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)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)Cast
![Woody Harrelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/913/164913021_4bb58d.jpg)
Woody Harrelson
USA
Best movies:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
![L.Q. Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270459_0fc508.jpg)
L.Q. Jones
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
![Tommy Lee Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996833_467cca.jpg)
Tommy Lee Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
JFK (1991)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
![Kevin Kline](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/204/161204147_e9d40d.png)
Kevin Kline
USA
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
Chaplin (1992)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Garrison Keillor
USA
Best movies:
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
![Lindsay Lohan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/748/163748102_b87aee.jpg)
Lindsay Lohan
USA
Best movies:
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Parent Trap (1998)
The Holiday (2006)
![Virginia Madsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/961/164961388_8e0619.jpg)
Virginia Madsen
USA
Best movies:
The Rainmaker (1997)
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
![John C. Reilly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/198/164198509_2612cf.jpg)
John C. Reilly
USA
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Magnolia (1999)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
![Meryl Streep](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049824_5b5d42.jpg)
Meryl Streep
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
![Lily Tomlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/160/164160709_3d23d4.jpg)
Lily Tomlin
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Short Cuts (1993)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
![Maya Rudolph](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725442_1d1b80.jpg)
Maya Rudolph
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
![Rachel Grubb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/486/486133_9260d7.jpg)
Rachel Grubb
USA
Best movies:
A Serious Man (2009)
Thin Ice (2011)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Punnavith Koy
Best movies:
A Serious Man (2009)
Factotum (2005)
The End of the Tour (2015)