Filmmakers
Above the lineJJ
Director
Joe Johnston
LC
Screenplay
Lewis Colick
FM
Cinematography
Fred Murphy
Director of Photography
RD
Editing
Robert Dalva
Editor
MI
Music
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
BR
Production Design
Barry Robison
BC
Costume Design
Betsy Cox
Cast
55JG
Jake Gyllenhaal
Homer Hickam
CC
Chris Cooper
John Hickam
CO
Chris Owen
Quentin Wilson
LD
Laura Dern
Miss Riley
WS
William Lee Scott
Roy Lee
CL
Chad Lindberg
O'Dell
NC
Natalie Canerday
Elsie Hickam
EB
Elya Baskin
Ike Bykovsky
CE
Chris Ellis
Principal Turner
ST
Scott Thomas
Jim Hickam
RS
Randy Stripling
Leon Bolden
CC
Courtney Cole-Fendley
Dorothy Platt
DD
David Dwyer
Jake Mosby
TL
Terry Loughlin
Mr. Dantzler
KH
Kaili Hollister
Valentine Carmina
DC
David Copeland
Coach Gainer
DB
Don Henderson Baker
Jensen
TK
Tom Kagy
Lenny
DT
Donald Thorne
Trooper One
JW
Justin Whitsett
Kid
LR
Larry Rue
Neighbor
NH
Neva Howell
Neighbor
TN
Terry Nienhuis
Neighbor
BC
Brady Coleman
Anderson
RF
Rick Forrester
Roper
TG
Terrence Gibney
Basil Thorpe
DS
Doug Swander
Corvette Guy
KK
Keeli Hale Kimbro
Corvette Girl
MM
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Vernon
BF
Blaque Fowler
Reverend
DT
Don Tilley
Rescue Worker
RD
Rockford Davis
Chemistry Teacher
JB
John Bennes
Doctor
JF
Jonathan Fawbush
Barney
LB
Larry Black
Fred Smith
FS
Frank Schuler
Moonshiner
TS
Tommy Smeltzer
Man at Mine
CL
Charles Lawlor
Miner
TT
Tom Turbiville
Miner
IG
Ida Ginn
Quentin's Mom
RL
Richard Lumpkin
Judge at Welch
MJ
Mark W. Johnson
Union Official
DT
Don Taylor
Union Official
DC
Don G. Campbell
Mr. Morris
LB
Liz Byler
Ivy League Girl
BL
Bradford Ryan Lund
Ivy League Boy
FT
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Judge at Indy
DH
Dave Hager
Head Judge
RE
Ray Elder
Tom Webster
AS
Andy Stahl
Jack Palmer
JD
Joe Digaetano
Wernher Von Braun
TT
Thomas Taylor
Miner in Elevator
DD
David Ducey
Man in Crowd
JP
Jenny Patterson
Nurse
OL
O. Winston Link
Locomotive Engineer
Departments
40Production
- Nancy FoyCasting
- Peter CramerExecutive Producer
- Marc SternbergExecutive Producer
- Larry FrancoProducer
- Charles GordonProducer
- Zane WeinerUnit Production Manager
Sound
- Tom CarlsonMusic Editor
- Joe E. RandMusic Editor
- Mary H. EllisProduction Sound Mixer
- Elizabeth KentonSupervising ADR Editor
- Howell GibbensSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Tony FanningArt Direction
- Andrew MenziesAssistant Art Director
- Chris L. SpellmanSet Decoration
- William G. DavisSet Designer
- Alan HookSet Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Beka WilsonHairstylist
- Michealle VanderpoolHairstylist
- Susan MillsKey Hair Stylist
- Gloria BelzKey Makeup Artist
- Leigh Ann YandleMakeup Artist
- Julie CallihanMakeup Artist
- Lynn BarberMakeup Supervisor
- Bill 'Splat' JohnsonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Joe DigaetanoSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Mark S. MillerVisual Effects Producer
- Jim MitchellVisual Effects Supervisor
Lighting
- Terry ArthurRigging Grip
Crew
- Julie D'AntoniProduction Office Assistant
- Cliff CudneyStunt Coordinator
- David Brian MartinStunt Double
- Jeff GalpinStunts
- Russell ToweryStunts
- John FaganStunts
- Robert VazquezStunts
- Mike SmithStunts
Writing
Directing
- Betsy MagruderFirst Assistant Director
- Brenda K. WachelScript Supervisor
- Jonathan McGarrySecond Assistant Director