Directed by Ang Lee Written by Rick Moody James Schamus Cast Kevin Kline ... Ben Hood Joan Allen ... Elena Hood Sigourney Weaver ... Janey Carver Henry Czerny ... George Clair Tobey Maguire ... Paul Hood Christina Ricci ... Wendy Hood Elijah Wood ... Mikey Carver Adam Hann-Byrd ... Sandy Carver David Krumholtz ... Francis Davenport Jamey Sheridan ... Jim Carver Kate Burton ... Dorothy Franklin William Cain ... Ted Shackley Michael Cumpsty ... Philip Edwards Maia Danziger ... Mrs. Gadd Katie Holmes ... Libbets Casey Michael Egerman ... Pharmacist Christine Farrell ... Marie Earle Glenn Fitzgerald ... Neil Conrad Allison Janney ... Dot Halford Jonathan Freeman ... Ted Franklin Barbara Garrick ... Weather Reporter Dennis Gagomiros ... Stephen Earle (as Dennis Gazomiros) John Benjamin Hickey ... Mark Boland Tom Flagg ... Train Conductor Byron Jennings ... Pierce Sawyer Miles Marek ... Mr. Gadd Colette Kilroy ... Sari Steele Ivan Kronenfeld ... Jack Moellering Daniel McDonald ... Weatherman Donna Mitchell ... Maria Conrad Barbara Neal ... Helen Wentworth Nancy Opel ... Claudia White Larry Pine ... Dave Gorman Wendy Scott ... Pharmacy Attendant Marcell Rosenblatt ... Mikey's Teacher Evelyn Solann ... Woman in Pharmacy Jessica Stone ... Marge Sarah Thompson ... Beth Scott Wentworth ... Paul's Teacher Robert Westenberg ... Rob Halford (as Rob Westenberg) Uncredited Cast Colleen Camp ... Dr. Pasmier Bill McIntyre ... Libbet's Doorman Richard Nixon ... Himself (archive footage) Joe O'Connor ... Marty Courtney Peldon ... Billie Bettina Skye ... Drug Store Clerk Produced by Alysse Bezahler Anthony Bregman Ted Hope Ang Lee James Schamus Original Music by Mychael Danna

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