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The Best of Enemies ()


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Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

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Ann Atwater
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C.P. Ellis
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Bill Riddick
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Mary Ellis
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Floyd Kelly
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Garland Keith
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Carvie Oldham
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Lee Tromblay
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Wiley Yates
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Howard Clement
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Maddy Mays
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Councilman Bill Atkins
Morgan Mackey ...
Young Mother
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Ben Butler
Chris Cavalier ...
Leonard
Malerie Grady ...
Singing White Woman
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Jeb
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Operation Breakthrough Staffer
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Court Clerk
David Plunkett ...
Mr. Paulsen
Al Hamacher ...
Charles Steele
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Vickie Ellis
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Timmy Ellis
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Kenneth Ellis
Nadej K. Bailey ...
Marilynn Atwater (as Nadej Bailey)
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Larry Ellis
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Nurse Caitlin (as Susan Williams)
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Teacher
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Principal
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Doreen (Waitress)
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Local Reporter
Charles Orr ...
NAACP Lawyer
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Judge Leslie Hallford
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Secretary
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Wilbur Hobby
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Delores Riddick (as Dawntavia Bullard)
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Henrietta Kaye
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Charrette Volunteer #1
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Marion Wilson (as Elisabeth Omilami)
Arin Logan ...
Peggy
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Miles (as a different name)
Charles Black ...
Reverend Joseph (as Charles A. Black)
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Archie Cox (as Aaron Smalls)
Hope Leigh ...
Charrette Volunteer #2
Bart Hansard ...
Horace Bray
Jeremy Madden ...
Boone Ewell (as Jeremy Daniel Madden)
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Sam Watford (as Morgan E. Brown)
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Earl Weeks (as Bob Harvey)
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Emmett
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Franklin Mose
Jack Montague ...
Alvin
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Nurse Bernadette (as Chante Bowser)
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Nurse Whitney
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Fire Safety Inspector (as Wilbur T. Fitzgerald)
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Robert Jones
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Charrette Secretary
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Gas Company Man (as Michael Hyland Cole)
Shane Biseell ...
Youth Corps Member (as Shane Bissell)
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Mrs. Keith
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Caroline Kelly
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Cashier (as Lindsey Nichole Moser)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lexston Bearss ...
Youth Corps (uncredited)
Fred Bobbitt ...
Courthouse Visitor / Charette Participant (uncredited)
Jasmine Bolton ...
Student (uncredited)
Trent Bounds ...
Young Attorney (uncredited)
Anastasia Burnett ...
Charrette Member (uncredited)
James Burns ...
Councilman (uncredited)
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Charretee Attendee (uncredited)
Timothy Carr ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Charette (uncredited)
Joy Johnson Coleman ...
Anne's Army / Charette (uncredited)
John Collier ...
Klansman / Charrette Attendee (uncredited)
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Parent (uncredited)
Kyle Crawford ...
Charles (uncredited)
Aidan Daly ...
Baseball Player (uncredited)
Steven Dutton ...
Klansman (uncredited)
Jacob Evans ...
Youth Corps (uncredited)
Martin Feigen ...
Courthouse Cop (uncredited)
Curtis Gammage ...
Parent (uncredited)
Michele Garren ...
Parent (uncredited)
Clifford Gay ...
Student (uncredited)
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Activist / Volunteer (uncredited)
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Klansman (uncredited)
Maxwell L. Highsmith ...
Ann's Army / Charrette Member (uncredited)
Jon Horstman ...
Kligraph Roy (uncredited)
Lauren Jenkins ...
Student (uncredited)
Sierra D Jones ...
Student / Protester (uncredited)
Rae Jordan ...
Charette / Student (uncredited)
Jeffrey Kimble ...
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Brad Markel ...
TV Cameraman (uncredited)
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Cyrus (Uniformed Patrolman) (uncredited)
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Parent (uncredited)
Timothy D. Montjoy ...
Bailiff (uncredited)
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School Kid (uncredited)
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Klan Member (uncredited)
Michael G. Plumides Jr. ...
Klansman (uncredited)
Letecia Reeder ...
Worker (uncredited)
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Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)
Jared Sawyer Jr. ...
Actor (uncredited)
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Protest Staffer (uncredited)
Ashley Shanea ...
Protester (uncredited)
Kimberly Shires ...
Parent / Charette (uncredited)
Wayne Smith Jr. ...
Charrette Member (uncredited)
Alyssa Marie Stilwell ...
Waitress (uncredited)
Shannon Thomas ...
Durham News Reporter (uncredited)
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Angry Klan Wife (uncredited)
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Klansman (uncredited)
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Baseball Umpire (uncredited)
Lina Zalewski ...
Dive Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robin Bissell ... (directed by)

