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 | Reese Witherspoon as Melanie "Carmichael" Smooter Perry |
 | Josh Lucas as Jake Perry |
 | Patrick Dempsey as Andrew Hennings |
 | Candice Bergen as Mayor Kate Hennings |
 | Mary Kay Place as Pearl Smooter |
 | Fred Ward as Earl Smooter |
 | Jean Smart as Stella Kay |
 | Ethan Embry as Bobby Ray |
 | Melanie Lynskey as Lurlynn |
 | Courtney Gains as Sheriff Wade |
 | Mary Lynn Rajskub as Dorothea |
 | Rhona Mitra as Tabatha Wadmore-Smith |
 | Nathan Lee Graham as Frederick Montana |
 | Sean Bridgers as Eldon |
 | Fleet Cooper as Clinton |
 | Kevin Sussman as Barry Lowenstein |
 | Thomas Curtis as Young Jake |
 | Dakota Fanning as Young Melanie Smooter |
 | Mark Skinner as Bruno |
 | Michelle Krusiec as Pan |
| Phil Cater as Pablo |
| Michael Snow as Devin |
 | Bob Penny as Wallace Buford |
 | Mark Matkevich as Tom Darovsic |
| Lee Roy Giles as Eugene the Guard |
 | Afemo Omilami as Jimmy Lee |
| Kevin Hagan as Jimmy the Driver |
| Dennis Ryan as Reporter |
| Jim O'Connor as Reporter |
 | Leslie Hendrix as Reporter |
| Tony Rizzoli as Gentleman |
| Bob Seel as Bartender |
 | Kelsey Lowenthal as Carrie Lee |
 | Jen Apgar as Starr |
 | Sarah Baker as Dix |
| Deborah Duke as Sherma |
 | Ted Manson as Colonel Murphy |
 | Sharon Blackwood as Virgie |
 | Suzi Bass as Shirleen |
| Don Young as Old Dead Soldier |
 | Jody Thompson as Dead Soldier |
 | Dionne Gipson as Press Secretary |
| Doug Killen as Catfish Festival Dancer |
| Emily Furman as Catfish Festival Dancer |
| Pete Talton as Catfish Festival Dancer |
| Kelly Franklin as Catfish Festival Singer |
| Keni Thomas as Catfish Festival Singer |
| Jeanne Arnold as Catfish Festival Singer |
| Osjha Anderson as Catfish Festival Singer |
| Charlotte Pierrepont as Model |
 | Traci Ann Wolfe as Model |
| Jana Lynn Schoep as Model |
 | Eddy Donno as Model |
 | Colin Ford as Clinton Jr. (uncredited) |
 | Katharine Towne as Erin Vanderbilt (uncredited) |
| Production | |
| Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
Art | |
| Clay A. Griffith | Production Design |
Sound | |
| George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
Production | |
| Michael Fottrell | Executive Producer |
| Michael Fottrell | Unit Production Manager |
Camera | |
| Andrew Dunn | Director of Photography |
Production | |
| Neal H. Moritz | Producer |
| Juel Bestrop | Casting |
Editing | |
| Troy Takaki | Editor |
Directing | |
| Andy Tennant | Director |
Production | |
| Stokely Chaffin | Producer |
| Kathleen Chopin | Casting |
Editing | |
| Tracey Wadmore-Smith | Editor |
Directing | |
| Louis D'Esposito | First Assistant Director |
| Eric Yellin | Second Second Assistant Director |
Production | |
| Jon Jashni | Executive Producer |
| Blythe Cappello | Casting Associate |
Writing | |
| Douglas J. Eboch | Story |
| C. Jay Cox | Screenplay |
Production | |
| Wink Mordaunt | Executive Producer |
Directing | |
| Michael Viglietta | Second Assistant Director |
Sound | |
| Laura Ziffren | Music Supervisor |
Directing | |
| Hillary Schwartz | Additional Second Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Sophie de Rakoff | Costume Design |
Crew | |
| Lonnie R. Smith Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
Production | |
| Sara E. White | Production Supervisor |
Camera | |
| Peter Iovino | Still Photographer |
Sound | |
| Christopher T. Welch | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Scott Millan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Art | |
| Dwight Benjamin-Creel | Property Master |
Sound | |
| Julie Feiner | Dialogue Editor |
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor |
Art | |
| David H. Allen | Property Master |
Directing | |
| Alicia Accardo | Script Supervisor |
Sound | |
| Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Art | |
| Lisa K. Sessions | Set Decoration |
Production | |
| Jennifer Euston | Casting Associate |
Sound | |
| Allen Hartz | Dialogue Editor |
| Suhail Kafity | Supervising Sound Editor |
| David A. Arnold | Dialogue Editor |
| Teri E. Dorman | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Joani Yarbrough | Hair Department Head |
Camera | |
| Bill O'Drobinak | Camera Operator |
Art | |
| Donald Dowd | Set Dresser |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Sarah Mays | Makeup Department Head |
Sound | |
| Michael T. Ryan | Music Editor |
Art | |
| Jay Pelissier | Art Direction |
Sound | |
| R.J. Palmer | Sound Effects Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Mary C. Lane | Costume Supervisor |
| Marina Ray | Assistant Costume Designer |
Sound | |
| Dawn Soler | Music Supervisor |
Art | |
| Egan Gauntt | Art Department Coordinator |
Production | |
| Cheryl Quarantiello | Unit Production Manager |
Sound | |
| Jim Likowski | Foley Editor |
Production | |
| Page Rosenberg-Marvin | Production Supervisor |
Art | |
| Tony Kupersmith | Construction Coordinator |
Directing | |
| Kristina M. Peterson | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Rebecca Edelson | Script Supervisor |
