Cradle Will Rock
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tim Robbins
Susan Sarandon
Brian Powell
Kyle Gass
Dina Platias
David D'angeleo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of the staging of Marc Blitzstein's 1937 musical "The Cradle Will Rock", which the government placed an injunction against. The actors led the audience through New York to another venue and acted in the auditorium without props or costumes, just one action during the charged Depression-era in which Orson Welles and John Houseman's theatrical collaborations pushed artistic and political boundaries.
Director
Tim Robbins
Cast
Susan Sarandon
Brian Powell
Kyle Gass
Dina Platias
David D'angeleo
Don Hewitt
David Costabile
Belinda Whitney-barratt
Thomas J Smith
Karen Milne
Leonardo Cimino
Gretchen Mol
Paul Giamatti
Peter Jacobson
Victoria Clark
Steve Mcauliff
Lee Arenberg
Manny Siverio
Robert Hirschfeld
Gilbert Cruz
Mino Cinelu
Patrick Husted
Karen Karlsrud
Carrie Preston
Tommy Allen
Gil Robbins
Michael Broughton
Bill Murray
Steven Skybell
Bobby Amore
Michele Pawk
Ned Bellamy
Pamela D Henry
Lisa Cain
Marla Schaffel
Erin Hill
Bob Balaban
Mike Russo
Kenneth Hitchcock
Cary Elwes
Charles Giordano
Henry Stram
Emma Smith Stevens
Scott Kuney
Evan Katz
Gerald Tarack
Corina Katt
Boris Mcgiver
Cherry Jones
Daniel H Jenkins
Ann Leathers
John Turturro
Brian Smyj
Elizabeth Lim
Michael Rivkin
Steven Tyler
Paul Dunkel
Jonathan Haas
Keith Siglinger
Adele Robbins
Gregg Edelman
Mary Robbins
John Carpenter
Tamika Jamison
Stephen Spinella
Dominic Chianese
Sarah Hyland
Brenda Pressley
Lynn Cohen
James Del Monico
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Chris Bauer
Kathy Dion
V.j. Foster
Angus Macfadyen
Todd Stockman
Hank Azaria
Emily Watson
Alison Tatlock
Patti Tippo
Kenneth Finn
Robert Ari
Edward James Hyland
Derrick Simmons
Alysia Zucker
Tony Amendola
Philip B. Hall
Dominic Cortese
Jennifer Lamb
Carolyn West
Chris Mckinney
Christophe Franzgrote
P.j. Brown
Albert Macklin
Brian Brophy
Jack Willis
Ruben Blades
John Cusack
Raymond M Stein
Jamey Sheridan
Sandy Hamilton
Jery Hewitt
Neil Blam
Keira Naughton
Charles Page
Joan Cusack
Timothy Jerome
Ken Haas
Jack Black
Audra Mcdonald
Taylor Stanley
William Duell
Barbara Sukowa
Robert Chausow
Harris Yulin
Jay Green
Vanessa Redgrave
Barnard Hughes
Christopher Talbott
Scott Sowers
Joyce Hammann
Allan Nicholls
Dale Stuckenbruck
Jeff Butcher
Don J Hewitt
Josie Whittlesey
Marcus Rojas
Matthew H Bennett
David Robbins
David Ratajczak
Claudia Hafer-tondi
Spanky Mchugh
David Chirico
Robert Carlson
Susan Bruce
Michael Pagan
Erik Friedlander
Susan Heimbinder
Don Picard
Ian Bagg
Jeff Kievit
Julie Green
Dick Tice
Sandra Lindquist
Crew
Sargent L Aborn
Jorge A Aguirre
Douglas Aibel
Tom Allen
Keisha Ames
Geoffrey Ammer
James Archer
Joann Atwood
Oren Aviv
Joseph Baccari
Frank Beacham
Nadia Benamara
Nancy Stears Bercaw
Jordan Beswick
Peter Betulia
Michael Betzag
Tyson Bidner
Michael Bigger
Andrew Wegman Bird
Kevin Blake
G Blanc
Marc Blitzstein
David Boulton
Jane Brawley
Conrad V Brink
Jeffrey S Brink
J. C. Brotherhood
Dr. Lorraine Brown
Dale Brownell
Milton Buras
Eva Z. Cabrera
David Richard Campbell
David Richard Campbell
Lynn Campbell
Debbie Canfield
Kelly Canfield
Philip C. Canfield
Patrice Canfield Longo
Charles Carlisle
Christian Carmody
Gary Chandler
Gary Chester
Don Ciana
Ajae Clearway
Sam Cohn
Mara Hade Connolly
Dominic Cortese
Marko Costanzo
Kelley Cribben
Byron Crystal
David D'angelo
Paquito D'rivera
Carey De Palma
Pierre Degeyter
Mike Delaney
Ruth A. Deleon
