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A Prairie Home Companion

Actor(s): Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan
Director(s): Robert Altman
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 10/10/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Total Copies: 71
Genres: Comedy, Americana, Ensemble Film, Showbiz Comedy

DVD Synopsis

Acclaimed filmmaker Robert Altman (Short Cuts, Nashville) brings National Public Radio stalwart Garrison Keillor's long-running radio program to vivid life on the big screen in a intricately woven backstage fable centering on the final performance of a fictionalized version of his variety show. As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program A Prairie Home Companion somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Week after week, hangdog host Garrison Keillor serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson (Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin) and singing cowboys the Old Trailhands (Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly). This is one show where the under-the-line antics are nearly as entertaining as the program itself, though, and in between the efforts of down-on-his-luck private dick and backstage doorkeeper Guy Noir (Kevin Kline) to discover the true identity of a mysterious blonde (Virginia Madsen) and aspiring teen singer Lola (Lindsay Lohan) to find her true voice before a live audience, there's still plenty of fun and mystery to be had at the old Fitzgerald before the final curtain falls on A Prairie Home Companion. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Garrison Keillor - Garrison Keillor
Meryl Streep - Yolanda Johnson
Lily Tomlin - Rhonda Johnson
Kevin Kline - Guy Noir
Lindsay Lohan - Lola Johnson
John C. Reilly - Lefty
Woody Harrelson - Dusty
Virginia Madsen - Asphodel
Maya Rudolph - Molly