Based on the highly acclaimed novel by David Foster Wallace, this film attempts to be the ultimate entertainment predicted by its visionary author.
Asa Butterfield as Harold Incandenza
Naomi Watts as Avril Incandenza
Armie Hammer as Donald Gately
Michael Shannon as James O. Incandenza
Elle Fanning as Joelle Van Dyne / Madame Psychosis / Lucille Duquette
Tom Holland as Michael Pemulis
Casey Affleck as Randy Lenz
Laura Dern as Kate Gompert
Sean Penn as Hugh Steeply
Joaquin Phoenix as Lyle
David Lynch as Disney Leith
John Cusack as David Foster Wallace
Kyle McLachlan as Charles Tavis
Rico Rodriguez as Mario Incandenza
Frank Dillane as Orin Incandenza
Lara Flynn Boyle as Dr. Dolores Rusk
Dylan Minnette as Ortho ‘The Darkness’ Stice
Caleb McLaughlin as Idris Arslanian
Mackenzie Foy as Ann Kittenplan
Mahershala Ali as Kenkle
Liam James as Kieran McKenna
Ian Nelson as John Wayne
Charles Melton as LaMont Chu
Christoph Waltz as Gerhardt Schtitt
Sherilyn Fenn as Pat Montesian
Harvey Keitel as Geoffrey Day
Amanda Seyfried as Danielle Steenbok
William H. Macy as Tiny Ewell
Jerry G. Angelo as Robert F (“Bob Death”)
Isabella Rossellini as Mrs. Waite
Michael Peña as Eugenio Martinez
Laura Harring as Cathy
Sheryl Lee as Gertraude
Emory Cohen as Ken Erdedy
Ma̎dchen Amick as Charlotte Treat
Peter North as Calvin Thrust
Willem Dafoe as “Ferocious” Francis
Karolina Gruszka as Pamela Hoffman-Jeep
Jeremy Irvine as Bruce Green
Liana Liberato as Mildred Bonk
Kiernan Shipka as Wardine
John Turturro as Roy Tony
Millie Bobby Brown as Clenette
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Reginald
Justin Theroux as Doctor
Raffey Cassidy as Millicent Kent
Taron Egerton as “Mad” Matty Pemulis
Maia Mitchell as Molly Notkin
Michael J. Andersen as Remy Marathe
Kim Coates as M. Fortier
Shawn Levy as Guillaume DuPlessis
Vanessa Lengies as Luria P——
Dana Ashbrook as Rodney Tine, Sr.
Kumail Nanjiani as Medical Attaché
Riz Ahmed as Prince Q——
Ray Wise as President Johnny Gentle
Nat Wolff as Student Engineer
Everett McGill as Poor Tony Krause
Patrick Fischler as Facklemann
Michael Horse as Eighties Bill
Crispin Glover as Dwane R. Glynn
Kat Turner as “Lateral” Alice Moore
written by David Foster Wallace
screenplay and direction by David Lynch
music by Angelo Badalamenti, Kevin Parker, Trent Reznor
cinematography by Peter Deming
The Book, The Film, Its Artist and His Writer
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