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A Prairie Home Companion does not have end credit scenes.
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
As the curtain falls on a beloved radio institution, eccentric characters converge at the Fitzgerald Theater to bid farewell. A private investigator lurks in the shadows, observing the chaos unfold among the cast and crew, including Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan. As demolition looms, they await the arrival of a mysterious Texas axe-man, amidst Garrison Keillor's wry commentary on the impermanence of life.
Runtime: 105 min
Box Office: $26M
Language:
Directors:
Ratings:
75
Metascore
6.5
User Score
81%
TOMATOMETER
59%
User Score
6.7 /10
IMDb Rating
63.0
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User Score
Check out what happened in A Prairie Home Companion!
In Saint Paul, Minnesota, the long-running live radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion prepares for its final broadcast, unbeknown to the listening audience. The radio station's new parent company has scheduled the show's home, the storied Fitzgerald Theater, for demolition, and dispatched "the Axeman" to judge whether to save the show.
In between musical acts, and under the watchful eye of PI Guy Noir (Kevin Kline), the show's denizens mingle and reminisce, including: the singing Johnson Girls, Yolanda (Meryl Streep), her sister Rhonda (Lily Tomlin), and daughter Lola (Lindsay Lohan); cowboy duo Dusty (Woody Harrelson) and Lefty (John C. Reilly); pregnant PA Molly (Maya Rudolph); the Stage Manager, Makeup Lady, and Sound Effects Man (real life Radio Acting Co. members Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith); and the show's creator and host, Garrison Keillor (often called "GK").
The show is visited by an otherworldly "Dangerous Woman" (Virginia Madsen) in a white trench coat revealed to be Lois Peterson, a listener who died in a car accident while listening to a past broadcast, now returned as the angel Asphodel; she lends comfort to the cast and crew for the show's ending and the death of the elderly Chuck Akers (L. Q. Jones) backstage.
The Axeman (Tommy Lee Jones) arrives and swiftly declares the show too old-fashioned to keep on the air. Asphodel escorts him from the theater to an untimely demise, but the show is still canceled.
Years later, the former cast reunites at Mickey's Diner with plans for a farewell tour. Their lively conversation pauses as Asphodel enters the diner.
