Cast & Crew

Directed by

Joe Dante

Writing Credits

Dana Olsen
(written by)

Cast

Tom Hanks
Ray Peterson
Bruce Dern
Mark Rumsfield
Carrie Fisher
Carol Peterson
Rick Ducommun
Art Weingartner
Corey Feldman
Ricky Butler
Wendy Schaal
Bonnie Rumsfield
Henry Gibson
Dr. Werner Klopek
Theodore Gottlieb
Reuben Klopek
Courtney Gains
Hans Klopek
Gale Gordon
Walter Seznick
Dick Miller
Garbageman
Robert Picardo
Garbageman
Cory Danziger
Dave Peterson
Franklyn Ajaye
Detective
Rance Howard
Detective
Heather Haase
Ricky's Girlfriend
Nicky Katt
Steve Kuntz
Billy Stevenson
Ricky's Friend
Gary Hays
Ricky's Friend
Kevin Gage
Cop
Dana Olsen
Cop
Brenda Benner
Walter's Daughter
Patrika Darbo
Art's Wife
Darla
Queenie
Kevin McCarthy
Ray's boss
Carey Scott
Ricky's Friend
Tony Westbrook
Neighbor Kid on Bike

Produced by

Larry Brezner
producer (produced by)
Michael Finnell
producer (produced by)
Ron Howard
executive producer
Pat Kehoe
associate producer
Dana Olsen
co-producer

Music by

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by

Robert M. Stevens
director of photography (as Robert Stevens)

Editing by

Marshall Harvey

Casting By

Mike Fenton
Judy Taylor

Production Design by

James H. Spencer
(as James Spencer)

Art Direction by

Bill George
(as William George)
Charles L. Hughes

Set Decoration by

John H. Anderson
(as John Anderson)

Costume Design by

Rosanna Norton

Makeup Department

Michael Germain
makeup artist
Christine Lee
hair stylist (as Chris Lee)
Daniel C. Striepeke
makeup artist

Production Management

Pat Kehoe
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David D'Ovidio
second assistant director
Carla McClosky
first assistant director (as Carla McCloskey)
Cynthia A. Potthast
dga trainee
Peter Ramsey
assistant director
Daniel R. Suhart
second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Dale E. Anderson
swing gang
Frank Anderson
swing gang
Eric Bilson
assistant property master (as Eric James Bilson)
Gregg H. Bilson
property master
Nigel A. Boucher
lead man
Judy Cammer
set designer
John Ceppi
constructor
Tom Cranham
production illustrator (as Thomas R. Cranham)
Erin M. Cummins
set designer (as Erin Cummins)
Marc Fambro
laborer
Michael Johnson
set designer
Richard Johnson
plaster foreman
Charles R. Lipscomb
lead man (as Charles Lipscomb)
John P. Muscarella
labor foreman
Michael Muscarella
construction coordinator (as Michael A. Muscarella)
Dave Newhouse
greensman
Anthony Paronelli
painter (as Anthony L. Paronelli)
Enrico Paronelli
paint foreman
James E. Tocci
set designer
David Tully
greensman (as David V. Tully)
Ciro Vuoso
construction foreman
Frank White
laborer

Sound Department

James Ashwill
foley mixer
Ron Bartlett
foley editor
Kevin Bartnof
foley artist
Michael J. Benavente
sound editor
Gary C. Bourgeois
re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Derek Casari
dubbing engineer
Aaron Glascock
foley editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
sound editor
Randall L. Johnson
boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Ken King
sound mixer
Angie Luckey
sound effects assistant
Mark A. Mangini
sound effects (as Mark Mangini) / supervising sound editor (as Mark Mangini)
Michael Minkler
re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell
foley artist
Sonny Pettijohn
sound effects assistant
John Pospisil
special sound effects (as John P.)
Stephen Purvis
adr editor
David Schneider
cable operator
George Simpson
supervising sound editor

Special Effects by

Michael Arbogast
special effects
Moose Enright
Special Effects Electrical Supervisor
Danny Lester
special effects foreman (as Dan Lester)
Jeff Pepiot
special effects (as Jeffrey Pepiot)
Ken Pepiot
special effects supervisor
Paul Stewart
special effects
Thomas R. Ward
special effects (as Thomas Ward)

