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Cast
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Forest Whitaker | As: Cecil Gaines |
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Oprah Winfrey | As: Gloria Gaines |
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David Oyelowo | As: Louis Gaines |
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John Cusack | As: Richard Nixon |
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Jane Fonda | As: Nancy Reagan |
Storyline
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
| Tagline: | One quiet voice can ignite a revolution. |
| Certification: | 12A |
Details
Genres: Drama
Language: English
Release Date: 16 August 2013
Country: US
Runtime: 132m
Company Credits
Company: Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Pam Williams Productions, Windy Hill Pictures
Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $177,313,795
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Cast
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Forest Whitaker |
Cecil Gaines |
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Oprah Winfrey |
Gloria Gaines |
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David Oyelowo |
Louis Gaines |
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John Cusack |
Richard Nixon |
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Jane Fonda |
Nancy Reagan |
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Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Carter Wilson |
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Mariah Carey |
Hattie Pearl |
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Terrence Howard |
Howard |
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Lenny Kravitz |
James Holloway |
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Aml Ameen |
Cecil Gaines (15) |
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Michael Rainey Jr. |
Cecil Gaines (8) |
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James Marsden |
John F. Kennedy |
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Alex Pettyfer |
Thomas Westfall |
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Vanessa Redgrave |
Annabeth Westfall |
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Alan Rickman |
Ronald Reagan |
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Liev Schreiber |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Robin Williams |
Dwight Eisenhower |
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Yaya DaCosta |
Carol Hammie |
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David Banner |
Earl Gaines |
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Colman Domingo |
Freddie Fallows |
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Nelsan Ellis |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Nealla Gordon |
Senator Kassebaum |
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Elijah Kelley |
Charlie Gaines (15-18) |
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Minka Kelly |
Jackie Kennedy |
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Adriane Lenox |
Gina |
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Mo McRae |
Eldridge Huggins |
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Pernell Walker |
Lorraine |
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Jesse Williams |
Rev. James Lawson |
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Clarence Williams III |
Maynard |
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LaJessie Smith |
Abraham |
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John P. Fertitta |
Mr. Jenkins |
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Jim Gleason |
R.D. Warner |
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Isaac White |
Charlie Gaines (10) |
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Joe Chrest |
White Usher |
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Tyson Ford |
Elroy |
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James DuMont |
Sherman Adams |
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Robert Aberdeen |
Herbert Brownell |
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Olivia Washington |
Olivia |
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Margaret M. Owens |
Woolworth Diner Patron #1 |
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Eric Ducote |
Woolworth Diner Patron #2 |
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Chloe Barach |
Caroline Kennedy |
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Danny Strong |
Freedom Bus Journalist |
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Clara Hopkins Daniels |
Freedom Bus Rider |
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Dana Gourrier |
Helen Holloway |
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Shirley Pugh |
Malcolm X Goer |
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Bill Newman |
Pastor |
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Colin Walker |
John Ehrlichman |
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Alex Manette |
Bob Haldeman |
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Rusty Robertson |
Senator Robertson |
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Stephen Rider |
Admiral Rochon |
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Tarra Riggs |
Sophie Wilson (uncredited) |
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Xosha Roquemore |
Foxy (uncredited) |
Directed By
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Lee Daniels |
Director |
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Sebastián Silva |
Second Unit Director |
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Amy Sanderson |
Script Supervisor |
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Lisa C. Satriano |
First Assistant Director |
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Peter Dress |
Second Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Danny Strong |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Lee Daniels |
Producer |
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Cassian Elwes |
Producer |
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Buddy Patrick |
Producer |
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Laura Ziskin |
Producer |
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Leah Daniels-Butler |
Casting |
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Billy Hopkins |
Casting |
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Jen Wall |
Production Supervisor |
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Virginia McCollam |
Location Manager |
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Mickey Lambert |
Location Manager |
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Harvey Weinstein |
Executive Producer |
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Len Blavatnik |
Executive Producer |
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Bob Weinstein |
Executive Producer |
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Ari Daniel Pinchot |
Producer |
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Dann Fink |
ADR Voice Casting |
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Bruce Winant |
ADR Voice Casting |
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Kacee Devoe |
Casting Associate |
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Ashley Ingram |
Casting Associate |
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Christopher Stoudt |
Extras Casting |
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Robin Batherson |
Extras Casting Coordinator |
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Ryan Gomez |
First Assistant Accountant |
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Mike Revell |
Production Accountant |
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Davida Chanel Smith |
Producer's Assistant |
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Lauren Von Huene |
Production Coordinator |
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Carl Lawson |
Production Secretary |
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Chantel Passantino |
Second Assistant Accountant |
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Danielle Loosemore |
Second Assistant Accountant |
