Garrison Keillor

F. Scott Fitzgerald's literary legacy has gained strength over the years. Authors Joseph Heller, Tobias Wolff, Garrison Keillor and Jane Smalley praise his accessibility to readers and his insights into the lives of everyday people.

Second trailer for Paul Goodman Changed My Life. Called 'the most influential man you've never heard of,' Paul Goodman was a stern but confidence-inspiring social critic, a poet (and regular at Black Mountain), an out-of-the-closet queer (in 40s America!), family man, anarchist and public intellectual whose writings and philosophy of life had a resounding impact on all who met him. Growing Up Absurd (1960) is his most famous work--and newly relevant to the recent riots in London and Vancouver--but the range of his writings is quite simply amazing. Jonathan Lee's documentary captures the power of the man and his ideas through interviews with family, peers and activists whose encounters with Goodman changed their lives. Rich archival footage and readings by Goodman and others (including Garrison Keillor, Edmund White and the Living Theater's Judith Malina) from his published works and private journals testify to the scope of his learning and influence, as well as his larger-than-life personality. A kind of forefather to the Beats, he made his stamp on the 60's and notably participated at the famous 1967 Dialectics of Liberation conference in London, which is the subject of discussion at events planned at SFU and the Vancity Theatre in November.

Trailer for the documentary Paul Goodman Changed My Life. Paul Goodman was once so ubiquitous in the American zeitgeist that he merited a cameo in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Author of legendary bestseller Growing Up Absurd (1960), Goodman was also a poet, 1940s out queer (and family man), pacifist, visionary, co-founder of Gestalt therapy and a moral compass for many in the burgeoning counterculture of the '60s. Paul Goodman Changed My Life immerses you in an era of high intellect (that heady, cocktail-glass juncture that Mad Men has so effectively exploited) when New York was peaking culturally and artistically; when ideas, and the people who propounded them, seemed to punch in at a higher weight class than they do now. Using a treasure trove of archival multimedia selections from Goodman's poetry (read by Garrison Keillor and Edmund White); quotes from Susan Sontag, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Noam Chomsky; plentiful footage of Goodman himself; plus interviews with his family, peers and activists director/producer Jonathan Lee and producer/editor Kimberly Reed (Prodigal Sons) have woven together a rich portrait of an intellectual heavyweight whose ideas are long overdue for rediscovery.

Paul Goodman was once so ubiquitous in the American zeitgeist that he merited a cameo in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Author of legendary bestseller Growing Up Absurd (1960), Goodman was also a poet, 1940s out queer (and family man), pacifist, visionary, co-founder of Gestalt therapy--and a moral compass for many in the burgeoning counterculture of the '60s. Paul Goodman Changed My Life immerses you in an era of high intellect (that heady, cocktail-glass juncture that Mad Men has so effectively exploited) when New York was peaking culturally and artistically; when ideas, and the people who propounded them, seemed to punch in at a higher weight class than they do now. Using a treasure trove of archival multimedia--selections from Goodman's poetry (read by Garrison Keillor and Edmund White); quotes from Susan Sontag, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Noam Chomsky; plentiful footage of Goodman himself; plus interviews with his family, peers and activists--director/producer Jonathan Lee and producer/editor Kimberly Reed (Prodigal Sons) have woven together a rich portrait of an intellectual heavyweight whose ideas are long overdue for rediscovery.

'Ashokan Farewell' was composed by Jay Ungar in 1982 and later used as the title theme of the 1990 PBS television miniseries, The Civil War. 'Ashokan Farewell' is a waltz in D Major which Unger said resulted from his desire to write a 'Scottish lament'. Unger himself was moved to tears by the plaintive melody. The piece typically begins with a violin solo later joined by the guitar. Before its use in the PBS Series, 'The Civil War', it was included in the album, 'Waltz of the Wind.' The musicians included Ungar and his wife, Molly Mason, who gave the tune its name. It has served as a goodnight or farewell waltz at the annual Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps that Ungar and Mason run at the lakefront Ashokan Field Campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz. The Civil War is a documentary film by Ken Burns about the American Civil War. PBS aired the series for five consecutive nights in September 27, 1990. At the time, some forty million viewers watched. It remains one of the most popular programs ever broadcast on PBS. , As a documentary of 11 hours, 'The Civil War' drew heavily upon more than 16,000 archival photographs, paintings, and newspaper images of the period. The narration by David McCullogh was enhanced with anecdotes and insights from historians Shelby Foote, Barbara J. Fields, Ed Bears, and Stephen B. Oates. Gifted actors provided voice characterizations: Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Jason Robards as Ulysses S. Grant, Garrison Keillor as Walt Whitman, and Morgan Freeman as Frederick Douglass. A re-mastered film was released on its twelfth anniversary of its release. Filmmaker Ken Burns heard 'Ashokan Farewell' in 1984 and 'was moved by it'. He used it in two films, most prominently 'The Civil War' and his 1985 documentary --Huey Long. But it was certainly 'The Civil War' which brought the tune national attention. It was played 25 times

Watch this clip from 'The Civil War' 150th Anniversary Edition DVD.

Harry Smith appears in a "Cowboys" sketch with Garrison Keillor on "A Prairie Home Companion", where he acts, sings and even yodels.

Garrison Keillor: The Man On The Radio In The Red Shoes movie trailer - starring Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Sue Scott. Directed by Peter Rosen. Genre: Documentary Rating: Not Rated

A Prairie Home Companion movie trailer - starring Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, John C Reilly, Garrison Keillor. Directed by Robert Altman. Theatrical Release Date: 6/9/2006 Genre: Comedy

Harry Smith got his name in lights on stage next to Garrison Keillor in the hit series, A Prairie Home Companion.

The Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War caused extensive casualties from sources of danger not anticipated.

The Civil War -- Clip: Lincoln Inauguration