Visual Effects by

Selwyn Eddy
visual effects cameraman (as Selwyn Eddy III)
Bill George
visual effects art director: ILM
Peter Kuran
special visual effects
Jim Morris
visual effects producer
Kendall Nishimine
visual effects
Michael Owens
visual effects supervisor
Paul Swendsen
matte artist
Bruce Vecchitto
optical supervisor
Bruce Walters
visual effects cameraman
Jammie Friday
animator: VCE, Inc. (uncredited)

Stunts

Roydon Clark
stunts
Danny Costa
stunts
Gary Epper
stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel
stunts (as Sandy Gimpel)
John Hateley
stunts
Eddie Hice
stunts
Gary Morgan
stunts
Frank Orsatti
stunts
Jeff Ramsey
stunts
Wally Rose
stunts
Ray Saniger
stunts
Rick Sawaya
stunts
John-Clay Scott
stunts
Jeff Smolek
stunt coordinator / stunts
George P. Wilbur
stunts (as George P. Wilber)
Brian J. Williams
stunt double: Bruce Dern (as Brian Williams)

Camera and Electrical Department

Jamie Anderson
additional camera operator
Kirk Bales
dolly grip (as Kirk E. Bales)
Ken W. Ballantine
lighting technician (as Ken Ballantine)
Norman Cattell
additional assistant camera
Christopher C. Cooper
second assistant camera (as Christopher Cooper)
R. Michael De Chellis
electrician
Allen D. Easton
camera operator (as Allen Easton)
Danny Falkengren
grip (as Dan Falkengren)
John Hora
additional photographer
Leslie J. Kovacs
chief lighting technician (as Les Kovacs)
Kris Krosskove
first assistant camera
Hal Landaker
video supervisor
Benny McNulty
assistant chief lighting technician
Montey Menapace
assistant chief lighting technician (as Montey F. Menapace)
Hal Nelson
best boy grip
Ralph Nelson
still photographer (as Ralph Nelson II)
Michael D. O'Shea
camera operator
Brent Poe
lighting technician
E. Christopher Reed
lighting technician
Charles Saldana
key grip
Robert J. San Martin
first assistant camera (as Bob San Martin)
T. Daniel Scaringi
grip
Paul E. Sutton
grip
Chuck Whelan
second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Charles E. Whelan II)
David Tolsky
second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

Valorie Massalas
casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
costume supervisor
Eric H. Sandberg
costume supervisor
Mary Elizabeth Still
on-set costumer

Editorial Department

Ilana Ben-Gigi
apprentice editor
Uri Katoni
assistant editor
Robert Leader
assistant editor: reshoots (uncredited)