Written by

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Robin Bissell ... (written by)
 
Osha Gray Davidson ... (inspired by true events chronicled in 'The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South' by)

Produced by

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Matt Berenson ... producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
Fred Bernstein ... producer (produced by)
Robin Bissell ... producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
Ian Calip ... co-producer
Rick Jackson ... executive producer
Tobey Maguire ... producer (produced by)
Matthew Plouffe ... producer (produced by)
Harrison Powell ... co-producer
Jeremiah Samuels ... executive producer
Danny Strong ... producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
Dominique Telson ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Marcelo Zarvos ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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David Lanzenberg ... director of photography

Editing by

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Harry Yoon

Editorial Department

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Emily Chiu ... assistant editor
Sophie Dick ... assistant editor
Elizabeth Fine ... post-production assistant
Hunter Furnish ... dailies operator
Joe Guzman ... digital intermediate producer
Jun B. Kim ... assistant editor
Thomas Kuo ... additional dailies film scanner
Tyrell Lloyd ... assistant colorist: Company 3
Renee Minasian ... post-production coordinator
Scott Salamon ... dailies producer
Ian Sullivan ... finishing accountant
Karli Windischmann ... dailies operator
Nicholas Winkelmann ... colorist: dailies

Casting By

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Shayna Markowitz ... (casting by)
Debra Zane ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Jeannine Oppewall

Art Direction by

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Mark Garner

Set Decoration by

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Jennifer M. Gentile

Costume Design by

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J.R. Hawbaker

Makeup Department

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Steve Battaglia ... hair stylist
Tanya Bodison ... hair stylist
Andrea C. Brotherton ... hair department head
Tonya Cryer ... additional hair stylist
Selena Evans-Miller ... makeup artist (as Selena Miller)
Curtis Foreman ... hair stylist
Teresa Foshee ... makeup artist
Talya Melvey ... key hair stylist
Douglas Noe ... makeup department head
Scott H. Reeder ... hair stylist (as Scott Reeder)
Ren Rohling ... makeup artist
Yolanda Sheridan ... key makeup artist
Ashunta Sheriff ... makeup artist: Ms. Henson
Tanya Walker ... hair stylist
Tym Wallace ... hair stylist: Ms. Henson
Aida Scuffle ... makeup trainee (uncredited)
Michealle Vanderpool ... period hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Paul O. Davis ... unit production manager
Renee Minasian ... post-production supervisor
John Portnoy ... post-production supervisor
Jeremiah Samuels ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ian Calip ... first assistant director
Taylor Cruz ... production assistant
Yor-El Francis ... first assistant director / second second assistant director
Jason Inman ... first assistant director: second unit
Kaylee Johnson ... second assistant director: additional photography
Kristina M. Peterson ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Adam Bennett ... Gang boss (as Adam William Douglas Bennett)
Shannon Black ... scenic lead
Heather Bowers ... on-set dresser
Kurtis Campbell ... set dresser
Amanda Clements ... add'l props pa
Vincent D'Aquino ... greens coordinator
Connie Dominey ... graphic designer
Forest Fagan ... props
Semret Fesseha ... art department coordinator
Pam Foco ... set designer
Nick Forman ... set dresser (as Nik Forman)
Michael Green ... set dresser
Charlie Guanci III ... assistant property master
Trent Hevener ... greensman
Nikki Hillhouse ... set dresser
Sam Jones ... set dresser
Tye Kerber ... set dresser
Kelli Kilpatrick ... sec dec buyer
Zach Kilpatrick ... set dec gangboss
Jen Knight ... leadman (as Jen Hicks)
Julie Kobsa ... set decoration buyer: Additional
Johnny Land ... scenic artist
Joel Martin ... set dresser
Parker Morris ... set dresser
William Mullis ... construction gang boss
John Pundt ... graphic artist
Kate Sanborn ... art department office assistant (as Kate Cerri)
Todd Sarginson ... set dresser
Mike Scherschel ... property master
Brandon D. Smith ... assistant property master
Bryan Staerkel ... props assistant
Allisa Stilwell ... set dresser
Brian C.A. Thomas ... scenic artist
Thibault Tosseram ... scenic foreman
Tyler D. Walters ... set dresser
Kevin Welborn ... scenic artist
Caitlin Wells ... props
Jim West ... construction foreman (as James D. West)
Lauren Wilhite ... set dresser
Jaime Wilcox ... prop assistant: day player (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Steve C. Aaron ... production sound mixer
Lon Bender ... Sound Design and Supervision / re-recording mixer
Patrick Cyccone Jr. ... re-recording mixer
Glynna Grimala ... Supervising DIA and ADR Editor
Shane Hayes ... dialogue editor
Michael S. Head ... foley editor / foley mixer
John Maskew ... playback operator
Jordan McClain ... foley cuer
Khanya Mkhize ... adr looping
Chris Navarro ... adr mixer
Alex Nomick ... additional sound editor
Rick Owens ... foley artist
Matt Salib ... foley artist
Pernell L. Salinas ... first assistant sound editor
Justin C. Shaw ... adr looping
Geordy Sincavage ... foley mixer / foley supervisor
Russell Topal ... sound effects editor (as Russell Gorsky)
Ryan Wassil ... foley mixer
Dave Wilson ... adr mixer: Atlanta
Matthew Wilson ... sound editor
Rob Young ... re-recording mix technician

