Forest Whitaker
Director
Terry McMillan
Novel
Terry McMillan
Screenplay
Ronald Bass
Screenplay
Terry McMillan
Executive Producer
Deborah Schindler
Producer
Ezra Swerdlow
Producer
Babyface
Original Music Composer
Betsy Sokolow-Sherman
Unit Publicist
Caron K
Associate Producer
Ronald Bass
Executive Producer
Jaki Brown
Casting
Joseph Ray
First Assistant Director
Marc Fisichella
Art Direction
Roni Wheeler
Second Assistant Director
Michael W. Foxworthy
Set Decoration
Shari L. Carpenter
Script Supervisor
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Richard Chew
Editor
David Gropman
Production Design
Judy L. Ruskin
Costume Design
Latonya Hill
Hairstylist
Roxanna Floyd
Makeup Artist
Ted Long
Key Hair Stylist
Ellin La Var
Hairstylist
Ellie Winslow
Key Makeup Artist
Robert L. Stevenson
Hairstylist
Rawn Hutchinson
Stunt Coordinator
Tom Ford
Special Effects Coordinator
Kirk R. Gardner
Camera Operator
Brandon Sebek
Stunt Coordinator
David Lee
Gaffer
Michael Kelem
Camera Operator
Whitney Houston
Savannah
Angela Bassett
Bernadine
Loretta Devine
Gloria
Lela Rochon
Robin
Gregory Hines
Marvin
Dennis Haysbert
Kenneth
Mykelti Williamson
Troy
Michael Beach
John, Sr.
Leon
Russell
Wendell Pierce
Michael
Donald Faison
Tarik
Jeffrey D. Sams
Lionel
Jazz Raycole
Onika
Brandon Hammond
John, Jr.
Kenya Moore
Denise
Lamont Johnson
Joseph
Wren T. Brown
Minister
Theo
On Air D.J.
Ken Love
DJ at the Hermosa
Graham Galloway
Fireman
Starletta DuPois
Savannah's Mother
Shari L. Carpenter
Savannah's Assistant
Thomas R. Leander
Interviewer
Cordell Conway
Group at Hermosa Table
Lee Wells Jr.
Group at Hermosa Table
Hope Brown
Group at Hermosa Table
Delaina Mitchell
Tarik's Girl Friend
Luis Sharpe
Herbert
Joseph S. Myers
Security Guard at John's Office
Ezra Swerdlow
Wild Bill
Ellin La Var
Hairdresser
Patricia Anne Fox
Customer at Hair Salon
Wally Bujack
Judge
Brenda Baldwin-Davis
Shopping Mall Extra (uncredited)
William Bolander
Open Air Market Shopper / New Year's Eve Partier (uncredited)
L. Scott Caldwell
Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited)
Kacee DeMasi
Musician (uncredited)
Giancarlo Esposito
David Matthews (uncredited)
Wanda-Lee Evans
Jane Millhouse (uncredited)
Tom Hedrick
Neighbor (uncredited)
Donyell Hinton
Church Patron (uncredited)
Bob Huff
Open Air Market Shopper (uncredited)
Angela Kenzslowe
Salon Client (uncredited)
Kelly Preston
Kathleen (uncredited)
Jose Rosete
New Year's Eve Partier (uncredited)
Juliet Rose Serrato
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Wesley Snipes
James Wheeler (uncredited)
