Filming at the Fitzgerald Theater!

Two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep teamed up with teen star Lindsay Lohan and Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson to film a movie about Garrison Keillor 's A Prairie Home Companion radio show. Directed by Robert Altman, actors John C. Riley, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, and Tommy Lee Jones joined the cast, along with musicians Peter Ostroushko, Butch Thompson, Robin and Linda Williams, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and others. Garrison Keillor is the screenwriter of the film and also one of its principal actors.

Veteran character actor L.Q. Jones, who was asked to be a singer in the movie, says, " the show is ... warm and comfortable like a quilt."

Read the prerelease reviews, and don't miss Robin and Linda's journal detailing their first movie experience.

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May 17, 2005 Filmstew.com Altman Finds More Companions May 29, 2005 The New York Times Sue Scott : Minneapolis Actor & Voice Talent: She Speaks Fluent Prairie June 2, 2005 DesMoines Register "'Prairie' Film with Cowboys" June 26, 2005 St. Paul Pioneer Press 'Prairie' Stage is Set June 29, 2005 Minnesota Public Radio Camera Ready to Roll for 'Prairie Home' Movie

July 20, 2005 The New York Times Lake Wobegon Goes Hollywood (or Is It Vice Versa?), With a Pretty Good Cast July 28, 2005 St. Paul Pioneer Press 'There's No Place Like 'Home' July 28, 2005 Minnesota Public Radio The Slow Pace of a Lightning Fast Shoot July 29, 2005 The Washington Post Radio for the Eyes July 31, 2005 St. Paul Pioneer Press Shaking Things Up in Lake Wobegon August 2, 2005 St. Paul Pioneer Press Altman's Afterwords