A Prairie Home Companion is a final live variety show broadcast via radio that becomes a metaphor for the natural order of life. A concept and script by Garrison Keilor uses every natural and technical element of working with a tight and close ensemble producing a weekly show to sooth us and guide us through the natural but difficult transitions of aging, becoming less relevant and then dying as new, young life develops and strengthens during our final "performances." This is a rare film for it's remarkable cast and crew and one wonders how the great Robert Altman was able to gather them all at the same place and time to shoot this film.
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A Prairie Home Companion
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Back Country Shuffle
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Pat Donohue:
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Atlanta Twilight
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Richard A. Dworsky:
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Smooth Talker
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Pat Donohue:
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Guy Noir
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I Used To Work In Chicago
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Ladies At The River
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Richard A. Dworsky:
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Go Tell Aunt Gladys
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Piscacadawadaquoddymoggin
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Tishomingo Blues
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Independence Rag
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Jens Jensen's Herring Commercial
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Blues At The Fitz
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Strappin' The Strings
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Slow Days Of Summer
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Softly And Tenderly
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Mudslide
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Grandfather's Clock
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Old Plank Road
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My Minnesota Home
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Beboparebop Rhubarb Pie
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Guy's Shoes
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You Have Been A Friend To Me
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Coming Down From Red Lodge
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Whoop-I-Ti-Yi-Yo
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Baby, Baby, Be My Man
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When The Bloom Is On The Sage
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Gold Watch & Chain
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Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
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Duct Tape Underscore
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She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured
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Let Your Light Shine On Me
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Coffee Jingle
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The New Munich Beer Commercial
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The Day Is Short
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The Prince Of Pizza Commercial
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A Bunch Of Guys
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Summit Avenue Rag
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Goodbye To My Mama
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Bad Jokes
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Waitin' For You
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Frankie & Johnny
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While Ye May
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In The Sweet By And By
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"Tishomingo Blues" - Garrison Keillor
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Pat Donohue:
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"Gold Watch & Chain" - Garrison Keillor & Meryl Streep
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Pat Donohue:
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"Let Your Light Shine On Me" - Garrison Keillor, Robin & Linda Williams, Prudence Johnson
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Pat Donohue:
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"Coffee Jingle" - Garrison Keillor & Jearlyn Steele
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Pat Donohue:
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"Whoop-I-Ti-Yi-Yo" - Woody Harrelson & John C. Reilly
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Pat Donohue:
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"You Have Been A Friend To Me" - L.Q. Jones
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Pat Donohue:
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"Old Plank Road" - Robin & Linda Williams
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Pat Donohue:
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"My Minnesota Home" - Meryl Streep & Lily Tomlin
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Pat Donohue:
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"Slow Days Of Summer" - Garrison Keillor
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Pat Donohue:
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"Frankie & Johnny" - Lindsay Lohan
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Pat Donohue:
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"Jens Jensen's Herring" - Garrison Keillor & Tim Russell
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Pat Donohue:
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"Red River Valley" - Garrison Keillor & Jearlyn Steele
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Pat Donohue:
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"Goodbye To My Mama" - Meryl Streep & Lily Tomlin
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Pat Donohue:
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"Bad Jokes" - Woody Harrelson & John C. Reilly
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Pat Donohue:
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"The Day Is Short" - Jearlyn Steele
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Pat Donohue:
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"Red River Valley / In The Sweet By And By" - The Cast
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Pat Donohue:
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