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Made in America (1993) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Richard Benjamin

Writing Credits (WGA)  

Marcia Brandwynne ... (story) &
Nadine Schiff ... (story) and
Holly Goldberg Sloan ... (story)
 
Holly Goldberg Sloan ... (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Whoopi Goldberg ... Sarah Mathews
Ted Danson ... Hal Jackson
Will Smith ... Tea Cake Walters
Nia Long ... Zora Mathews
Paul Rodriguez ... Jose
Jennifer Tilly ... Stacy
Peggy Rea ... Alberta
Clyde Kusatsu ... Bob Takashima
David Bowe ... Teddy
Jeff Joseph ... James
Rawley Valverde Rawley Valverde ... Diego
Fred Mancuso ... Bruce
Charlene Fernetz ... Paula
Shawn Levy ... Dwayne
Lu Leonard ... Sperm Bank Nurse
Joe Lerer Joe Lerer ... Hospital Doctor
Janice Edwards Janice Edwards ... Hospital Nurse
Michael McFall ... Hospital Intern
Phyllis Avery ... White Woman #1
Frances Bergen ... White Woman #2
O'Neal Compton ... Rocky
Michael Halton Michael Halton ... Stew
William John Murphy William John Murphy ... P.A. #1
Ross Benjamin ... P.A. #2
Mel Stewart ... Principal Rockwell
David E. Kazanjian David E. Kazanjian ... Mr. Alden
James Cranna James Cranna ... Person at Car Lot
Shannon Orrock Shannon Orrock ... Wife at Car Lot
Alexandra Joy Cuccia Alexandra Joy Cuccia ... Child at Car Lot
Chikako Felper Chikako Felper ... Japanese Woman #1
Patricia Jow Patricia Jow ... Japanese Woman #2
Raquel Osborne Raquel Osborne ... Woman in Sushi Bar
James Anthony Cotton ... Man with Beer
Miyuki Takei Miyuki Takei ... Sushi Waitress
Akihide 'Bo' Fujiyama Akihide 'Bo' Fujiyama ... Sushi Chef
Gregory Fields Gregory Fields ... Rapper
Meashell McCann Meashell McCann ... Rapper
Antoine Foote Antoine Foote ... Rapper
Jeffrey Russell Jeffrey Russell ... Rapper
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rico E. Anderson ... Man in Sushi Bar (uncredited)
Larry Laverty ... Mechanic (uncredited)
Theodore Carl Soderberg ... Tourist (uncredited)
Tai ... Elephant (uncredited)
Judy Thompson Judy Thompson ... Bikini Model (uncredited)
Johnpaul Williams Johnpaul Williams ... Cute Guy on Date (uncredited)
A'da Alison Woolfolk A'da Alison Woolfolk ... Sushi Bar Patron (uncredited)

Produced by 

Rick Bieber ... producer
Marcia Brandwynne ... executive producer
Michael Douglas ... producer
Arnon Milchan ... producer
Patrick J. Palmer ... co-producer
Steven Reuther ... co-executive producer
Suzanne Rothbaum ... associate producer
Nadine Schiff ... executive producer

Music by 

Mark Isham

Cinematography by 

Ralf D. Bode

Editing by 

Jacqueline Cambas

Casting By 

Reuben Cannon

Production Design by 

Evelyn Sakash

Set Decoration by 

Hilton Rosemarin

Costume Design by 

Elizabeth McBride

Makeup Department 

Michael Germain ... key makeup artist
Susan Germaine ... hair stylist: Mr. Danson
Candace Neal ... hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke ... key makeup artist (as Daniel Striepeke)
Julia L. Walker ... key hair stylist
Jake Garber ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Stacey Morris ... hair stylist: Will Smith (uncredited)