Christine V Desrochers
Lee Dichter
Maj. John Dickson
Rick Dior
Christopher Dolan
Damien Donohue
Nicole Ducharme
David Dumais
Ann Edgeworth
Rob Ellis
Jean Yves Escoffier
Jean Yves Escoffier
Edgar Fairchild
Fortunato Fdederico
Fortunata Federico
David Finck
Joan Finlay
Kenneth Finn
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Frank Fleming
Sarah Fredericks
Mitchell Frohman
Lisa Frucht
Sam Fuller
Takako Furuya
Elaine Gartner
Michelle Gebert
Gregg Getherall
Charles Giordano
Elaine Goldsmith-thomas
Steven Gorelick
S Gotta
Thomas Gould
Gloria Grant
Frank Graziadei
Scott Gregoire
Linda Grimes
Barbara Haase
Amy Habacker
Juliet Haffner
Juliet Haffner
Sabrina A Hamady
Sandy Hamilton
Steven Hartman
P.j. Harvey
Nadine Hasan
Allison Hebble
Xavier Henselmann
Amy Herman
Alix Hester
Barton Heyman
Billy Hill
Kenneth Hitchcock
Petr Hlinomaz
Billie Holiday
Barrett Hong
Richard Hoover
Edith Horak
Fran Ishi
Jessica Johnson
John R Johnston
Mae Joyce
Frank Kern
Tina Khayat
Jon Kilik
Bruce Kitzmeyer
Nicole Klett
Linda Kordek
Louise Krakower
David Kramer's Looping Group
James Kwei
Iya Labunka
Tom Landi
Brian Langman
Diana Latham
Steven E Lawler
David C. Lee
Dan Lieberstein
Brian Macdevitt
Scott Maguire
Tod A Maitland
Barry Malawski
Bobby Mancuso
Rob Marshall
Tony Martinez
Barbra Matis
Jim Mcconkey
Jane Mcculley
Michael Mcdonald
Robert Mcgavin
Kevin Mckenna
Rebecca Meis
Sylvia Menno
Michael Migliore
Billy Miller
Tim Monich
Michael G. Mooradian
Kellie Morrison
David Moy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jim Murray
Kip Myers
Ruth Myers
Kenneth D Nelson
Mark Newell
Allan Nicholls
Allan Nicholls
Bill Nisselson
Adam Novich
Jesse Nye
Obie O'brien
Andrea O'connor
T. J. O'mara
Cynthia Onrubia
Matthew Owens
Jerry Ozcarlo
Eliza Paley
Milton Pascal
Dolores Olmedo Patino
Jacqueline Payne
Susan Perlman
Geraldine Peroni
Heidi Pieh
Lydia Pilcher
Douglas Plasse
Eva Polywka
Eugene Pottier
Susan Juliet Pray
Bruce Pross
David Ratajczak
Demian Resnick
Kathryn M Richards
Danielle Rigby
Kurt Rimmel
David Robbins
David Robbins
David Robbins
David Robbins
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
Peggy Jean Robinson
Eddie Roche
Peter Rogness
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States December 25, 1999
Released in United States May 1999
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States on Video May 16, 2000
Released in United States Winter December 8, 1999
Wide Release in United States January 21, 2000
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Began shooting May 4, 1998.
Completed shooting July 31, 1998.
Havoc Inc is Tim Robbins' production company.
Marc Blitzstein's 1937 musical drama 'The Cradle Will Rock,' was planned to be performed by the WPA Theatre only to be cancelled by government bureaucrats who objected to its blatant attack on capitalism. But the play was performed by the cast, which included John Houseman and Orson Welles, in a nearby theater without scenery, costumes or props. Blitzstein played the score on a piano because the musicians' union would not disobey the injunction. The show was such a success that it eventually opened on Broadway as a Mercury Theater production.
Wide Release in United States January 21, 2000
Released in United States May 1999 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 12-23, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video May 16, 2000
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
Released in United States Winter December 8, 1999
Expanded Release in United States December 25, 1999
