On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Tom Cruise
as Frank T.J. Mackey
Philip Baker Hall
as Jimmy Gator
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Phil Parma
Julianne Moore
as Linda Partridge
William H. Macy
as Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
John C. Reilly
as Officer Jim Kurring
Melora Walters
as Claudia Wilson Gator
Jeremy Blackman
as Stanley Spector
Jason Robards
as Earl Partridge
Melinda Dillon
as Rose Gator
Michael Bowen
as Rick Spector
April Grace
as Gwenovier
