A Prairie Home Companion
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Altman
Virginia Madsen
Bob Douglas
Tom Keith
Adam Granger
L. Q. Jones
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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.
Director
Robert Altman
Cast
Virginia Madsen
Bob Douglas
Tom Keith
Adam Granger
L. Q. Jones
Jon Pankake
Christopher K. Grap
Robin Williams
Tim Russell
Becky Schlegel
Pat Donohue
Dan Newton
John C. Reilly
Garrison Keillor
Jearlyn Steele
Meryl Streep
Butch Thompson
Judy Larson
Linda Williams
Peter Ostroushko
Debbie Delisi
Lily Tomlin
Dan Chouinard
Maya Rudolph
Arnie Kinsella
John Koerner
Marylouise Burke
Tom Lee Jones
Prudence Johnson
Gary Raynor
Richard Dworsky
Dick Rees
Lindsay Lohan
Woody Harrelson
James Andrew Brick
Kevin Kline
Andy Stein
Sue Scott
Bill Hinkley
Pop Wagner
Crew
Erin M Acker
Thomas Adair
James Ahern
Gina R. Alfano
Robert Altman
Curtis W Anderson
Ethan Anderson
Richard Anderson
Topper Anton
Wren Arthur
Joshua Astrachan
Michael Balabuch
Randall Balsmeyer
Benjamin Barraud
Michael Barry
Shannon Bart
Sanford F Bennett
Chris Benson
Paul Berglund
Peter Biagi
Vebe Borge
Gerard Cafesjian
Thomas Campbell
Mickey Carleton
Dru Anne Carlson
Matthew Carlson
A P Carter
Bobby Jo Cawley
Rachel Chancey
Adam Chase
Don Ciana
Katrina Cicala-saracino
Peter Clemence
Eddie Cohen
Laura Comerford
Bridget M. Cook
Bridget M. Cook
J. John Corbett
Erin Coscio
Ralph Costanza
Jacob Craycroft
Martin Czembor
Martin Czembor
Michael De Mark
Christopher Deblau
John Deblau
Debbie Delisi
Teri Demarest
Teri Demarest
Jim Depaulis
Pam Dixon Mickelson
Pat Donohue
Pat Donohue
Julie Donovan
Laura Downing
Caoimhe Doyle
Nell Drake
Lowell Dubrinsky
Joshua Dupre
Richard Dworsky
Richard Dworsky
Richard Dworsky
Richard Dworsky
Richard Dworsky
Richard Dworsky
Patrick Dzieweczynski
John Finn
Lester Flatt
Stephen Foster
Tom Franchett
Ami Francis
Al Frechtman
Joseph Gallup
C J Gardella
Heather Garfinkle
Tessa M Gauer
Paul Gerike
Molly Getty
Kelly Gilpatrick
Matt Healey Giordano
Mariusz Glabinski
John Glaeser
Hayden Goldblatt
Dina Goldman
Melinda Sue Gordon
Kay Gornick
Christopher K. Grap
William B Gray
Frederick W Green
Patricia Payne Green
Kimberly Greene
Kimberly Greene
Johnny Hagen
Natalie A Hale
Michael Hallett Arnold
Dave Halls
Kristin Hammargren
Mary Hansmeyer
Tony Hanson
Tiffany Hanssen
Woody Harrelson
Julie Hartley
Pete Hayes
J. Roy Helland
J. Roy Helland
Kelly Rae Hemenway
Robert Herrick
Jamie Heuton
Luther Hill
Steven Hintz
Poul Holm
Michael Holmstrem
Travis Hottinger
Samuel Hudson
Christopher Hultgren
Nick Huston
Anne Hyvarinen
Ben Jacoby
Bobby Johanson
Andrea Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
Prudence Johnson
Scott Jolstad
L. Q. Jones
Tony Judge
Marty Jurek
Kevin Karpinski
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Jason Keillor
James M Kelly
Gloria Kim
Neil Kimmelfield
Jim Kindt
Zach Kirshner
Bruce Kitzmeyer
Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Cole Koehler
Dan Korintus
Anthony Kounouklos
Goro Koyama
Annette Kudrak
Drew Kunin
Edward Lachman
Avi Laniado
Terry Laudermilch
Ken Lazebnik
David Levy
Ted Lichtenheld
Michael Lindquist
Felicia Linsky
Lindsay Lohan
Kate Mackenzie
S Catrin Magnusson
Andy Malcolm
Anna Malkin
Chris Malone
Maeve Mannion
Jolynn Martin
Anthony Maslow
Eric Mcallister
Andrea Mcavey
Luke Mccarter
James Mcmillan
Kevin G Miller
Mary Moga
Kathy Mueller
Anne Marie Murphy
Hannah Myers
Jane Myers-williams
Rick Neff
Tim Nelson
David O'neill
Amber Lee Olivier
Mary Olson
Rory Olson
Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko
Michael M Pagan
Jason Painter
Eliza Paley
John Penotti
Craig Peterschmidt
Tora Peterson
Bill Pohlad
Roger J Poirier
David S Pope
Lisa Powers
Michael Primmer
Sarah Regan
John C. Reilly
Mary Reitz
Rachel V Richardson
Scott Rivard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video October 10, 2006
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States February 2006
Released in United States March 2006
Released in United States September 2006
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Big Nights) April 20-May 4, 2006.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Opening Night/Spotlight Premiere) March 10-18, 2006.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 1-10, 2006.
Based on the radio variety show "A Prairie Home Companion" written and performed by Garrison Keillor.
Picturehouse acquired distribution rights for a reported $3.75 million.
Released in United States Summer June 9, 2006
Released in United States on Video October 10, 2006
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Big Nights) April 20-May 4, 2006.)
Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.)
Released in United States March 2006 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Opening Night/Spotlight Premiere) March 10-18, 2006.)
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 1-10, 2006.)
Released in United States Summer June 9, 2006