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Prairie Home Companion

Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Garrison Keillor and Tommy Lee Jones

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Cleverly adapted from the long-running radio series A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION is a comedy-musical tour de force written by PRAIRIE host Garrison Keillor and directed by Oscar-winning auteur Robert Altman. Keillor stars as a fictional version of himself leading his guests through what might be the end of an era corporate bigwigs have bought the Fitzgerald Theatre where the radio show is aired live so the cast and crew are dedicated to putting on one great final show before their long-time home meets the wrecking ball. Altman alternates between backstage intrigue and the classic old-time music being played in front of a dedicated audience mixing fact with fiction in humorous and poignant ways. Among the performers are sister act the Johnson Girls--Yolanda (Meryl Streep) Rhonda (Altman regular Lily Tomlin) and Yolandas daughter Lola (Lindsay Lohan) aged folkster Chuck Akers (L.Q. Jones) who is having a torrid sexual relationship with the lunch lady (Marylouise Burke) the raunchy duo of singing cowpokes Dusty (Woody Harrelson) and Lefty (John C. Reilly) and real PRAIRIE contributors Jearlyn Steele Robin and Linda Williams and the Guys All-Star Shoe Band led by Richard Dworsky. As the show goes on bumbling private detective and security chief Guy Noir (Kevin Kline) pratfalls his way through an investigation of a mysterious woman in white (Virginia Madsden) while awaiting the arrival of the Axeman (Tommy Lee Jones) the corporate honcho ready to close the show down. Meanwhile pregnant stage manager Molly (Maya Rudolph) tries to keep things moving smoothly despite almost insurmountable odds. The outstanding soundtrack features both old and new songs (as well as fabulous commercial jingles) written by Keillor and others and actually performed by the diverse talented cast including such numbers as Gold Watch & Chain Old Plank Road My Minnesota Home and Red River Valley.