Production Management 

Joe M. Aguilar ... unit production manager
Carol Dantuono ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Newt Arnold ... first assistant director (as Newton Arnold)
Richard Brodsky ... second second assistant director
Bryan Denegal ... second assistant director
David R. Ellis ... second unit director
L. Dean Jones Jr. ... first assistant director
Robert J. Mooney ... second assistant director: second unit
Patrick J. Palmer ... second unit director (as Patrick Palmer)
Shannon Wilson ... additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Rodney Armanino ... construction coordinator
Mark Bachman ... signwriter
Dean Backer ... assistant props
Kris Boxell ... set dressing buyer
Robert A. Corso ... second assistant props
Lisa Devlin ... stand-by painter
Dale Haugo ... scenic charge
Chris H. Kelly ... construction coordinator
Sherman Labby ... sketch artist
George F. Mauricio ... set dresser
Don Miloyevich ... property master
Ray Mondoux ... construction foreman
Richard Reseigne ... construction coordinator
Catherine Roehl ... construction accountant
Kristen Ross ... art department coordinator
Dawn Swiderski ... assistant art director
Eugene M. Texeira ... set dresser
Don Watson ... lead man
Don Weinger ... assistant art director
Lauren Abrams ... scenic painter (uncredited)
John Alvin ... poster artist (uncredited)
Kristin Argue ... drapery (uncredited)
Todd McCune Bray ... painter (uncredited)
Joanne Desmond ... construction buyer (uncredited)
Peggy Hrastar ... painter (uncredited)
Matthew McLemore ... Scenic artist/painter (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Peter C. Barbour ... sound editor
Bruce Bell ... foley mixer
Duke Brown ... sound editor (as Duke L. Brown)
Scott Burrow ... sound editor
Jeff Bushelman ... supervising sound editor
Mike Dobie ... supervising sound editor
Timothy C. Dobie ... first assistant sound editor
Gary Dowling ... boom operator
Dan Gleich ... sound mixer: second unit (as Daniel D. Gleich)
Mark Gordon ... sound editor
Paul Grenier ... sound processor (as Paul B. Grenier)
Robin Harlan ... foley artist
Doug Hemphill ... re-recording mixer
Ellen Heuer ... foley artist
Chris Jenkins ... re-recording mixer
Tony Jenkins ... sound re-recordist
Rudy J. Lara ... sound re-recordist (as Rudy Lara)
Richard Lightstone ... sound mixer
Sarah Monat ... foley artist
Philip Perkins ... sound mixer: second unit
Debbie Peterson ... assistant sound editor
Mark Smith ... re-recording mixer
Christina Tucker ... adr mixer
Christopher T. Welch ... sound editor (as C.T. Welch)

Special Effects by 

Tom Sindicich ... special effects

Stunts 

Kevin Bailey ... stunts
LaFaye Baker ... stunts
Gregory J. Barnett ... stunts (as Greg Barnett)
Dan Bell ... stunts
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi ... stunts
Rocky Capella ... stunts
Lisa Dempsey ... stunts (as Lisa K. Dempsey)
Annie Ellis ... stunts
David R. Ellis ... stunt coordinator
Richard M. Ellis ... stunts (as Richard Ellis)
Tommy J. Huff ... stunts (as Tom Huff)
Keith Jones ... stunts
Kevin Larson ... stunts
Will Leong ... stunts (as Willie Leong)
Kym Washington Longino ... stunts (as Kym Washington)
Johnny Martin ... stunts
Steve Martin ... stunts (as Steve E. Martin)
Mike Martinez ... stunts
Tim Meredith ... stunts (as Tim C. Meridith)
Jeff Mosley ... stunts
David D. Renaud ... stunts (as David Renaud)
R.A. Rondell ... stunts
Dick Ziker ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department 

Joseph Antczak ... first assistant camera: second unit
Brian W. Armstrong ... first assistant camera: second unit
William D. Barber ... camera operator: second unit
Mike Benson ... camera operator: second unit
Hans Bjerno ... camera technician: Wescam, aerial unit
Paul Bode ... second assistant camera
Curt Cabral ... electrician
Steve Cardellini ... dolly grip
Gregory M. Childers ... electrician (as Greg Childers)
Ted Churchill ... steadicam operator
Charma Ferreira ... second grip
Todd M. Gavin ... second assistant camera: second unit
Gary Gill ... best boy grip
Jeff Gilliam ... rigging grip
Edward Gold ... camera operator: second unit
Nathaniel Goodman ... steadicam assistant
Peter Gulla ... first assistant camera
Jon Guterres ... key grip
Andrea Kahn ... electrician
Bruce Manning ... first assistant camera: second unit
Paul Marbury ... first assistant camera: second unit (as Paul S. Marbury)
Jeff Mart ... steadicam operator
Stan McClain ... director of photography: aerial unit
Harald Ortenburger ... camera operator
Joe Carl Parsons ... best boy electric
Patrick Riley ... Steadicam assistant / first assistant camera: second unit
Wesley Riley ... second grip
Tony Rivetti ... first assistant camera: second unit
Zade Rosenthal ... still photographer
Michael Santy ... first assistant camera: second unit
John A. Small ... second assistant camera
Michael St. Hilaire ... camera operator: second unit
Frank Strzalkowski ... gaffer
Lou Weinert ... second assistant camera: second unit
Harry Zimmerman ... second assistant camera: second unit
Marty Brenneis ... video playback operator (uncredited)
László Regos ... steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department 

David Giella ... casting associate
Barbara Harris ... adr voice casting
Nancy Hayes ... casting location
Raquel Osborne ... extras location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Michael Becker ... costumer
Amanda Chamberlin ... costumer: Ms. Goldberg
Barbara Hartman-Jenichen ... costumer
Mary Elizabeth Still ... costumer
Eileen Sieff Stroup ... wardrobe supervisor (as Eileen Mae Sieff)

Editorial Department 

Margaret Adachi ... assistant film editor
Kelly Barr ... post-production assistant
Donah Bassett ... negative cutter
William Fletcher ... associate film editor
Paul Martinez ... assistant film editor
Hillary Murray ... color timer
Christina Kutzer Palmer ... post-production assistant (as Christina R. Palmer)

