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Barbara Hershey

Aunt Julia

Keanu Reeves

Martin Loader

Peter Falk

Pedro Carmichael

Bill McCutcheon

Puddler

Patricia Clarkson

Aunt Olga

Richard Portnow

Uncle Luke

Jerome Dempsey

Sam & Sid

Richard B. Shull

Leonard Pando

Paul Austin

Donald Loader

Joel Fabiani

Ted Orson

Crystal Field

Josephine Sanders

Jayne Haynes

Aunt Hortensia

Mary Joy

Frances Loader

Rob Kramer

Jamie

Anna Thomson

Faith Hope

Peter Maloney

Luther Aslinger

Irving Metzman

Producer Detroit Radio

Bill Moor

Duke Vermont

Dedee Pfeiffer

Nellie

Jon Van Ness

Brent Moconnochie

William Murray Weiss

Peter Loader

Henry Gibson

Big John Coot

Peter Gallagher

Richard Quince

Dan Hedaya

Robert Quince

Buck Henry

Father Serafim

Hope Lange

Margaret Quince

John Larroquette

Doctor Albert Quince

Elizabeth McGovern

Elena Quince

Robert Sedgwick

Elmore Dubarque

Danny Aiello III

Large Albanian Man #2

Pawl Burke

Albanian Protester

Jack Harvey

Fireman

Mert Hatfield

WXBU Engineer

Shirley Horn

Jazz Singer

Ishmond Jones

Waiter

Howard Kingkade

News Man Detroit

Adam LeFevre

Large Albanian Man

Chuck Margiotta

Large Albanian Man #3

Ray McKinnon

Cub Reporter

Gladys Vega

Secretary

Jack Wallace

Policeman

Wynton Marsalis

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Wessell Anderson

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Wycliffe Gordon

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Herlin Riley

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Marcus Roberts

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Reginald Veal

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Michael White

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Todd Williams

The Wynton Marsalis Band

Aaron Neville

The Neville Brothers

Art Neville

The Neville Brothers

Charles Neville

The Neville Brothers

Cyril Neville

The Neville Brothers

Curtis Lambert

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Robert J. Maxwell

Albanian Demonstrator (uncredited)

Patt Noday

Smooching Jazz Club Guest (uncredited)

Crews

Mario Vargas Llosa

Writer

William Boyd

Writer

Jon Amiel

Director

Wynton Marsalis

Original Music Composer

Mark Tarlov

Producer

Gregory Jacobs

Second Assistant Director

Betsy Heimann

Costume Design

John Fiedler

Producer

Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.

Executive Producer

Robert M. Stevens

Director of Photography

Jim Clay

Production Design

Peter Boyle

Editor

Billy Hopkins

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