Music Department

Bruce Botnick
music recording mixer
Kenneth Hall
music editor
Arthur Morton
orchestrator
Israel Baker
musician: violin (uncredited)
Stuart Balcomb
music copyist (uncredited)
Margaret Batjer
musician: violin (uncredited)
Emily Bernstein
musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Tom Boyd
musician: oboe soloist (uncredited) / oboe soloist (uncredited)
Julian Bratolyubov
music copyist (uncredited)
Dennis Budimir
musician: guitar (uncredited)
Denyse Buffum
musician: viola (uncredited)
Larry Bunker
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Darius Campo
musician: violin (uncredited)
Shoshana Claman
musician: violin (uncredited)
Ronald Cooper
musician: cello (uncredited)
Larry Corbett
musician: cello (uncredited)
Don Cristlieb
musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Isabelle Daskoff
musician: violin (uncredited)
Sandy De Crescent
orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin (uncredited)
Carol Drake
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Jack du Long
music copyist (uncredited)
David Duke
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Bruce Dukov
musician: violin (uncredited)
Arni Egilsson
musician: bass (uncredited)
Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet (uncredited)
James Getzoff
musician: violin (uncredited)
Julie Gigante
musician: violin (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith
conductor (uncredited) / score producer (uncredited)
Pamela Goldsmith
musician: viola (uncredited)
Steven Gordon
musician: viola (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson
musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Mario Guarneri
musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Clayton Haslop
musician: violin (uncredited)
Paula Hochhalter
musician: cello (uncredited)
Carrie Holzman-Little
musician: viola (uncredited)
Judith Johnson
musician: cello (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba (uncredited)
Jim Kanter
musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Alan Kaplan
musician: trombone (uncredited)
Armand Kaproff
musician: cello (uncredited)
Dennis Karmazyn
musician: cello (uncredited)
Roland Kato
musician: viola (uncredited)
Randy Kerber
musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum
musician: bass (uncredited)
Myra Kestenbaum
musician: viola (uncredited)
Janet Lakatos
musician: viola (uncredited)
William Lane
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Michael Lang
musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Brian Leonard
musician: violin (uncredited)
Dane Little
musician: cello (uncredited)
Warren Luening
musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Tim May
musician: guitar (uncredited)
Don McInnes
musician: viola (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Carole Mukagawa
musician: viola (uncredited)
Richard Nash
musician: trombone (uncredited)
Dan Neufeld
musician: viola (uncredited)
Maria Newman
musician: violin (uncredited)
Mike Nowak
musician: viola (uncredited)
Brian O'Connor
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Michael O'Donovan
musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Sid Page
musician: violin (uncredited)
Kazi Pitelka
musician: viola (uncredited)
Roy Poper
musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Sue Ranney
musician: bass (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp (uncredited)
Emil Richards
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Anatoly Rosinsky
musician: violin (uncredited)
Sheldon Sanov
musician: violin (uncredited)
David Schwartz
musician: viola (uncredited)
David Shostac
musician: flute (uncredited)
Haim Shtrum
musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Shure
concertmaster (uncredited)
David Speltz
musician: cello (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes
musician: flute (uncredited)
Phillip A. Teele
musician: trombone (uncredited)
James Thatcher
musician: French horn (uncredited)
Richard Todd
musician: french horn (uncredited)
Sebastian Toettcher
musician: cello (uncredited)
Alexander Treger
musician: violin (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate
musician: trombone (uncredited)
James Walker
musician: flute (uncredited)
Ken Watson
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Roger Wilkie
musician: violin (uncredited)
Jerry Williams
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Kenneth Yerke
musician: violin (uncredited)
Mihail Zinovyev
musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Roz Harris
script supervisor (as Roslyn Harris)

Transportation Department

Steve Bonner
driver
Glenn Carter
transportation captain (as Glenn A. Carter)
Craig T. Crowell
transportation
Randy White
transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

Julianna Arenson
production accountant
Tony Ciccone
production assistant (as Anthony Ciccone)
Sonny Carl Davis
voice-over actor (as Sonny Davis)
Moosie Drier
voice-over actor
Wendy Eidson
production secretary (as Wendy A. Eidson)
Jane Estocin
production secretary
Leigh French
voice-over actor / voice-over coordinator
William Shane Grisco
animal handler (as William S. Grisco)
Archie Hahn
voice-over actor
Billy Jayne
voice-over actor (as Billy Jacoby)
Phyllis Katz
voice-over actor
Jamie Kehoe
craft service (as James P. Kehoe)
Jeffrey Kramer
voice-over actor
Linda Kwasha
assistant: Mr. Brezner
Adria Later
studio teacher
Jackie Martin
animal handler
Cristie Miele
animal handler (as Christie Miele)
Phil J. Minsky
caterer and chef
Betty Moos
assistant: Mr. Dante and Mr. Finnell
Tracy Newman
voice-over actor
Mary L. Rand
assistant accountant (as Mary Lou Rand)
J.B. Rogers
production assistant (as James B. Rogers)
George C. Romero
production assistant (as G. Cameron Romero)
Reid Rosefelt
unit publicist
Karen Shaw
production coordinator (as Karen E. Shaw)
Lynne Marie Stewart
voice-over actor (as Lynne Stewart)
Arnold F. Turner
voice-over actor (as Arnold Turner)
Gigi Vorgan
voice-over actor
Daniel Wheatcroft
studio executive
Chris Wilson
assistant: Mr. Hanks
Greg Knapp
set medic (uncredited)
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