Chris Cooper
Sam Deeds
Matthew McConaughey
Buddy Deeds
Elizabeth Peña
Pilar
Kris Kristofferson
Charlie Wade
Joe Morton
Del
Frances McDormand
Bunny
Stephen J. Lang
Mikey
Oni Faida Lampley
Celie
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Priscilla Worth
Leo Burmester
Cody
Eleese Lester
Molly
Richard Coca
Enrique
Miriam Colon
Mercedes Cruz
Jeff Monahan
Young Hollis
Eddie Robinson
Chet
Ron Canada
Otis
Chandra Wilson
Athena
Marco Perella
Anglo Father
Gordon Tootoosis
Wesley Birdsong
Vanessa Martinez
Young Pilar
Clifton James
Hollis
Stephen Mendillo
Cliff
Joe Stevens
Deputy Travis
Gonzalo Castillo
Amado
Tony Frank
Fenton
Damon Guy
Shadow
Dee Macaluso
Anglo Mother
Luis Cobo
Mexican-American Father
Don Phillips, Jr.
Principal
Mary Jane R. Hernandez
Mexican-American Mother
Jesse Borrego
Danny
Carina Martinez
Paloma
Tony Plana
Deputy Sheriff Ray Hernandez
Richard Andrew Jones
Ben Wetzel
Beatrice Winde
Minnie Bledsoe
Gabriel Casseus
Young Otis
Randy Stripling
Roderick
Richard Reyes
Jorge
Olga Luna
Waitress
Juan Vega III
Cook
Lizzie Curry Martinez
Girl
Carmen De Lavallade
Carolyn
Tay Strathairn
Young Sam
Sam Vlahos
Pete
Maricela Gonzalez
Anselma
Tony Amendola
Chucho Montoya
Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr.
Eladio Cruz
James Borrego
Young Chucho Montoya
Lisa Suarez
Marisol
Jesus Ramirez
Driver
John Griesemer
Football Announcer (voice)
Eduardo Martínez
Jaime
Azalea Mendez
Young Mercedes
Stuart Dryburgh
Director of Photography
Maggie Renzi
Producer
John Sayles
Editor
R. Paul Miller
Producer
Mason Daring
Original Music Composer
Dan Bishop
Production Design
John Sayles
Director
Avy Kaufman
Casting
John Sloss
Executive Producer
John Sayles
Writer
Shay Cunliffe
Costume Design
Dianna Freas
Set Decoration
Mary Cybulski
Script Supervisor
J. Kyler Black
Art Direction
Rob Harris
Unit Publicist
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Nic Ratner
Music Editor
Ralph Watson
Steadicam Operator
Caroline Rempher
Hairstylist
Alan Pappe
Still Photographer
David McGill
Steadicam Operator
Roy Bryson
Key Hair Stylist
Susan Todd
Hairstylist
Gail Showalter
ADR Editor
Clive Winter
Sound Mixer
Sylvia Menno
Dialogue Editor
Steven Visscher
Foley Editor
Kam Chan
Foley Editor
Bruce Pross
Foley Recordist
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Philip Schneider
Property Master
Eugene Gearty
Sound Effects Editor
Lewis Goldstein
Sound Effects Editor
Stuart Stanley
Foley Editor
John Powditch
First Assistant Director