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-KENTFLIX
Dana Crumb | Herself (R. Crumb's first wife) |
Robert Crumb | Himself |
Robert Hughes | Himself (art critic) |
Spain Rodriguez | Himself (cartoonist) |
Charles Crumb | Himself (R. Crumb's older brother) |
Kathy Goodell | Herself (R. Crumb's ex-girlfriend) |
Jesse Crumb | Himself |
Don Donahue | Himself (publisher, Zap Comix) |
Trina Robbins | Herself (cartoonist) |
Aline Kominsky | Herself (Robert Crumb's wife) |
Sophie Crumb | Herself |
Peggy Orenstein | Herself (journalist) |
Deirdre English | Herself (former editor, Mother Jones) |
Beatrice Crumb | Herself (R. Crumb's mother) |
Martin Muller | Himself (owner, Modernism Gallery) |
Maxon Crumb | Himself (R. Crumb's younger brother) |
Dana Morgan | Herself (as Dana Crumb) |
Bill Griffith | Himself |
Dian Hanson | Herself (editor, Leg Magazine; former girlfriend) |
Joseph Frantz | Himself (uncredited) |
David Boeddinghaus | Composer |
Maryse Alberti | Cinematographer |
Victor Livingston | Editor |
David Franklin Bergad | Sound Editor |
Scott Breindel | sound |
Sara Chin | assistant sound recordist |
Chris Choy | assistant sound recordist |
Curtis Choy | location sound recordist |
Francesca Dodd | dialogue editor |
Doug Dunderdale | assistant sound recordist |
Michael Emery | assistant sound recordist |
Marjorie L. Hagar | sound synchronisation |
John Haptas | assistant sound recordist |
Scott Levitin | dialogue editor |
Steve Longstreth | assistant sound recordist |
Kyrsten Mate | sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate Comoglio) |
Wendy McLaughlin | sound synchronisation |
Walter Murch | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
E. Jeane Putnam | dialogue editor |
Patti Tauscher | sound synchronisation |
Joe Arcidiacono | assistant camera |
Debbie Brubaker | assistant camera |
Michael Chin | Camera Operator |
Ray Day | Camera Operator |
Tina Di Feliciantonio | assistant camera |
Jon Else | Camera Operator |
Ashley James | Camera Operator |
Kyle Kibbe | Camera Operator |
Hilary Morgan | assistant camera |
Nancy Morita | Camera Operator |
Steven Okazaki | assistant camera |
Tomas Tucker | Camera Operator |
Poly Veitzer | assistant camera |
David Weissman | assistant camera |
Mustapha Barat | camera operator: additional photography (uncredited) |