- George Clooney, who was the first choice for private investigator Guy Nou, agreed to play the role, but had to withdraw due to a conflict between the shooting schedule and another film.
- Fearing that 81-year-old Robert Altman would be unable to make the film due to some "unexpected circumstances", the distributor brought in Paul Thomas Anderson as a backup director.
- The film was all shot inside the Fitzgerald Grand Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, the home of the real-life "A Prairie Home Companion."
- The voices of the singing and musical instruments were recorded synchronously on the spot, not pre-recorded, and then synthesized into the film later, and the performers were all the staff of the Grand Theater.
- Meryl Streep's Midwestern accent in the film was taught by her mother-in-law .
A Prairie Home Companion behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
A Prairie Home Companion quotes
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Yolanda Johnson: It's an old Carter family song, right?
Lola Johnson: A what?
Yolanda Johnson: Carter family, sweetheart. Just like us, only famous.
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Jearlyn Steele: [singing] The day is short, The night is long, Why do we work so hard, To get what we don't even want?