Talk:Monte Walsh (2003 film)

The order of cast member names is entirely different in the closing credits in comparison to the opening credits
It may be noted that, in the film's opening credits, 19 cast members are listed. Below is a reproduction of the form in which the cast is depicted:

The on-screen closing credits, on the other hand, list the names of 27 cast members although, since there are two credits for the same actor, "SHANE POLLITT as Joe Joslin" (with film clip under header "Slash Y") and "Joe Joslin    SHANE POLLITT" (under header "Featuring"), a simple enumeration of cast names would indicate 28 entries.

The closing credits feature clips from the film depicting, in medium close-up, with on-screen character names, 17 cast members, 16 of whom are listed in the opening credits and categorized in the closing under headers "Antelope Junction", "The Women" and "Slash Y".

The three initially-listed cast members, under "Antelope Junction" are Wallace Shawn, credited 11th in the opening credits, followed by Barry Corbin, credited 6th and John Michael Higgins, who received 9th billing.

The next three cast members, under "The Women", are 14th-billed Joanna Miles, then 15th-billed Lori Hallier, followed by Isabella Rossellini who is credited 2nd in the opening credits, behind Tom Selleck's sole above-the-title billing.

There are 11 cast members listed under "Slash Y", starting with last-placed in the opening credits William Devane, whose 19th billing comes with the special status of being preceded by "And". Next is James Gammon who has 7th place in the opening credits. He is followed by Shane Pollitt who is not listed in the opening credits, and by Rick Ravanello who is 13th. Then comes 12th-billed Marshall Teague (actor), 10th-billed William Sanderson and 8th-billed Rex Linn. Robert Carradine, who is 5th in the opening credits, appears next, followed by George Eads who is credited above him, in 4th place, and by Robert's brother, Keith Carradine, who is in third place, behind Tom Selleck and Isabella Rossellini. Finally, seen 17th and last, is top-billed "TOM SELLECK as Montelius Walsh".

While the closing credits include one player not in the opening credits, "SHANE POLLITT as Joe Joslin", three players who are listed in the opening — 16th-billed Matt Cooke (actor), 17th-billed Ken Pogue and 18th-billed Zack Ward, are excluded from the closing credits despite the fact that, after the 17 cast members whose faces and characters names are shown on-screen have been listed, there is a list (but no visuals) of 11 additional cast members under the header "Featuring". Those 11 names start with the credit, "Joe Joslin    SHANE POLLITT", which duplicates Pollitt's listing as one of the 11 men shown on-screen under the header, "Slash Y".

Below is a reproduction of the content at the start of the closing credits:

Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 20:39, 4 September 2019 (UTC)