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Rick Cramblett ... special effects technician
Michael Aj Dzenowagis ... special effects foreman (as Michael Dzenowagis)
David Fletcher ... special effects coordinator
Thomas Kittle ... special effects foreman

Visual Effects by

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Tennille Alcindor ... visual effects coordinator
Andre Cheong ... digital compositor
Alla Chernova ... cg artist
Brian Houlihan ... senior digital compositor
Tara Marie Jacobson ... digital compositor
Gerry Kodo ... digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios
Denis Kozyrev ... digital compositor
David Lebensfeld ... visual effects supervisor: Ingenuity Studios
Grant Miller ... visual effects supervisor: Ingenuity Studios
Matthew Poliquin ... executive producer
Wen Qian ... digital compositor / lead visual effects artist
Ruben Rodas ... visual effects supervisor: Powerhouse VFX
Cathy Shaw ... visual effects artist
Katherine Soares ... visual effects producer: PowerHouse
Doug Spilatro ... visual effects artist
Clifton Stokes ... visual effects artist
Viviana Torrellas ... lead matchmover
Mike Uguccioni ... visual effects: Secret Weapon VFX
Christopher A. Vazquez ... digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios
Sara Woomer ... visual effects coordinator
Jed Laurance ... fx artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Nick DeKay ... stunt coordinator
Cal Johnson ... stunt coordinator / stunt driver double: Sam Rockwell

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ryan Abrams ... a camera 2nd assistant camera
Russell Ayer ... gaffer
Pete Bowman ... key rigging grip
Warren Brace ... first assistant camera: "b" camera, dayplayer
Annette Brown ... still photographer
Bill Chapman ... dolly grip
Darren Council ... video assist: additional photography
Joseph B. Dare ... digital imaging technician
Kyler Dennis ... "b" camera second assistant
Justin Dombrowski ... phantom tech
Curtis Dubose ... lighting technician
Colin Duran ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gregg Easterbrook ... camera operator: second unit
Matt Evans ... loader
Chris Fountain ... grip
Joshua Gary ... Digital loader: day player
Paul Hamacher ... dolly grip
Samuel R. Harrison III ... video assist
Alexander Hughes ... grip
James Kastelberg ... best boy electric
Michael Kim ... digital imaging technician: second unit
Christophe Lanzenberg ... second unit director of photography
Richard Mall ... key grip
Austin McCullers ... best boy rigging grip
Roman Peoples ... grip
Wendell Phifer ... lighting technician
Colin Michael Quinn ... Phantom Tech
Jonny Revolt ... d.i.t.: digital imaging technician
Nathan Rigaud ... additional grip
Tim Risch ... first assistant camera
Ren Salehi ... lighting technician (as Lauren Salehi)
Amishjim Schulze ... balloon tech
John Slade ... technocrane operator
Timothy P. Vaughan ... additional grip
Riley Wood ... b dolly grip

Casting Department

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Ressie Burtley ... extras casting assistant
Jamie Lynn Catrett ... background casting
Patty Connolly ... adr voice casting (as Patty Majorczak-Connolly)
Bailey Koch ... casting assistant
Joseph C. Nelson ... extras casting assistant
Robb Pendleton ... extras casting
Patrick Rokn ... extras casting assistant
Mark Sussman ... adr voice casting
Justin Tucker ... extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Caitlin 'Cat' Booth ... costumer
Anna Bourne ... key costumer
German Lee Castillo ... ager dyer
Midian Crosby ... additional costumer
Chloe Faith Harper ... tailor
Tom Macdonald ... costume supervisor
Christine Rigby ... costumes PA: additional costumer
Maegan Robinson ... set costumer
Fatima Stripling ... set costumer
Jennifer Williams-Davis ... costume fitter
Monique Younger ... key costumer
Annette Aispuro ... costume assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