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Ashley Renee Saunders |
Travel Coordinator |
Edited By
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Joe Klotz |
Editor |
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Ulysses Guidotti |
First Assistant Editor |
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Kat Spiess |
First Assistant Editor |
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Rick Derby |
Assistant Editor |
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Anne O'Brien |
Assistant Editor |
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Christi Leftwich |
Digital Intermediate Assistant |
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Ryan Rolandelli |
Digital Intermediate Assistant |
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Tim Stipan |
Digital Intermediate Colorist |
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Kevin Vale |
Digital Intermediate Producer |
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Eric Horwitz |
Digital Intermediate |
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Patrick Rossi |
Digital Intermediate |
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Eric Leverenz |
Online Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Ruth E. Carter |
Costume Design |
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Debra Denson |
Makeup Department Head |
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Beverly Jo Pryor |
Makeup Department Head |
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Dana Kay Hart |
Costume Supervisor |
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Wendy Talley |
Costume Supervisor |
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Victoria Wood |
Wigmaker |
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Annette Farnsworth |
Set Costumer |
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Marcos Gonzales |
Additional Hairstylist |
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Daina Daigle |
Assistant Hairstylist |
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Candace Neal |
Hair Department Head |
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Dana Boisseau |
Hairstylist |
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Sherri Hamilton |
Hairstylist |
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Yolanda Sheridan |
Key Makeup Artist |
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LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin |
Makeup Artist |
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Kellie Robinson |
Makeup Artist |
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Debra Denson |
Makeup Designer |
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Matthew W. Mungle |
Prosthetic Designer |
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Clinton Wayne |
Prosthetic Designer |
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Courtney Lether |
Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
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Jonah Levy |
Special Effects Makeup Artist |
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Lesley D. Wickham |
Ager/Dyer |
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Josie Works |
Costume Assistant |
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Carmen Rodrigues Davis |
Costume Coordinator |
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Chloe Ji Yoon |
Costume Illustrator |
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Barbara Marko |
Costumer |
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Misti Moreaux |
Costumer |
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Mollie Middleditch |
Costumer |
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Janet Marie Ross |
Costumer |
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Kasey C. Bazil |
Costumer |
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Paul A. Simmons Jr. |
Key Costumer |
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Mustapha Mimis |
Key Set Costumer |
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Jennifer Kamrath |
Principal Costumer |
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Laura Faye Sirkin-Brown |
Seamstress |
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Janet Marie Ross |
Set Costumer |
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Melissa Reed |
Truck Costumer |
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Robert L. Stevenson |
Hair Department Head |
Sound
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Rodrigo Leão |
Original Music Composer |
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Robert Hein |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Debby VanPoucke |
Sound Designer |
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Robert Hein |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Michael Barry |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Ben Schor |
Music Editor |
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Branka Mrkic |
Supervising Dialogue Editor |
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David Wahnon |
Dialogue Editor |
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Ruth Hernandez |
ADR Editor |
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Heather Gross |
Foley Editor |
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Kris Chevannes |
ADR Mixer |
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Jonathan Jost |
ADR Mixer |
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Michael Miller |
ADR Mixer |
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Tom Ryan |
ADR Mixer |
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Billy Theriot |
ADR Mixer |
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Fredrick Cuevas |
ADR Recordist |
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John Jay Martyn |
ADR Recordist |
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Reagan Mendoza |
ADR Recordist |
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Chris Fielder |
Assistant Sound Editor |
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Alexa Zimmerman |
Assistant Sound Editor |
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Michael Piotrowski |
Boom Operator |
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James Eck Rippie |
Boom Operator |
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Marko Costanzo |
Foley Artist |
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Cariella Smith |
Foley Artist |
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Matthew Haasch |
Foley Supervisor |
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Dan Izen |
Production Sound Mixer |
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Robert Fernandez |
Sound Editor |
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Glenfield Payne |
Sound Effects Editor |
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Avi Laniado |
Sound Engineer |
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Steven Huerstel |
Utility Sound |
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Suzana Perić |
Music Editor |
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Lynn Fainchtein |
Music Supervisor |
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Steve Bartek |
Music Arranger |
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Jay Meagher |
Production Sound Mixer |
Visual Effects
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Daniel Cohen |
Visual Effects Producer |
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Ted Markovic |
Visual Effects Producer |
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Aniela Sidorska |
Visual Effects Producer |
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Luke DiTommaso |
Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Ray McIntyre Jr. |
Visual Effects Supervisor |
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Mark Scott Friedman |
Compositing Supervisor |
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Austin Meyers |
Compositing Supervisor |
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Patrick Paul Mullane |
Matte Painter |
Camera
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Andrew Dunn |
Director of Photography |
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Grayson Austin |
Camera Operator |
