A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

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Directed by

Robert Altman

Starring (View all)

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

Written by

Garrison Keillor
(screenplay)

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Boring

17 years, 6 months ago at Oct 14 5:18

Scott Kuhl

I love the radio show, but it did not transition well into a movie. The best parts are the music.

Atmosphere

13 years, 4 months ago at Dec 29 3:25

Andrew

I know nothing about this kind of entertainment because I was born another time and another country.
Two things I like about this movie is atmosphere and love for details that is actually a part of the atmosphere. This spirit of creativity surrounding these people involved in the show lets you experience this movie in one breath. And that is the most exciting thing about the movie - nothing... read more

A good movie

12 years, 11 months ago at May 31 9:09

johanlefourbe

Since it was Robert Altman's last movie, obviously, I really had to see this feature at some point. First of all, as usual with Altman, there was an amazing cast (Meryl Streep , Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly,...) and they all gave good perfomances, even Lohan. As a matter o fact, even though the movie was actually pretty light, while ... read more

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A long-running live radio show is in danger of being cancelled by new owners of the company that holds both radio station "WLT" and the theater where the show is broadcast. The film takes place on the night of the show's last performance.

Release date: 1 June 2006

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" Director: Robert Altman Starring: Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin A long-running live radio show is in danger of being cancelled by new owners of the company that holds both radio station "WLT" and the theater where the show is broadcast. The film takes place on the night of the show's last performance."

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