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)
Robert Altman directs this comedy about the last night of a long-running country and western radio programme and the characters who have kept it going over the years. Security man Guy Noir (Kevin Kline) is in reflective mood and his voice provides the narrative for the film. The station's owners have decided to axe the show and have sent in Axeman (Tommy Lee Jones) to put the nails in the coffin. While the production is in progress, under the dulcet tones of MC Garrison Keillor (who wrote the original radio show on which the film is based), an angel (Virginia Madsen), who has come for one of the cast, stalks the studio. Noir kind of takes a shine to her. The cast of country stars, and their reveries about the show's past, start to come out as the night goes on; among them singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty (Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly), sisters Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson (Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep), and Yolanda's maudlin, suicide-fixated daughter Lola (Lindsay Lohan). (Universal Pictures UK)
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A Prairie Home Companion
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: WaterTower Music
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:04:24
| 1. | "Tishomingo Blues" | Garrison Keillor | 01:58 |
| 2. | "Gold Watch & Chain" | Meryl Streep, Garrison Keillor | 02:39 |
| 3. | Mudslide | Pat Donohue | 03:06 |
| 4. | "Let Your Light Shine On Me" Robin & Linda Williams, Prudence Johnson | Garrison Keillor | 02:50 |
| 5. | "Coffee Jingle" - Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor | 00:52 |
| 6. | Summit Avenue Rag | Pat Donohue | 02:44 |
| 7. | Guy's Shoes | Pat Donohue | 00:42 |
| 8. | "Whoop-I-Ti-Yi-Yo" | Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly | 02:32 |
| 9. | Coming Down From Red Lodge | Pat Donohue | 01:55 |
| 10. | "You Have Been A Friend To Me" | L.Q. Jones | 02:27 |
| 11. | "Old Plank Road" - Robin & Linda Williams | 02:50 | |
| 12. | "My Minnesota Home" | Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin | 03:38 |
| 13. | A Bunch Of Guys | Pat Donohue | 02:01 |
| 14. | "Slow Days Of Summer" | Garrison Keillor | 03:02 |
| 15. | "Frankie & Johnny" | Lindsay Lohan | 02:05 |
| 16. | Waitin' For You | Pat Donohue | 02:41 |
| 17. | "Jens Jensen's Herring" - Tim Russell | Garrison Keillor | 00:47 |
| 18. | "Red River Valley" - Jearlyn Steele | Garrison Keillor | 03:23 |
| 19. | Strappin' the Strings | Pat Donohue | 02:27 |
| 20. | "Goodbye To My Mama" | Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin | 03:28 |
| 21. | "Bad Jokes" | Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly | 04:42 |
| 22. | "The Day Is Short" - Jearlyn Steele | 03:13 | |
| 23. | Atlanta Twilight | Pat Donohue | 02:36 |
| 24. | "Red River Valley / In The Sweet By And By" - The Cast | 03:20 | |
| 25. | Guy Noir | Pat Donohue | 02:26 |