"A Prairie Home Companion", hosted by humorist Garrison Keillor, is a down home radio variety show recorded and performed live in front of an audience in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. A show from another era, "A Prairie Home Companion" has been canceled. The regulars are performing on the last show, including Dusty & Lefty, singing/guitar playing cowboys with a risqué sense of humor, and the Johnson Girls, a sister singing duo of Rhonda and Yolanda who have a penchant for talking over each other. As the show goes on, the regulars, backstage, talk about their lives in relation to the show. Other goings-on include Yolanda and others trying to convince her shy somber daughter, Lola, to sing on this last show. As all this goes on, a mysterious woman in a white trench coat who is on a mission wanders around the theater, while the show's dim security guard, Guy Noir, who usually has nothing to do security-wise, follows.
| Release Date: | Feb 2006 |
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| Genre: | Comedy / Drama / Musical |
| Awards: | 3 wins & 10 nominations |
| Cast: | Marylouise Burke (Lunch Lady), Woody Harrelson (Dusty), L.Q. Jones (Chuck Akers), Tommy Lee Jones (The Axeman), Garrison Keillor (GK), Kevin Kline (Guy Noir), Lindsay Lohan (Lola Johnson), Virginia Madsen (Dangerous Woman), John C. Reilly (Lefty), Maya Rudolph (Molly), Tim Russell (Stage Manager), Sue Scott (Makeup Lady), Meryl Streep (Yolanda Johnson), Lily Tomlin (Rhonda Johnson), Tom Keith (Himself - Sound Effects Man), Jearlyn Steele (Herself), Robin Williams (Himself), Linda Williams (Herself), Prudence Johnson (Herself), Richard A. Dworsky (The Guys All-Star Shoe Band - Piano,...), Pat Donohue (The Guys All-Star Shoe Band - Guitar), Andy Stein (The Guys All-Star Shoe Band - Violin,...), Gary Raynor (The Guys All-Star Shoe Band - Bass), Arnie Kinsella (The Guys All-Star Shoe Band - Drums), Peter Ostroushko (Featured Musician - Mandolin / Fiddle), Butch Thompson (Featured Musician - Clarinet), Christopher K. Grap (Axeman's Chauffeur), Debbie DeLisi (Lobby Usher), Bob Douglas (Musician Extra), Adam Granger (Musician Extra), Bill Hinkley (Musician Extra), John Koerner (Musician Extra), Judy Larson (Musician Extra), Dan Newton (Musician Extra), Jon Pankake (Musician Extra), Dick Rees (Musician Extra), Becky Schlegel (Musician Extra), Pop Wagner (Musician Extra), Kati Batchelder (Radio Show Fan (uncredited)), Ray Beasley (Radio Show Fan (uncredited)), Rachel Grubb (Radio Show Fan (uncredited)), Freddy Hall (Radio Show Fan (uncredited)), David O'Neill (Stage Hand (uncredited)), Lisa Pechmiller (Radio Show Fan (uncredited)), Joe Schneider (Yolanda's Biggest Fan (uncredited)), Jim Westcott (Stage Hand (uncredited)) |