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Jeffery J. Tufano |
Camera Operator |
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Michael Stumpf |
Additional Camera |
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Luis Lopez DeVictoria |
Additional Camera |
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Anne Marie Fox |
Still Photographer |
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Hans Bjerno |
Aerial Director of Photography |
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Hilton Garrett |
Best Boy Grip |
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Grayson Austin |
Steadicam Operator |
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Francis James |
Second Unit Director of Photography |
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Damon Meledones |
Digital Imaging Technician |
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Jeremy Webre |
Dolly Grip |
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Robert D Morrison Jr. |
Dolly Grip |
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Richard Lacy |
First Assistant Camera |
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Michael Charbonnet |
First Assistant Camera |
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Tom Hutchinson |
First Assistant Camera |
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Dacoda Bartles |
Grip |
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Kevin Fannon |
Grip |
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Tyler Garrett |
Grip |
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Jerone A. Ordon Sr. |
Grip |
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Jeremy Wren |
Grip |
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Andy Young |
Grip |
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Jonathan Robinson |
Second Assistant Camera |
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Aeron McKeough |
Second Assistant Camera |
Lighting
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Trey Shaneyfelt |
Lighting Technician |
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Kristopher Weaver |
Lighting Technician |
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Bradley Martin |
Additional Lighting Technician |
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Zach Smithers |
Additional Lighting Technician |
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Jordan Whaley |
Additional Lighting Technician |
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Len Levine |
Chief Lighting Technician |
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Justin LeBlanc |
Electrician |
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Justin Wright |
Electrician |
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Sidney Brisco |
Lighting Technician |
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Pete Chiaramonte |
Lighting Technician |
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Carter Lee Garrett |
Lighting Technician |
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Gerald Autin |
Rigging Grip |
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Raúl J. Marín |
Rigging Grip |
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Shawn Stone |
Rigging Grip |
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Creig Symons |
Rigging Grip |
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John Vinson |
Rigging Grip |
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Ben Wachsmann |
Rigging Grip |
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King Lanaux |
Key Rigging Grip |
Art Department
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Tim Galvin |
Production Design |
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Lori Agostino |
Art Direction |
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Erik Polczwartek |
Art Direction |
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Jason Baldwin Stewart |
Art Direction |
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Diane Lederman |
Set Decoration |
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Deanna Simmons |
Set Decoration Buyer |
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Kimberly Murphy |
Set Decoration Buyer |
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Robin Simmerly |
Art Department Coordinator |
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Sarah Forrest |
Set Designer |
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Michelle C. Harmon |
Set Designer |
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Brian A. Waits |
Set Designer |
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Randall S. Coe |
Construction Coordinator |
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Steve Martemucci |
Construction Foreman |
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Michael Arena |
Greensman |
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David Keith Broome |
Greensman |
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John Lindsay |
Greensman |
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Gus Coto |
Leadman |
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Kevin Ladson |
Property Master |
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Josh Crouchet |
Art Department Assistant |
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David Warburton |
Assistant Property Master |
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Will Eastin |
Graphic Designer |
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Roger Johnson |
Graphic Designer |
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Spencer J. Abadie |
Painter |
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Camile Kelsey |
Painter |
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Daniel E. Kiker |
Painter |
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Sonda L. Rowland |
Painter |
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Sian C. Sanzone |
Painter |
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Stephen Finders |
Props |
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Iggie Colomer |
Set Dresser |
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Michael Dares |
Set Dresser |
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Stephen P. Durante |
Set Dresser |
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Owl Martin Dwyer |
Set Dresser |
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Sam Jacobs |
Set Dresser |
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Jordan Lightner |
Set Dresser |
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Tony Ziegler |
Set Dresser |
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Ed Burcham |
Set Dresser |
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Randall Balsmeyer |
Title Designer |
Other Crew
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Danny Epper |
Stunts |
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Charlotta Forssman |
Visual Effects Editor |
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Jeff Galpin |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Elizabeth Himelstein |
Dialect Coach |
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Meredith Richardson |
Stunts |
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Jason Prowell |
Generator Operator |
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Nicholas Ellerbee |
Carpenter |
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Charlie Mann |
Carpenter |
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Richie Roefaro |
Editorial Staff |
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Jason Frannino |
Animal Wrangler |
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Jeff Galpin |
Animal Wrangler |
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Edward Joubert |
Special Effects Technician |
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Jake Whitney |
Special Effects Technician |
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David K. Nami |
Special Effects Coordinator |
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Thom Jones |
Dialect Coach |
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Danny Cosmo |
Stunts |
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Dana Sano |
Executive Music Producer |
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