Cast

Holly Hunter
Jane Craig

William Hurt
Tom Grunick

Albert Brooks
Aaron Altman

Robert Prosky
Ernie Merriman

Lois Chiles
Jennifer Mack

Joan Cusack
Blair Litton
Peter Hackes
Paul Moore

Christian Clemenson
Bobby

Jack Nicholson
Bill Rorich

Robert Katims
Martin Klein

Ed Wheeler
George Wein

Stephen Mendillo
Gerald Grunick
Kimber Shoop
Young Tom
Dwayne Markee
Young Aaron

Gennie James
Young Jane

Leo Burmester
Jane's Dad
Amy Brooks
Elli Merriman
Jane Welch
Anne Merriman
Jonathan Benya
Clifford Altman

Frank Doubleday
Mercenary
Sally Knight
Lila
Manuel Alvarez
Spanish Cameraman
Luis Valderrama
Guerilla Leader
Francisco Garcia
Guerilla Soldier
Richard Thomsen
General McGuire

Nat Benchley
Commander

Marita Geraghty
Date-Rape Woman
Nicholas D. Blanchet
Weekend News Producer
Maura Moynihan
Makeup Woman
Chuck Lippman
Floor Manager
Nannette Rickert
Paul's Secretary
Timothy W. White
Edward Towne
Peggy Pridemore
Tom's Soundwoman
Emily Crowley
Emily
Gerard Ender
Newsroom Worker
David Long
Donny
Joshua Billings
Chyron Operator
Glenn Faigen
Technical Director
Robert Grevemberg Jr.
Technical Director
Richard Pehle
Control Room Director
James V. Franco
Weekend News Director
Jimmy Mel Green
Assistant Director
Raoul N. Rizik
Assistant Director
Mike Skehan
Technician
Franklyn L. Bullard
Audio Visual Engineer
Glen Roven
News Theme Writer

Marc Shaiman
News Theme Writer
Alex Mathews
Lecture Host
Steve Smith
Aaron's Cameraman

Martha Smith
Aaron's Soundwoman
Cynthia B. Hayes
Mother in Hall
Dean Nitz
Young Tough
Phil Ugel
Young Tough
Lance Wain
Young Tough
Susan Marie Feldman
Ellen
Jean Bourne Carinci
Tom's Female Colleague
M. Fekade-Salassie
Cab Driver
Gerald F. Gough
Uniformed Cop
Robert Rasch
Defense Dept. Spokesman

Robert V. Walsh
NATO Spokesman

John Cusack
Angry Messenger
Crew

James L. Brooks
Screenplay
(Writing)

Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
(Camera)

Richard Marks
Editor
(Editing)

Polly Platt
Executive Producer
(Production)

James L. Brooks
Producer
(Production)

James L. Brooks
Director
(Directing)

Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Cindy Marty
Foley Editor
(Sound)

Mark P. Stoeckinger
Foley Editor
(Sound)
Beth Bergeron
Supervising ADR Editor
(Sound)
Jeff Rosen
ADR Editor
(Sound)
Jessica Gallavan
ADR Editor
(Sound)
Dave Kulczycki
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Bob Hagans
Color Timer
(Editing)
Harold Fuhrman
Set Designer
(Art)
Bruce J. Gfeller
Construction Coordinator
(Art)

Frank Smathers
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Anne Marie Stein
Unit Publicist
(Crew)
Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Recordist
(Sound)
Stuart Neumann
Location Manager
(Production)
Steve Callas
Construction Foreman
(Art)

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
(Production)
Jerry DeBlau
Best Boy Electric
(Lighting)
Mark Wade
Property Master
(Art)
John Lowry
Dolly Grip
(Camera)
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
(Editing)
David Sardi
Second Assistant Director
(Directing)

Yudi Bennett
First Assistant Director
(Directing)
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip
(Camera)
Peggy Pridemore
Location Assistant
(Production)
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
(Sound)

Cynthia Streit
Production Coordinator
(Production)
Jane Bogart
Set Decoration
(Art)
Carl Fullerton
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Kerry Hayes
Still Photographer
(Camera)
David M. Dunlap
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Gábor Kövér
First Assistant Camera
(Camera)

Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator
(Crew)
Molly Maginnis
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Karen I. Stern
First Assistant Editor
(Editing)

Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Mary Bailey
Script Supervisor
(Directing)
Charles Rosen
Production Design
(Art)
Bob Badami
Music Editor
(Sound)
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
David V. Lester
Unit Production Manager
(Production)
Patrick Drummond
Sound Effects Editor
(Sound)
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Robert Grieve
Supervising Sound Editor
(Sound)
Linda Whittlesey
Sound Effects Editor
(Sound)

Susan Zirinsky
Associate Producer
(Production)
Penney Finkelman Cox
Co-Producer
(Production)
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)

Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
(Production)
John W. DeBlau
Gaffer
(Lighting)

Kristi Zea
Associate Producer
(Production)
Jacqueline Cristianini
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
(Sound)

Saul Bass
Title Designer
(Art)