Directed by:
Robert AltmanScreenplay:
Garrison KeillorCinematography:
Edward LachmanComposer:
Pat DonohueCast:
Woody Harrelson, L.Q. Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, Garrison Keillor, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
After 32 years, Garrison Keillor's radio variety show is coming to an end. Set on a rainy Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, fans file into the Fitzgerald Theater to see "A Prairie Home Companion," a staple of radio station WLT, not knowing that WLT has been sold to a Texas conglomerate and that tonight's show will be the last. Backstage cast and crew assemble for one last hurrah. They include: The Johnson Sisters, Yolanda and Rhonda, a country duet act that has survived the county-fair circuit; Lola, who gets her big chance to sing on the show and then forgets the words; Guy Noir, a private eye down on his luck who works as a backstage doorkeeper; and Dusty and Lefty, the Old Trailhands, a singing cowboy act. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2007 - Robert Altman (Best Director)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2007 - Best Acting Ensemble
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2006 - Robert Altman (Golden Bear for Best Film)