Starring Cast
Key crew
Director
Screenplay
Producers
Music
Cinematography
Editor
Production design
Costume design
Casting
Full cast
57 cast membersShannon Orrock
Woman at Audition
Michael Zebulon
Singer at Audition
Wanya Green
Diane Washington - Age 8
Javar David Levingston
Billy Washington - Age 4
Robert William Newhart
Bob Newhart
John Stuart Morris
Wanda
Walter Riley King
B.B. King's Band
Michael Doster
B.B. King's Band
Calep Emphrey Jr.
B.B. King's Band
Tony Coleman
B.B. King's Band
Jamilah Adams Mapp
Samantha Barclay - Age 3
Crew by department
72 crew membersDirecting
Ron Underwood
Director
Mic Rodgers
Second Unit Director
Michael W. Watkins
Director of Photography
Yudi Bennett
First Assistant Director
Daniel Silverberg
Second Assistant Director
Shannon Wilson
Second Assistant Director
Pamela S. Kuri
Second Second Assistant Director
Polly Ann Mattson
Second Second Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Editing
Art
Dean B. Katz
Set Dresser
James Holden
Set Dresser
John H. Maxwell
Set Dresser
Lori Harrison
Set Dresser
Mike Helbig
Set Dresser
Ross Harpold
Set Dresser
Dan Webster
Art Direction
Anne H. Ahrens
Set Decoration
Horst Grandt
Property Master
John Muto
Production Design
Chris H. Kelly
Construction Foreman
Gary Gagliardo
Construction Foreman
John M. Holliday
Construction Foreman
Bill Jackson
Art Department Coordinator
Costume & Makeup
Casting
Other
Allan Johnson
Other
Amy Feldman
Other
Brad Curry
Other
David Castro, Jr.
Other
Gary Heider
Other
Geoffrey Lake
Other
John Alvin
Other
John Moore
Other
Kristin Argue
Other
Leopold Mouneau, Jr.
Other
Robert L. King
Other
Shawn Hanley
Other
Steven Lane Ewing
Other
John C. Meier
Stunts
Michael Runyard
Stunts
Sonja Davis
Stunts
Danny Hinzo
Painter
Douglas E. Maxwell
Leadman
Hugo Herrera
Greensman
John Bullard
Propmaker
John Berger
Set Designer
Adam Shankman
Choreographer
Tom Martinek
I/O Supervisor
Mic Rodgers
Stunt Coordinator