On screen
Cast
22 credited performers
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
Jeff Daniels
Ernest Hemingway (voice)
Artwork unavailable
Michael Kitakis
Himself – Writer
Edna O'Brien
Herself – Writer
Tobias Wolff
Self
Artwork unavailable
Mary Dearborn
Herself – Biographer
Artwork unavailable
Abraham Verghese
Himself – Writer
Artwork unavailable
Mary Karr
Herself – Writer
Artwork unavailable
Susan Beegel
Herself – Literary Scholar
Artwork unavailable
Marc Dudley
Himself – Literary Scholar
Mario Vargas Llosa
Himself – Writer
Artwork unavailable
Patrick Hemingway
Himself – Hemingway's Second Son
Ernest Hemingway
Himself (archive footage)
Patricia Clarkson
Grace Hemingway (voice)
Keri Russell
Dorothy Parker (voice)
Mary-Louise Parker
Mary Hemingway (voice)
Artwork unavailable
Olivia Gilliatt
Agnes Von Kurowsky (voice)
Dave Quay
F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
Josh Lucas
The New Republic (voice)
Joe Morton
Ralph Ellison (voice)
Meryl Streep
Martha Gellhorn (voice)
Artwork unavailable
Arlo Hill
Gregory Hemingway (voice)