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Norman Bielowicz ... location manager
Kalena Boller ... assistant location manager
Mark Cottrell ... location manager reshoots
Corey Gilbert ... key assistant location manager
Andrew C. Kirk ... key assistant location manager
Jamal Dz Mullen ... assistant location manager
Rico Price ... location assistant
Kai Thorup ... location scout
Jason R. Williams ... location assistant

Music Department

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Edward Lyle Barton ... composer: additional music / score technical engineer
Alexa Collazo ... music clearance
Lauren Danielak ... music coordinator
Jason Deran ... composer's assistant
Adam Klemens ... conductor
Phil Levine ... assistant engineer
Al Manerson ... music supervisor
Will Melones ... premix engineer
Randy Miller ... orchestrator
Justin Moshkevich ... score mixer
Gregory Polzak ... score technical engineer
Angelo Raguso ... music editor
Luis David Reyes Reyes ... recording assistant
Philip Rothman ... orchestrator
Steven A. Saltzman ... music editor
Derek Somaru ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Katherine Steets ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Sheri B. Burton ... driver: cast
Jorge Casillas ... picture car coordinator
Bradley Lozano ... dispatcher/dot
Roger Lozano ... driver
Mike Rodgers ... transportation
Ernest Rydberg ... titian crane driver
Jon Smith ... transportation coordinator
Stephanie Watts ... driver

Additional Crew

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Robert Abramoff ... production legal
Steph Allen ... craft service assistant
Jill Andrade ... assistant: Mr. Bissell
Kimberly Bailey ... loop group (as Kim Bailey)
Olivia Barber-Garnett ... production accountant
Darrion Benard ... production secretary
Simeon Bingham ... production assistant
Daniel Booko ... loop group
Nick Cardone ... production assistant
Taji Coleman ... voice actor
Vinny Costa ... stand-in (as Nick Searcy)
Gino De Stefano ... additional set production assistant (as Gino Destefano Valdivia)
Dan Delage ... key set medic
Reeva Forrester ... welfare worker
Eddie Frierson ... loop group
Vincent 'Chenzy' Graziano ... assistant: Mr. Samuels
Elizabeth Himelstein ... dialect coach: Sam Rockwell
Renee Hines ... assistant post accountant
Jen Jesse ... assistant craft service
Erinn Jones ... stand-in
Felix Jordan ... production assistant
Colette S. Knight ... production coordinator
Keaton Lange ... production assistant
Donna Lynn Leavy ... loop group
Jenny Lee ... main title design
Julio Liverpool ... stand-in
Terence Mathews ... loop group
Toni Messervey ... 2nd assistant accountant
Edie Mirman ... loop group
Phillip Noorani ... Production Legal Services: Burgee & Abramoff
David A. Oster ... assistant: Mr. Rockwell (as David Oster)
Jessica Pennington ... adr loop group
Juan Pope ... loop group
Jon Privett ... craft service assisstant
Michael Ralph ... loop group
Emily Rice ... post-production accountant
Michelle Ruff ... loop group
TanNeshia Sanders ... assistant production coordinator
Stan Sellers ... loop group
Mark Silverman ... loop group
Ayanna Sloan ... production assistant
Gareth Smith ... main title design
Jeanette Stout ... stand-in: Annie Cook
Justina Tai ... set medic
Bobby Thompson ... production assistant
Winnie Wong ... insurance
Bruce Wrigley ... post-production payroll accountant
Deonna Young ... assistant: Ms. Henson (as Deonna Young-Stephens)
Brad Markel ... additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Kristin McNinch ... assistant craft service (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords
Taglines Change is worth fighting for. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Los mejores enemigos (United States, Spanish title)
  • No soy tu enemigo (Spain)
  • Migliori nemici (Italy)
  • Най-добрите врагове (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Cei mai buni inamici (Romania)
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Runtime
  • 133 min
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Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $4,446,190, 07 Apr 2019

Did You Know?

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Trivia The restaurant scene was shot at Ross's Diner in Cartersville, Georgia. See more »
Goofs On the plaque honoring Claiborne as Exalted Cyclops of the Year, misspellings include "Claibourne" and "exhalted". See more »
Soundtracks Blue Bayou See more »
Quotes C.P. Ellis: She looked at me like I was some kind of monster.
Mary Ellis: What did you expect?
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