A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor Returns to the Big Screen Nationwide This October with an All-New LIVE Cinema Presentation of the Celebrated Radio Show

By popular demand, Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, brings the beloved radio show back to select movie theaters in communities nationwide with an all-new special live performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor – LIVE in HD! on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. MT / 8:00 p.m. PT & Hawaii (tape delayed). The first Fathom event of A Prairie Home Companion in February 2010 drew tens of thousands of fans in nearly 500 movie theaters in the U.S. The October Fathom event will originate from the famed Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn., where the show has been performed since 1974, and broadcast to cinemas across the nation. An encore presentation will be shown in select movie theaters on Monday, Oct. 25^th.

Tickets for the live and encore events are available at presenting theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of participating theater locations, please visit www.FathomEvents.com or http://prairiehome.publicradio.org (locations and participants may be subject to change).

Looking ahead to the second cinematic event of the show in its more than 35-year history, Keillor said: "I had a terrific time performing the show in February to communities across North America. Our listeners really loved getting together in movie theaters to experience the show in a new way. Next time, we'll sing some songs with the audience. I like the idea of people standing in multiplexes around the country singing 'America the Beautiful' and 'My Girl' and 'Ba-ba-ba-ba-babara Ann.'"

Presented by NCM Fathom, Prairie Home Productions, American Public Media and BY Experience, A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor – LIVE in HD! will feature special guests such as singer/fiddle player Sara Watkins, roots music quintet Old Crow Medicine Show, Texas singer/songwriter Joe Ely, accordion master Joel Guzman and vocalist Andra Suchy. Regular show performers will also be on hand, including actors Sue Scott and Tim Russell, sound-effects wizards Tom Keith and Fred Newman, and the "Guy's All-Star Shoe Band," featuring guitarist Pat Donohue, percussionist Peter Johnson, and bassist Gary Raynor, led by keyboardist, composer and arranger Richard Dworsky.

Each week, A Prairie Home Companion is heard by more than four million listeners of every age, on more than 600 public radio stations across the country. The show — performed live on stage in front of an audience — features comedy sketches, music, and Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon." The show has been host to thousands of guest artists and has been broadcast from Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Iceland, and nearly each of America's 50 states.

"Tens of thousands of fans enjoyed Fathom’s A Prairie Home Companion event earlier this year and their resounding requests to see Garrison Keillor and the show contributors on the big screen once again has been heard,” said Dan Diamond, vice president of Fathom.

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor – LIVE in HD! appears on the big screen in high-definition with Cinema Surround Sound in 524 select movie theaters, including AMC Entertainment Inc., Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark Holdings, Inc., Cobb Theatres, Georgia Theatre Co., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Hollywood Theaters, Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, Malco Theatres, National Amusements, Rave Motion Pictures and Regal Entertainment Group movie theaters, as well as Arena Theatre (Point Arena, CA), Bainbridge 5 (Seattle, WA), Beacon Cinema (Pittsfield, MA), The Carolina (Asheville, NC), The Grand Theatre (Bismarck, ND), Palace Cinema 9 (South Burlington, VT), Penn Cinema (Lititz, PA), the State Theatre (Traverse City, MI), and Visulite Cinemas (Staunton, VA) through NCM's exclusive Digital Broadcast Network – North America's largest cinema broadcast network. Several independent venues and performing arts centers will also participate in the event.

About National CineMedia

NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema advertising and events across the nation’s largest digital in-theater network, comprised of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater circuits. NCM’s theater network covers 172 Designated Market Areas® (49 of the top 50) and includes approximately 17,100 screens (15,600 digital). During 2009, over 680 million patrons attended movies shown in theaters currently included in NCM’s network (excluding Consolidated Theatres). The NCM Fathom Events broadcast network is comprised of approximately 550 locations in 154 Designated Market Areas® (49 of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network offers 360-degree integrated marketing opportunities in combination with cinema, encompassing over 40 entertainment-related web sites, online widgets and mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) owns a 48.2% interest in and is the managing member of National CineMedia LLC. For more information, visit www.ncm.com or www.fathomevents.com.

About Prairie Home Productions

Prairie Home Productions LLC is the producer of radio programs for national distribution, including A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, and televised programs for PBS, including the APHC specials for Great Performances, as well as tour shows, concerts, and special events such as the APHC At Sea Cruises and the A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION WITH GARRISON KEILLOR — LIVE IN HD! Cinecast.

About American Public Media®

American Public Media, a nonprofit organization, is the second-largest producer and distributor of public radio programming and the largest owner and operator of public radio stations in the nation.

About BY Experience

BY Experience is the pioneer of global live "alternative content" digital cinema events. Credits: Worldwide Distribution Representative of "The Met: Live in HD," International (ex-UK) Distribution Representative of the British National Theatre's series "NT Live"; Co-Presenter with The New York Times of its speakers series, "TimesTalks LIVE"; Cinema Distributor of the "BBC Electric Proms: Robbie Williams" (October 2009) and "BBC Last Night of the Proms 2010 and 2009"; BY Experience as Executive Producer for Cinema: "The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax" (June 2010); "A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor — Live in HD!" (February 2010); "This American Life — Live! with Ira Glass" (May 2009) and (April 2008); "David Gilmour: Remember That Night — Live from the Royal Albert Hall" (September 2007); "David Bowie: Reality — Live & Interactive" (September 2003). For more information, visit: www.byexperience.net