5.1and Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), with subtitles in English and Spanish.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
