A Prairie Home Companion has been available through the Warner Archive Collection for fans to watch on Blu-ray since October 2024. Filmmaker Robert Altman passed away in November 2006, five months after the film’s June theatrical release.

Synopsis:

From legendary director Robert Altman comes his final film, the deeply moving and comedic A Prairie Home Companion. Based on Garrison Keillor’s wildly popular radio program of the same name, Altman invites audiences to the fictional “closing night” of the fabled show. As the rain pours down on a blustery Minnesota evening, the cast tapes their final performance, while waiting for the Texas businessman who has bought the theater to arrive and shut them down. Backstage the colorful ensemble says their goodbyes and confront old conflicts, while onstage a sold-out audience enjoys the wit and musical whimsy for which the show is famous. But when a mysterious woman appears offstage introducing herself as the angel Asphodel, it becomes apparent that this will be no ordinary closing night.

Bonus Features

• Commentary by Robert Altman and Kevin Kline
• Onstage at the Fitzgerald: A Musical Companion
• Come Play with Us: A Feature Companion
• Soundtrack Preview
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer

DIRECTOR: Robert Altman
SCREENWRITER: Garrison Keillor
CAST: Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Marylouise Burke, L. Q. Jones, Tim Russell, Sue Scott

New Line Cinema released A Prairie Home Companion in theaters on June 9, 2006. Grade: /5

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