Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik Written by Barry Berman   Lesley McNeil   Cast Johnny Depp ... Sam Mary Stuart Masterson ... Joon Pearl Aidan Quinn ... Benny Pearl Julianne Moore ... Ruthie Oliver Platt ... Eric CCH Pounder ... Dr. Garvey (as C.C.H. Pounder) Dan Hedaya ... Thomas Joe Grifasi ... Mike William H. Macy ... Randy Burch Liane Curtis ... Claudia (as Liane Alexandra Curtis) Eileen Ryan ... Mrs. Smail Don Hamilton ... UPS Man Waldo Larson ... Waldo Irvin Johnson ... Orderly Shane Nilsson ... Orderly Leslie Laursen ... Admitting Nurse Faye Allen ... Video Customer Ramsin Amirkhas ... Video Clerk Lynette Walden ... Female Customer Amy Alizabeth Sanford ... Young Joon Brian Keevy ... Young Benny John Grant Phillips ... Policeman Tony Lincoln ... Local Noon Orsatti ... Patron Dan Kamin ... Patron Uncredited Cast Gregory Cook ... Guy in the Park Aaron Haedt ... Bicyclist Produced by Susan Arnold   Bill Badalato   Lesley McNeil   Donna Roth   Original Music by Rachel Portman

Additional Info Premiere: April 16, 1993 DVD Release: January 09, 2001 Blu-ray Release: April 05, 2011 Country: Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Websites: Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Roth-Arnold Productions Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)   (1993) (USA) (theatrical) MGM/UA Home Entertainment   (1993) (USA) (VHS) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) Warner Home Video   (1997) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 4.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.0 / 10 Female Users 4.6 / 10 Site Ranking #2,204 / 20,891 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,200 Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (1996) #2,201 A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) #2,202 Scanners (1981) #2,203 Inland Empire (2006) #2,204 Benny & Joon (1993) #2,205 Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (2019) #2,206 Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) #2,207 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze (1991) #2,208 Poltergeist (2015)