Teacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject, but her routine is forever altered when a former star pupil and his unsupportive father reenter her life.
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Julianne Moore as Linda Sinclair |
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Michael Angarano as Jason Sherwood |
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Greg Kinnear as Dr. Tom Sherwood |
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Lily Collins as Halle Anderson |
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Fiona Shaw as Narrator |
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Norbert Leo Butz as Vice Principal Phil Pelaski |
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Jessica Hecht as Principal Trudie Slocum |
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Charlie Saxton as Will |
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Nathan Lane as Carl Kapinas |
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Nikki Blonsky as Sheila Nussbaum |
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Erin Wilhelmi as Joni Gerber |
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Remy Auberjonois as Beefy Businessman |
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Peter Y. Kim as Mike the Orderly |
Production | Suzanne Smith | Casting |
Art | Michael Shaw | Production Design |
Production | Robert Salerno | Producer |
Editing | Myron I. Kerstein | Editor |
Art | Sarah E. McMillan | Set Decoration |
Camera | Vanja Cernjul | Director of Photography |
Production | Naomi Despres | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Emma Potter | Costume Design |
Directing | Craig Zisk | Director |
Production | Ben LeClair | Producer |
Sound | Rob Simonsen | Music |
Crew | Drew Jiritano | Special Effects Coordinator |
Production | Jessica Kelly | Casting |
Writing | Stacy Chariton | Writer |
Writing | Dan Chariton | Screenplay |
Directing | Erin Feeley | Script Supervisor |
Art | Gina Herold | Art Department Coordinator |
Costume & Make-Up | Hanna Shea | Assistant Costume Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Susan Reilly LeHane | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Rachael Ohman | Set Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Annemarie Bradley | Hairstylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Lair Paulsen | Key Hair Stylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Christopher Milone | Makeup Department Head |