简介：GARRISONKEILLOR:THEMANONTHERADIOINTHEREDSHOES86minutes.ProducedandDirectedbyPeterRosen.WrittenbySaraLukinsonbasedonthemonologsofGarrisonKeillor.Releasedate:June,2008.Broadcastdate:January2009.Aco-productionofPeterRosenProductions,Inc.AmericanMastersandtheIndependentTelevisionService. Americasforemosthumoristandcommentator,GarrisonKeillor,takeshisskitsandjokes,musicandmonologuesacrossthecountryinhistravelingradioshow,spinninghisstoriesintoAmericangold.Thisfreeform,intimatelookattheprivatemaninthepublicspotlightgoesbehindthescenesofAmericasmostpopularradioshow,APrairieHomeCompanion,andinsidetheimaginationofthemanwhocreatedit. Overoneyearoffilminghasresultedinanunusualportraitthatcannotbedefinedbythestandardtermsofchronologicalbiography:thesubjecthimselfisanenigma,andthefictionalworldhehascreatedhasbecomearealplaceinAmerica.ThefilmfollowsthewriterperformerasheminglesfactandfictiontocreateoneofAmericasfavoriteplaces,LakeWobegon. Today,thereisnoonelikehim.HistakeonAmericaisbothpungentandpoignant.InthebesttraditionofWillRogersandMarkTwain,Keillormixesstorytellingandhumortogiveusalightheartedbutdeeplyfeltreflectionofourselves.Aprolificauthorwithmorethan20bookstohiscreditandaweeklycolumn,heisalsoahighlysoughtafterspeakerandlecturer.HeiscreditedwithrevivingthevirtuallylostartofliveradioentertainmentinAmerica;hisweeklyradioshow,startedin1974,hasmorethan4millionlistenersandisbroadcaston558stations.KeillorandhischaractersleaptontothebigscreenandanevenwiderglobalaudienceinRobertAltmansfilm,APrairieHomeCompanion. Keillor'sdown-homecommentaryandloveoftheauthenticallyAmerican,havemadehimintoaneverymanphilosopher.Hishighlyentertainingradioshowwithsongsandstoriesiswrittenwithapoetsheart.WhilecomparisonswillbemadebetweenhimandAmerica'sgreathumoristsandessayistfromH.L.MenckentoMarkTwain,JamesThurber,RobertFrost,andWillRogers,GarrisonKeillorisunique.Inthisuntraditionalbiography,webegintoseehowandwhy.…