Drama
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Directed by
Tim Robbins
Written by
Tim Robbins
Bill Murray
Tommy Crickshaw
Jack Black
Sid
Jamey Sheridan
John Adair
Patti Tippo
VTA - Clerk
Vincent Foster
James
Tony Amendola
Riot - Carl Jasper
Vanessa Redgrave
Countess Constance La Grave
Boris McGiver
Opening - Man on Street
Joan Cusack
Hazel Huffman
Emily Watson
Olive Stanton
Bob Balaban
Harry Hopkins
Paul Giamatti
Carlo
Henry Stram
Maxine Elliot's - Hiram Sherman
Susan Sarandon
Margherita Sarfatti
David Costabile
Federal Theatre - Beaver Man
Daniel H. Jenkins
Maxine Elliot's - Will Geer
Hank Azaria
Marc Blitzsetin
Ned Bellamy
Paul Edwards
Albert Macklin
Tailor
Angus Macfadyen
Orson Welles
Chris Bauer
VTA - Carpenter
Rubén Blades
Diego Rivera
Cary Elwes
John Houseman
Sarah Hyland
Silvano - Giovanna
Harris Yulin
Chairman Martin Dies
Tim Robbins
Voice on Film Reel (voice) (uncredited)
Scott Sowers
Reporter
John Turturro
Aldo Silvano
Kyle Gass
Larry
Philip Baker Hall
Gray Mathers
William Duell
Butler
John Cusack
Nelson Rockefeller
Carrie Preston
VTA - Administrator
Peter Jacobson
Silvano - Uncle
Leonardo Cimino
VTA - Man in Line
Charles Giordano
Accordion
Lee Arenberg
Abe Feder
Brian Brophy
Federal Theatre - Pierre de Rohan
Edward James Hyland
Opening - Worker in Theatre
Stephen Spinella
Federal Theatre - Donald O'Hara
Taylor Stanley
Rockefeller Center - Claire
Brenda Pressley
Federal Theatre - Rose
Cherry Jones
Hallie Flanagan
Barnard Hughes
Frank Marvel
Adele Robbins
Augusta Weissberger
Gretchen Mol
Marion Davies
Victoria Clark
Maxine Elliot's - Dulce Fox
Michele Pawk
Blitzstein - Liberty Committee #2
P.J. Brown
Rockefeller Center - Guard
Lynn Cohen
Silvano - Mama
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Silvano - Marta
Barbara Sukowa
Sophie Silvano
Gregg Edelman
Blitzstein - Dream Larry Foreman
Dominic Chianese
Silvano - Papa
Gilbert Cruz
Rockefeller Center - Mendez
Marla Schaffel
Federal Theatre - Beaver Woman
Audra McDonald
Blitzstein - 'Joe Worker' Singer
Michael Rivkin
Rockefeller Center - Protester
Chris McKinney
Maxine Elliot's - Canada Lee / Rev. Salvation
Brian Powell
Rockefeller Center - Aide
Timothy Jerome
Maxine Elliot's - Bert Weston
Patrick Husted
Vaudeville - Vaudeville Theatre Manager
Keira Naughton
Rockefeller Center - Protester
Josie Whittlesey
Diego - Models
Allan F. Nicholls
George Zorn
Steven Skybell
Blitzstein - Bertolt Brecht
Tamika Lamison
Diego - Models
Matthew Bennett
Blitzstein - Dream Cop
Susan Bruce
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #3
Sandra Lindquist
Diego - Models
Erin Hill
Maxine Elliot's - Sandra Mescal
Rob Carlson
National Guardsman
Dina Platias
Lucille Schly
Pamela D. Henry
Alma Dixon
Emma Smith Stevens
Stagehand
Steven Tyler
Lehman Engel
Jeffrey Kievit
Trumpet
Kenneth Finn
Trombone
Kenneth Hitchcock
Clarinet
David D'Angelo
Alto Saxophone
Dave Ratajczak
Percussion
Dominic Cortese
Federal Theatre - Beaver Accordion Accompanist
John Carpenter
Power - William Randolph Hearst
Gil Robbins
Congressman Starnes
Bobby Amore
Reporter
Evan Katz
Silvano - Joey
Alysia Zucker
Silvano - Chance
Spanky McHugh
Vaudeville - Melvin
Todd Stockman
Vaudeville - Puppeteer
Jay Green
Vaudeville - Plate Twirler
Carolyn West
Vaudeville - Assistant Plate Twirler
Susan Heimbeinder
Blitzstein - Eva Blitzstein
Robert Ari
Blitzstein - Liberty Committee #1
Jack Willis
Rockefeller Center - Lawyer
Robert Hirschfeld
Rockefeller Center - Sol
Corina Katt Ayala
Diego - Frida Kahlo
Mary Robbins
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #1
Chris Talbott
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #2
Ian Bagg
VTA - Disgruntled Worker #4

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