Location Management 

Nathan Gendzier ... location manager
Debra A. Girard ... location manager (as Debra Girard)
Charles Miller ... location manager

Music Department 

John Brown ... music coordinator: Third Stone
Carole Childs ... music supervisor: Elektra Records
Wade Culbreath ... musician: percussion
Sandy De Crescent ... music contractor (as Sandy DeCrescent)
David Fanshawe ... music recordist: "Ngoma Ra Mrongo"
Bonnie Greenberg ... music business affairs
Jabali Hicks ... music coordinator: Third Stone
Karen Kloack ... music coordinator: Third Stone
Stephen Krause ... score engineer (as Steve Krause)
Lebo M. ... music arranger: African music
Jill Meyers ... music business affairs
Amos Newman ... music supervisor: Elektra Records
Mark Portmann ... music programmer
Henley Regisford ... music coordinator: Third Stone (as Junior Regisford)
Betty Rosen ... music coordinator: Third Stone
Richard Rudolph ... music supervisor (as Dick Rudolph)
Kim Scharnberg ... orchestra and arrangements
Richard Whitfield ... music editor
Paul Wright III ... music producer
Tom Boyd ... oboe (uncredited)
George Doering ... musician (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Pamela Alch ... script supervisor
Carrie Fisher ... rewrites (uncredited)

Transportation Department 

Alan Collis ... transportation coordinator
Vic Cuccia ... driver: Ms. Goldberg
Saul Jurkunas ... driver
John R. Lopez ... driver: Mr. Danson
Michael Sean Ryan ... driver: Mr. Benjamin
Bubba Thrift ... transportation (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Katherine Agard ... assistant: Mr. Reuther
Mary Arnold ... assistant: Mr. Reuther
Shauna Beal ... first assistant: Mr. Milchan
Oscar Briones ... production assistant
Candace Crump ... stand-in: 'Sarah'
Peter DePalma ... assistant: Mr. Douglas
Christopher Desmond ... medic
Chick Elwell ... teamster captain
Robert A. Eppley ... orthopedic surgical consultant
Joe Everett ... unit publicist
Renee Featherstone ... assistant: Mr. Douglas
Erin Fiedler ... production secretary
Ada Gabovan ... assistant: Mr. Palmer
George Gee ... projectionist
Alan Greenwald ... orthopedic surgical consultant
Janet Hayen ... copyist
Ida Lee Henderson ... production accountant
Brian Hofstetter ... production assistant
Ron Holder ... assistant: Ms. Goldberg
Brian Jay ... production assistant
Annamarie Maricle Jennaway ... assistant: Mr. Benjamin
Gary Johnson ... elephant trainer
Kari Johnson ... elephant trainer
Catherine M. Jones ... assistant production accountant (as Catherine Jones)
Keith Jones ... animal trainer
Saul Jurkunas ... cook
Carol Lille ... chimp trainer
Greg Lille ... chimp trainer
Donna Martin ... animal trainer
Steve Martin ... animal supplier / animal trainer (as Steve E. Martin)
Natalia Matthews ... production assistant
Jim McCarthy ... post-production accountant
Seven McDonald ... production assistant
Heidi McGuire ... assistant production coordinator
Rob McWilliams ... video consultant
Richard D. Montoya ... assistant choreographer
John Murphy ... production assistant: Los Angeles
Pamela Murphy ... assistant: Ms. Schiff
Sean O'Kane ... stand-in for ted danson
Patty Reid ... assistant: Mr. Milchan
Jay Roberts ... assistant production accountant
Rick Rozzini ... assistant choreographer
David M. Rudder ... promotions
Joseph A. Ruzecki ... production assistant
Charlie Sammut ... animal trainer (uncredited)
Kathy Sarreal ... production coordinator
Michael Sax ... stand-in: 'Hal'
Diane Seniw ... assistant production accountant
Ed Sienkaniec ... caterer (as Ed 'Bubka' Sienkaniec)
Norma Smith ... financial representative: New Regency
Peter Stelzer ... assistant: Mr. Danson
Gerry Therrien ... animal trainer (as Jerry Therrien)
Kevin F. Walsh ... production assistant
Addis Wechsler ... management: Mr. Danson and Ms. Goldberg
James J. Wilhelm ... craft service
Lester Wilson ... choreographer
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc ... helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Curran G. Engel ... set production assistant (uncredited)
Barbara Farrar ... production assistant (uncredited)
Carrie Fisher ... script doctor (uncredited)
Francesca Prada ... production assistant (uncredited)
Carrie Specht ... production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks 

William Alluns Jr. ... thanks
Dick Cepek ... thanks
Marin Dodge ... thanks
Betty Gadling ... thanks
Wayman Henry ... thanks
Jeannie Rucker ... thanks
Anthony Williams ... thanks (as Reverend Anthony Williams)
Lester Wilson ... in loving memory
Crew verified as complete

See also

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